XXVII 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 THE VETO MORGANS 



This family sprung from the Gillett Colt, whose sire, as stated by his 

 breeder, was a son of the original Morgan. This was very probably Sherman 

 Morgan, that stood at Montpelier and Waterbury, Vt., the season that the Gil- 

 lett Colt was probably got (see Wicked Will), and very likely had his days in 

 Chittenden county the same season. It is possible, however, that Justin Mor- 

 gan, that stood in Williston and Hinesburgh (both in Chittenden county, Vt.), 

 in 1795, left a son in that region, of which there is no history, that was the 

 sire of the Gillett Colt. 



GILLETT COLT 



Chestnut; foaled 1822; bred by Reuben Gillett, Burlington, Vt. ; got 

 by a son of Justin Morgan. Dr. W. H. Harwood, in an interview, 1890, 

 with Sidney Gillett, born 1816, son of Reuben Gillett, learned that the latter 

 moved with his family from Hinesburgh to a farm in Burlington, a few miles 

 out of the city, in 1821, and remained there two years. The colt was foaled 

 on this farm, 1822, and was taken by Mr. Gillett to Middlebury, Vt., when 

 he moved there in 1823. Sidney Gillett states that his father always said 

 that this colt was got by a son of the original Justin Morgan horse. 



GILLETT HORSE 



Brown roan, about 1050 pounds ; foaled 1825 ; bred by Reuben Gillett, 

 then of Middlebury, Vt. ; got by Gillett Colt, which see : dam Reuben Gillett's 

 Morgan mare, which (as his son, Sidney Gillett, states to Dr. Harwood), he 

 used to say was "by the old Vermont Morgan". Taken, 1827, from Mid- 

 dlebury, Vt., to Burke, N. Y., by Reuben Gillett, who sold to J. G. Dickey, 

 Constable, N. Y., 1830; afterwards drowned in the St. Lawrence. His stock 

 proved valuable. 



BILL MORGAN (KENYON) 



Chestnut, dark mane and tail, 15^ hands, 1040 pounds; foaled about 

 1830 ; bred by Thomas Thompson, Constable, N. Y. ; got by Gillett Horse, 

 son of Gillett Colt : dam sorrel or chestnut, brought from Plainfield, N. H., 

 by Mr. Thompson, said to be by Justin Morgan. Bought, when three, by 

 Aaron Scranton, who sold to Daniel and Isaac Kenyon of Cornish, N. H., 

 where he was kept until about 1849. Died, 1859, the property of J. F. Bar- 

 nard, Cohoes Falls, N. Y. Stock very good. ' 



