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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part XXL 



lARTON RIVf;R BASIN HARBOR. 



BATTENKILL. 



nia, North Carolina, Missouri and Wis- 

 consin. In the foundry', about lUO tons 

 of iron are annually wrought into these 

 castings, together with stoves and vari- 

 ous other articles of general utility. ]VIr. 

 Twing is noted as amill-wright, and has, 

 annually, in his employ, in building mills 

 abroad, and in the various brandies con- 

 nected with the factory, al)out 30 work- 

 men. The number of inhabitants in the 

 village above mentioned, in connexion 

 with Twingsville, is about 500. The 

 upper village or south Barre, is situate a 

 mile and a half soutli of the lower, on 

 the road leading to Williamstown, and is 

 ii considerable village. Tliere are here, a 

 meeting house, with a bell, one tavern, 

 one store, a good grist and two saw mills, 

 the grist mill containing four run of 

 stone, one carding machine, one foundry 

 for casting stoves, «V.c., one clotheir's 

 shoj), one starch factory, one tannery and 

 shoe shop, one cabinet shop and two 

 blacksmith shops. This place is central- 

 ly situated as a place of business for the 

 south part of the town. Number of in- 

 habitants in this village is about 'iOO. 

 Besides the above there is another foun- 

 dry, centrally situated between the two 

 villages, for casting stoves, plow irons, »fcc. 

 owned by J. L. iV G. Robinson. Besides 

 the forementioned, there are in the tfiwn 

 one other grist mill and three saw mills. 

 The town is divided into fifteen school 

 districts, in each of which a school is gen- 

 erally maintained six months in a 3-ear. 

 Statistics of 1H40. — Horses, 543; cattle, 

 2,82G ; sheep, 8,!»97 ; swine, 1,2.55 ; wheat, 

 bu. 3,560 ; barley. 794 : oats, 26,'JOl ; rve, 

 698; b. wheat, 1,307; Ind. corn, 9,1/0 ; 

 potatoes, 120,337; hay, tons, 6,938; su- 

 gar, lbs. 62,J56; wool, 26,621. Popula- 

 tion, 2,126 J. R. 



Barton, a post town in Orleans coun- 

 ty, situated in lat. 44" 45' and long. 4" 

 49', containing 36 square miles. It is 

 bounded north by Brownington, east by 

 VVestmore and Slieflield, south by Glover, 

 and west by Irasburgh and Albany, lying 

 40 miles northeasterly from Montpelier. 

 October 28, 1781, it was granted to Gen. 

 William Barton, of Rhode Island, and 

 his associates, by the name of Providence ; 

 and from him the town derives its name. 

 It was chartered Oct. 20, 1789, and then 

 took the name of Barton, in honor of the 

 principal proprietor. The settlement of 

 this town was commenced about the year 

 1796, by Jonathnn Allyne, Asa Kimball, 

 James May and John Kimball. The first 

 settlers were from Rhode Island and New 

 Hampshire. The town was organized 

 March 20, 179^', and Abner Allyne was 

 first town clerk. At the time of its or- 



ganization there were 19 legal voters in 

 town. The Congregational church and 

 society here have a good meeting house, 

 which was erected in 1820, and princi- 

 pally at the expense and through the in- 

 strumentality of Col. Ellis Cobb of this 

 town. The soil of this township is gen- 

 erally very good. JVillonglibtfs river runs 

 a short distance in this town, and falls 

 into Barton riv^er. Barton river runs 

 through the town from south to north. 

 The pond in Glover, which broke its 

 northern bound and run entirely out on 

 the 6th of June, 1810, passed down tliis 

 river, making very destructive ravages ; 

 the traces of which are still to be seen. 

 There are several ponds in Barton of 

 which Belle pond is much the largest. 

 The outlet of this pond, which is one of 

 the head branches of Barton river, affords 

 some of the finest mill seats in the coun- 

 try. At this place is a thriving little vil- 

 lage, containing two taverns, two stores, 

 and a number of mills and mechanic's 

 shops. There are in town two saw mills, 

 one grist mill, one fulling mill, and one 

 woollen factory. Statistics 0^1840. — Hor- 

 ses, 287; cattle, 1,058; sheep, 4,447, 

 swine, 492; wheat, bu. 1,177; barley, 1,- 

 072; oats, 8,632; rye, 46; b. wheat, 880; 

 Ind. corn, 1,952; potatoes, 34,633; hay, 

 tons, 2,821; sugar, lbs, 26,041; wool, 

 10,695. Population, 892. 



Barton River is formed in the town- 

 ship of Barton. One of the head branch- 

 es of this river, originates in Glover from 

 the fountains of Runaiciii/ pond, and runs 

 northerly into Barton ; tlie other rises 

 from two small ponds on the line between 

 Sutton and Sheffield, and after passing 

 through Belle pond, unites with the stream 

 from Glover. Their united waters take 

 a northerly direction, and, just before they 

 reach the north line of Barton, receive 

 Willoughby's river, a considerable stream 

 which arises from a large pond of the 

 same name in Westmore, and runs west- 

 erly eight or nine miles through the south 

 part of Brownington and nortli part of 

 Barton. From Barton, Barton river con- 

 tinues a north course, passing through 

 the northeast corner of Irasburgh and 

 eastern part of Orleans, into Memphre- 

 magog lake. This river waters about 160 

 square miles. 



Basin Harbor. See Ferrisburgh. 



Battenkim.. This stream is formed in 

 Dorset near the head of Otter creek, and 

 runs south into Manchester, where it re- 

 ceives several branches ; thence southwes- 

 terly across the northwest corner of Sund- 

 erland into Arlington, where it receives 

 Bnaring brook, a considerable stream, 

 whicli rises in Sunderland, and several oth- 



