Schoharie County NYGenWeb Site History of Schoharie County by
William E. Roscoe HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WRIGHT. TOWN FORMED -
FIRST SETTLEMENT - BECKER FAMILY - BECKER LAND GRANT - FIRST SAW
MILL - HON YOST BECKER - JOHN DOMINICK AND FAMILY - EVENTS OF
1782 - BURNING OF ZIMMER'S BUILDINGS - BECKER MURDERED - ADVANCE
UPON MAJOR BECKER'S HOUSE - SNYDER AND MANN CAPTURED -
TRADITIONARY TALE OF SETHS HENRY'S DEATH - MAJOR BECKER'S DEATH
- STONE STORE AT SHUTTER'S CORNERS - HENRY BECKER - FOUNDING OF
SCHOOL - HUNTING FAMILY - GALLUPVILLE - CHURCHES - REFORMED
CHURCH, METHODIST AND LUTHERAN - NEW VILLAGE - WAGON MAKING -
DUTCH SETTLEMENT - WEIDMAN'S - HIRAM WALDEN - SUPERVISORS -
VALUATION - MERCHANTS AND PHYSICIANS - BOUNDARIES. This town was
formed from Schoharie on the 4th of April, 1846, through the
Legislative labors of the late Judge John C. Wright, then
Senator of the Third District, and named in honor of the acting
Governor, Silas Wright. It is peculiarly adapted to both
agriculture and manufacture, although