Editing Ava, New York (section)

===Land===
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*Adgate patent, a 45,000 acre patent issued to [[Matthew Adgate]]. Adgate was a member of the NY assembly and the US constitutional convention.
*the Oothoudt Patent, a 16,052 acre patent issued to [[Henry Oothoudt]] in 1786 (about one have of Ava lies within this patent). Oothoudt was a delegate to the [[New York Provincial Congress]] in 1775 and 1776, [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]] assemblyman in the 3rd New York State Legislature, 1779–1780, one of three commissioners of forfeitures under the New York Act of Attainder which seized the property of loyalists, and delegate to the US constitutional convention.
*the Gore Patent, a 15,360 acre patent issued to [[Thomas Machin]] in 1787 (one of the several Machin Patents). Machin was an engineer and surveyor and used his skills in support of the [[American Revolutionary War]].
*the Scriba Patent, land first acquired by John and Nicholas Roosevelt in 1791 from the New York State Land Commission. This patent was for 530,000 acres situated in present Oswego and Oneida counties. Approximately 499,000 acres of the Roosevelt Tract became Scriba's Patent in 1793 as partial payment of debts owed to the Scriba Bank by the Roosevelts.
*the Franklin and Robinson Tract (also called the Quaker Tract), a 75,000 acre parcel purchased from George Scriba in 1795.
*the Muller Tract, a 1615-acre previously part of the Franklin and Robinson Tract that whose mortgage was foreclosed upon by Rembrandt Muller.