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In 1724 Massachusetts, under a grant from the crown of England claimed jurisdiction over Columbia County and at the same time, New York claimed jurisdiction over much of Berkshire County. This boundary dispute was settled by compromise about 1773 but not perfected until 1787. The settlers in Kakeout, later Nobletown (now Hillsdale) were mostly from Massachusetts and a few from Connecticut with some Dutch settlers in the northern part.
Both Nobletown and Spencertown were the first New England settlements established within Claverack's alleged borders both being named after the principal founding families.
HISTORY OF NOBLETOWN NEW YORK
by Susan Stalker Mulvey
Hillsdale's territory was taken from the Town of Claverack in 1782.
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- General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,...Read MORE... - 1854 - Hillsdale
Hillsdale, a post-township on the E. border of Columbia co., N. Y. Pop., 2123.
Hillsdale, a small post-village in the above township, about 40...Read MORE... - 1895 - Hillsdale
Hillsdale, a post-village of Columbia co., N.Y., in Hillsdale township, on the New York & Harlem Railroad, 110 miles N. by E. of New York, and about...Read MORE... - 1900 - Hillsdale
Hillsdale is the fourth from the north and third from the south in the eastern tier of towns of the county. It is bounded on the north by Austerlitz, ...Read MORE... 
Old Toll Gate Near Hillsdale, N.Y.
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Hillsdale, a post-village of Columbia co., N.Y., in Hillsdale township (town), on the New York Central and Hudson River R., 16 miles E. by S. of...Read MORE... 
Greetings from North Hillsdale, N.Y.
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Old Toll Gate Near Hillsdale, N.Y.
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General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,... Read MORE...
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1854 - Hillsdale
Hillsdale, a post-township on the E. border of Columbia co., N. Y. Pop., 2123.
Hillsdale, a small post-village in the above township, about 40... Read MORE...
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1895 - Hillsdale
Hillsdale, a post-village of Columbia co., N.Y., in Hillsdale township, on the New York & Harlem Railroad, 110 miles N. by E. of New York, and about... Read MORE...
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1900 - Hillsdale
Hillsdale is the fourth from the north and third from the south in the eastern tier of towns of the county. It is bounded on the north by Austerlitz, ... Read MORE...
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1916
Hillsdale, a post-village of Columbia co., N.Y., in Hillsdale township (town), on the New York Central and Hudson River R., 16 miles E. by S. of... Read MORE...
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