In 1768 the sixty-year struggle to open the lands of the
Kayaderosseras Patent north of Albany for settlement was finally
resolved. The long conflict with France was over, and disputes over
ownership rights with the local Mohawk Indians had been settled.
This is the story of the families that left their homesteads in
Connecticut and moved to Middleline Road in Ball's Town, in the
Patent. There they began their new life on the frontier, soon to be
interrupted by the American Revolution. As Yankees, most of these
pioneers supported the rebel cause. In 1780 the war came to them,
as a contingent of 200 British soldiers, Loyalists, and Mohawk
Indians descended on Ball's Town, pillaging and burning their
newly-built cabins. In the wake of the raid twenty-five men were
carried off to Canada, where many remained imprisoned until the end
of the War two years later. "War on the Middleline" is the story of
these families, their heritage, and the hardships they endured
during the founding of our nation.
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