The community was named for W. T. Cuyler, an early settler. The hamlet is located on the site of Little Beard's Town, a large Seneca village destroyed in the Sullivan Campaign. Mary Jemison, known as "the White Woman of the Genesee", lived here. The National Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Located near Cuylerville is the Boyd & Parker Park and Groveland Ambuscade, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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History of Livingston County, New York, from its earliest traditions to the present1905 · page 743Read the page →
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Indian, was located on the ground now occupied by the village of Cuylerville. Little Beard was one of the leaders of the brutal murder of Lieutenant Boyd and Parker. Beardstown contained about 150 houses. It was burned in 1779 by General Sullivan. The first town meeting in the town of Leicester was held on the first day of March, 1803, at the house of Joseph Smith, near the very spot now occupied by James W. Colt's farm house, between Cuylerville and Moscow.
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A history of Livingston County, New York1876 · page 585Read the page →
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was built of wood in 1816, was carried away in the spring of 1831, and was rebuilt in 1832-3. The Mount Morris bridge was built in 1830, was carried away in 1832, and rebuilt in 1834. The Cuylerville bridge was erected in 1852. HORATIO JONES.
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History of Livingston County, New York, from its earliest traditions to the present1905 · page 740Read the page →
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Methodists held their meetings in school houses and private houses until 1S29, when they built a house of worship in Moscow. The Baptists were not strong enough to put up one until 1852. A Presbyterian church was organized in Cuylerville in 1846, and a church building erected in 184(). The first pastor of this church was Rev. James B. Rcouller.
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1687. History of Livingston County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1881 · page 125Read the page →
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The Cuylerville Telegraph was started in 1847, by Franklin Cowdery, at Cuylerville, which was then a thriving canal village. In 1848, it passed into the hands of Peter Lawrence, who soon after removed it.
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