Archival Records

African Americans in Madison County

Compiled by Donna Burdick, Town of Smithfield Historian
Architects, Land Surveyors, Professional Engineers - 1922-1955 (PDF)

Archival Documents

Archival Documents (a collection of late-18th to mid-19th century original deeds, mortgages, and other papers). More than 400 new documents added - April 2016
  1. Brookfield (PDF)
  2. Cazenovia (PDF)
  3. DeRuyter (PDF)
  4. Eaton (PDF)
  5. Fenner (PDF)
  6. Georgetown (PDF)
  7. Hamilton (PDF)
  1. Lebanon (PDF)
  2. Lenox (PDF)
  3. Madison (PDF)
  4. Nelson (PDF)
  5. Smithfield (PDF)
  6. Stockbridge (PDF)
  7. Sullivan (PDF)
  1. Businesses, Organizations, and Societies 1869 - 1904 (PDF)
  2. Businesses, Organizations, and Societies 1904 - 1915 (PDF)
  1. Cemeteries, Miscellaneous Filings 1874 - 1951 (PDF)
  2. Chiropodists and Podiatrists 1902-1951 (PDF)

Court Records


(not all indexed)
  • Circuit Court Minutes - 1853 to 1895
  • Common Pleas Minutes - 1807 to 1835
  • County Court Minutes - 1854 to 1899
  • Madison County and Superior Term - 1868 to 1880
  • Oyer and Terminer Minutes - 1806 to 1837
  • Supreme Court Minutes, etc - 1847 to 1899
  • Supreme Court Orders - 1864 to 1887
  1. Dentist Register 1 1879 - 1895 (PDF)
  2. Dentist Register 2 1897 - 1962 (PDF)
  3. Early Religious and Other Incorporations 1819 - 1953 (PDF)
  1. Farm Names, Record of 1912 - 1984 (PDF)

Fruit Juice Permits 1920-1923

  1. Index - Fruit Juice 1920 - 1923 (PDF)
  2. Permits - Fruit Juice 1920 - 1923 (PDF)

Erie Canal

  1. Appropriation Awards 1866 - 1880 (PDF)
  2. Bonds 1854 - 1861 (PDF)
  3. Court Cases 1846 - 1902 (PDF)
  4. Repair Expenses 1870 - 1876 (PDF)
  5. Superintendents of Canal Repairs 1837 - 1878 (PDF)
  1. Gerrit Smith 1819 - 1860s (PDF)
  2. Great Swamp 1848 - 1899 (PDF)
  3. Hops 1826 - 1898 (PDF)
  4. Indictments and Subpoenas 1840 - 1941 (PDF)
  5. James W. Nye 1840s - 1850s (PDF)
  1. Judgments 1807 - present (PDF)
  2. Justus B. Smith Property Sales 1805 - 1832 (PDF)
  3. Liquor Petitions 1861 - 1902 (PDF)
  4. Loomis Gang 1845 - 1867 (PDF)
  5. Madison University 1850 - 1890 (PDF)

Maps


Surveys, subdivisions, roads, canals, etc - 1806-present - available in County Clerk's Office
Maps, Beers Atlas 1875. Complete set of Madison County towns, villages, and hamlets. Please note some images are quite large - April 2016

Military

NY Great Seal with Embellishments
Great Seal of New York State with Embellishments
Part of a Major's Military Oath Record: 1856
  1. Notaries Public (Appointed) 1870 - 1903 (PDF)
  2. Nurses Register 1905 - 1949 (PDF)
  1. Optometrists 1909 - 1951 (PDF)
  2. Physicians and Surgeons Register 1880 - 1948 (PDF)

Plank Roads, Highways, & Turnpikes

  1. Court Cases - Roads 1818 - 1882 (PDF)
  2. Inspectors - Roads 1812 - 1876 (PDF)
  1. Miscellaneous - Roads 1863 - 1921 (PDF)
  2. Railroad Bonds (cancelled) 1868 - 1894 (PDF)
  1. School Records 1826 - 1953 (PDF)
  2. Stallion Pedigrees (Indexed) 1887 - 1917 (PDF)
  3. Stallion Pedigrees (Original Papers) 1826 - 1898 (PDF)
  4. Veterinarians 1905 - 1958 (PDF)
  1. War of 1812 Participants (PDF)
  2. World War I Participants (PDF)
  3. World War II Casualties (PDF)