War on the Middleline
Subtitle: the founding of a community in the Kayaderosseras Patent in the midst of the American Revolution
By: James E. Richmond
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
Published: 2016
Place of publication: [Raleigh, N.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781483453910
Subjects: Mohawk Indians; American loyalists; History
Description: "In 1768 the sixty-year struggle to open the lands of the Kayaderrosseras Patent north of Albany for settlement was finally resolved. The long conflict with France was over, and disputes over ownership rights with the local Mohawk Indians had been settles. This is the story of the families that left their homesteads in Connecticut and moved to Middleline Road in Ball's Town, in the Patent. There they began their new life on the frontier, soon to be interrupted by the American Revolution. As Yankees, most of these pioneers supported the rebel cause. In 1780 the war came to them, as a contingent of 200 British soldiers, Loyalists and Mohawk Indians descended on Ball's Town, pillaging and burning their newly-built cabins. In the wake of the raid twenty-five men were carried off to Canada, where many remained imprisoned until the end of the War two years later. "War on the the Middleline" is the story of these families, their heritage, and the hardships they endured during the founding of our nation. Readers looking for a detailed story of a settlement on Mohawk hunting grounds in upstate New York, which led to a Revolutionary War raid that pitched exiled Tories and Natives against Whig settlers will find Jim Richmond's book a fascinating read."--Cover.
Notes: "Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 9/9/2016."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dramatis personae; title: Preface and acknowledgements; title: Prologue: Milton Center-October 17, 1780. Anne, by the grace of God; This extravagant grant; Links and chains; The five-mile square; title: The people. People of the Middleline; title: The war. Rebels and Loyalists; War on the frontier; The Ballston Raid; Canad; title: Epilogue: Life goes on; title: Appendix.