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Cayuga County formed a part of what was called the "Onondaga Military Tract". This tract of land was set aside for the payment of land bounties to Revolutionary War soldiers under laws passed by the U.S. Congress and State of New York. This Act was originally passed by Congress on September 16, 1776. Provisions to the Act were added in 1780 and 1783.
On March 20, 1781 and on March 28, 1783, the New York State Legislature provided further specifications as to which persons were to receive land. They also stated exactly how the bounty land was to be laid out: Each Township was to be six miles square with 156 lots of 150 acres each.
On May 11, 1783 it was stated that the Townships shall contain 60,000 acres. All of this land was wild and uninhabited by non-native people and thus took time to survey and map.
By July 3, 1790, twenty-six Towns had been surveyed, mapped and numbered. Brutus was number four and Aurelius was number eight. All twenty six were given classical names by a clerk in the surveyor's office whose last name was Harpur. He was a student of the classics and went on to found Harpur College.
The Town of Aurelius was formed on January 27, 1789. It was enlarged on March 5, 1794 to include Brutus, Cato and Mentz. At this time, Brutus included the area now called Sennett.
The Town of Brutus detached from Aurelius on March 30, 1802. Sennett detached from Brutus on March 19, 1827 leaving the Town of Brutus with the borders we now have.
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- First permanent settler: William Stevens, Lot 76, 1800.
oldbrutushistorical.org - First church: Methodist Episcopal, 1816.
oldbrutushistorical.org - Weed brothers constuct "Basin" on the Erie Canal, 1818
oldbrutushistorical.org - Town of Brutus established in 1827.
oldbrutushistorical.org - Village of Weedsport incorporated in 1831.
oldbrutushistorical.org - 1836 - Brutus
BRUTUS, taken from Aurelius, 30th March, 1802, since altered; distant from Albany, W. 153 miles; surface hilly, being partly covered with gravel...Read MORE... - 1854 - Brutus
Brutus, a township of Cayuga county, New York, 7 miles N. from Auburn, is intersected by the Erie canal, and by the Rochester and Syracuse railroad....Read MORE... 
Weedsport Skirt & Dress Co. 1887 advertisement
Security Corset.
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Manufactured by Weedsport Shirt & Dress, Co.
Weedsport, N.Y.
Advertisement- 1895 - Brutus
Brutus, a township of Cayuga co, N.Y., containing the village of Weedsport, and traversed by the New York Central and Southern Central Railroads and...Read MORE... 
High School, Weedsport, N.Y.
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Trolley Station, Weedsport, N.Y.
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First M.E. Church and Parsonage, Weedsport, N.Y.
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1912 - OUT INTO THE NIGHT - Family Driven From Burning Home in Nightclothes.
Weedsport, Feb. 2. - The family of G. Wordoski, a Pole., who had recently moved into this vicinity from Syracuse, was driven out in their night...Read MORE...- 1916
Brutus, a township (town) of Cayuga co., N.Y., containing the village of Weedsport. Pop. in 1900, 2582.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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 - Weedsport Skirt & Dress Co. 1887 advertisement
Security Corset.
Elegance, Comfort, Economy, Durability
Manufactured by Weedsport Shirt & Dress, Co.
Weedsport, N.Y.
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Weedsport Skirt & Dress Co. 1887 advertisement
Security Corset.
Elegance, Comfort, Economy, Durability
Manufactured by Weedsport Shirt & Dress, Co.
Weedsport, N.Y.
Brutus, New York, USA
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 - High School, Weedsport, N.Y.)
High School, Weedsport, N.Y.
Brutus, New York, USA
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 - Trolley Station, Weedsport, N.Y.)
Trolley Station, Weedsport, N.Y.
Brutus, New York, USA
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 - First M.E. Church and Parsonage, Weedsport, N.Y.)
First M.E. Church and Parsonage, Weedsport, N.Y.
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First permanent settler: William Stevens, Lot 76, 1800.
oldbrutushistorical.org
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First church: Methodist Episcopal, 1816.
oldbrutushistorical.org
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Weed brothers constuct "Basin" on the Erie Canal, 1818
oldbrutushistorical.org
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Town of Brutus established in 1827.
oldbrutushistorical.org
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Village of Weedsport incorporated in 1831.
oldbrutushistorical.org
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1836 - Brutus
BRUTUS, taken from Aurelius, 30th March, 1802, since altered; distant from Albany, W. 153 miles; surface hilly, being partly covered with gravel... Read MORE...
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1854 - Brutus
Brutus, a township of Cayuga county, New York, 7 miles N. from Auburn, is intersected by the Erie canal, and by the Rochester and Syracuse railroad.... Read MORE...
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1895 - Brutus
Brutus, a township of Cayuga co, N.Y., containing the village of Weedsport, and traversed by the New York Central and Southern Central Railroads and... Read MORE...
1912 - OUT INTO THE NIGHT - Family Driven From Burning Home in Nightclothes.
Weedsport, Feb. 2. - The family of G. Wordoski, a Pole., who had recently moved into this vicinity from Syracuse, was driven out in their night... Read MORE...
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1916
Brutus, a township (town) of Cayuga co., N.Y., containing the village of Weedsport. Pop. in 1900, 2582.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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