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Poor House Enumeration from the 1865 Census, page 5, (June 7, 1865) under the Town of Jerusalem, Yates County, in the County Clerk's Office, Penn Yan, New York.
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==History==
1865 Poor House, Jerusalem, N.Y.
 
  
AVES, Nancy, 15, born in Michigan
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In 1824 the State Legislature passed an act which made a general provision for the maintenance of the poor of the several counties of the State and under this law the supervisors of the county took the initial steps toward the establishment of a county infirmary. The matter was under discussion early in October 1829 at which time the supervisors filed with the clerk a certificate that read as follows: "In compliance with the tenth section of an act passed the 27th of November, 1824, relative to County Poor-Houses, we hereby determine that it will benefit the county of Yates to erect a county poor-house therein. "Given under our hands this 10th day of October, 1829. "Jonathan Whittaker, George Youngs, Clarkson Martin, Alfred Brown, Asher Spicer, James Christie, Abraham Maxfield." Thereafter the supervisors of the county agreed upon the purchase of lands for poor house purposes. The deed was executed on April 14, 1830, by Alfred Brown of Jerusalem, to the superintendents of the poor of Yates County, Elijah Spencer, Joel Dorman, Jabez French, John Warner, and James C. Robinson, whereby in consideration of the sum of $1,200 the grantor conveyed to the grantees, or their successors in office or legal representatives, 125 acres of land in the town of Jerusalem. This is the same tract of land now in part used by the county as a poor house farm. The Yates County poor house and its management have at times been the subjects of much discussion and no little anxiety on the part of the supervisors, the press, and the people of the county as well. There have been charges of corruption and extravagance which may not have been wholly groundless. It was during the period extending from 1855 to 1860 that the subject was uppermost in the public and official mind, but eventually, the matter was adjusted or settled and affairs resumed their usual quiet state. From that to the present time there has been no serious disturbance concerning the county's poor house management.<ref>[https://inmatesofwillard.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/washington-wayne-westchester-wyoming-yates-counties-1883.pdf https://inmatesofwillard.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/washington-wayne-westchester-wyoming-yates-counties-1883.pdf]</ref><ref>https://genealogytrails.com/ny/yates/countyhistory.html
AVES, Thomas, 14, born in Yates County
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BARKER, George, 68, born in New York City
 
CALKINS, Levi, 67, born in Vermont
 
CLARK, Elish, 50, born Yates County
 
CONER, William, 40, born in Ireland
 
CONNER, Margaret, 3 yrs. 4 mos., born in Michigan
 
CONNER, Mary, 16, born Seneca Co.
 
CONNER, Rachel, 51, born Ireland
 
COOLY, Albert, 1 yr. 2 mos., born Yates County
 
COOLY, Mary A., 18, born in Yates County
 
CORY, Charles, 70, born in Rhode Island
 
COTTER, Josephine, 4, born Monroe County
 
COTTER, Margaret, 41, born in Ireland
 
COTTER, Mary A., 7, born in Monroe County
 
CRAGGONS, Christopher, 5, born in Steuben County
 
CRAGGONS, Ella, 9, born Yates County
 
CRAGGONS, Timothy, 2 yrs. 9 mos., born Tompkins County
 
CRAGONS, Ellen, 40, born in Ireland
 
CRAGONS, Timothy, 40, born in Ireland
 
CRESS, Joseph, 62, born in Pennsylvania
 
DAVIS, Frank, 8, born Yates County
 
DAVIS, Lewis, 5, born Yates County
 
DAVIS, Seneca, 11, born Yates County
 
EASTON, Hannah, 54, born in Yates County
 
GRAHAM, Hugh, 63, born in Scotland
 
GRISWOLD, Charity, 39, born in Yates County
 
GRISWOLD, Edward, 8, born in Yates County
 
GRISWOLD, Mary, 18, born in Yates County
 
HALL, Lucy, 54, born in Yates County
 
HAMILTON, Abraham (Black), 47, born in Seneca County
 
HOUGHTAILING, Rhuana, 65, born Connecticut
 
HULL, Mary, 56, born in Onondaga County
 
HULSE, William, 56, born in Orange County
 
IRISH, Margaret, 50, born in Ireland
 
JOHNSON, Samuel (Black), 64, born in Montgomery County
 
KELSEY, Miles, 28, born Yates County
 
KNAPP, Jane, 69, born in Orange County
 
KNICKERBOCKER, David, --, born Yates County
 
KNICKERBOCKER, Peter, 72, was born Dutchess County
 
LAMBERT, Aaron, 18, born in Orange County
 
LAMBERT, Mahetible, 50, born in Orange County
 
LANG, Josephus, 19, born in Yates County
 
LATHROPE, Mary, 80, born in Connecticut
 
MALANY, Cornelia, 24, born in Seneca County
 
MALANY, Thomas, 35, born in Ireland
 
MCELROY, Eliza, 33, born in Yates County
 
MCELROY, Elizabeth, 1 1/2, born in Yates County
 
MCELROY, Ella, 8, born Erie County
 
MCELROY, John McElroy, 43, was born in Ireland
 
MCELROY, Mary, 6, born in Wyoming County
 
MCGURK, Neal, 58, born in Ireland
 
MITCHELL, John, 68, born in New Hampshire
 
O'BRIEN, Bridget, 63, born Ireland
 
PRATT, Seth, 65, born in Vermont
 
PROPER, John, 72, born in Queens
 
PULLMAN, Elsey, 64, born in Yates County
 
RHODES, William, 36, born Yates County
 
ROOT, John, 34, born in Yates County
 
SABACOOL, Sarah, 64, was born in New Jersey
 
SHAW, Abijah, 63, born in Chenango County
 
SHEPHERD, Alexander, 52, born in Seneca County
 
SPRAGUE, Eli, 65, born in Columbia County
 
SPRAGUE, George, 6, born in Yates County
 
STRYKER, Cornelius, Farmer, 77, New Jersey
 
THORPE, Jonathan, 67, born Steuben County
 
VANDOREN, Ella, 5, born in Seneca County
 
VANDOREN, William, 2 yrs. 5 mos., born Yates County
 
WALLACE, William, 70, born in Columbia County
 
WHEATON, James, 36, born Yates County
 
WHEATON, Reubin, 74, born Albany County
 
WHEELER, Paul, 70, born in Connecticut
 
WHITAKER, Electa, 51, Unknown
 
WHITBECK, Katy (Black), 57, Unknown
 
WILKINSON, Margaret, 78, New Jersey
 
  
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In June 1922, a fire destroyed the nearly fifty-year-old institution.
  
Yates County. - The poor house of this county was visited on June 4, 1883. It then sheltered
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== References ==
29 inmates, of whom two were insane women. One of these, Phebe Newson, a widow,
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had been an inmate for about five months, being sent to her relatives in this county from
 
Illinois, where she had probably been insane for some time. She was elegant and clean in
 
her person and habits, but being at times quite disturbed, I advised her removal to the
 
Willard Asylum, in which the county now has about 30 patients. The other woman was a
 
quiet, harmless case, and said to be a good laborer. Among the inmates, who were mostly
 
very aged and infirm, there was one feeble-minded woman, 27 years old, who had been in
 
the house about six months. She is badly scarred upon the chest, from a burn by hot water,
 
when a child, and lacks physical vigor. During the past winter, an attempt was made by a
 
tramp, lodging overnight in the house, to outrage her person, but it is said without success.
 
Given her helpless condition, I advised the superintendent to endeavor to secure her
 
early admission to the Newark Asylum.
 
  
a fire destroyed the nearly 50-year-old Yates County Poor House in June 1922
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*[https://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-genealogy/yates-county/1865_jerusalem_new_york_state_census_poor_house_enumeration.htm 1865 Census of the Yates County Poorhouse]
  
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The foregoing is a record of the public buildings of the county of Yates which have been and are in use in connection with its administration and governmental affairs. But the county has one other property which demands some notice in this place. Yates County had not been a separate organization for more than four or five years before its people and officers began discussing the question of establishing a home for the unfortunate and indigent element of the local population. In 1824 the State Legislature passed an act which made a general provision for the maintenance of the poor of the several counties of the State and under this law the supervisors of the county took the initial steps toward the establishment of a county infirmary. The matter was under discussion early in October 1829 at which time the supervisors filed with the clerk a certificate that read as follows:
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"In compliance with the tenth section of an act passed the 27th of November, 1824, relative to County Poor-Houses, we hereby determine that it will benefit the county of Yates to erect a county poor-house therein.
 
"Given under our hands this 10th day of October, 1829.
 
"Jonathan Whittaker, George Youngs, Clarkson Martin, Alfred Brown, Asher Spicer, James Christie, Abraham Maxfield."
 
Thereafter the supervisors of the county agreed upon the purchase of lands for poor house purposes. The deed was executed on April 14, 1830, by Alfred Brown of Jerusalem, to the superintendents of the poor of Yates County, Elijah Spencer, Joel Dorman, Jabez French, John Warner, and James C. Robinson, whereby in consideration of the sum of $1,200 the grantor conveyed to the grantees, or their successors in office or legal representatives, 125 acres of land in the town of Jerusalem. This is the same tract of land now in part used by the county as a poor house farm, although the area of the same has been increased to now contain 180 acres.
 
The Yates County poor house and its management have at times been the subjects of much discussion and no little anxiety on the part of the supervisors, the press, and the people of the county as well. There have been charges of corruption and extravagance which may not have been wholly groundless. It was during the period extending from 1855 to 1860 that the subject was uppermost in the public and official mind, but eventually, the matter was adjusted or settled and affairs resumed their usual quiet state. From that to the present time there has been no serious disturbance concerning the county's poor house management.
 

Latest revision as of 12:16, 24 February 2024

Yates County Poorhouse
Established 1830
Demolished 1922
Current Status Demolished
Location Jerusalem, NY



History[edit]

In 1824 the State Legislature passed an act which made a general provision for the maintenance of the poor of the several counties of the State and under this law the supervisors of the county took the initial steps toward the establishment of a county infirmary. The matter was under discussion early in October 1829 at which time the supervisors filed with the clerk a certificate that read as follows: "In compliance with the tenth section of an act passed the 27th of November, 1824, relative to County Poor-Houses, we hereby determine that it will benefit the county of Yates to erect a county poor-house therein. "Given under our hands this 10th day of October, 1829. "Jonathan Whittaker, George Youngs, Clarkson Martin, Alfred Brown, Asher Spicer, James Christie, Abraham Maxfield." Thereafter the supervisors of the county agreed upon the purchase of lands for poor house purposes. The deed was executed on April 14, 1830, by Alfred Brown of Jerusalem, to the superintendents of the poor of Yates County, Elijah Spencer, Joel Dorman, Jabez French, John Warner, and James C. Robinson, whereby in consideration of the sum of $1,200 the grantor conveyed to the grantees, or their successors in office or legal representatives, 125 acres of land in the town of Jerusalem. This is the same tract of land now in part used by the county as a poor house farm. The Yates County poor house and its management have at times been the subjects of much discussion and no little anxiety on the part of the supervisors, the press, and the people of the county as well. There have been charges of corruption and extravagance which may not have been wholly groundless. It was during the period extending from 1855 to 1860 that the subject was uppermost in the public and official mind, but eventually, the matter was adjusted or settled and affairs resumed their usual quiet state. From that to the present time there has been no serious disturbance concerning the county's poor house management.[1][2]

In June 1922, a fire destroyed the nearly fifty-year-old institution.

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