Editing Augusta, New York (section)

===Other early settlers=== 
Gunn was followed by Benjamin Warren, David Morton, and John Alden.  On August 17, 1793, Ichabod Stafford, and Joseph and Abraham Forbes arrived bringing the population to 23.  Other settlers arriving in 1794 and 1795 were Isaac and Benjamin Allen, Amos Parker, a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] veteran, James Cassety, Frances O'Toole, Ozias Hart, Abel Prior, Thomas Spafford, Ezra Saxton, Abiel Lindsley, and J. Reynolds.

1796 brought Abraham and Alexander Holmes, Oliver Bartholomew, Deacon Philip Pond, William Martin, Stephen Crosby, Archibald and John Manchester, Robert Worden, and John Goodhue.

Several families arrived in 1797, all from [[Washington, Connecticut]].  These were Robert Durkee, Newton Smith, Joseph Hurd, Sheldon Parmalee, Benhamin and Joseph Durkee, and David Curtis.

Andrew McMillan arrived from [[North Conway, New Hampshire]], in 1798.  McMillan's son, also named Andrew McMillan, became superintendent of the [[Utica City School District|Utica Schools]].  The first merchant, named Adams, opened in 1798.

Josiah Cook came from [[Otis, Massachusetts]], in 1799.  The area in which he settled was called "Cook's Corners". Several other settlers arrived from an adjacent town, [[Blandford, Massachusetts|Blandford]] including Abner Ranney, Elisha Shepard, and many belonging to the Knox family.  Cook's Corners was later renamed Knox's Corners then Knoxboro.

Another early settler was Charles Putnam, from [[Stonington, Connecticut]], having first lived in Clinton for two years.  He is also a Revolutionary War veteran<ref name="Wager">Our County and Its People:A Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York, Daniel Elbridge Wager, The Boston History Company, 1896</ref> and is credited with building the first [[timber frame]] barn in the town, built of [[black ash]].<ref name="Durant"/>