in 1801, he was one of the founding members of the chenango turnpike corporation. an act passed by the state legislature in march 1801 specified that the road should be built from the town of oxford in chenango county and follow as direct a route as possible to an intersection with the seneca turnpike (then called the genesee road) "at or near the house of jedediah sanger". this is the path of present new york state route 12.