Moscow, Ontario History
From the book CAMDEN TOWNSHIP HISTORY 1800 - 1968 (Compiled by The Camden Township History Committee of 1967 - 70. It is no longer in print. I left out some less interesting stuff, and added to it from my own research. I might add more to this): Elijah was the son of Elias Huffman, one of a party of United Empire Loyalists who left their homes in the New England states during the American Revolutionary War. They landed at Adolphustown in the County of Lennox and Addington on June 16, 1784. The descendants of at least 5 families of that party played a part in the early settlement of Moscow. Colt: The Huffman family, including the eldest sons Elijah and Jacob, lived on the banks of the Napanee River. In [the Fall of, at age 30 - according to the book COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LEEDS, FRONTENAC, LENNOX AND ADDINGTON, and PRINCE EDWARD COUNTIES . It is out of print] 1823, Elijah went on a hunting [and exploration - according to that previous book] trip. A surveyor’s post that he discovered had ev