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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



HARTLAND. 



HARTLAND. 



particularly at the places called White 

 river village and Quechee village. The 

 Burface of the town is broken, but the soil 

 is rich and warm, and produces good grass 

 and grain. The gulf formed by the pas- 

 sage of Quechee river through a consid- 

 erable hill, is a cariosity, and is about one 

 mile below Quechee village. There are 

 evident appearances of there having been 

 a considerable pond here, which was emp- 

 tied by the wearing down of the channel. 

 The timber is principally white pine, 

 beech, maple and birch. There are sev- 

 eral small villages in town, the largest are 

 White river village and Quechee village. 

 White river village is pleasantly situated 

 on the banks of XVhite river, about one 

 mile from its mouth, and contains a store, 

 tavern, post office, two lawyers' offices, 

 and a variety of mills, machinery, and 

 mechanics' shops. A large cotton facto- 

 ry situated in this village, was burnt a few 

 years since. The river is here crossed by 

 a handsome bridge. Quechee village is 

 situated around a considerable fall in Ot- 

 ta-Quechee river, about five miles from 

 its mouth, and contains a handsome meet- 

 ing house, two stores, a tavern, a woollen 

 factory, mills, and a great variety of me- 

 chanics' shops. At the mouth of While 

 river is a small villa, and the landing 

 place for goods from Connecticut river, 

 which is here crossed by a bridge, called 

 Lyman's bridge. There are in town 17 

 school districts and school houses, 1 oil, 

 3 grist, 7 saw, and 3 fulling mills, 

 3 woollen factories, 6 stores, 3 taverns, 3 

 tanneries. Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 

 448; cattle, 3,184 ; sheep, 16,281; swine, 

 1,476; wheat, bus. 4,-507; oats, 27,718; 

 rye, 2,632; buck-wheat, 5,012; Indian 

 corn, 19,753 ; potatoes, 59,050 ; hay, tons, 

 5,687; sugar, lbs. 11,400; wool, 39,915. 

 Population, 2,194. 



Hartland, a post town in the eastern 

 part of Windsor county, is in lat. 43° 34', 

 and long. 4° 34', and is bounded north by 

 Hartford, east by Plainfield, N. H., from 

 which it is separated by Connecticut riv- 

 er, south by Windsor, and west by Wood- 

 stock. This township lies 50 miles south- 

 easterly from Montpelier, 62 northeast 

 from Bennington, 100 from Boston. It 

 was chartered July 10, 1761, by the name 

 of Hertford, containing 25,350 acres. The 

 charter was confirmed bj' New York in 

 1766. The name was altered to Hartland 

 June 15, 1782. The settlement of the 

 township was commenced in May, 1763, 

 by Timothy Lull, from Dummerston, in 

 this state. At this time there were no in- 

 habitants on Connecticut river between 

 Charlestown, then No. 4, and Hartland. 

 A few families had, however, settled in 



Newbury, about 40 miles to the north of 

 this place. Mr. L. moved into the town 

 in the following )nanner. Having pur- 

 chased a log canoe, he proceeded in that 

 up Connecticut river, with his furniture 

 and family, consisting of a wife and four 

 children. He arrived at the mouth of a 

 considerable brook in Hartland, where he 

 landed his family, tied his canoe, and, 

 breaking a junk bottle in the presence of 

 his little family, named the stream Lull's 

 bi-ook, by which name it has ever since 

 been known. He proceeded up the brook 

 about a mile, to a log hut which had been 

 previously erected, near the place now 

 called Sumner's village. Here he spent 

 his days and died at the advanced age of 

 81 years. His son Timothy, lately de- 

 ceased, was the first child born in town. 

 He was born in December, 1764, on which 

 occasion the midwife was drawn by the 

 fatlier from Charlestown, upon tlie ice, a 

 distance of 23 miles, upon a handsled. 

 Mr. Lull had to suffi;r many privations 

 and hardships for several years ; but pos- 

 sessing a strong constitution and a vig- 

 orous mind, he overcame all oljstacles, ac- 

 cumulated a handsome property, lived re- 

 spected, and died generally lamented. 

 The first settlers of the township were 

 mostl)' emigrants from Massachusetts and 

 Connecticut. The town was organized 

 in 1767, and Zadock Wright was first 

 town clerk. The religious denominations 

 are Christians, Universalists, Congrega- 

 tionalists, and Baptists. There are four 

 houses of public worship, one erected in 

 1788, another in 1822, and two others 

 have since been erected. Elder Timothy 

 Grow was for many years the minister of 

 the Baptist church. The present minis- 

 ter of the Congregational church is the 

 Rev. John F. Griswold ; of the Metho- 

 dist, David Wilcox ; and of the Univer- 

 salists, Joseph D. Pierce. This a rich 

 farming township, and its surface is pleas- 

 antly diversified with hills and vallies. 

 Connecticut river washes the eastern 

 boundary, and at Quechee Falls, on this 

 stream, are several mills, situated on the 

 Hartland side. Quechee river runs 

 across the northeast corner, and Lull's 

 brook tljrough the southern part of the 

 town, and afford some of the best mill 

 privileges in the state. On the lands of 

 David H. Sumner, Esq. has recently been 

 discovered a valuable bed of paint. It is 

 abundant and of an excellent quality. 

 The town is divided into 20 school dis-. 

 tricts, in each of which is a school house. 

 Here are 2 small villages, 2 grist, 7 saw, 1 

 clapboard and 3 fulling mills, 2 woolen fac- 

 tories, 2 tanneries, 2 taverns and 4 stores. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 454 ; cattle, 



