After Captain Benjamin Pike arrived on the banks of the Te-Ya-Nun-Soke in the "Punch Bowl," other settlers quickly followed. The Te-Ya-Nun-Soke became Nine Mile Creek, and a thriving village with grain mills, a blacksmith, a glass maker, and other enterprises soon blossomed. Within a few years, most residents and new settlers moved northward to higher ground. On March 4, 1796, the New York State Legislature formed the Town of Floyd from the huge Town of Steuben in honor of General William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a large landholder in Floyd. On the same date, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moulton was elected the first supervisor. The newer village became Floyd Corners and still exists as such, while the Punch Bowl drifted into history. Floyd grew rapidly, becoming one of the most affluent towns in Oneida County, sending several men into higher county and state offices and becoming a magnet for intellectually inclined Masonic, scholarly, political, and anti-slavery activities. Comprising 20,650 acres, Floyd gave generously of its young people in all of the wars and may have been the first township in the nation to build a memorial dedicated to its early settlers, historical leaders, volunteer firepersons, veterans, and with special reverence its fallen war heroes.