GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



BARNARD. 



of that event. During the years 1733 

 and 4, canine madness was very common 

 in this part of the state. Dogs, wolves, 

 foxes, cats, &i;. were affected by it. On 

 the 17th of March, 1784, a Mr. Stewart 

 of this town was bitten in his 6nger by a 

 mad wolf. Twenty-seven days from that 

 time symptoms of hydrophobia appeared, 

 and he died of the disease three days af- 

 ter. Barnard was organized as a town, 

 April 4, 1778, and Thomas W. White was 

 first town clerk. Thomas Freeman, Asa 

 Whitcomb and Solomon Aikens were the 

 first select men, and Asa Whitcomb was 

 first representative and first justice of the 

 peace. The religions denominations are 

 Congreo^ationalists, Methodists and Uni- 

 versalists, each of whicli have a conven- 

 ient meeting house. The Rev. Joseph 

 Bowman was installed over the Congre- 

 gational church Sept. 22, 1784, and 

 continued their pastor till his death, 

 which happened April 27, 1806. Tlie 

 Rev. Joel Davis was ordained over this 

 church Auo-'istlO, 1807, and was dismiss- 

 ed in 1&22. The Rev. Hosea Ballou was 

 ordained over the Universalist Church 

 and society about the year 1804, and 

 three or four years after removed to Ports- 

 mouth, N. H., and from that place to 

 Boston where he now resides. Tiie Meth- 

 odist society is numerous, and is princi- 

 pally supplied by the several preachers 

 of that order, who reside in town, and by 

 circuit preachers. The most remarkable 

 revivals of religion were 1801 and 1822, 

 both of which were very general. The 

 hopeful subjects of tlie latter amounted 

 to nearly 300, about 200 of whom united 

 with the Methodist church, and 67 with 

 the Conffreo-ational church. There are 

 no considerable streams. The town lies 

 between Ott;l Quechee and WHiite river, 

 and contributes to both. Locust creek 

 rises in the southwest part of the town, 

 and running northerly falls into White 

 river in Bethel. Near the centre of the 

 town is a natural pond which covers about 

 10(1 acres. It discliarges its waters to the 

 northwest into Locust creek. The outlet 

 of this pond affords some very fine mill 

 seats. A branch of Ottsi Qyechee river 

 rises in the south part on which is one 

 saw mill in this town. In the eastern 

 part of the town is a bog of excellent 

 marl. There is a small village situated 

 in the centre of the town, about the out- 

 let of the pond, in which are two meet- 

 ino- houses, two stores, two taverns, and 

 several mills and mechanic shops. Sta- 

 tistics of 1840.— Horses, 384; cattle, 1,- 

 057 ; sheep, 8,847 ; swine, 846 ; wheat, 

 ■ bu. 2,270 ; barley, 60 ; oats, 0,040 ; rye, 

 413 ; buck wheat, 2,087 ; In. corn, 4,266; 



potatoes, 50,286 ; hay, tons, 4,013 ; sugar, 

 lbs. 36,360; wool, 18,027. Pop. 1,774. 



Barnet, a post town in Caledonia coun- 

 ty, l3'ing on Connecticut river, opposite to 

 Lyman, New Hampshire, in lat. 44° 10', 

 and long. 4° 5-5' and containing about 

 40 square miles. It is bounded north by 

 VVaterford, east by Connecticut river, 

 south by Ryegate, and west by Peacham 

 and Danville, and is 35 miles east from 

 Montpelier,and 65 miles north from Wind- 

 sor, as the roads are travelled. The char- 

 ter of Barnet is dated September 15, 1763. 

 The principal proprietors were Enos, Sam- 

 uel and Willard Stevens, sons of Captain 

 Pliineas Stevens, who so nobly defended 

 the fort at Charlestown, New Hampshire, 

 April 4, 1747, against a large party of 

 French and Indians, under the command 

 of M. Debeline."* March 4, 1770, the first 

 settlement was commenced in this town 

 by Jacob, Elijah and Daniel Hall and Jon- 

 athan Fowler. Sarah, daughter of Elijah 

 Hall, was the first child, and Barnet, son 

 of Jonathan Fowler, the first male child 

 born in town. The latter was presented 

 by Enos Stevens, Esq. with 100 acres of 

 land. The town was subsequently set- 

 tled mostly by emigrants from Scotland. 

 A part of the township was purchased in 

 1774 by the late Alexander Harvey, Esq. 

 and another gentleman, for a company in 

 Scotland. A considerable proportion of 

 the peo])le are of Scotch descent. In the 

 summer of 1772, Enos Stevens, Esq. erect- 

 ed a grist mill on Stevens' river, about 

 150 rods from its junction with the Con- 

 necticut. The first town meeting was 

 held and the town organized March 18, 

 1783. Walter Brock, Esq. was first town 

 clerk, and Colonel Alexander Harvey the 

 first representative. Major Rogers, on 

 his return from an expedition! against the 

 St. Francis Indians, in 1750, encamped 

 near the mouth of the Passumpsic river 

 in this town, where he expected to meet 

 a supply of provisions to be sent on from 

 Charlestown, New Hampshire, by order 

 of General Amherst. The order of the 

 General was complied with. Samuel 

 Stevens and three others proceeded up 

 Connecticut river with two canoes, to the 

 round island opposite the moutli of the 

 Passumpsic, where they encamped for the 

 night. In the morning, hearing tlie re- 

 port of guns, they were so terrified that 

 they reloaded their provisions and has- 

 tened back to Charlestown, leaving Rog- 

 ers and his famished rangers to their fate. 

 The Presbyterian church and society is 

 the most numerous in town. The Rev. 



* Poe jiart secoiul, prise 7. 



t For an account of tliis e.-spedition see part sec- 

 ond, pagu li. 



