Florence--The town of Florence lies in the northwest corner of Oneida County. It was
created by an Act of Legislature on February 16, 1805 from the town of
Camden. The first settlement was in the fall of 1801 when Amos Woodworth,
John Spinning and a Mr. Turner settled on fifty acres each. Very shortly
afterward other settlers arrived including Azariah Orton, Clark Crawford,
Norman Waugh, Benoni Barlow, Ebenezer Barlow, Ambrose Curtiss, Ephraim
Wright, Joseph Olcutt and Benjamin Young. The first town meeting was held
in the home of John Spinningon
March 5, 1805.354,354

Camden-- The town of Camden was formed from the town of Mexico on the 15th of
March in 1799. It is situated on the western border of the county. It was first
settled by Judge Henry Williams in 1796-7. Jesse Curtiss, Esq. had come to
the town and erected a saw mill but he did not permanently settle until later.
Among the earliest arrivals to the town were Levi Matthews, Daniel Parke,
Seth and Joel Dunbar, Aaron Matthews, Thomas Comstock, Jesse and Elihu
Curtiss, Samuel Royce, Noah and Andrew Tuttle, Benjamin and Philip
Barnes and Israel Stoddard. The first town meeting was held in the house of
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