Hume was split from Pike, Wyoming County on Feb. 10th, 1822. The first Town meeting was held June 2nd, 1822 at the house of Gardner Cooke and the following list of officers was elected: Supervisor, Joshua Skiff; Town Clerk, Luther Couch; Assessors, Elijah Partridge, Roger Mills, and Moses Robinson; Collector, Gardner Cooke; Commissioners of Highways, Hiram Fuller, Elisha Mills, and James Drake; Overseers of the Poor, Hubbard Fuller and Joshua Skiff; Commissioners of Common Schools, Luther Couch, Myron Skiff and Orin Doud; Inspectors of Schools, Elisha Mills, Cyrus Andrews, and Gardner Cooke; Constable, Gardner Cooke. The first known settlement was made by Roger Mills in 1806. He settled in the area of the present day Mills Mills and took option on lots 36 and 37 to protect his interest in the available water power along the Wiscoy Creek. A saw mill was constructed in this area in 1807 after building a dam on the creek that same year. 1808 saw the addition of a grist mill in the same area and people came from as far away as Geneseo to help raise the building. The mill stones were brought from Albany on ox sleds. Settlers came from as far away as Great Valley to the west and Mount Morris to the north to bring grain for grinding. In 1811 Roger Mills was taken ill and returned to Montgomery County where he died. The same year he was succeeded at the mill by his son, Roger Mills Jr. and his family.
    Many annecdotes and facts exist from this time forward in our history and in future articles we will list others who have served the Town and would like any information you may have regarding these persons. We will attempt to update this information on a bi-weekly basis at first and hopefully weekly later if enough interest is shown. Please sign our guest book each time you read this page to let us gauge public interest, Thank You.