Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



175 



UNDEKHir,!,. 



VERGENNES. 



that of Daniel Hunt, who died here aged 

 100 years, Daniel Hopkins, who died here 

 in 1818, aged 100 years, and Mrs. Mary 

 Wiiite, who died in 1822, aged 05 years. 

 This town has never e.\perienced any re- 

 markable season of mortality. Tiie town- 

 ship is watered by the first branch of 

 White river, which runs through it from 

 north to south, near the centre. There 

 are, on this stream, several very good 

 mill seats, which are already occupied. 

 The soil is generally a deep, rich loam, 

 and along the branch is some intervale. 

 The surface of tiie township is uneven, 

 broken, and tiie elevations are abrupt. 

 There is a medicinal spring in tiie wes- 

 tern part of the township, the waters of 

 which are impregnated with sulpliuretted 

 hydrogen. They have been considerably 

 resorted to by persons attlicted with cuta- 

 neous complaints, and liave been found 

 beneficial. There are in town .5 meeting 

 houses, 10 school districts, 2 grist 10 saw 

 and 3 fulling mills, 2 carding machines, 

 4 stores, 1 tavern, 2 tanneries, 1 woollen 

 factory, besides the usual meclianics. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 376 ; cattle, 

 2,185; sheep, 8,890; swine, 1,345; wheat, 

 bus. 3,310; barley, J75 ; oats, 13,305; 

 rye, 655 ; buckwiieat, 1,415; Indian corn, 

 7,620 ; potatoes, 67,705 ; hay, tons, 3,430 ; 

 sugar, lbs. 31,670; wool, 18,905. Popu- 

 lation, 1,811. 



TuRNERSBURGH. See Chelsea. 



Tyson Furnace. See Plymouth. 



Underhill, a post town in the north- 

 eastern part of Chittenden county, is in 

 lat. 44" 33' and long. 4" 7', and is bound- 

 ed northerly by Cambridge, easterly by 

 Mansfield, southerly by Jericho, and west- 

 erly by Westford. It lies 15 miles north- 

 cast from Burlington, and 26 northwest 

 from Montpelier. It was cliartercd June 

 8, 1763, to Joseph Sacket and others, 

 containing 23,040 acres. In 1839 the 

 western part of Mansfield was annexed to 

 it. The settlement of the township was 

 commenced about the year 1786, the first 

 surveys having been made in 1785. The 

 town was organized March 9, 1795, and 

 William Barney was the first town clerk, 

 and also the first representative, chosen 

 the same year. The religious denomina- 

 tions are Congregationalists and Metlio- 

 dists. The Congregational church was 

 organized in December, 1802. And they, 

 in 1804, settled the Rev. James Parker, 

 who was dismissed in 1812. The Rev. 

 N. B. Dodge was settled in 1814, and dis- 

 missed in 1820. His successors have been 

 the Rev. Messrs. Robinson, P. Kingsley, 

 and John Adams. The latter is their 

 present minister. Tliey have 2 meet- 

 ing houses. The surface of a large 



portion of the township is very uneven. 

 The timber is principally hard wood, in- 

 terspersed witli spruce and hemlock. The 

 streams are all small. The most impor- 

 tant are the head branches of Brown's 

 river, which rise in the south part The 

 town contains 8 school districts and school 

 houses, 10 saw mills, 2 stores and 1 tavern. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 174 ; cattle, 

 1,089; sheep, 3,361; swine, 461; wlieat, bu; 

 1,186; oats, 2,936; rye, 50; buckwheat, 

 310; Ind. corn, 1,954; potatoes, 30,375 5 

 hay, tons, 1,5.56; sugar, lbs. 30,827; 

 wool, 8,010. Population, 1,441. 



University of Vermont. See part 

 second, page 144. 



Vergennes, the only city in Ver- 

 mont, is situated in lat. 44°. 10', and lono-. 

 3'' 43, and is bounded north and east by 

 Ferrisburgh, south by Waltham, and west 

 by Panton and Ferrisburgh. It lies at 

 the head of navigation on Otter creek 

 and was incorporated with city privileges 

 October 23, 1783, being 480 by 400 rods 

 in extent. The first meeting under its 

 charter was held March 12, 1789, and 

 Samuel Chipman, jun. Esq. was first 

 clerk. Its first Mayor was Enoch Wood- 

 bridge, Esq. who was afterwards ciiief 

 judge of the Supreme Court. He was 

 chosen July], 1794, and the same year 

 represented Vergennes in the General 

 Assembly. In 1798, a large building was 

 erected here for a state house, whicJi has 

 since been taken down. The first settle-' 

 ment within the present limits of Ver- 



Ground plan of Vergennes. 



a Episcopal church ami Methodist chapel, c Coti- 

 [regatioiiul church, ji Mills, q Cliamplaiii Arsenat.- 

 ; Iron Foundries. 



