Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



97 



east by Acton and Townshend, south by 

 Wardsboroiigh, and west by a part of 

 Stratton and a part of Winhall. It lies 

 26 miles northeast from Bennington and 

 32 southwest from Windsor. It was 

 chartered November 7, 1780, to Samuel 

 Fletcher and his associates, and contains 

 29,01 7 acres. The settlement was com- 

 menced about the same time by William, 

 Benjamin and Caleb Howard and others 

 from Mendon, Mass., and other towns in 

 its vicinity. The town was organized 

 Sept. 3, 1781. William H. Churcli was 

 first town clerk, and Silas Howard, first 

 representative. The religious denomina- 

 tions are Congregationalists and Baptists. 

 The number, in each church, is about the 

 same, and they have each a large and 

 convenient house for public worship ; tliat 

 of the former, erected in 1808, and that of 

 the latter, in 1817. The Rev. John Stod- 

 dard was the first settled minister. He 

 was settled over the Congregational 

 church in 179-5, and dismissed in 1798. In 

 September, 1815, the Rev. Philip Spaul- 

 ding was installed over this church, and 

 dismissed in 1829. The Rev. Samuel 

 Kingsbury was settled May 19, 1831, and 

 dismissed March 5, 1833. Elder Simeon 

 Coombs was installed over the Baptist 

 church in 1803, and left the town in 1806. 

 In 1812, there was a revival of religion, 

 and about 60 were added to the two 

 churches. West river passes through 

 this township, and, together with its 

 tributaries, affords numerous and excel- 

 lent mill privileges. The surface of the 

 township is broken and mountainous, and 

 the elevations rocky, but the soil is, in 

 general, warm and productive. A range 

 of primitive limestone passes through the 

 township, from which lime is manufactur- 

 ed in the eastern part, where there is a 

 fine locality of dolomite. It is granular, 

 flexible, and of a snow white color. In a 

 vein of the dolomite is found the mica- 

 ceous oxydc of Iron. It is brilliant, fine 

 grained, and the particles are separated by 

 rubbing between the fingers. The prin- 

 cipal village is situated near the centre of 

 the township, and contains two meeting- 

 houses, and several stores, mills and man- 

 ufactoring establishments. They are sit- 

 uated on Bald Mountain brook, near its 

 junction with West river. There are, in 

 town, ten school districts, 3 grist and 8 

 saw mills, 2 tanneries and 6 stores. Sta- 

 tistics of X^A'd. — Horses, 246; cattle, 2,- 

 6.55; sheep, 5,059; swine, 901; wheat, 

 bus. 1,226; barley, 124; oats, 7,632; rye, 

 2,073; buck-wheat, 1,118; Indian corn, 

 5,1.52; potatoes, 44,680; hay, tons, 3,- 

 531; sugar, lbs. 1 3,-531 ; wool, 8,111. 

 Population, 1,586. 



Pt. III. 13 



Jav, a township in the northwest cor- 

 ner of Orleans county, is in lat. 44° 57' 

 and long. 4" 25', and is bounded north by 

 Sutton, Can., east by Troy, south by 

 Westfield and west by Richford. It lies 

 50 miles north from Montpclier, and the 

 same distance northeast from Burlington. 

 This township was granted March 13, 

 1780, and originally called Carthage. It 

 was chartered to Gov. Thomas Chitten- 

 den, November 7, 1702, by its present 

 name, and contains 23,040 acres. Previ- 

 ous to the late war with Great Britain, 

 five or six families had settled in tiiia 

 township, but during the war they nearly 

 all left it. A few families have since re- 

 turned, and the settlement has been slow- 

 ly advancing. The eastern part of this 

 township is handsome level land, and the 

 soil good. The west line runs nearly its 

 whole length on a very high mountain. 

 A number of small streams rise among the 

 mountains in the western part, and, run- 

 ning easterly, unite before they leave the 

 township, affording several very good 

 mill privileges. Jay Peak is a very lofty 

 sunimit of the western range ofthe Green 

 Mountains, situated in the southwest cor- 

 ner ofthe township, and partly in Mont- 

 gomery, Westfield and Richford. Statis- 

 tics of 1840.— Horses, 49; cattle, 315; 

 sheep, 795 ; swine, 200 ; wheat, bus. 885 ; 

 barley, .53 ; oats, 1,743 ; rye, 123 ; buck- 

 wheat, 421 ; Indian corn, 268 ; potatoes, 

 1 0,680 ; hay, tons, 650 ; sugar, lbs. 8,095 ; 

 wool, 1,112. Population, 308. 



Jericho, a post town in the cen- 

 tral part of Chittenden county, is in lat. 

 44° 27', and long. 4° 4', and is bounded 

 northerly by Underbill, east by Bolton, 

 south by Richmond, southwest by Willis- 

 ton, from which it is separated by Win- 

 ooski river, and westerly by Essex. It 

 lies 12 miles east from Burlington, and 

 26 northwest from -Montpelier. It was 

 chartered to Gov. Thomas Chittenden, 

 and associates, June 8th, 1763, and origi- 

 nally contained 27,110 acres. Since that 

 time a small part of Bolton has been an- 

 nexed to it, and a new township formed 

 from this and Williston, by the name of 

 Richmond. The settlement of Jericho 

 was commenced in 1774, by Messrs. Mes- 

 senger, Rood and Brown, with their fami- 

 lies, from the western part of Massachu- 

 setts ; but tlie settlement was mostly aban- 

 doned during the revolution. Mr. Brown 

 settled on the flats near Underbill, on 

 what is now called Brown's river. He, 

 with his family, consisting of a wife, a 

 daughter, and two sons, remained unmo- 

 lested during the fore part ofthe revolu- 

 tionaiy war, and had made such improve- 

 ment on iiis land as to raise most of the 



