Where
the Men were Obtained
From Frederick Phisterer's
New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 3d edition, 1912, volume
1, pages 72-77
"It is impracticable, in fact impossible, to obtain any accurate figures of the number of men furnished during the war by each county, city, town, and village of the state. The best that can be done, is to indicate here the organizations (original or new; recruits not considered) to which the counties of the state contributed men; those marked being entirely recruited in the county, to which they are credited, all others only in part."
Civil War Regiments Arranged By County
Albany County
Infantry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
7thV, 9th, 17thV, 18th, 20th, 22d, 30th, 34th, 43d, 44th, 61st, 62d, 63d,
91st, 93d, 104th, 148th, 175th, 177th, 179th, 184th, 186th, 188th, 189th,
192d, 194th. Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 3d, 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th,
18th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 25th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 1st and 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., Battery
M, 1st; battery C and M, 2d; 4th, 7th, 13th, 14th and 16th; independent
batteries, 11th and 12th.
Sharpshooters: Companies,
9th.
Engineers: regts., 15th
and 50th.
Allegany County
Infantry: Regts., 21st,
23d, 27th, 64th, 76th, 85th, 104th, 136th, 149th, 160th,179th, 184th, 189th,
194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 5th, 6th,
12th, 15th, 22d, 2d Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran, 1st Dragoons.
Artillery: Regts., 4th and
13th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st and
15th.
Broome County
Infantry: Regts.,
27th, 89th, 90th, 109th, 124th, 137th, 155th, 161st, 168th, 179th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 6th,
11th, 1st Veteran, 1st Dragoons.
Artillery: Regts., battery
M, 3d; independent batteries, 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th
and 50th.
Cattaraugus County
Infantry: Regts.,
19th, 37th, 64th, 71st, 85th, 100th, 105th, 102d, 154th, 160th, 179th,
183d, 187th, 188th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 5th, 6th,
9th, 10th, 22d, 2d Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 3d, 13th,
14th.
Sharpshooters: Companies,
9th.
Cayuga County
Infantry: Regts.,
19th, 24th, 75th, 111th, 116th, 160th, 193d, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 10th,
11th, 22d, 23d, 24th.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
A, C, D, G, K, 3d; 4th, 9th, 16th; independent batteries, 1st.
Engineers: Regts., 15th
and 50th.
Sharpshooters: Companies,
8th.
Chautauqua County
Infantry: Regts.,
21st, 49th, 72d, 90th, 100th, 112th, 154th, 156th, 179th, 183d, 187th,
188th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 9th, 15th,
22d.
Artillery: Regts., 13th,
14th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th.
Sharpshooters: Companies,
7th, 8th.
Chemung County
Infantry: Regts.,
3d, 23d, 33d, 35th, 38th, 86th, 103d, 107th, 141st, 161st, 179th, 187th,
194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
5th, 7th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 24th, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
B, F, K and L, 1st; C and M, 3d; 5th, 13th, 14th, 16th; independent batteries,
33d.
Engineers: Regts., 15th
and 50th.
Chenango County
Infantry: Regts.,
17th, 17th Veteran, 19th, 26th, 76th, 89th, 90th, 114th, 137th, 157th,
161st, 168th, 176th, 193d.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 10th,
20th, 22d.
Artillery: Regts., battery
A, 1st; battery L, 2d; batteries C and M, 3d.
Clinton County
Infantry: Regts.,
16th, 22d, 34th, 60th, 91st, 96th, 118th, 153d, 175th, 186th, 192d.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 9th,
11th, 12th, 15th, 25th, 26th, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 13th,
16th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
Columbia County
Infantry: Regts., 14th,
20th, 30th, 65th, 91st, 128th, 154th, 156th, 159th, 187th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 4th,
5th, 6th, 12th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 15th
and 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
Cortland County
Infantry: Regts., 12th,
19th, 23d, 76th, 93d, 114th, 156th, 157th, 175th, 185th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 10th.
Artillery: Regts., 3d, 16th.
Delaware County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 71st,
72d, 78th, 89th, 93d, 101st, 144th.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 5th,
25th, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
8th, and independent batteries, 8th.
Dutchess County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 5th,
7th Veteran, 9th, 17th Veteran, 18th, 20th, 30th, 38th, 47th, 57th, 65th,
87th, 128th, 143d, 150th, 154th, 159th, 168th, 176th, 187th,
188th, 192d, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 4th,
6th, 9th, 18th, 25th.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
5th, and independent batteries, 7th, 12th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
Erie County
Infantry: Regts., 12th,
17th Veteran, 21st, 33d, 35th, 36th, 49th, 69th, 78th, 100th, 112th, 116th,
132d, 151st, 155th, 160th, 164th, 176th, 178th, 179th, 187th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 5th,
8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 23d, 24th, 26th, 1st and 2d Mounted
Rifles, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., battery
I, 1st; 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, Marine; independent batteries, 11th,
27th, 33d.
Engineers: Regts., 50th.
Sharpshooters: Companies,
7th and 8th.
Essex County
Infantry: Regts., 22d, 34th,
38th, 77th, 93d, 96th, 118th, 153d.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 5th,
11th, 14th, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: independent batteries,
23d.
Franklin County
Infantry: Regts., 16th,
24th, 39th, 60th, 92d, 96th, 98th, 106th, 142d, 164th, 193d.
Cavalry: Regts., 12th, 13th,
26th, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 13th,
14th, 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Fulton County
Infantry: Regts., 32d, 77th,
115th, 153d.
Cavalry: Regts., 7th, 10th.
Artillery: Regts., battery
M, 3d; 4th, 13th, 16th.
Genesee County
Infantry: Regts., 12th,
14th, 28th, 100th, 104th, 105th, 120th, 179th, 187th.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 9th,
14th, 15th, 23d, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., 8th,
11th, and independent batteries, 19th, 22d, 25th.
Greene County
Infantry: Regts., 65th,
120th, 156th.
Cavalry: Regts., 5th, 25th.
Artillery: Regts., 5th,
15th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
Hamilton County
Infantry: Regts., 97th,
115th.
Herkimer County
Infantry: Regts., 26th,
34th, 97th, 115th, 121st, 152d, 153d, 164th, 186th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 18th,
20th, 2d Mounted Rifles, Oneida company.
Artillery: Regts., battery
A, 1st; batteries K, L, M, 2d; 13th, 14th, 16th.
Jefferson County
Infantry: Regts., 24th,
35th, 59th, 94th, 186th, 193d. Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 6th, 7th, 11th, 13th,
18th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
C, D, H, 1st; batteries H, L, 2d; 5th, 8th,
10th, 13th, 14th, 16th,
independent batteries, 20th and 28th.
Kings County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 5th,
7th, 7th Veteran, 9th, 10th, 17th Veteran, 20th, 31st, 36th, 47th, 48th,
54th, 57th, 59th, 62d, 67th,69th, 74th, 84th, 87th, 88th, 90th,
95th, 102d, 127th, 132d,
133d, 139th, 155th, 158th, 159th, 163d, 164th, 165th, 170th, 173d, 176th,
186th.
Cavalry: Regts., 4th, 5th,
10th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 25th.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
5th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th; independent batteries, 5th, 20th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th.
Lewis County
Infantry: Regts., 14th,
35th, 59th, 97th, 186th.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 7th,
20th, 1st Dragoons.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
D and H, 1st; 5th, 8th, 10th, 13th, 14th.
Livingston County
Infantry: Regts., 13th,
27th, 33d, 89th, 100th, 102d, 104th, 136th, 141st, 179th, 187th, 188th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 6th,
8th, 22d, 24th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran, 1st Dragoons.
Artillery: Regts., battery
E, 1st; 8th, 11th, 13th, 14th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th.
Madison County
Infantry: Regts., 12th,
19th, 24th, 26th, 35th, 61st, 76th, 101st, 114th, 157th, 161st, 176th,
184th, 188th, 189th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 18th,
22d, 1st Mounted Rifles, Oneida company.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
A and K, 1st; battery L, 2d; battery C,3d; 14th.
Monroe County
Infantry: Regts., 13th,
20th, 24th, 26th, 27th, 33d, 78th, 89th, 100th, 104th, 105th, 108th, 120th,
140th, 151st, 156th, 164th, 175th, 178th, 188th, 193d,
194th. Cavalry: Regts.,
2d, 3d, 6th, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 22d, 24th, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
L and M, 1st; battery M, 2d; batteries A, C, 3d; 4th, 8th, 11th, 14th;
independent batteries, 18th, 24th, 26th, 33d.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th, 50th.
Sharpshooters: Companies,
6th.
Montgomery County
Infantry: Regts., 32d, 43d,
115th, 153d.
Cavalry: Regts., 25th, 2d
Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., battery
K, 1st; 13th, 16th; independent battery, 12th.
New York County
Infantry: Regts., 1st, 3d,
4th, 5th, 5th Veteran, 6th, 7th, 7th Veteran, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th,
15th, 17th, 17th Veteran, 20th, 25th, 29th, 31st, 32d,
35th, 36th, 37th, 38th,
39th, 40th, 41st, 42d, 43d, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 51st, 52d, 53d, 54th,
55th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 61st, 63d, 65th, 66th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st,
72d, 73d, 74th, 78th, 79th, 82d, 83d, 87th, 88th, 90th, 94th, 95th, 99th,
101st, 102d, 103d, 119th, 127th, 131st, 132d, 133d, 133d, 145th, 155th,
156th, 158th, 162d, 163d, 164th, 165th, 168th, 170th, 173d, 174th, 175th,
176th, 178th, 182d, 186th, 190th, 191st, 192d; Independent Battallion
Light Infantry.
Cavalry: Regts., 1st, 2d,
4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 23d, 25th,
1st Mounted Rifles,2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., companies
A, B, C, D, E, F, and I, 2d; battery B, 3d; 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 13th,
15th, 16th, Marine; battallions, 1st and 2d; independent batteries, 2d,
3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 20th, 28th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th.
Niagara County
Infantry: Regts., 21st,
28th, 49th, 78th, 100th, 105th, 132d, 151st, 164th, 178th, 179th, 187th,
194th, 35th independent company.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 7th,
8th, 15th, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., battery
M, 1st; 8th, 9th, 11th, independent batteries 12th, 17th, 19th, 23d, 25th,
33d.
Engineers: Regts., 50th.
Oneida County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 14th,
24th, 26th, 57th, 78th, 81st, 97th, 101st, 117th, 141st, 146th, 161st,
164th, 179th, 189th, 192d, 193d,194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 7th,
8th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 20th, 22d, 24th, 1st Mounted Rifles, Oneida company.
Artillery: Regts., battery
A, 1st; batteries G, L, and M, 2d; battery C, 3d; 4th, 11th, 13th, 14th,
16th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Onondaga County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 12th,
14th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 86th, 101st, 122d, 149th, 176th, 179th, 185th,
187th, 193d, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., troop F,
1st; 2d, 10th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22d, 24th, 1st
Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran,
Oneida company.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
A and B, 1st; new batteries, A, C, D, F, G, 3d; 13th, 14th, 16th; independent
batteries, 10th (old) and 12th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Ontario County
Infantry: Regts., 18th,
27th, 28th, 33d, 38th, 85th, 100th, 126th, 148th, 154th, 160th, 179th,
188th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 9th,
15th, 24th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., battery
K, 1st; 4th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th, 50th.
Orange County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 5th,
7th Veteran, 9th, 18th, 36th, 56th, 65th, 70th, 93d, 98th, 115th, 124th,
153d, 156th, 168th, 176th, 179th, 192d.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
5th, 7th, 15th, 25th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran, 1st Dragoons.
Artillery: Regts., 7th,
13th, 15th, 16th; independent batteries, 7th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th.
Orleans County
Infantry: Regts., 21st,
27th, 28th, 90th, 104th, 147th, 154th, 164th.
Cavalry: Regts., 3d, 6th,
8th, 22d, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., 8th,
14th, 16th; independent batteries, 12th, 17th, 25th.
Oswego County
Infantry: Regts., 19th,
21st, 23d, 24th, 37th, 81st, 110th, 137th, 143d, 147th, 184th, 189th, 193d.
Cavalry: Regts., 7th, 11th,
12th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 24th, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
F and G, 1st; battery M, 2d; 3d, 4th, 6th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 16th;
independent batteries, 21st.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
50th.
Otsego County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 43d,
76th, 90th, 121st, 146th, 152d, 154th, 176th, 179th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
6th, 10th, 22d, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., battery
A, 1st; battery L, 2d; battery M, 3d; 13th, 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
Putnam County
Infantry: Regts., 38th,
59th, 65th, 95th, 154th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 1st Mounted
Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
6th, 13th, 14th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
Queens County
Infantry: Regts., 5th, 7th
Veteran, 15th, 17th Veteran, 20th, 74th, 90th, 119th, 132d, 139th, 145th,
155th, 156th, 158th, 163d, 165th, 176th, 191st, 192d, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 14th,
24th, 25th.
Artillery: Regts., battery
L (original), 2d; independent batteries, 12th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th.
Rensselaer County
Infantry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
7th Veteran, 10th, 22d, 30th, 62d, 65th, 91st, 93d, 104th, 125th, 156th,
169th, 175th, 177th, 192d.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 25th, 1st
Mounted Rifles, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
13th, 15th, 16th; independent batteries, 12th.
Richmond County
Infantry: Regts., 5th, 9th,
17th Veteran, 132d, 145th, 156th, 186th, 188th, 191st.
Cavalry: Regts., 11th.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
A, B, K, 2d; independent battery, 5th.
Rockland County
Infantry: Regts., 17th,
95th, 135th, 141st.
Artillery: Regts., independent
batteries, 7th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st.
St. Lawrence County
Infantry: Regts., 16th,
18th, 24th, 60th, 92d, 100th, 102d, 106th, 142d, 164th, 169th, 193d.
Cavalry: Regts., 6th, 7th,
9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 24th, 26th.
Artillery: Regts., battery
D, 1st; battery L, 2d; 13th, 14th, 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 50th.
Saratoga County
Infantry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
22d, 30th, 53d, 77th, 115th, 153d.
Cavalry: Regts., 7th, 12th,
25th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
13th.
Schenectady County
Infantry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
7th Veteran, 18th, 30th, 43d, 91st, 134th, 175th, 177th, 192d.
Cavalry: Regts., 7th, 25th,
1st Mounted Rifles, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., battery
M, 3d; 4th, 13th, 16th.
Schoharie County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 76th,
102d, 134th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 16th.
Artillery: Regts., battery
G, 3d; 4th, 8th.
Schuyler County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 23d,
60th, 89th, 100th, 106th, 107th, 141st, 161st, 175th, 179th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 24th.
Artillery: Regts., battery
M, 3d; 5th, 14th, 16th; independent batteries, 20th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Seneca County
Infantry: Regts., 19th,
26th, 33d, 75th, 100th, 126th, 148th, 160th, 175th, 189th.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 11th,
22d, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., battery
H, 2d; batteries C, D, G, 3d; 11th, 16th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Steuben County
Infantry: Regts., 23d, 34th,
35th, 78th, 86th, 100th, 102d, 104th, 107th, 141st, 161st, 175th, 179th,
188th, 189th.
Cavalry: Regts., 6th, 22d,
2d Mounted Rifles, 1st and 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., batteries
E and K, 1st; 4th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 16th; independent batteries, 28th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Suffolk County
Infantry: Regts., 12th,
74th, 90th, 102d, 127th, 128th, 131st, 139th, 145th, 155th, 159th, 176th.
Cavalry: Regts., 11th, 15th.
Sullivan County
Infantry: Regts., 18th,
28th, 56th, 41st, 143d.
Cavalry: Regts., 15th, 25th,
1st Mounted Rifles, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., 5th,
15th; independent batteries, 8th.
Tioga County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 19th,
23d, 26th, 64th, 76th, 109th, 137th, 179th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 5th, 8th,
21st.
Artillery: Regts., 3d, 13th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th,
50th.
Tompkins County
Infantry: Regts., 19th,
23d, 32d, 64th, 76th, 109th, 137th, 143d, 179th.
Cavalry: Regts., 15th, 21st.
Artillery: Regts., battery
M, 3d.
Engineers: Regts., 50th.
Ulster County
Infantry: Regts., 7th Veteran,
20th, 48th, 56th, 71st, 80th, 102d, 120th, 124th, 132d, 143d,156th, 168th,
176th, 178th, 192d.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 5th,
7th, 15th, 25th,1st Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
5th, 13th, 15th; independent batteries, 7th, 12th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th
Warren County
Infantry: Regts., 2d, 22d,
77th, 93d, 96th, 118th, 123d, 153d, 169th, 175th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 16th;
independent batteries, 23d.
Washington County
Infantry: Regts., 2d, 3d,
22d, 43d, 53d, 87th, 93d, 96th, 123d, 161st, 169th, 176th, 177th.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 6th,
7th, 1st Mounted Rifles, 2d Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
5th, 16th.
Wayne County
Infantry: Regts., 13th,
17th, 19th, 24th, 27th, 33d, 65th, 67th, 75th, 90th, 96th, 98th, 105th,
11th, 160th, 193d, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 10th,
15th, 22d, 2d Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran.
Artillery: Regts., battery
L, 1st; 3d, 9th, 14th.
Engineers: Regts., 15th.
Westchester County
Infantry: Regts., 5th, 7th
Veteran, 9th, 17th, 27th, 32d, 38th, 48th, 49th, 59th,65th, 95th, 164th,
168th, 176th, 186th, 191st, 192d.
Cavalry: Regts., 2d, 4th,
11th, 16th, 25th, 1st Mounted Rifles.
Artillery: Regts., 4th,
5th, 6th, 13th,; independent batteries, 5th, 7th, 12th.
Engineers: Regts., 1st,
15th
Wyoming County
Infantry: Regts., 17th,
20th, 33d, 100th, 104th, 105th, 136th, 160th, 179th,187th.
Cavalry: Regts., 5th, 9th,
2d Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran, 1st Dragoons.
Artillery: Regts., 8th;
independent batteries, 24th.
Yates County
Infantry: Regts., 3d, 33d,
76th, 87th, 126th, 136th, 148th, 179th, 188th, 194th.
Cavalry: Regts., 8th, 15th,
20th, 22d.
Artillery: Regts., battery
B, 3d; 13th, 14th.
Engineers: Regts., 50th.
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New
Yorkers Active in the Underground Railroad
The letters SVC following
Onondaga (County) indicates the Syracuse Vigilance Committee.
Sources:
S1-Siebert Index Listing, S2-Siebert Text, H-Hunter M-Merrill, HM-Historical
Marker
For additional Information
on The Underground Railroad don't miss
The
Underground Railroad Bibliography by Carole Marks, University of Maryland
| Name | Description | Locations |
| Agan,
P. H.
Occupation: Publisher Source(s): S1H |
Editor of the Syracuse Daily Standard | Onondaga SVC |
| Aldrich
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Erie |
| Andrew
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chautauqua |
| Andrews,
Josiah
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Anthony,
Asa
Occupation: Source(s): S1M |
Uncle of Susan B. Had a farm on Rapids Street (now Brooks Avenue). His direct involvement was documented by Frederick Douglass. | Monroe |
| Anthony,
Daniel
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Father of Susan B. Merrill found no evidence of his direct involvement in the UGRR. | Monroe
[Grave Site] |
| Anthony,
Mary
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Sister of Susan B. | Monroe
[Grave Site] |
| Avery,
Geo. A.
Occupation: Source(s): S1M |
Founded Monroe County Bible Society. His shop at 12 Buffalo (Main) St. In Rochester was a station. | Monroe |
| Balcom,
Judge
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Steuben |
| Barbour
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Onondaga |
| Barker,
Gideon
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Erie |
| Barnes,
George
Occupation: Railroader Source(s): S1 |
Was Superintendent of Syracuse and Utica Railroad. Published first NYS Republican newspaper outside of NYC (Syracuse Evening Chronicle). Later successful as a banker and manufacturer. | Onondaga SVC |
| Bates,
Abner
Occupation: Tanner Source(s): S1H |
Bates was a shopkeeper who belonged to the Congregational Church in Syracuse | Onondaga SVC |
| Berry,
Col.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chenango |
| Binmore,
Thomas
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Niagara |
| Bishop,
W. G.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Possibly William Bishop, a minister in the AME Zion Church, and friend of Jermain Loguen | Monroe |
| Bloss,
William Clough
Occupation: Source(s): S1M |
Lived on Lower East Avenue in Rochester, later of Cuyler Building, published abolitionist newspaper "Rights of Man" in the 1830s, served in NYS Assembly. | Monroe |
| Bostwick,
Nelson
Occupation: Source(s): S1M |
Neighbor of Douglass on Alexande St. in Rochester | Monroe |
| Bragdon,
George L.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Oswego |
| Breck,
Allen Y.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Brewster,
Judge
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Genesee |
| Briggs
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
New York |
| Carpenter
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Carson
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Onondaga |
| Case,
Dea.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Allegany |
| Chapin,
Willard J.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Chaplin,
Gen. William L.
Occupation: Health Care (later) Source(s): S1 |
William Chaplin was an agent of the NY Anti-Slavery Society. Chaplin was arrested in Rockville, MD in 1850 with two men who had been held in slavery by members of the US Congress from Georgia. Chaplin was held in a DC jail on $25,000 bail, where he was married to Theodosia Gilbert, business partner of James Caleb Jackson in the Glen Haven Water Cure. | Albany |
| Chapman,
Capt.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Cattaraugus |
| Chase
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Ulster |
| Childs,
W. H.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Niagara |
| Clary,
Lyman
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Onondaga SVC |
| Colby,
Col.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Ulster |
| Comstock,
Dea.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Genesee |
| Cooper,
William
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Cattaraugus |
| Cranston
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chautauqua |
| Croffts,
Mrs.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Degarmo,
Rhoda
Occupation: Source(s): S1M |
Friend and neighbor of the Anthony family | Monroe |
| Delavan,
Edward Cornelius
Occupation: Publisher Source(s): S1 |
Delevan appears in the Dictionary of American Biography | Albany |
| Dolley,
Drs. L.C & Sarah Adamson
Occupation: Physicians Source(s): S1M |
Lived on East Ave in Rochester next to William C. Bloss. | Monroe |
| Douglass,
Frederick
Occupation: Publisher Source(s): S1 [Biographical] [Portrait] |
Published The North Star and Frederick Douglass' Paper at Rochester. A fugitive from slavery in Maryland settled in Rochester, lectured and published against slavery, promoted various approaches to self-reliance among African Americans. Most famous as an orator, he helped Lincoln decide to make Emancipation a goal of the Civil War, after which he held several prominent positions, including Minister to Haiti. | Monroe
[Home Site] |
| Downing,
George T.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
New York |
| Doy,
Dr. John
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Ely,
Sterling & L. Sheldon
Occupation: Source(s): HM |
Historical Marker on Como Park Blvd. in Cheektowaga, NY: Site of Underground Railway Station Sterling Ely, and his brother, L. Sheldon Ely, both Abolitionists, operated an Underground Railway Station between the years 1850 and 1863. At least 26 escaping black slaves were housed in a double-floored barn, located on this site, during their flight to freedom in Canada. Erected by Town of Cheektowaga 1969. | Erie |
| Fairbank,
Calvin
Occupation: Source(s): M |
Spent a total of 17 years in Kentucky prisosn for aiding escapes to freedom. Freed from prison in 1864 at Lincoln's request. Story discussed in "Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad" by Randolph Paul Runyon. Born in Pike, died in Angelica. | Allegany |
| Falls,
Wm. S.
Occupation: Printer Source(s): S1M |
Foreman at the Daily Democrat, located in same building as North Star office. Hid fugitives in press room, raised money locally for fugitive aid. | Monroe |
| Fish,
Benjamin
Occupation: Miller Source(s): S1M |
Hicksite Quaker, had a shop on State St. in Rochester. A founder of Fourierist Utopian society in Sodus Bay. | Monroe |
| Fish,
Mrs. Sarah
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Fox,
Edward
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Oswego |
| Frank,
Dr. Augustus
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| French
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Oswego |
| Frink,
Rev.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chautauqua |
| Fuller,
James Canning & Lydia
Occupation: Source(s): M |
Their home at 98 West Genesee St. in Skaneateles has been identified by several sources as a station. Papers in the Gerrit Smith Collection at SU document the Fullers' role in purchasing the freedom of Harriet Russell and her family. Her descendants still live in Peterboro. The Fullers were also friends of Jermain Loguen, and it was attheir home he was found safe when it was feared slave hunters were after him. | Onondaga |
| Galusha,
Rev. Ellin
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Gates,
Seth M.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Gibbs
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
New York |
| Gibbs,
Isaac
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Gilbert,
Grove S.
Occupation: Portrait Painter Source(s): S1M |
Lived on Grieg Street in Rochester | Monroe |
| Goodwin
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Albany |
| Hallowell,
Mary H.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 [Portrait] |
Mary H. (Post) Hallowell was the daughter of Amy and Isaac Post. She attended the 1848 Women's Rights convention in Seneca Falls, where she was a signer of the Declaration of Sentiments. She was elected a Secretary of the Rochester Convention that followed a few weeks later. | Monroe |
| Hallowell,
William R.
Occupation: Woolens Manufacturer Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Haywood,
Hon. Wm.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Erie |
| Hooper,
John H.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Rensselaer |
| Hopper,
Isaac T.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Isaac Hopper moved to NYC from Philadelphia in 1829. He was prominent in UGRR activities in PA and reportedly paid the legal expenses of Rev. Richard Allen, a prominent clergyman arrested as a fugitive from slavery. | New
York
UGRR Sites: |
| Huftelen,
E.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Genesee |
| Humphrey,
George H.
Occupation: Lawyer Source(s): S1M |
Lived in house with vertical calpboards at Genesee and Elmdorf in Rochester | Monroe |
| Husbands,
J. D.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Jackson,
James Caleb
Occupation: Source(s): S1 [Biographical] [Portrait] |
Active in the UGRR in Oswego (Mexico) and Albany counties, moved to Peterboro at urging of Gerrit Smith. Jackson was Editor of the Albany Patriot and the Liberty Press, both abolitionist papers. Later obtained medical training and established Glen Haven Water Cure on Skaneateles Lake with business partner Theodosia Gilbert (who later married Will Chaplin). Moved to Dansville, where he established Our Home Water Cure with partner Dr. Harriet Austin. Present (along with Gilbert) at 1850 Cazenovia Fugitive Slave Law Convention. | Albany, Oswego |
| James,
Thomas
Occupation: Minister Source(s): S1M |
Born into slavery in NYS. Moved to Rochester in '23. Pastor of Rochester Methodist Church, which was a station before and during his service there. | Monroe |
| Jarvis,
Dr.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Madison |
| Johnson,
Geo. W.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Erie |
| Johnson,
Oliver
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
New York |
| Jones,
John W.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Himself a fugitive from slavery in Virginia, Jones ran the station at Elmira, which was literally a station on the Northern Central Railroad. The line connected Harrisburg, PA to Niagara Falls, and became active in the 1850s. Fugitives reportedly were hidden in freight cars in the middle of the night, and departed in the morning with the knowledge of the railroad crews. | Chemung |
| Kedzie,
John
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Monroe |
| Knowlton
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chautauqua |
| Langdon,
Jervis
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chemung |
| Lee,
Rev. Luther
Occupation: Source(s): S1H |
Wesleyan Methodist Minister | Onondaga |
| Levenworth,
C. W.
Occupation: Source(s): S1H |
Probably means Elias W. Leavenworth, Lawyer, politician, former Mayor of Syracuse | Onondaga SVC |
| Little,
John
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Chautauqua |
| Loguen,
Rev. Jermain Wesley
Occupation: Clergy Source(s): S1H [Biographical] [Portrait] |
Less well known than his friend Frederick Douglass, Loguen was also a fugitive from slavery (in Tennessee), and considered by some the better orator. Became Elder, and ultimately Bishop in the AME Zion Church, prominent in the NYS Convention movement among African American men. Published a biography, founded schools, the Stationmaster at Syracuse, the most openly publicized on the UGRR. Involved in Jerry Rescue. Named a son after Gerrit Smith. One daughter was among the first women to graduate medical school in Syracuse, another (Amelia) married Lewis Douglass, son of Frederick and Anna Douglass. | Onondaga SVC |
| Lyman,
R. W.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Marsh,
Joseph
Occupation: Source(s): S1M |
Lived next door to Frederick Douglass on Alexander Street, in Rochester | Monroe |
| May,
Rev. Samuel J.
Occupation: Clergy Source(s): S1 [Biographical] [Portrait] |
Samuel J. May was a Unitarian minister and agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Though a pacfist, he was involved in the Jerry Rescue in Syracuse. May published circulars in support of Jermain W. Loguen's efforts to raise money to assist fugitives from slavery. Published a book on the anti-slavery struggle. | Onondaga |
| McDonald,
Daniel
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Genesee |
| McKay,
F. C. D.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Miller,
Frank
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Wyoming |
| Minor
(Miner), Rev. Ovid
Occupation: Clergy Source(s): S1H |
Congregational minister in Syracuse. | Onondaga |
| Moore,
Dea. Henry.
Occupation: Source(s): S1 |
Erie |
| Moore,
Isaac
Occupation: Source(s): M |
First resident of Babcock Homestead at 1496 Clover Rd, used as a station. | Monroe |
| Moore,
Lindley Murray
Occupation: Teacher |
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