PiRT in- 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



ALBDRGH. 



ALLEN S POINT. 



ASDOVER. 



Alburgh, a post town in Grand Isle 

 county lies in the north west corner of 

 the state and is surrounded by water on all 

 sides, except the nortli, where it is bound- 

 ed by Canada, or the 4.'3th degree ofnorth 

 latitude. It is boucded east by Missisco 

 bay, west by lake Champlain, and runs 

 to a point at the south, being of a triangu- 

 lar form. The length of the township 

 from north to south is about 10 miles, and 

 its average width about 3.^ miles. It is 

 33 miles north of Burlington, and its 

 charter is dated February 23, 1781. The 

 •French made a small settlement here 

 more than li)0 years ago and erected a 

 stone wind-mill upon a point, which has 

 in consequence, received the name of 

 Wind-mill Point. The settlement of this 

 township, by the English, was com- 

 jnenced by emiorrants from St. Johns in 

 Lower Canada about the year 17S2. The 

 settlers were originally from the states, 

 but, being loyalists, they found it neces- 

 'Sary, during the revolutionary war, to 

 shelter themselves in Canada. For some 

 years after the settlement was commen- 

 ced, they were much harrassed and per- 

 plexed by the diversity of claimants to 

 the lands. Ira Allen claimed the town 

 and obtained a grant of it -from the state 

 ■after the settlement was begun, and 5 or 

 J6 ye-ars after brought actions of ejectment 

 against the settlers, which terminated in 

 their favor. In their defence in these 

 ^uits the people expended about .>Ji.30OO. 

 lit was also claimed by Sir George Young 

 as a grant from the Duke of York, and by 

 some others ; but the settlers were deter- 

 mined to hold the lands themselves, and 

 all the actions of ejectment brought 

 against them have hitherto been decided 

 in their favor. The town was organized 

 in 1792, and Thomas C. Reynolds was 

 the first town clerk, and David Staunton, 

 the first representative. The religious 

 denominations are Methodists, Episcopa- 

 lians, Congre^ationalists and Baptists. 

 The Methodist society is considerable 

 large; the others are small. Neither so- 

 ciety has a settled minister, but they are 

 occasionally supplied with preaching. 

 There are some instances of longevity, 

 viz. Patrick Cariijan, who was 99 years 

 and 3 months old, and several others have 

 died here who were between 95 and 100. 

 Epidemics have frequently prevailed here, 

 but there have been no very remarkable 

 seasons of mortality. The surface of the 

 town is very level. There are no moun- 

 tains or streams of any consequence. The 

 soil is very rich and productive.' The 

 timber is principally cedar, elm, maple and 

 beech. There is a mineral spring which 

 ia somewhat celebrated for its efficacy 



in chronical complaints, and is a place of 

 considerable resort. It is undoubtedly 

 useful in cases of scrofula and cutaneous 

 eruptions.* There were in 1324, Sscliool 

 districts, 7 school houses, 3 stores, 3 tav- 

 erns, 2 tanneries and a windmill wiiich 

 did considerable business. Statistics of 

 1840. — Horses, 419 ; cattle, 1,878 ; sheep, 

 4,887; swine, 1,005; wheat, bu. 9,237; 

 barley, 1,017 ; oats, 13,576; rye, 2,114 ; 

 b'k wheat, 4,861 ; In. corn, 3,786; wool, 

 11,191. Population, 1,344. 



Allen's Poi.nt is the southern extrem- 

 ity of Grand Isle in the township of 

 South Hero. It takes its name from Mr. 

 Allen, one of the early settlers there. 



An DOVER, a post town in the south 

 west part of Windsor county, is 20 miles 

 south-west from Windsor, 68 south from 

 Montpelier, and 37 north east from Ben- 

 nington, and lies in lat. 42" 17' and long. 

 3° 43'. It is bounded north by Ludlow, 

 east by Chester, south by Windham, and 

 west by W'eston, and contains about 

 18,000 acres. The charter of Andover is 

 dated Oct. 16, 1761, and was given to 

 Nathaniel House and his associates. Wes- 

 ton was formerly a part of this township 

 and is included in the charter. It was 

 set off and constituted a separate town, 

 by the Legislature, Oct. 26, 1799. Shu- 

 bal Geer and Amos Babcock came into 

 this township about the year 1768, and 

 made a beginning, but soon abandoned it. 

 In 1776, Moses Warner, John Simons, 

 John Simons, jr. Eli Pease, Jacob Pease, 

 and James Keyes, emigrants from En- 

 field, Con., made the first permanent set- 

 tlement. William, son of Shubal Geer, 

 was the first child born in town. John 

 Simons erected the first saw and grist mill 

 about the year 1780. The town was or- 

 ganized in March, 1781. Moses Warner 

 was first town clerk, and John Simons 

 first representative. The religious de- 

 nominations in this town are Baptist, 

 Universalist, Methodist and .Congrega- 

 tionalist. The Baptist church was organ- 

 ized August 31, 1803. The Rev. Joel 

 Maning was ordained over this church 

 Oct. 2, 1806. The Baptist meeting- 

 house in the northeast corner of the 

 town, is 30 by 40 feet on the ground, and 

 was erected in 1809. The Uni versa! ist 

 church was constituted in 1807. The Rev. 

 Cornelius G. Persons preached to this 

 church and society four ot five 3'ears. 

 The Congregationalist meeting house 

 stands near the centre of the town, is 44 

 by 52 feet cm the ground, and was built 

 in 1S2G. The spotted fever appeared ia 

 one neighbourhood in this town in the 

 spring of 1812, and in eight days carried 



* See part first page 8. 



