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WILLETT TRACT

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Site
Location
8184 River Road, Baldwinsville, NY
Lat/Long
43.167267, -76.278325
Grant Recipient
Town of Lysander
Historic Marker

WILLETT TRACT

Inscription

WILLETT TRACT
THIS SITE IS PART OF THE
MILITARY TRACT ALLOTMENT
DEEDED ON JULY 9, 1790
TO MARINUS WILLETT,
REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION

Marinus Willett was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He was awarded 3,000 acres of land in and around Central New York. He never lived on this site but his son, Rev. William Willett did settle here.