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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



DEWEYSBURGH. DOG RIVER. 



ortTanized March 29, 1798, and Timothy 

 Hinirian was first town clerk. For some 

 years this place was visited by hunting 

 parties of the St. Francis Indians, who 

 formerly claimed all the north part of this 

 state, and with whom some trade in pel- 

 tries was carried on. In 1808, Elder 

 Samuel Smith was settled over the Bap- 

 tist church and society in this town, and 

 he died in 1810. The Rev. Luther Le- 

 land was settled over the Congregational 

 cliurch in ISlO, and died in November, 

 1822. A meeting house 44 by 54 feet, 

 was completed in 1820, on a small emi- 

 nence, near the centre of the town. Since 

 that time, houses of worship have been 

 erected by the Baptists, Methodists and 

 Episcopalians. The Episcopal church 

 was organized at Dcrhij Liiie, July 25, 

 1840, by the name of St. Johns Church, 

 and their beautiful new church was con- 

 secrated the next day. This church 

 stands within a few rods of Canada line, 

 and the congregation is collected Ironi 

 the village and country on both sides. 

 This parish lias grown up under the min- 

 istrv of the Rev. N. W. Camp, who still 

 continues his labors here. A literary in- 

 stitution has recently been established at 

 Derby, under the patronage of the Bap- 

 tists, denominated the Derby Literary 

 Institute. It has a male and female de- 

 partment, Avliich are respectively under 

 the charge of Mr. Alvah Hovey and Miss 

 E. Ayres. The surface of this township 

 is very level, more so than any oiher in 

 the county. There are some plains of 

 several hundred acres extent; and, where 

 the land rises, the elevations are gradual 

 and moderate and hardly deserve the 

 name of hills. The land is well timber- 

 ed, principally with rock maple and other 

 hard wood, except in the vicinity of the 

 lake, where, in a state of nature, large 

 tracts were covered with white and Nor- 

 way pine, intermixed with some red oak, 

 spruce, hemlock, fir, cedar, «fec. Cedar 

 swamps of from one to ten acres are 

 found in various parts. The soil is fer- 

 tile and abundantly productive. The riv- 

 er Clyde passes through the south part 

 of the township in a north westerl)' direc- 

 tion, affording numerous mill seats. Sa- 

 lem pond through which Clyde river 

 passes, lies partly in this town and is four 

 miles long and three broad, llinman's 

 pond, near the centre of the town, is 1.^ 

 miles long and ^ broad, and empties into 

 Salem pond. The town contains eleven 

 school districts, 5 stores, eight saw, and 

 2 grist mills, 1 shingle mill, 1 wollen fac- 

 tory, &c. Sttitistics of 1840. — Morses, 

 496 ; cattle, 2,193 ; sheep, 5,639 ; swine, 

 1,563 ; wheat, bu. 5,176 ; barley, 1,439 ; 



oats, 28,263 ; rye, 270 ; b'k wheat, 2,102 ; 

 Ind. corn, 3,0&0 ; potatoes, 93,006 ; hay, 

 tons, 3,fc96; sugar, lbs. 47,633; wool, 

 10,446. Population, 1681. 



Deweysburgh, was a tract of 5310 

 acres, lying between Danville and Peach- 

 am, chartered to Elijah Dewey and asso- 

 ciates, February 28, 1782. It was or- 

 ganized as a town, but in November 1810, 

 was divided by act of Legislature, and 

 one half of it annexed to Danville and 

 the other half to Peacham. 



Dog River, is formed in Northfield, 

 by the union of several streams front 

 Roxbury, Brookfield, Arc. and taking a 

 northerly course through Berlin, falls 

 into Winooski river, three quarters of a 

 mile below the village of Montpelier. Its 

 length is about 16 miles, and it waters 

 about 80 square miles. 



Dorset, a post town in the north 

 part of Bennington county, is in lat. 43" 

 15' and long. 4*" 1', and is bounded north 

 by Danby, east by Peru, south by Man- 

 chester and west by Rupert. It was 

 chartered Aug. 20, 1761, and contains 

 about 41 square miles. The first settle- 

 ment was made in 1768, by Felex Powell, 

 from Massachusetts, Isaac Lacy, from 

 Connecticut, and Benj. Baldwin, Abra- 

 ham Underbill, John Manley, and Geo. 

 Gage, from New York. The town was 

 organized in 1769, when Asa Baldwin 

 was chosen town clerk. Cephas Kent 

 was the first representative. In 1781, the 

 Rev. Elijah Sill was settled over the 

 Congregational church and society here, 

 but the time of his dismission is not 

 known. In Sept. 1796, the Rev. William 

 Jackson was settled over this church. 

 The first minister of the Baptist society 

 was Elder Cyrenus M. Fuller, settled in 

 1818. The epidemic of 1813 was very 

 mortal. About 40 were victims to it. 

 There are no considerable streams in this 

 tov;nship. Otter creek heads in Mount 

 Tabor, runs southwesterly two or three 

 miles, into Peru, then west three fourths 

 of a mile into this township, when it takes 

 a northerly direction through a consider- 

 able natural pond, and leaves the town- 

 ship near the northeast corner. The Bat- 

 tenkill heads in this township, on the flat 

 about 25 rods south of the bend in Otter 

 creek, and runs off to the south. Anoth- 

 er branch of this stream rises in the 

 southwestern part, and unites with it in 

 Manchester. Pawlet river, rises in the 

 northwestern part, and passes off into 

 Rupert. These streams afford a number 

 of mill privileges. This township is con- 

 siderably mountainous. Dorset moan- 

 tain lies in the north part, and extends 

 into Danby, where it is called South 



