1778 "Indian Country"
1779 Sullivan Campaign
1792 Cayuga Reservation and Finger Lakes Military tracts laid out
1795 Military Tracts established on former Cayuga Nation Reservation
Click here for a detailed history of the New York Military Tract.
1807 Canoga Reservation was surveyed into four lots by the Hon. Joseph Annin.
Just over 631 acres went to Wilhelmus Mynderse, Michael Vreeland, William B. Hall,
and Daniel Blackney.
1811 William Chattim comes into possession of military lot 26
1815 William Chattim purchases 21.4 acres of the former Canoga Reservation from
Michael Vreeland
1837 James Burtleys (spelling? needs further research) purchases farm
1863 George Bockoven wins lawsuit over mortgage, purchases foreclosed farm in
public sale by sheriff, gaining ownership.
1867 Bockoven sells farm to Baxter Chatham, who was aided financially by Samuel
Cosad.
1890 Samuel Cosad and son Myron H. Cosad eventually purchase entire farm by
1890.
1923 Myron H. Cosad dies.
1930 Seneca County acquires right of way to improve old Indian trail turned farm
road into Canoga-Halsey Corners County Highway for $75.00 plus $50.00
compensation for fencing.
1934 Seneca County acquires a conveyance through quit claim of .85 acres for
Canoga-Halsey Corners County Highway
1935 Myron Cosad Jr., having resided on the farm since birth, becomes the legal
owner of the farm.
1961 New York State completes the conversion of Canoga-Halsey Corners County
Highway to New York State Route 89.
1965 Myron Cosad Jr passes the farm on to his sons Dudley and Willis Cosad in his
will.
1973 Dudley Cosad deeds his portion of the farm to Willis, making Willis sole owner.
June 2002 - Tidball family purchases the Cosad farm
August 2002 Tidball family rehabs poultry barn and acquires 4 laying hens and a
rooster
Jan 2003 Tidball family rehabs "hog barn" and purchases first six sheep
Aug 2003- Tidball family purchases first cattle (dairy steers)
2004 Main barn is converted from dairy to horse stalls and cattle
2005 Tidball family enters lake shore field into conservation easement Wetland
Reserve Program.
1779 Sullivan Campaign
1792 Cayuga Reservation and Finger Lakes Military tracts laid out
1795 Military Tracts established on former Cayuga Nation Reservation
Click here for a detailed history of the New York Military Tract.
1807 Canoga Reservation was surveyed into four lots by the Hon. Joseph Annin.
Just over 631 acres went to Wilhelmus Mynderse, Michael Vreeland, William B. Hall,
and Daniel Blackney.
1811 William Chattim comes into possession of military lot 26
1815 William Chattim purchases 21.4 acres of the former Canoga Reservation from
Michael Vreeland
1837 James Burtleys (spelling? needs further research) purchases farm
1863 George Bockoven wins lawsuit over mortgage, purchases foreclosed farm in
public sale by sheriff, gaining ownership.
1867 Bockoven sells farm to Baxter Chatham, who was aided financially by Samuel
Cosad.
1890 Samuel Cosad and son Myron H. Cosad eventually purchase entire farm by
1890.
1923 Myron H. Cosad dies.
1930 Seneca County acquires right of way to improve old Indian trail turned farm
road into Canoga-Halsey Corners County Highway for $75.00 plus $50.00
compensation for fencing.
1934 Seneca County acquires a conveyance through quit claim of .85 acres for
Canoga-Halsey Corners County Highway
1935 Myron Cosad Jr., having resided on the farm since birth, becomes the legal
owner of the farm.
1961 New York State completes the conversion of Canoga-Halsey Corners County
Highway to New York State Route 89.
1965 Myron Cosad Jr passes the farm on to his sons Dudley and Willis Cosad in his
will.
1973 Dudley Cosad deeds his portion of the farm to Willis, making Willis sole owner.
June 2002 - Tidball family purchases the Cosad farm
August 2002 Tidball family rehabs poultry barn and acquires 4 laying hens and a
rooster
Jan 2003 Tidball family rehabs "hog barn" and purchases first six sheep
Aug 2003- Tidball family purchases first cattle (dairy steers)
2004 Main barn is converted from dairy to horse stalls and cattle
2005 Tidball family enters lake shore field into conservation easement Wetland
Reserve Program.
Canoga Creek Farm History
