05Apr

Sacandaga Blockhouse

THE NINE MILE TREE MARKER: Sir William Johnson laid out a carriage road from Fort Johnson, in the Mohawk Valley, to his summer cottage on the old Sacandaga Vlaie. On every mile of this road, he blazed a marker on a tree, designating the distance from his home in Fort Johnson. For years a large [...]
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05Apr

Sacandaga Blockhouse

SACANDAGA BLOCKHOUSE (MAYFIELD FORT) This has become a controversial marker in our country, due to its location and title. Early records refer to it as the Sacandaga Blockhouse. There was a symposium forum on this subject a few years ago that lasted nearly a year, while trying to determine the proper location of this old [...]
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05Apr

Rice Homestead

OLD OLIVER RICE HOMESTEAD: This old home today has become the headquarters and museum for the Mayfield Historical Society, where a number of events take place throughout the year. The home was built by Oliver Rice after the American Revolution. Oliver had been a veteran during the Revolutionary War. It has remained in the Rice [...]
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05Apr

Indian Raid

JACOB DUNHAM AND SAMUEL. HIS SON, KILLED HERE APRIL 1779. OTHERS OF THE FAMILY ESCAPED BY HIDING IN THE WOODS SITE OF THEIR HOME. INDIAN RAID (AMERICAN REVOLUTION): This marker marks the site of Jacob Dunham home, an early settler in the old town of Mayfield. It denotes the location where Jacob and his son [...]
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05Apr

First Brick Home

ANTHONYVILLE: On these corners was the residence of an early Quaker family by the name of Anthony. On the corner of this marked site was built the first brick home in the town of Mayfield. This became an old place-name in the town, called Anthonyville. Across the road, and by the creek was a prosperous [...]
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05Apr

Old Mayfield Dutch Reformed Church

SITE OF DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH OF MAYFIELD, 1783-1826. CHURCHYARD CONTAINING REMAINS OF MANY PIONEERS OF THIS SECTION SITE OF THE OLD MAYFIELD DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH: This old church was established in 1793 and stood on this site until 1826. The churchyard was used for burials of some of Mayfield's early settlers. It was later extended into [...]
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05Apr

Romeyn’s Mill

THE OLD MILL SITE KNOWN AS ROMEYN'S MILL: This mill was originally erected by Sir William Johnson to help induce settlement into the old Mayfield Patent. It was built here on the old Mayfiled creek that emptied into the old Sacandaga Vlaie ( a water powered mill). After the American Revolution it was run by [...]
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05Apr

Old Baptist Church Site

OLD BAPTIST CHURCH SITE: This marker designates the site of the old Mayfield and Broadalbin Baptist Church, established here in 1792 at the home of Caleb Woodsworth. Caleb had served in the American Revolution and was one of the first settlers in this locality. Location: This marker is on Route 30A north; turn off at [...]
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05Apr

Riceville Cemetery

RICEVILLE CEMETERY: HERE ARE BURIED JONATHAN FISK - OLIVER RICE - WILLIAM WOODSWORTH - SAMUEL WOODSWORTH - JESSE FOOTE -ISAAC BEMIS - JONATHAN CANFIELD - SOLDIERS OF THE REOLUTION This old burial ground in the town of Mayfield marks the graves of several old settlers and veterans of the American Revolution. (Note: there is a [...]
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05Apr

Burrying Ground of Major Harmen and Francais Van Buren

BURYING GROUND OF MAJOR HARMON AND  FRANCIS VAN BUREN SEVENTH  ALBANY COUNTY REGIMENT; REVOLUTIONARY WAR.  SETTLERS ON THIS LAND. THE BURIAL SITE OF TWO REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS: This marker directs you up a narrow dirt road that leads to some summer camps. In the yard of one of these camps is a boulder with an inscription to two Revolutionary War Soldiers [...]
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