Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York
Soon
after the Revolutionary War Zephaniah Platt and 32 associates formed a company
designed for the purchase of
military land warrants, and they were soon granted a tract 7-mile square on Lake
Champlain in New York. In August 1784, Capt. Nathaniel Platt and Capt,
Reeve personally set out to survey the Plattsburgh patent and laid off 10 lots
of 80-100 acres each to be given to the first 10 settlers who came to reside
with families within the 7 miles they had purchased. Another track
of 100 acres was allotted as a donation to the first male child born on
the patent. Plattsburgh was first recognized as a town April 4, 1785, and
from this period the settlement steadily progressed. Clinton County, New
York was formed from Washington County, NY on March 7, 1788.
