Town of Floyd

Town of Floyd. . , Town of Floyd , Following Capt Benjamin Pike's arrival on the banks of the Te-Ya-Nun-Soke in the "Punch Bowl", other settlers quickly arrived. The Te-Ya-Nun-Soke became the Nine Mile Creek and soon a thriving village with grain mills, blacksmiths, glass maker and such blossomed., In a few years most residents and new settlers moved northward forming a village on higher ground. On March 4 1796, the New York State Legislature formed from the huge Town of Steuben the "Town of Floyd" in honor of General William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and large landholder in Floyd. On the same date, Lt. Col Stephen Moulton was elected the first supervisor., The newer village became "Floyd Corners" and still exists as such, while the "Punch Bowl” drifted into history., Floyd grew rapidly becoming one of the most affluent of Oneida County towns sending several men into higher county and state offices and a magnet area for intellectually-inclined Masonic, scholarly, political and anti-slavery activities, Comprised of 20,650 acres, Floyd gave generously of her young people in all of the wars, and may be the first township in the nation to build a memorial dedicated to its early settlers, historical leaders, volunteer firepersons, veterans and very special reverence to its fallen war heroes