however, a note in "transactions of the oneida historical society at utica, new hartford centennial, 1889", which documented the 1888 centennial, questions the validity of the story through research of property deed records. the note cites one deed, recorded with the oneida county clerk, for the sale of four lots in bayard's patent, on the east of the creek, from john g. leake to sanger in november 1790 for £910.4 (approximately $1.16 per acre).