Also known as Peter Demass.
Pierre Dumas was the first permanent settler in Sterling, arriving in 1805. Born in France, he immigrated to New York Colony prior to the Revolutionary War. On June 11, 1786 he married Mary Huntley in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York. Mary was born to Ezra and Phebe Robbins Huntely in Dutchess County February 20, 1763.
During the Revolution, Pierre served as a gunner with John Lamb’s 2nd Artillery Regiment.
The bounty land he received after the war was located in Romulus. He sold that land in 1805 and purchased acreage on Lot 19 in on the south rim of Sterling Valley from James Bynder and Thomas Macdonough.