Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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FRANKLIN COUNTV. 



GEORGIA. 



menced in ]789, by Samuel Hubbard, 

 Samuel Peckliain, David Sanders, and 

 John Bridfrenian, mostly emigrants from 

 Massachusetts. The town was organized 

 in 17!J3. Ebenezer Sanders was the first 

 town clerk, and Samuel Peckham the first 

 representative. The religious denomina- 

 tions are Congregational ists, Metliodists, 

 Episcopalians and Baptists. The present 

 minister of the Congregational church is 

 the Rev. E W. Kellogg, of the Metho- 

 dist, Rev. G. M. McKillips, and of the 

 Baptist, Rev. John Spalding. There is a 

 small village, and a union meeting house. 

 The first physician was Ebenezer Marvin, 

 and Ebenezer Marvin, Jr. was the first 

 attorney. The river Rocher, or Rock 

 river, rises in this township and falls into 

 Missisco bay in Highgate. It is also 

 watered by several small brandies of Mis- 

 sisco and Pike rivers. The township is 

 injured very much by a large pond, which 

 lies near the centre. This pond is three 

 miles long and about one mile wide. 

 There are in the town 5 school districts, 

 one woollen factory, one starch factory, 

 one grist and 4 saw mills. Stutistics of 

 1840. Horses, 25] ; cattle, 1,752; sheep, 

 6,288; swine, 383; wlieat, bus. 3,256; 

 oats, 4,843; rye, 372; buckwheat, 583; 

 Indian corn, 2,1)40 ; potatoes, 57,870 ; hay, 

 tons, 3,438 ; sugar, lbs. 25,720 ; wool, 

 11,635. Population, 1,410. 



FranklIiV County is situated in the 

 northwestern part of the state, and is 

 bounded north by Canada, east by Or- 

 leans county, south by Chittenden county, 

 and v^'est by Grand Isle county, from which 

 it is se])arated by a part of lake Champlain. 

 It is situated between lat. 44'^ 31', and 

 45° and between long. 3'^ 47' and 4" 27', 

 extending about 34 miles from east to 

 west, and about 33 from north to south, 

 and containing 600 square miles. It was 

 incorporated November 5, 1702. St. Al- 

 bans is the shire town, and is a place of 

 considerable business. The supreme court 

 sits here on the 2d Tuesday in January, 

 and the county court on the 2d Tuesday 

 in April and September. The Missisco 

 river waters the north part of this county, 

 and the Lamoille the south part. The 

 eastern part extends onto the western 

 range of the Green Mountains, and is 

 high and broken ; the western part is gen- 

 erally level, and is a very fine farming 

 country. The settlement of the county 

 was commenced immediately after the 

 close of the revolutionary war, and it is 

 now rapidly increasing in population and 

 wealth. Very fine marble is found in 

 abundance in Swanton, and iron ore in 

 Highgate. Statistics *of 1840. — Horses, 

 4,427 ; cattle, 26,965 ; sheep, 87,385 : 

 Pt. hi. 10 



swine, 8,935 ; wheat, bus. 48,686 ; barley, 

 599; oats, 94,700; rye, 10,144; buck- 

 wheat, 9,603 ; Indian corn, 65,534 ; pota- 

 toes, 709,396 ; hay, tons, 61,263 ; sugar, 

 lbs 400,775 ; wool, 225,802. Population, 

 24,532. 



French River. Sec Winooski River. 



FuLHAM. Name altered toDummerston. 



Gageborough, a New York Grant 

 where Chelsea now is. 



Geop.gia, a post township in tlie south- 

 western part of Franklin county, is in lat. 

 44" 44' and long. 3*:' 54', and is bounded 

 north by St. Albans, east by Fairfax, south 

 by Milton, and west by lake Champlain. 

 It lies 18 miles north from Burlington, 

 and 4] northwest from Montpelier. It 

 was chartered August 17, 1763, and con- 

 tains about 36 square miles. The settle- 

 ment was commenced in 1784 and 1785, 

 by Andrew Guilder, from Agremont, Ms., 

 and William Farrand, from Bennington, 

 Vt., with their families. During the two 

 following years, a great number of fami- 

 lies, mostly from Bennington and the 

 western part of Massachusetts, moved in- 

 to the town, and a considerable number of 

 young men without families. The first 

 settlers of Georgia had their share of 

 those privations and hardships wliich are 

 incident to the settlers of new townships. 

 They, at first, had to go to Burlington and 

 Plattsburgh for their grinding, but ihe 

 population increased so rapidly that mills 

 were soon erected. The town was organ- 

 ized March 12, 1788. Reuben Evarts 

 was the first town clerk, and James Ev- 

 arts the first representative. The Con- 

 grcgationalists. Baptists and Methodists 

 are the most numerous denominations of 

 Christians. The Rev. Publius Virgil 

 Bogue was settled over the Congrega- 

 tional church and society October H, 1803, 

 and dismissed October 20, 1813. The 

 Rev. Eben H. Dorman was ordained over 

 this church November 15, 1815, and dis- 

 missed November 15, 1624. The Rev. 

 Luther P. Blodget, June, 1828, and dis- 

 missed January, 1830; the Rev. George 

 W. Ranslow,the present pastor, June 19, 

 1833. Elder Rosvvell Mears was settled 

 over the Baptist church July 1, 1807, and 

 ho and the Rev. Alvah Sabin are the 

 present ministers. The epidemic of 1812 

 was very mortal here. About 30 persons 

 died in the space of three months. The 

 river Lamoille, which runs through the 

 southeast corner of the township, is the 

 principal stream. In the northeast part 

 is a pond covering 30 or 40 acres. It is 

 surrounded by high lands, except a nar- 

 row outlet to the north, and is bordered by 

 a grove of alders. The mill privileges 

 are numerous, there being no less th.an 



