Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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COr.CHESTER. 



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The largest contains about 60 acres. On 

 the outlet to this pond are still seen the 

 remains of beavers' works. The princi- 

 pal streams of this town are, the river La- 

 moille which runs from Milton tlirouo'h 

 the northwestcorner into lake Chaniplain; 

 Mallets creek which also comes from Mil- 

 ton and empties into Mallets ba}' ; Indian 

 creek wliieh runs into Mallets creek ; and 

 Winooski river on the south. The soil 

 in the north and northwestern parts is a 

 variety of gravel and loam, and is well 

 adapted to g-razino;, thoujrh Indian corn, 

 the English grains and the common culi- 

 nary roots are successfully cultivated. 

 The timber in these parts is principally 

 white pine, beech, maple, birch, basswood, 

 ash, elm, oak, walnut, butternut and 

 some chestnut. In the middle part of the 

 town is a large tract of ])ine plain, mostly 

 covered with pitch pine and small oaks, 

 and seems more particularly adapted to 

 the raising of rye and corn. On the bank 

 of the Winooski river, are large tracts of 

 intervale. Besides the ordinary methods 

 of enriching the soil, plaister of Paris has 

 been used in this town with great succes.s. 

 The rocks in the northern and eastern 

 parts are mostly composed of lime and 

 slate with occasional holders of granite ; 

 red sand stone is found in abundance near 

 Mallets bay. Iron ore has been found in 

 small quantities in the western pari of the 

 town, and sulphate of iron is found in the 

 northeastern part. About the year 1812, 

 or 13, the dysentery prevailed here ex- 

 tensively, and in the early settlements 

 there were frequent cases of the fever and 

 ague, but the town has generally been 

 very healthy. There have been two in- 

 dividuals in this town who have lived to 

 be upwards of 1 00 years old, and two oth- 

 ers wlio have lived to be above 90. 



Winooski village is situated at Winoos- 

 ki lower falls, being partly in this town 

 and partly in Burlington, and 1^ miles 

 from Burlington village. The water pow- 

 er here is sufficient for almost any amount 

 of machinery. The village has suffered 

 very severely by fire. On the 21st of 

 Dec. 183S, an extensive block factory, a 

 large satinet factory, a paper mill, and 

 saw mill were consumed in one conflagra- 

 tion. There are at present in this village, 

 on the Colchester side of the river, a hand- 

 some meeting house, two stores, two tav- 

 erns, a saw mill, machine shop, sash fac- 

 tory, and an extensive woollen factory for 

 the manufacture of broad cloths. A sub- 

 stantial covered bridge connects the two 

 parts of the village. The town is divided 

 into 9 school districts. St.atisLics of'1840. — 

 Horses, 229 ; cattle, 1,607 ; sheep, 5,953; 

 swine, 1,169; wheat, bu. 1,903; barley, 



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306; oats, 9,856; rye, 5,973 ; b'k wheat, 

 1,202; Ind. corn, 10,343; potatoes, 36,- 

 324; hay, tons, 3,401; sugar, lbs. 1,900; 

 wool, 11,37.>. Population, 1739. 



Concord, a post town in the southern 

 extremity of Essex county, situated in lat. 

 44" 25' and long. 5° 8', containing about 

 47 square miles. It is bounded northwest- 

 erly by Kirby and Bradleyvale, northeast- 

 erly by Lunenburg!), southeasterly by 

 Connecticut river, and southwesterly by 

 Waterford, lying opposite to Litth'lon, in 

 New Hampshire. It vi-as granted Nov. 7, 

 1780, and chartered September 15, 1781, 

 to Reuben Jones and his associates. The 

 first settlement of Concord was commen- 

 ced in 1788, by Joseph Ball. Among the 

 settlers, who came into town previous to 

 the year 1794, may be mentioned Amos 

 Underwood, Solomon Babcock, Daniel 

 Gregory, Benjamin Streeter, Jonathan 

 and Jesse Woodbury and Levi Ball. In 

 1795, when John Fry came into town, 

 there were 17 families here. The first 

 settlers were principally from Westboro' 

 and Royalston, ]Mass. John, son of Joseph 

 Ball, was born in 1789, and was the first 

 child born in town. The first town meet- 

 ing was held and the town organized 

 March 3. 1794. Elijah Spnfibrd was first 

 town clerk. At this mectinEr 14 persons 

 took the freeman's oath. There are a 

 Congregational, a Freewill Baptist and a 

 Methodist church, in this town. The 

 Congreo-ational church was organized 

 January 7, 1807, and then consisted of 17 

 members. The Rev. Samuel Godard was 

 ordained over it Sept. 7, 1809, and dismiss- 

 ed June 6, 1821. The Rev. Samuel R. 

 Hall was ordained March 4, 1823, and 

 continued till August, 1830. The Rev. 

 Solon Martin was ordained June 7, 1835, 

 and dismissed Oct. 1, 1838. The Free- 

 will Baptist church was formed Oct. 10, 

 1621, and the Methodist cluirch in May, 

 1822. Concord academy was incorpora- 

 ted here November, 1823, and was for 6 

 or 7 years, while under the charge of the 

 Rev. S. R. Hall, a very flourishing insti- 

 tution. HalTs pond, lying near the cen- 

 tre of the town, is about a mile long and 

 on an average 100 rods wide. Ahles' 

 pond is about the same size, and lies near 

 the northeast corner of the town. This 

 town is watered by Moose river, which 

 passes through the northwest part, by 

 Connecticut river, on the south, and by 

 several small streams. The surface of 

 the town is uneven, and in the northeas- 

 tern parts, very stoney. It is an excel- 

 lent grazing township, and has some good 

 tillage land. The town contains two 

 stores, a meeting house and several mills. 

 Statistics oj 1840.— Horses, 329 ; cattle, 



