Tompkins County, NY

History

When counties were established in the British Province of New York in 1683, the present Tompkins County was part of Albany County.

On April 7, 1817, Tompkins County was created by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County. The county was named after then vice-president (to President James Monroe) and former New York Governor Daniel Tompkins. Tompkins almost certainly never visited the county named for him.

In 1854, the county lost the town of Hector and the west line of lots in Newfield to the newly formed Schuyler County, New York.
Source: Wikipedia

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

Cayuga County - north
Cortland County - east
Tioga County - south
Chemung County - southwest
Schuyler County - west
Seneca County - northwest

Gleanings from

• Tompkins Co., NY - Probate Records
  • 1818 Will - Ishmael Reeves