Collection of Jeremiah Brown land records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a sheet of paper listing Jeremiah Brown's landholdings in Farmington, Ontario County, New York in 1850. Also includes a map of Farmington from the 1990s with the location of the Joseph Smith, Sr. home marked. The Smith homestead was adjacent to the Brown holdings.
Dates
- 1850-1991
Creator
- Brown, Jeremiah (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Originals restricted. Digital copy available online for public use. Transcription also available for public use.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Collection of Jeremiah Brown land records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Jeremiah Brown was a land owner in Farmington Township, Ontario County, New York in the early 1800s. He was from Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Brown was one of the original purchasers of land in Farmington from Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham.
Extent
2 folders (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Rick Grunder; 1991.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital copy available online. Transcription available in folder 2.
- Home and Family
- Land tenure -- New York (State) -- Ontario County -- History -- Sources
- Letters
- Ontario County (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources
- Plats
- Smith, Joseph, Sr., 1771-1840 -- Homes and haunts--New York (State)--Ontario County
- Social Life and Customs
- Title
- Register of Collection of Jeremiah Brown land records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States