Title: History of Liberty, Sullivan County NY
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Content: The town lies  wholly within the limits of the Great or Hardenbergh patent, and contains 48,951 acres. POPULATION- VALUATION - TAXATION. Year. Population
Assessed Value. Town charges
Co. and State
1810
419
$313,679
$154.86
$291.90
1820
851
178,184
527.94
362.08
1830
1,277
176,449
559.22
1,101.39
1840
1,569
216,756
853.51
734.7
1850
2,612
149,489
706.84
1,462.66
1860
3,016
390,336
699.68
2,797.74
1870
3,392
282,166
8,619.79
7,593.21
In 1855, with about 540 married men, Liberty had 472 owners of land - a very creditable  fact. This town was principally settled by families from Connecticut and other Eastern States, and a large majority of  those who now reside in it are of that descent. Nearly a century had elapsed since Queen Ann had granted the Hardenbergh patent to "promote the settlement  of the country." The immense estate had not been divided between the original proprietors or their heirs and  legal representatives, until the company, from its numbers, had become too unwieldy for practical purposes. A partition  then took place; and it was subsequently subdivided by heirs and assigns, who were scattered far and wide over  the earth's surface.