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The road from Deacon Clark's bridge to the fair grounds was continued by Job Jenniss's to Orange line (45).
The road to Sewall Gleason's had been indicted on the north end of Sawyer Hill and a postponement was asked to repair it. The bridge across the river at Caleb Welch's mill was rebuilt. It was voted to lay out a road across Capt. Joshua Harris' land to David Dustin's land (48).
This was laid out in 1821 and is the present road from the town house to M. E. Cross'. In 1821 it was voted to ascertain the boundaries of the old Mill road, and in 1822 it was deeded to Joshua Harris for the land which the new road took. In 1821 it was voted to make a survey of a road from Job Jenniss' by Deacon Clark's field and east side of his house to corner of Rob- ert B. Clark's field. William Campbell had agreed to repair the Scofield bridge and desired to be relieved from his obligation, the town agreed to relieve him if he would give the town "1500 feet of good merchantable pine plank 21/2 inches thick and 16 feet long, and no plank to be received unless as thick as above specified." The road from Abel Aldrich's to Enfield line was ac- cepted and Aldrich had the privilege of straightening the road if he would give the land (47). In 1823 the old road was discontinued.
In 1822 the Lebanon road was indicted and the town voted $150 to repair it. The County Commissioners laid out a road from Hanover line by William Harris's into Enfield to the Lebanon road (49). The town voted to lay out a road for Amos Richardson, but would not accept of his survey and the road was not laid until the next year (50). This road led off the Lyme road in the northwest part of the town. In 1823 the road near Lewis Simmons' was straightened.
In 1824 the road from Amasa Clark's to Hanover line was straightened; this road led off from the turnpike at the north end of Sawyer Hill.
In 1825 Ezekiel Wells was given the old road through his land, for the land the old road took. In 1826 the survey of the road from Reuben Giles' to John May's, was accepted, but was not laid out until 1827 (54). In 1825 the selectmen were requested to make minutes of the survey of a road from Deacon Clark's bridge to Ezra Gales'.
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In 1826 Jacob Richardson's petition for a road to Amos Gould's was granted, in 1827 the road from Nathan Cross' to and along the Gore line to Josiah P. Haynes', was accepted (57). This began at the old road from Nathaniel Gilman's. The road from Lieutenant Miner's on South road to the bridge, was left with the selectmen to open in their discretion.
Daniel Blaisdell's petition for a road was granted. In 1828 $400 was raised to build bridges injured by the freshet. In 1827 the town voted to accept the Grafton Turnpike and the selectmen were ordered to lay out a road over the same (58).
In 1831 the Clark Hill road was voted to be laid out, but it was not until 1833 that it was accepted and recorded (65). It began at the turnpike, taking a westerly course and ended at the turnpike near the Gore line. It is now the traveled road and took the place of the turnpike which continued by Fred Avery's house. In 1830 a road was laid out from the south end of Wells' bridge to South road (59), and in 1831 the old road from the same point was discontinued over the saddle to the county road. The road from the foot of Gilman hill across the meadow to near Moses Flanders', was discontinued and a new road laid to take its place (62).
In 1832 $50 was laid out on the new Gore road and the road from the Congregational meeting house to John H. Harris's at the corner, was opened four rods wide. At a meeting in Septem- ber, there was an article in the warrant to discontinue the road from Daniel Blaisdell's to Job C. Tyler's, the town refused to discontinue it, but in 1836 the town agreed to throw up the old road when Tyler should build sixty-seven rods of new road. There was a dispute between Ephraim Wilson and John Fales over the ownership of an old road at the Corner which had been thrown up. Wilson began proceedings against Fales for tres- pass. The town voted to relinquish all claim to the land to Wil- son by his paying the town $5; Fales was to move his barn off Wilson's land; the town was to give Fales $40, and he was to give up his claim. Wilson lived in the Fred Cross house at the Corner. In 1834 the old road from the top of the hill west of Indian river, at the begining of the new road to intersection of new with old, near the line of Joshua Martin's, was discontinued
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and a new one laid (66). This was in the northeasterly part of the town from the Plymouth road.
In 1836 the survey of the road from Deacon Clark's bridge to Deacon Sleeper's, was accepted (68), but the road was not laid and recorded until 1839. This is the road from the depot, known as the river road to Dorchester. Joshua S. Lathrop petitioned for a road and it was laid out in 1840, and is now the road from a little below E. M. Adams' to Dorchester (71).
It was voted to lay out a new road on the petition of John Hoyt and others, and another on the petition of Benjamin Wells. In 1841 the selectmen were requested to lay out the Lathrop road on the east side of the Mascoma to the turnpike near Joseph Wheat's shop or Trussell's bridge.
In 1842 the town was asked to lay out a road from Deacon Sleeper's house to the new road from Canaan to Dorchester, and also a road from Harrison Pillsbury's to the Lebanon road, near March Barber's. In 1847 the town was asked again and again refused. But the latter road was laid out by the court in 1848 (77).
In 1844 the road from Campbell Hill to the Lebanon road was discontinued. Luther Kinney petitioned for a road and Joseph Wheat also and the town voted to lay out both roads.
In 1845 the town voted to make alterations in the turnpike from Harrison Porter's to Gates' Gore. This discontinued the turnpike from beyond Fred Avery's house to where the Clark Hill road intersects the turnpike. The town voted not to lay out a road from Simeon Arvin's to the Dorchester road, near Andrew Dewey's, but afterwards reconsidered and the road was laid in 1846 (75). The town refused to lay out a road from Daniel Campbell's to the Lebanon road. Jeremiah Whittier's petition for a road was dismissed, but it was afterwards laid out. In 1847 the town was asked to lay out a road from Eaton's mills to the Lebanon road at West Canaan; it was refused, but it was laid out by the court in 1848 (76). Levi Wilson's petition was dismissed and this road was laid out by the court in 1848. The road from the east line of Currier and Wallace's land, near Stephen Wells' to the Dorchester line was discontinued, also that portion of the old road superseded by the new road (75) from Pillsbury's to Jenniss'.
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In 1848 the road from the depot to the turnpike was voted to be laid out.
In 1849 the "Potato Road" was laid out by the court (79). The road from James Arvin's to March Barber's, was voted not to be discontinued, but in 1861 it was discontinued and the selectmen were requested to lay out forty-two rods of it, subject to gates and bars from the end of Broad street (94). The old road from Chamberlain Packard's to Harrison Pillsbury's was discontinued.
In 1852 Daniel B. Cole's petition for a road was dismissed, but the road was laid in 1855 (88). Joshua L. Lathrop's peti- tion for a road was granted and the road laid in 1853 (84). Watts Davis' petition was also granted and the road laid in November (83).
In 1854 Otis Jones petitioned for a road and it was granted.
In 1857 the court laid out a road from near A. C. Lovejoy's, down the valley of Committee Meadow brook to the Shaker Hill road in Enfield, a few rods east of the schoolhouse in district No. 9 (89).
In 1857 the railroad having built a bridge over the river above Scofield or Blackwater bridge, so changed the current of the stream that it undermined the foundations of Scofield bridge, and William W. George was appointed agent of the town to settle with the railroad. It was adjusted by the railroad putting in stone abutments on the north side of Scofield bridge, to pre- vent the wearing of the water against the roadway.
In 1859 the road from Moses Knights' to Hanover line was dis- continued.
In 1865 the road laid by the county commissioners on the east side of Goose Pond, on John Shepard's land near the brick knoll, where the new road intersects the old road, was discon- tinued north 100 rods to near the intersection of the. Gates road.
In 1866 John L. Perley petitioned for a road and for the dis- continuance of an old road; both were granted.
In 1867 the road about fifty rods from Wells' hill, near where the French shanties formerly stood, to the intersection of the road by John Stevens' to Enfield, was discontinued, and also a part of the road east of Wells' hill to S. B. Morgan's.
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ยท In 1868 the road near Kelly & George's store, northeast about eight rods, was discontinued to the intersection of the new road.
In 1869 the road from F. H. Wells' sawmill, following the brook to Enfield line, was discontinued.
In 1870 the road from near Warren Wilson's to tray fac- tory, Town Hill road, was discontinued.
In 1884 the road from "near the watering trough below N. C. Morgan's over the hill to Enfield line," was discontinued. Also the road from Lary Pond to Hiram Jones'.
In 1886 the road from the "Jerusalem road to Orange, near David Cole's house, " and the road "beginning at the intersection of Levi Hamlet road, thence northerly to road leading by G. W. Murray place," were discontinued. The latter road had been discontinued by vote of the town many years before.
In 1888 the town voted to discontinue "road on west side of road leading across Sawyer hill, near J. E. Cilley's; thence west to the Gould farm .. "
In 1892 the road on the "east side of the brook, near Lovejoy's mill; thence west to the road from Enfield by the mill to West Farms," was discontinued by vote.
In 1894 the "road over the crossing at Welch's Mill," was discontinued, and in 1896 the town voted not to discontinue it.
In 1896 the town voted to discontinue the road from "G. W. Davis's to the intersection of the Lebanon road." Mr. Davis, under advice of counsel, had purchased the land on both sides of this road; his counsel advising him that by so doing, he could close the road by vote of the town. The matter was carried into court and the case was decided against Mr. Davis. Judge Chase writing the opinion. The court held that highways should be laid out either by the selectmen or by the court; this power was not conferred upon towns to be exercised by direct vote or by a committee chosen by the town. This was a highway solely because it had been used as such for twenty years, and could not be discontinued without the consent of the court. Upon the facts shown the court would not consent to close the road.
In 1897 the town voted to discontinue the road through Wells' Cemetery. An addition had been made to the cemetery on the other side of the road, which made it advisable to build a new
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road around the west side of the cemetery, so that there might not be any traveled highway through it.
In 1902 the town discontinued a "piece of road north of Henry Sorrell's house; thence east past the old sawmill site of Love- joy's mill, to west end of road formerly discontinued."
In 1906 the "road from Campbell's to Stephen Peaslee's old mill" on the road from Factory Village to Dorchester, was dis- continued, as well as a short piece leading westerly from the turnpike opposite the post office at Factory Village.
LAYOUTS OF ROADS.
(a) Road from Pemigewasset River to Dartmouth College October 30, 1771: W 10 N 260 to line between Cokermouth (Wentworth) and Dorchester W 260. W 23 S one mile. W 4 miles. W 15 N 134 miles to line of Canaan and Hanover. That part of Governor's or Wolfeboro road in Canaan.
(b) Report of road commissioners in 1785 for a road from Boscawen to Dartmouth College: thence by spotted line 15 rods from Nathaniel Hovey's sugar camp, thence nearly straight course to bridge over Mud Pond Brook, thence as road is now trod 10 rods (South Road), thence on straight course by Eleazer Scofield's house, thence to stump 3 rods to the south side of Joseph Bean's barn.
1788.
(1) Road from Grafton to Barber's Mill. Isinglass Hill road to grist mill at East Canaan: Beginning on Grafton line between Danl Blais- dell's and Whittier's, then N 41 W 208 r., N 28 W 26 r., N 18 W 72 r., N 48 W 28 r., N 28 W 18 r., N 9 W 46 r., N 45 W 30 r., N 32 W 180 r., to Robert Barber's mill.
(2) Road from grist mill by Wells Cemetery: Beginning opposite Joshua Well's house S 97 r., S 19 E 44 r., S 14 W 20 r., S 19 E 48 r., S 14 W 20 r., S 9 E 48 r., S 11 W to Barber's mill. First course discontinued.
(3) Broad Street: "N 11 W 288 to the road near Mr. Elias Lathrop's farm." See Turnpike.
1793.
(4) Road from Wells' east side of Hart's Pond to Nathaniel Gil- man's: Beginning near Joshua Wells' house. Data not complete on first course; probably N 14 E 20 r., N 80 r., N 22 E 40 r., N 40 E 204 r., N 24 E 112 r., N 22 E 192 r. It then met (19).
(5) Road to Dorchester by John Currier's: Beginning near Eames' mill at corner, then N 30 E 75, then N 27 E 326. From this on the data is lost, but the old surveys would indicate that it followed the range lines N 24 E 20, then crossing Abner Colby's land northeasterly to the south- west corner of Prescott Clark's land, then on his land and Josiah
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Barber's N 29 E about 300 r. to the gore line, then in the gore N 6 E 50 r. to Joseph Bartlett's house N 65 E 73 r. The first course was discontinued and (39) took its place. The last course is not used. It was a part of the Governor's road. This road existed as early as 1784 as a traveled way.
(6) This road led from John Currier's in a nearly straight course across his land to Caleb Clark's, then to meet the road from Wells' to Dorchester, following the range lines, S 75 E 44 r., S 68 E 100, S 61 E 73, S 72 E 100 r., then in the same course to the Wells road. From Caleb Clark's or the Putney place to Currier's it was discontinued.
1795.
(7) From north end of Broad Street to Corner, N 33 E 60 r.
(8) From south end of Broad Street to Post Road, N 85 W 104, S 71 W 61, S 52 W 40, S 27 W 17, S 6 W 13, S 11 E 25, S 18 W 36, S 10 W 13, S 4 W 28, S 2 W 9, S 21 W 10, S 4 W 10, S 43 W 8, N 89 W 19, S 54 W 37, S 21 W 30, S 36 W 16, S.52 W 4, S 71 W 52, S 55 W 22, S 20 W 38, S 31 W 58 to Post Road, near Captain Harris' store (Jones' place). The first course was discontinued in 1861, but the selectmen laid out N 85 W 42, subject to gates and bars (see 94).
MARCH 13, 1798.
(9) Road from County Road near Moody Noyes' (S. W. Currier's) to Dea. Josiah Clark's (A. W. Hutchinson's) : Beginning County Road at a bound on the line between Thomas Miner's and Moody Noyes', 2 rods on the east and 2 rods on the west, N 30 E 200 to northeast corner Noyes', N 38 E on west side of line between Joseph Flint's (G. W. Davis') and Simeon Arvin's, 41 r., N 64 E 40, S 80 E 12, N 44 E 46, N 20 E 30, N 34, N 4 E 36, N 46 E 119, to Clark's Corner at the south end of Broad Street.
Moody Noyes deeded this land to the town December 17, 1799: Be- ginning 4 rods west of the corner of Thomas Miner's on South Road, N 30 E 200, E 4 r. to Miner's, then southerly by Miner's 200 to South Road, then W 4 r.
JUNE 8, 1799.
(10) Near John Kimball's down Eastman Hill: Beginning at the Lyme Road, near Lieutenant Bartlett's house, N 12 E between Bartlett's house and barn 130, N 29 E 23, N 41 E 38, N 20 E 24, N 27 E 24, N 25 E 50, N 6 E 21, N 35 W 164 to Hanover line; 4 rods wide. Bartlett lived about 60 rods south of H. B. Gates'. Part of this road has been thrown up.
FEBRUARY 22, 1800.
(11) From David Bucklin's to Charles Whittier's: From Simeon Had- ley's to highway leading from Grafton to Canaan meeting house, begin- ning northeast corner of Hadley's land, N 35 W 36, N 86 W 10, N 62 W 42; 3 rods wide.
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MAY 29, 1800.
(12) From Dorchester road by Nathaniel Whittier's (Randlett place) to Jonathan Carlton's (C. P. King) : Beginning northeast corner Jona- than Dustin's land, N 61 W 99 on the north side of Dustin's to north- west corner S 54 W 120, S 85 W 42, N 67 W 108, N 81 W 26, N 85 W 50 to highway near Carlton's. All discontinued.
AUGUST 1, 1800.
(13) Part of Jerusalem Spring Road: Beginning old road to Orange, southeast corner Peter Pattee's land N 41 E 11/2 miles and 20 rods to northeast corner Harry Leeds', running range line between Pattee and Rich lots, between Dow lot and Levi and Job Wilson and David Brown; 4 rods wide (see 27).
NOVEMBER 10, 1800.
(14) Beginning Lyme road, near Clark Currier's (Edgar Ricard's), N 59 E 38 between Currier's house and shed, N 9 E 60, N 24 W 44, N 14 E 30, N 4 E 58, N 26 W 24, N 43 E 43, N 13 W 82, N 33 E 36, to a beech stump about 5 rods northwest of Richard Clark's house; N 33 W 64, S 63 W 42, N 73 W 60, to highway from Lyme road by Runeld Gates' to Hanover line.
Also from beech stump, S 35 E 76, S 29 E 158, S 35 E 25, S 18 E 44, S 15 E 55, S 6 W 32, S 25 E 23, S 14 E 104, to stake near Ambrose Chase's barns.
MAY 29, 1801.
(15) Road from Ricard's to Charles Lashway's: Beginning 25 rods northeast of Clark Currier's house in road from Currier's to Richard Clark's 3 rods, S 61 E 44 to line of land between John Currier's and Clark Currier's, S 75 E 130 on said line; S 42 E 26, S 49 E 20, N 82 E 44, S 64 E 30 to stump near Ambrose Chase's house (near Collins'), S 6 E 36 to land of William Richardson, E 96, S 54 E 20, S 79 E 16, S 54 E 46, S 22 E 14, N 21 E 22, S 71 E 16, S 85 E 22, to line between Jo- siah Barber's and Moses Colby's; S 61 E on said line 72 to highway from Barber's to meeting house; 4 rods wide.
JUNE 16, 1801.
(16) From West Farms to Prospect Hill: Beginning on road from old brick yard to Daniel Morse's on line between John Currier's and William Longfellow's, N 40 E 46, N 61 E 39, S 74 E 16, N 51 E 80, E 203, N 35 E 34, S 74 E 62, S 44 E 30, N 80 E 24, S 58 E 18, to Goose Pond Brook; N 57 E 92, S 33 E 24, S 63 E 20, S 84 E 28, N 74 E 48, S 67 E 36, to road near John Wilson's, Wilson to give land south of road so not to be nar- rowed by John Perley's house (Goose Pond).
NOVEMBER 4, 1801.
(17) Daniel Farnum, James Kinneson, Moses Richardson to selectmen of Canaan, deed for road 4 rods wide: Beginning north side Post Road,
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near Farnum's (Charles Whittier's), N 48 E 60, N 45 E 66, to road from Joshua Wells' to Mr. Clifford's in Grafton.
NOVEMBER 7, 1801.
(18) Road from South Road to near William Hall's: Beginning north- west corner 3rd 100 Nathaniel Cady, owned by Josiah Barber, a little north of Barber's house on Dorchester road, S 61 E 180 to Ebenezer Davis' north end, across Barber's and Moses Lawrence's (Decato's). This road leads from the Dorchester road above the old poor farm to meet (38). It ran on the old town line.
NOVEMBER 20, 1802.
(19) Beginning southwest corner of Nathaniel Gilman's land, thence northwest in line of Gilman's and Thomas Beedle's to northwest corner of Charles Greenfield's, being 184 rods, thence same course 16 rods, N 11 E 74, N 64 E 98, N 42 E 42, S 58 E 64, S 61 E 40, to road near Joseph Rundlett's house. This road begins where (4) ends; leads down Gil- man Hill to Birch Corner. Gilman and Thomas Beedle were adjoining owners, Beedle on the west side of the road. Beedle's line in the old surveys runs N 20 E, while Gilman's ran N 25 E.
(20) Beginning old road on line between Nathaniel Whittier's and Na- thaniel Whittier, Jr.'s, near said junior's barn, N 61 W 30, N 86 W 50, S 84 W 67, to Jonathan Carlton's (C. P. King's) line, N 69 W on Carlton's line 126 rods to old road leading from Dorchester (by John Currier's). This road has been thrown up.
(20a) Beginning old road on line Moses Chase's land, S 90, near Sam- uel Chapman's, northwest corner south on Chapman land, 78 to south- west corner, S 10 E 76, S 4 W 64, to old road from east to west across said hill; from Reuben Puffer's to Campbell Hill, by Defosses'.
DECEMBER 15, 1802.
(21) Beginning at old road at bridge in first hollow, a little east of Joshua Wells' house, S 31 E 114, S 53 E 64, S 11 E 15, S 36 E 38, S 57 E 40, S 53 E 9, S 10 E 41, S 37 E 40, S 11 E 20, to bridge over Indian; S 38 E 23, S 21 E 28, S 38 E 48, S 18 E 25, S 30 E 41, S 46 E 20, S 27 E 14, S 53 E 14, to Orange line. Superceded by Grafton Turnpike.
It may possibly be the old road to the Bickford place. However, it plots out over nearly the same ground the turnpike covers, from Wells'.
DECEMBER 9, 1802, TOWN HILL.
Minutes of roads surveyed by John Currier for the making of a map required by the state in 1804: "Road from Grafton to Hanover, N 51 W 214 rods to Farnum road, N 23 W 80, N 35 W 54, N 10 W 50, N 37 W 38, N 35 E 68 rods to Cobble Road, N 20 E 26, N 48 E 32, N 5 E 24, N 52 E 34 rods to Follensbee's mill, N 6 E 50, N 12 W 44, N 8 E 27, N 20 W 39, due N 109 to Wells' corner, due W 54, N 55 W 44, N 70 W 85, N 79 W 47 to Arvin's corner, N 14 W 122 to meeting house, same course
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192 rods, N 33 E 64 to Carlton's corner, N 64 W 12, N 81 W 44, N 46 W 32, N 35 W 42, N 42 W 44 to Mascum River, same course 120 rods, N 22 W 23, N 49 W 58, N 70 W 28, N 55 W 30, N 22 W 78 to Wilson's corner, N 21 E 178, N 30 W 60, due N 30 to Currier's corner, same course 33 rods, N 29 W 82, N 55 W 44, N 36 W 36, N 77 W 60, to Bart- lett's corner, same course 49 rods, N 49 W 33, N 35 W 30, N 5 E 52, N 10 W 56, N 39 W 32, N 30 W 22, N 7 W 30, to Hanover line.
"Road from Cyrus Carlton's to Dorchester, beginning at the post guide at the corner: N 47 E 36 to Currier's corner, N 20 E 240, N 23 E 74, N 74 E 34, N 50 E 34, N 33 E 30, N 11 E 90, N 21 E 34, N 41 E 42, N 30 E 30, N 14 E 84, N 6 E 76, N 80 E 92, due E 14 rods, N 78 E 25, N 80 E 34, to the gore line.
"Road from Wells' corner to Orange line: Due E 10 rods, S 53 E 76, S 66 E 78, S 69 E 84, S 47 E 35, S 29 E 30, S 72 E 28, N 66 E 33 to In- dian River; S 69 E 38, S 82 E 162, S 62 E 17, S 50 E 9, N 77 E 15, S 66 E 18, to a maple stub near Orange line."
MAY 16, 1804.
(22) Beginning at South Road, near Jehu Jones' house, N 28 E 60 on Jones' line, N 85 E 12, N 10 E 32, N 26 E 68, N 86 E 14, S 72 E 26, N 61 E 20, N 84 E 28, S 80 E 8, S 45 E 22, N 81 E 51, to road that leads from Canaan meeting house to Grafton. This road led by Cobble graveyard to near Alvin Davis' and is now discontinued.
JUNE 15, 1805.
(23) Beginning Enfield line by path from Elijah Paddleford's to Me- shech Blake's, N 12 E 40, near John May's house, N 8 E 157, N 34, to Blake line; 4 rods wide. This road leads by H. L. Webster's to Enfield line.
JUNE 17, 1805.
(24) Beginning Enfield line, near bridge over Mascoma, near Asa Pad- dleford's, E 36, N 72 E 52, S 86 E 50, N 73 E 54, to Judah Wells' corner1 N 56 E 40, N 15 E 402, N 73 E 44, S 57 E 44, S 30 E 60, S 40 E 42, S 17 E 43, S 38 E 69, S 85 E 144, S 59 E 177, to corner near Micah Porter's, then same course 113 rods3, S 54 E 58, S 60 E 183, S 56 E 76, S 70 E 26, S 2 E 30, N 64 E 26, S 59 E 130, to Daniel Farnum's road (17), S 45 E 31, S 73 E 44, S 58 E 152, to Grafton line.
South Road, as resurveyed. "Excepted Apr 7. 1807" by town.
JUNE 30, 1806.
(25) Survey of road exchanged by town from the first corner, about 12 rods east of William Campbell's old saw mill, by his new mill: Begin- ning at said corner S 16 E in line between Ezekiel Wells' and Chadwick's and Campbell's on east side of said line 46 rods to bridge near new mill, S 33 W 17, N 60 W 22, S 52 W 9, to said old road; 4 rods wide. Said
1 Currier's Survey, N 74 E.
2 Currier's survey, N 15 E 12, to Mud Pond Brook, same course 28 rods.
3 Currier's survey, same course, 133 rods, to J. Porter's corner.
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line is the center thereof from bridge to old road on south side of River Road to old Tray factory from Campbell's old mill to meet old road from South Road to river now discontinued.
1806. SEPTEMBER TERM OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
(26) Beginning at south side of South Road of Canaan, nearly opposite house of Joshua Harris, standing in line between Micah Porter's and Hough Harris' land, S 30 W 116, S 43 W 84, to road laid out by selectmen of Enfield on Canaan line. Road laid 212 rods east of said line. Locke- haven Road.
DECEMBER 24, 1807.
(27) Beginning northeast corner of Harry Leeds' land, N 40 E 54, N 50 E 44, N 42 E 28, to where Stephen Worth is beginning to build a house. Continuation of (13) to Tug Mt. House.
Also from a road from said road to Orange line, east side of said road 34 rods north of Leeds' corner, S 6 E 41, S 23 E 48, to Orange line; 4 rods wide. This road is south of above and easterly.
MAY 1, 1808.
(28) Beginning north side of road from meeting house to Prospect Hill in first hollow, a few rods north of Codfish Hill, S 63 E 8, S 49 E 34, S 69 E 73, to west side of Grafton Turnpike, near John Llado's mills. From near Fred Butman's to Factory Village.
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