HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTY
BY SAMUEL SWIFT
A. H. COPELAND
Middlebury, Vt.
1859
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(COUNTY OF ADDISON)
CHAPTER I.
Territory--Face of the County--Soil--Original Forests--Lime--Marble--Streams
CHAPTER II
County seats--County Buildings--Courts--Changes of the Judiciary
CHAPTER III
Infants--Indian Relics
CHAPTER IV
French Settlement in Addions County--Conquered by the British
and their Retreat--Grants of Land by the French
CHAPTER V
New Hampshire Charters--Controversy with New York
Opposition West of the Mountain--Negotiations with the Inhabiants of Bennington--Affair at Walloomsic--Capture and trial of Hough--Col. Reed's Claim--Captain Wooster's Grant--Dunmore's Grant
CHAPTER VII
Effects of the War and the Declaration of Independence on the
Controversy--Conclusion of the Controversy
CHAPTER VIII
Incidents of the War in the County of Addison
CHAPTER IX
Agriculture--Wheat--Transition from Grain to Stock--Sheep
CHAPTER X
Cattle--Horses
CHAPTER XI
Agricultural Society--Medical Society
CHAPTER XII
Population--Character-Advantages-Dangers
APPENDIX.
No. I. -- Chief Judges of the County Court -- Assistant Judges
of County Court -- County Clerks --State's Attorneys -- Sheriffs -- High Bailiffs
-- Judges of Probate District of Addison, -- District of New Haven
No. II. -- Statement of Agriculture, Farms and Implements,
Stocks, Products &c., taken from Census of 1850
No. III. -- A Table showing the population of the several towns in the County
of Addison, at each United States Census, since Vermont was admitted into
the Union.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY IN THE COUNTY OF ADDISON, VERMONT
View of Middlebury, Vermont, from the West
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CHAPTER I.
Late settlement of Vermont -- Charter and explanations -- Proprietors'
records
CHAPTER II.
Results of the votes of the Proprietors -- Partition -- Town
Plat -- Second or first hundred acre division -- Third or second hundred acre
division -- John Chipman's and other surveys -- Change of territorial limits
CHAPTER III
Settlement before the war in charter limits -- Benjamin Smalley
--Gamaliel Painter -- John Chipman and others -- In territory annexed from
Cornwall -- Surveys and pitches -- Asa Blodgett -- Theophilus Allen -- The
Bentleys, and others -- Settlement after the war in this territory.
CHAPTER IV
Retreat of the settlers -- Employment in their absence -- Other
events during the war -- Miss Torrance's story -- Judge Painter -- Col. Chipman
CHAPTER V.
Return of settlers -- Smalley -- Thayer
-- Jona. Chipman -- Torrance -- Col. Chipman -- Foot Family.
CHAPTER VI.
New settlers--Stephen Goodrich -- Robert Huston -- Johnson
-- Buttolph --Kirby Sumner -- Preston and Mungers -- Sellick -- Deacon Sumner
-- Olmsted -- Vanduzer -- Barnet -- Hammond -- Craft -- Loomis
CHAPTER VII
James Crane and brother -- Gideon Abbey -- Nathan Case -- Darius
Tupper -- Dea. Boyce -- East Middlebury Village -- Incidents of the early
settlement -- Famine
CHAPTER
VIII
Face of the country -- Soil -- Agriculture -- Mineral Spring
CHAPTER IX
Settlement of the village -- Abisha Washburn -- Painter's mills
-- Foot's mills -- Hop Johnson -- Col. Storrs -- Painter, in the village --
First store -- Samuel Miller -- S. Dudley -- B. Gorton -- John Deming -- S.
Foot -- B. Seymour -- M. Post
CHAPTER X
Darius Matthews -- Curtis and Campbell -- Dr. Willard -- H.
Seymour -- D. Chipman -- J. Rogers -- A. Rhodes -- L. and J. McDonald -- S.
Mattocks -- W. Young -- F. Hill -- P. Starr -- Dr. Clark -- N. and I. Stewart
-- J. Simmons -- Seminary Street -- Slade & Co.
CHAPTER XI
O. Brewster -- Asa Francis -- J. Fuller -- H. Bell -- L. Case
-- P. Davis -- J. Henshaw -- L. Hooker -- W. Slade -- E. Hawley -- Capt. Young
-- D. Dickinson -- D. Page -- G. Painter
CHAPTER XII
Further settlements west of the creek -- Stillman Foot -- Appleton
Foot -- Harvey Bell -- John Warren -- Capt. Markham -- S. Sargent -- J. McDonald
-- J. Doolittle -- T. Hagar -- Judge Phelps -- J. Jewett -- J. Blin -- C.
Porter
CHAPTER XIII
Condition of the village at an early age -- Growth and improvement
of the village -- Incorporation
CHAPTER XIV
Organization -- Corporate proceedings
CHAPTER XV
Highways and Bridges -- Early surveys -- Mode of repairing
-- Bridge at the Falls -- Three Mile Bridge -- Centre Turnpike --Waltham --Roads
about village
CHAPTER XVI
Support of the Poor
CHAPTER XVII
Health -- Diseases -- Mortality
CHAPTER XVIII
Banks -- State Bank -- Bank of Middlebury -- Savings Bank
CHAPTER XIX
Manufactures -- Forge and Gun Factory -- Cotton Factory --
Grist Mill -- Warren's Factory -- Mid. Man. Company -- Marble Mills --Fires
--D. Nichols
CHAPTER XX
Printing -- Newspapers and other periodicals -- Books -- Post
Office and mails
CHAPTER XXI
Professional men -- Lawyers -- Physicians -- Merchants -- Manufacturers
-- Mechanics
CHAPTER XXII
Educational -- Common Schools -- Addison County
Grammar School
CHAPTER XXIII
Middlebury College
CHAPTER XXIV
Female Seminary -- Miss Strong -- Mrs. Willard -- Incorporated
-- Misses Mahew -- Mrs. Cook -- Miss Swift -- Mr. Tilden -- Dr. Lathrop --
S. Hitchcock -- W. F. Bascom -- Miss Gordon
CHAPTER XXV
Ecclesiastical -- Early laws for supporting the Gospel -- Congregational
Society -- Proceedings of the town -- Episcopal Society -- Methodist Society
-- Baptist Society -- Catholic Society
CHAPTER XXVI
Incidents of the War of 1812
Index to Names in the History
