Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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GOSHEN GORE. 



GRAFTON. 



they left the pond. Nothing now remains 

 of the pond but its bed, a part of which is 

 cultivated, and a part overgrown with 

 trees, bushes and wild grass, with a small 

 brook running through it, which is now 

 the head branch of Barton river. The 

 channel, through which the waters es- 

 caped, is 127 feet in depth and several 

 rods in width. A pond, some distance 

 below, was, at first, entirely filled witli 

 sand, which has since settled down, and 

 it is now about one half its former dimen- 

 sions. Marks of the ravages are still to 

 be seen through nearly the whole course 

 of Barton river. The soil, in the middle 

 and western part of Glover, is, in general, 

 wet and cold, but very good for grazing. 

 On the river it is dry and warm, and bet- 

 ter adapted to the production of grain and 

 Indian corn. There were in the township 

 about 1000 acres of land belonging to the 

 old Vermont State Bank. Some iron ore 

 has been discovered, and sulphur springs 

 are common ; also several beds of marl, 

 which makes excellent lime. Considera- 

 ble quantities of pot and pearl ashes, beef, 

 pork, butter and cheese are produced for 

 market. Tiiere are, in town, three grist, 

 and six saw mills, one fulling mjU and 

 one tannery. Statistics o/'l^'40. — Horses, 

 276; cattle, 1,507; sheep, 4,797; swine, 

 944; wheat, bus. 3,129; barley, 1,163; 

 oats, 9,323 ; rye, 136 ; buckwheat, 515 ; 

 Indian corn, 1,947 ; potatoes, 54,708 ; hay, 

 tons, 3,448 ; sugar, lbs. 61,430; wool, 

 15,718. Population, 1,119. 



Goshen, a township in the southeast- 

 ern part of Addison county, is in lat. 43'=' 

 56' and long. 4° 4', and is bounded north 

 by Ripton and Hancock, southeast by 

 Pittsfield and Chittenden, southwest by 

 Brandon and Leicester, and northwest by 

 Salisbury. It lies 31 miles southwest 

 from Montpelier, and 43 northwest from 

 Windsor ; was granted February 23, 1782, 

 chartered to John Rowell, William Doug- 

 lass and others, February 2, 1792, and re- 

 ceived a new charter November 1, 1798. 

 November 9, 1814, tiie northern half of 

 Philadelphia was annexed to this town- 

 ship. No permanent settlement was com- 

 menced here until about the year 1800. 

 Considerable part of it is mountainous, 

 but there is some very good land, and the 

 settlement has advanced considerably 

 Avithin a few years. Leicester river rises 

 in Hancock, and runs through the town- 

 ship in a westerly direction. Philadel- 

 phia river originates in the south part. 

 Iron ore and the oxyde of )nanganese are 

 found here. It contains six saw mills. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 132; cattle, 

 516; sheep, 1,960; swine, 250; wheat^ 

 bus. 1,040; oats, 4,800; rye, 350; buck 



wheat, 160; Indian corn, 516; potatoes, 

 18,600; hay, tons, 1,360 ; sugar, lbs. 5,230; 

 wool, 5,116. Population, 621. 



Goshen Gore. There are two gores 

 of this name, and both in Caledonia coun- 

 ty. The largest contains 7,339 and is 

 bounded north by Wheelock, east by Dan- 

 ville, south by Walden, and west by 

 Greensborough. The first permanent set- 

 tlement was made here in 1802, by Elihu 

 Sabin, and his daughter Mary was the 

 first child born. In the northeast corner 

 of tJie gore is a pond covering about 80 

 acres. It is watered by a branch of the 

 Lamoille river. Statistics o/1840.-Horses, 

 27; cattle, 180; sheep, 429; swine, 100; 

 wheat, bus. 265; barley, 100 ; oats, 1,420; 

 Indian corn, 56 ; potatoes, 7,920 ; hay, 

 to7is, 559 ; sugar, lbs. 7,760 ; wool, 912. 

 Population, 143. The other gore of this 

 name is situated in the southwest corner 

 of Caledonia county, and contains 2,828 

 acres. It is bounded north by Marshfield 

 and a part of Harris' gore, east by Harris' 

 gore, south by Orange, and west by Plain- 

 field. Gunner's branch passes through 

 the south part of this gore. Population, 

 44. 



Grafton, a post town in the north 

 part oi' Windham county, is in lat. 43' 

 11' and long. 4° 25', and is bounded north 

 by Chester, east by Rockingham, south 

 by Athens and Acton, and west by Wind- 

 ham. It lies 36 miles northeast from 

 Bennington, and 22 southwest from Wind- 

 sor. It was chartered April 6, 1754, and 

 rechartered September 1, 1763, by the 

 name of Tomlinson, and contains about 

 40 square miles. A Mr. Hinkley and 

 two other families came into this town- 

 ship about the year 1768, and began a set- 

 tlement on what is called Hinkley brook. 

 They, however, soon abandoned it, and 

 no permanent settlement was made till 

 1780. In the spring of this year, Amos 

 Fisher, Samuel Spring, Benjamin Lath- 

 erbee and Edward Putnam moved into 

 the township from Winchester, Massa- 

 chusetts. Aaron Putnam was appoint- 

 ed town clerk at the time the town was 

 organized, and Thomas Kenney was the 

 first representative. The religious de- 

 nominations are Congregationalists and 

 Baptists. The Congregational church 

 was organized June 28, 1785 ; settled the 

 Rev. Wm. Hall, Nov. 7, 1788, who was 

 dismissed in 1810. The Rev. Wm. Good- 

 ell was settled Aug. 29, 1814, and dis- 

 missed April 11, 1822 ; the Rev. SelahR. 

 Arms was settled June 5, 1825, and dis- 

 missed Oct. 30, 1831. The Rev. Moses 

 Bradford, the present minister, was set- 

 tled Oct. 30, 1832. Elder Shumway was 

 ordained April 26, 1810, and preached to 



