Editing Catharine, New York (section)

==History==
A Seneca village informally known as [[Catharine's Town (Seneca town)|Catharine's Town]] was located near the falls.  It was destroyed by colonial forces during the [[Sullivan Expedition]] of 1779, one of more than 40 villages destroyed across western New York in retaliation for raids in the eastern part of the province.

The first European-American settlers are thought to have arrived around 1788 after the American Revolutionary War. The Seneca and other Iroquois allies of the British were forced to cede their lands in New York. The Town of Catharine was created by the New York State Legislature in 1798, with its first elections occurring in the same year. By 1805 the town had grown sufficiently that a Methodist congregation was formed in the eponymous hamlet of Catharine. An Episcopalian congregation was the first to build a church, St. John's, in 1811.

The town was originally organized as part of [[Chemung County, New York|Chemung County]], before the formation of Schuyler County.  Property for Catharine was taken from the [[Elmira (town), New York|Town of Elmira]] (then called "Newtown") in 1798. Part of Catharine was in turn divided to form the Towns of [[Veteran, New York|Veteran]] and [[Catlin, New York|Catlin]] (both in Chemung County) in 1825. Catharine was further reduced by the formation of the [[Montour, New York|Town of Montour]] in 1857. When Schuyler County was established in 1854, Catharine was removed from the remit of Chemung County.

The [[Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>