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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT, 



Part lit. 



EHOREHAM. 



SHRF.WSBDRY. 



was surveyed and lotted, into 70 equal 

 shares, by Simeon Stevens, in 1774. The 

 settlement was coinnienced in 1785, by 

 Isaiah Washburn. The town was organ- 

 in 1794. Albro Anthony was the first 

 town clerk, and John Anthony the first 

 representative. A Congregational church 

 was formed here March 26. 1823 ; but 

 there is no meeting house or settled min- 

 ister. Quechee river originates near the 

 northwest corner of the town; and, after 

 running a southeasterly course 7 miles, 

 enters Bridgewater. There are several 

 tributaries to this river, which are suffi- 

 ciently large for mills. There are three 

 natural ponds here, covering about ten 

 acres each. From one of these issues a 

 stream called Thundering brook, in which 

 is a considerable fall. This township is 

 very mountainous and broken except a 

 narrow strip along Quechee river, where 

 there is some very good intervale. The 

 celebrated summit of the Green Moun- 

 tains calh d Killington Peak is situated 

 in the south part, and is 3,024 feet above 

 tide water. There are in town 8 schools, 

 1 store, 2 taverns, and 4 saw mills. Sta- 

 tistics of 1840.— Horses, 82 : cattle, 62r>; 

 sheep, 1,450; swine, 217; wheat, bus. 

 686; barley, 153; oats, 1,787; rye, 216; 

 buckwheat, 602 ; Indian corn, 762 ; pota- 

 toes, 12,245; hay, tons, l,2n.5; suo-ar, 

 lbs. 6,970 ; wool, 4,257. Population, l98. 

 Shoreham, a post town in the south- 

 west corner of Addison county, is in hit. 

 43^ 53' and long. 3'^ 45', and is bounded 

 north by Bridport, east by Whiting and 

 Cornwall, south by Orwell, and west by 

 lake Champlain, which separates it from 

 Ticonderoga, N. Y. It lies 40 miles south 

 of Burlington, 12 southwest from Middle- 

 bury, and was chartered October 8, 1761, 

 containing 26,319 acres. The settlement 

 was commenced about the year 1766, by 

 Col. Ephraim Doolittle, Paul Moore, Mar- 

 shal Newton and others. They adopted 

 the Moravian plan, and had all tilings 

 common until the settlement was broken 

 up during the revolutionary war. On tiie 

 return of peace the settlement was re- 

 commenced by some of the former set- 

 tlers and others from Massachusetts and 

 Connecticut, and the town was soon or- 

 ganized. Eliakini Culver was the first 

 town clerk, and .Tames Moore the first 

 representative. The religious denomina- 

 tions are Congregationalists, Baptists, 

 Methodists and Universalists. Rev. Abel 

 Woods, of the Baptist order, was the first 

 settled minister. The Congregational 

 church was organized in May, 1792. 

 Rev. Evans Beardsley was settled over it 

 from Dec. 26, 1805, to May 9, 1809 ; the 

 Rev. Daniel O. Morton from June 30, 



1814, to Oct. 13, 1631 ; and the Rev. Jo- 

 siah F. Goodhue, the present minister, 

 was settled Feb. 12, 1834. Their meet- 

 ing house, situated near the centre of the 

 town, was built in 1800. The minister 

 of the Universalist society is the Rev. 

 Kittredge Haven. H[on. Charles Rich, 

 late member of Congress, who was for 

 more than 20 years a representative in the 

 state, or national government, was, for 

 about 40 years, a resident in this towr». 

 He died here on the 15th of October, 1824, 

 aged 53 years. The only stream of con- 

 sequence IS Lemonfair river, which af- 

 fords some good mill privileges. Nearly 

 all the waters in town are impregnated 

 with Epsom salts. The surface is level, 

 the soil good, and produces fine crops of 

 corn and grain. This may be considered 

 one of the handsomest and best farming 

 towns in the state. In the eastern part is 

 a bed of iron ore. The average width 

 of the lake against this township is about 

 half a mile. Newton academy was incor- 

 porated and located here in 1311, and is 

 now under the charge of Mr. Eastman. 

 There are, in tov^'n, 14 school districts, 2 

 grist, 1 fulfmg and 4 saw mills, 4 stores, 

 and 3 tanneries. Statistics of 1840. — 

 Horises, 520; cattle, 5,350; sheep, 41,188; 

 swine, 1,206; wheat, bus. 3,348 ; barley, 

 19; oats, 12,460; rye, 674; buckwheat, 

 564 ; Indian corn, 8,580 ; potatoes, 26-,- 

 180 ; hay, tons, 13,-560 ; sugar, lbs. 2,160 ; 

 wool, 95,276. Population, 1,675. 



SuRF.wsBUP.T, a post town in the eas- 

 tern part of Rutland county, is in lat. 

 43" 31' and long. 4° 11', and is bounded 

 north by Mendon, cast by Plymouth, 

 south by Mount Holly, and west by Clar- 

 endon. It lies 22 miles west from Wind- 

 sor, and nine southeast from Rutland. 

 It was chartered September 4, 1763, con- 

 taining 44 square miles. This township 

 lies mostly on the Green Mountains and 

 the eastern part is very much elevated. 

 In the north part is Shrewsbury peak, 

 which is one of the highest summits of 

 the Green Mountains, and is more than 

 4100 feet above the tide water. This is 

 often mistaken for Killington peak. Mill 

 river runs through the southwest part of 

 the township, and Cold river through the 

 north part, both of which are sufficiently 

 large for mills. There are two consider- 

 able ponds in the southerly part called 

 Peal's and Ashley's pond. There is a 

 branch of the Congregational church in 

 Clarendon here, which consists of a few 

 members. There is a meeting-house sit- 

 uated in the southerly part of the town- 

 ship, around which is a small village. 

 This township is well adapted to the pro- 

 duction of grass, and the timber is such 



