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Fassett Nelson, of Jericho, age 37, private Co. E. 2nd Regt., Feb. 26, '62 ; re-enlisted April 19, '64 ; Sergt., Oct. 18, '64 ; Regt. Q. M. Sergt., Feb. 7, '65 ; Ist Lieut., June 7, '65 ; mustered out of service July 15, 65.
Fish Hiram B., of Jericho, age 25, 2d, Lieut. Co. A, 7th Regt., Jan. 14, '62 ; resigned, Oct. 15, '62.
Fonda Abner S., of Charlotte, age 21, private Co. A, 7th Regt., Dec. 18,'61 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 15, '64; Regt. Qr. Mr. Sergt., Sept. 27, '64 ; mustered out of service March 14, '66.
French Aaron F., of Colchester, age 30, private 3d Battery Lt. Art., Sept. 21, '63 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 2, 64 ; honorably discharged, Oct. 10, '64, for dis- ability.
Greenleaf Edward E., of Colchester, age 24, private Ist Battery Lt. Art., Dec. 10, '61 ; Sergt. March 10, '62 ; Sergt .- Major, Oct. 15, '62; 2d Lieut., July 1, '63 ; Capt., Feb. 14, '64; mustered out of service, Aug. IO, '64.
Greenleaf William I ... of Colchester, age 19, private Co. L, Ist Cavalry, Aug. II, '62 ; Sergt., Sept. 29, '62; wounded July 13, '63 ; Ist Sergt., March I, '64 ; 2d Lieut., Feb. 28, '64 ; wounded June 23, '64; Ist. Lieut., Feb. 9, '65 ; honorably discharged, May 15, '65, for wounds received in action. Goodrich John E., of Burlington, age 33, Chaplain Ist Cavalry, April 7, '64 ; mustered out of service, Aug. 9, '65.
Hagar George I .. of Burlington, age 25, 2d Lieut. Co. H., Ist Regt., April 25, '6 1 ; mustered out of service, Aug. 15, '61.
Hall Hiram H., of Williston, age 25, private Co. I., Ist Calvary, Aug. 15'62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. E, Feb. 1, '63 ; Ist Lieut., March 17, '63 ; Capt .. June 4, 764 ; killed in action, June 23, '64, at Nottaway Court House, Va.
Hanley Thomas, of Richmond, age 35, private Co. K, 5th Regt., Aug. 12, '61 ; Sergt. Sept. 16, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; wounded, May 12, '64; Ist Sergt. April 3, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., June 29, '65.
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Harris William L., of Burlington, age 30, private Co. A, 7th Regt., Dec. 7, '6r ; Ist Lieut., Feb. 25, '62 ; resigned, Oct. 15, '62.
Hastings Frank, of Burlington, age 19, private Co. C, 4th Regt., Feb. 20, '62 ; Sergt .- Major, July 17, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Co. B. April 1, '63 ; mustered out of service, Sept. 21, '64.
Hatch George J., of Bolton, age 23, 2d Lieut. Co. K, 5th Regt., Sept. 12,'61 ; resigned Nov. 1, '61.
Hazelton Wesley, of Essex, age 50, Capt. Co. I, 6th Regt., Oct. 7, '61 ; re- signed, Jan. 17, '62.
Herrick Edgar E., of Milton, age 20, private Co. I, 6th Regt., Sept. 24,'61 ; Corp ; re-enlisted, Dec. 15, '63 ; Sergt., May 7, '64 ; Sergt .- Maj., Jan.
5, '65 ; 2d Lieut., April 22, '65; mustered out of service, June 26, '65. Hibbard Edward L., of Charlotte, age 31, Ist Lieut. Co. B, 17th Regt., Jan. 5, '64 ; mustered out of service, Oct. 19, '64, for physical disability ex- isting prior to entry into service.
Hight Bradbury W., of Burlington, age 22, private Co. K, 2d Regt., May 20, 61 ; Corp. June 20, '61 ; Sergt .- Major, Feb. 22, '62 ; 2d Lieut., March 17, '63 ; mustered out of service, June 29, '64.
Holton Edward A., of Williston, age 28, private Co. I, 6th Regt., Aug. 28, '61 ; Ist Sergt., Oct. 15, '61 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 18, '62 ; Ist Lieut., June 5. '63 ; Capt., May 15. '64 ; honorably discharged as Ist Lieut., Aug. 17, '64, for wounds received in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.
Humphrey William H., of Underhill, age 30, private Co. E, 2d U. S. S. S., Oct. 30, '61 ; Sergt. June 3, '63 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 21, '63 ; Ist Sergt., March 13, '64; Ist Lieut., Co. E., 2d U. S. S. S., Nov. 12, '64; trans- ferred to Co. G, 4th Vt. Vols., Feb. 25, '65, honorably discharged, Aug. 3, '65, for wounds received in action at Petersburgh, Va., April 2, '65,
Irish Henry C., of Burlington, age 37, private Co. D, Aug 2, '62 ; Corp., Sept. I, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Jan. 1, '64; Ist Lieut., Co. F, Dec. 19, '64 ; wounded severely, Sept. 19, '64 ; discharged as Ist Sergt. Co. D, May 9, '65, for wounds.
Kavany Thomas, of Burlington, age 25, private Co. I, 5th Regt., Oct. 27, '62 ; Corp. ; Regt. Qr. Master Sergt., May 1, '63 ; Capt. Co. A, Aug. 5, '64 ; Major, June 9, '65 ; wounded severely, Oct. 19, '64; mustered out of service as Capt. Co. A, June 29, '65.
Keith Frank, of Burlington, age 19, private Co. B, 17th Regt., Jan. 30, '64; Sergt., March 1, '64; transferred to Co. F, Oct. 23, '64; Ist Sergt., June 23,'65 ; 2d Lieut., July 10. '65 ; mustered out of service as ist Sergt. Co. F, July 14, '65.
Kinney Edwin R., of Burlington, age 21. 2d Lieut. Co. I, 6th Regt., Oct. 7, '61 ; Ist Lieut. Co. I. Jan. 18, '62 ; wounded April 16, '62 ; Capt. Co. G, June 5, '63 ; wounded Oct. 19, '64; Major, June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Capt. Co. G. June 26, '65.
Knox Edward M., of Hinesburgh, age 20, private Co. A., 7th Regt., Jan. 6. '62 ; Corp., Feb. 12,'62 ; Sergt. ; rst Sergt., Oct. 23, '62 ; re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64 ; Ist Lieut., Oct. 28. '64; Capt., Sept. 1, '65; mustered out of service March 14, '66.
Langdon Henry H., of Burlington, age 35, Assist. Surg. 7th Regt., Oct. 3, '62 ; resigned March 27, '63.
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Lewis George C., of Underhill, age 21, private Co. M, Ist Cavalry, Oct. 9. '62 ; Sergt. Dec. 31, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Feb. 1, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. M, July 7,'64; rst Lieut., Feb. 9, '65 ; honorably discharged as 2d Liett. May 15, '65, for disability.
Lewis John R., of Burlington, age 26, Capt. Co. I, 5th Regt., Sept. 12, '61; Maj. July 15, '62, Lieut. Col., Oct 6, '62 ; wounded severely, May 5, '64; Col. May 6, '64; honorably discharged Sept 1I, '64, to accept appoint- ment as Col. in Vt. Res. Corps; Brevet Brigadier-General for gallant service in battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, '65.
Lonergan John. of Burlington, age 24, Capt. Co. A, 13th Regt., Oct. 10, '62; mustered out of service, July 21, '63.
Loomis William. of Burlington, age 20, 2d Lieut. Co. C, Aug. 23, '62; Ist Lieut. Co. I, Jan. 23, '63 ; mustered out of service, July 14, '63.
Lyman Wyllys, of Burlington, age 32, Adjt., 10th Reg., Aug. 8, '62 ; wounded - severely, Oct. 19, '64; Major, Jan. 2, '65 ; Lieut .- Col., June 15, '65 ; mustered out of service as Major, June 28, '65.
Miller George, of Williston, age 24, private Co. L, Ist Cavalry, Aug. 15. '62; Sergt. Sept. 29, '62 ; Ist Sergt. Jan. 1, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., June 21, '65.
Morse Cornelius W., of Burlington, age 27, private Co. A, Ist Cavalry, Sept. 12, '61 ; Sergt., Nov. 19, '61 ; 2d Lieut., July 16, '62 ; mustered out of service Nov. 18, '64.
Moore Alanson K., of Shelburne, age 18, private Co. A, 7th Regt., Nov. 29, '61 ; re-enlisted Feb. 20, '64 ; Corp., Feb. 28, '64; Sergt., Jan. 23, '65 ; 2d Lieut., March 1, 66 ; mustered out of service as Sergt., March 14. '66. Mower Oscar G .. of Burlington, age 27, Ist Lieut. Co. H., Ist Regt., April 25, '61 ; mustered out of service Aug. 15, '61.
Munson William D., of Colchester, age 29, Capt. Co. D, 13th Regt., Sept. 6. '62 ; Lieut .- Col., May 5, '63 ; wounded July 3, '63 ; mustered out of service July 23, '63.
Naramore Justin, of Underhill, age 22, 2d Lieut. Co. F, Sept. 10, '62; Ist Lieut., March 3, '63 ; mustered out of service, July 21, '63.
Newton William H., of Burlington, age 21, private Co. I, 5th Regt., Sept. 2. '61 ; Ist Sergt., Sept. 16, '61 ; 2d Lieut. Co. I, June 15, '62 ; Ist Lieut., July 9, '62 ; dismissed the service Feb. 22, 163.
Nichols Alfred K., of Burlington, age 40, Capt. Co. B, 4th Regt., Jan. I. '63 ; mustered out of service July 13, '65 ; re-enlisted as Ist Lieut. Co. B, 4th Regt., Aug. 30, '61 ; mustered out of service, Sept. 30, '64.
Nims Edward B., of Burlington, age 26, Assist. Surg., Ist Cavalry, May 9, '64; mustered out of service, Aug. 9, '65.
Norton Seymour F., of Burlington, age 20, private Co. E, 2d U. S. S. S., Sept. 27, '61 ; Ist Sergt., Nov. 9, '61 ; Ist Lieut., Sept. 17, '62; Capt., Sept. 14, '63 ; wounded, May 12, '64; transferred to Co. G. 4th Vt. Vols., Feb. 25, '65 ; mustered out of service, July 13, '65.
O'Donahoe Florance, of Burlington, age 31, private Co. I, 5th Rept .. Sept. 12, '61; Corp .; re enlisted, Dec. 15, '63; Sergt., Oct. 12. '64; Ist Sergt., Jan. 2, '65 ; 2d Lieut., June 4, '65; wounded, May 12, '64, and April 2, 65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., June 20, '65. 6
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Owen Myron, of Essex, age 37, private Co. E, 7th Regt., Feb. 11, '62 ; Sergt., Feb. 12, '62 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 15, '64; Ist Lieut., March 1, '66 ; mus- tered out of service as Sergt., March 14, '66.
Page Lemuel W., of Burlington, age 41, Capt. Co. C, 12th Regt., Aug. 23, '62 ; mustered out of service, July 14, '63.
Peck David B., of Burlington, age 28, Capt. Co. H, Ist Regt., April 25, '61 ; mustered out of service, Aug. 15, '61 ; re-enlisted, Capt. Co. A, 7th Regt., Jan. 14, '62 ; Lieut .- Col., Aug. 27, '62 ; Col., June 29, '65 ; mus- tered out of service as Lieut .- Col., Aug. 26, '65.
Peck Theodore S. of Burlington, age 20, Regt. Qr. Master Sergt., 9th Regt., July 9, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. C, Jan. 8, '63; Ist Lieut., June 10, '64; promoted Capt. and A. Q. M. U. S. Vols., March 11, '65.
Peck William H. H., of Burlington, age 21, Ist Lieut. Co. E, 5th Regt., Aug. 30, '61 ; wounded, June 29, '62 ; Capt. Co. I, July 24, '62 ; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Aug. 10, '63.
Pitkin Edgar, of Burlington, age 22, Adjt. Ist Cavalry, Sept. 11, '61 ; mus- tered out of service, Sept. 10, '62.
Plant Azro MI., of Burlington, age 27, Assist. Surg., 14th Regt., Jan. 29, '63 ; mustered out of service, July 30, '65.
Platt Frank A., of Colchester, age 22, Capt. Co. A, ist Calvary, Oct. 11, '61 ; resigned, July 18, '62.
Platt Lemuel B., of Colchester, age 50, Col. Ist Calvary, Sept. 4, '61 ; re- signed, Feb. 27, '62.
Ray Orman P., of Essex, age 25, private Co. G, 2d Regt., Aug. 30, 62 ; Sergt .- Major, Nov. 1, 64 ; Adjutant, Dec. 24, '64; mustered out of service, June 19, '65.
Raxford Denison, of Burlington, age 40, 2d Lieut. Co. F, 6th Regt., Oct. 8, '61 ; resigned, July 30, '62.
Read James MI., of Burlington, age 28, private Co. D, 10th Regt., July 31, '62 ; Sergt., Sept. 1, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, June 17, '64 ; wounded, Oct. 19, '64 ; Ist Lieut. Co. E, Dec. 19, '64 ; Brevet Capt., April 2, '65, for gallantry in the assault on Petersburgh, Va., April 2, '65; Adjt., Jan. 2, '65 ; died, April 6, '65, of wounds received in action, April 2, '65.
Reynolds William B., of Milton, age 24, Ist Lieut. Co. I, 6th Vt. Vols,, Oct. 14, '61 ; Capt., Jan. 18, '62 ; Major 17th Regt., April 12, 64 ; killed in action before Petersburgh, July 30, '64.
Rolfe John M., of Colchester, age 24, Ist Lieut. Co. D, 13th Regt., Sept. 6, '62 ; resigned, Jan. 30, '63.
Sargent Joseph, of Williston, age 45, Chaplain of 13th Regt., Oct. 4, '62 ; died April 20, '63, of disease.
Sawyer Francis O., Qr. Master, 9th Regt., June 10, '62 ; promoted Capt., and A. Q. M. U. S. Vols., Aug. 15, '64.
Seaton Charles W., of Charlotte, age 30, Ist Lieut. Co. F, Ist Regt. U. S. S. S., Aug. 15, '61 ; Capt., Aug. 2, '62 ; resigned, May 15, '63.
Seligson Herman, of Burlington, age 22. Ist Lieut. Co. C, 9th Regt., June 24, '62 ; Capt. Co. C., Jan. 1, '63 ; transferred to Co. A, by reason of consoli- dation of regiment, June 13, '65 ; mustered out of service, Dec. 1, '65.
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Sharpley David L., age 40, Ist Lieut. Co. G, 2d Regt., May 20,'61 ; resigned June 24, '61.
Shedd George P., of Richmond, age 25, private Co. D, 10th Regt., Aug. 9, '62 ; Corp. Jan. 17, '63 ; Sergt., Jan. 1, '64; wounded severely, Sept. 19, '64; mustered out of service as Sergt., June 22, '65.
Shattuck Hiram, of Huntington, age 37, private Co. F, 13th Regt., Sept. 10. '62 ; Sergt. ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, June, 4, '63 ; mustered out of service, July 21, '63.
Sibley Ebenezer K., of Westford, age 21, private Co. M, Ist Cav., Sept. 25. '62 ; Ist Sergt., Sept. 29, '62 ; 2d Lieut. April 6, '63 ; Ist Lieut. July 7, '64 ; Capt. Co. B, Feb. 9, '65 ; transferred to Co. C, June 21,'65, by reason of consolidation of Regiment ; mustered out of service, Aug. 9, '65.
Smith John, of Bolton, age 27, private Co. K, 5th Regt., Aug. 17, '61 ; Corp., Sept. 16, '61 ; Sergt. ; re-enlisted, Dec. 15, '63 ; Ist Sergt., Jan. 1, '65 ; ust Lieut. Co. A, March 11, '65 ; killed in action before Petersburgh, Va., - April 2, '65. -
Stearns Riley B., of Burlington, age 21, private Co. A, 7th Regt., Nov. 30, '61 ; Ist Sergt., Feb. 12, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Oct, 15, '62 ; Capt., Sept. 22, '64 ; honorably discharged, May 15, '65.
Sweet Orvis H., of Burlington, age 21, private Co. A, 5th Regt., March 28, '62 ; Corp. ; Regt. Q. M. Sergt., Sept. 1, 62 ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 23, '62; Ist Lieut., Nov. 1, '63 ; died, May 17, '64, of wounds received in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.
Thomas John W., of Burlington, age 20, private Co. F, 9th Regt., July 21, '63 ; Sergt., Aug. 9, '63 ; Sergt .- Major, Jan. 1, '65; 2d Lieut. Co. F, March 13, '65 ; transferred to Co. B, by reason of consolidation of Regt., June 13, '65 ; Ist Lieut., July 3, '65 ; mustered out of service, Dec. 1, '65. Townshend Joseph W., of Charlotte, age 39, private Co. B, 17th Regt., Jan. 2, '64 ; Corporal, Jan. 5, '64; Sergt. ; Ist Sergt. Co. D, Nov. 12, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. A, June 26, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt. Co. G, July 14, '65.
Trick, Edwin H., of Burlington, age 21, private Co. I, 5th Regt., Sept. 9, '61 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 15, '63 ; Regt. Com. Sergt., July 31, '64; Ist Lieut., June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Com. Sergt., June 29, '65.
Trueworthy Edwin W., of Burlington, age 24, Assist. Surg., 7th Regt., June 17, '65 ; Surg., Oct. 1, '65 ; mustered out of service, March 14, '66.
Vancor James Henry, of Jericho, age 18, private Co. H, 9th Regt., Dec. 18. '63; Corp. March 3, '65 ; transferred to Co. C, by reason of consolida- tion of regiment, June 13, '65; Sergt, June 15, '65 ; Ist Sergt., Aug. 8, '65 ; 2d Lieut. Nov. 17, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., Dec. 1, '65.
Viele Eugene, of Hinesburgh, age 27, Ist Lieut. Co. F, 9th Regt., June 25, '62 ; Capt. Co. I, Dec 22, '63 ; mustered out of service June 13, '65.
Ward Byron C., of Underhill, age 23, private Co. G, 2d Regt., Aug. 26, '62 : wounded May 5, '64; Sergt., Sept. 1, '64; ist Sergt. Dec. 24, '64; Ist Lieut. Dec. 24, '64; mustered out of service June 19, '65.
Ward Edwin R., of Underhill, age 18, private Co. G, 2d Regt., Aug. 28, '62; wounded May 5, '64, and May 18, '64; Ist Sergt. Feb. 8, '65 ; 2d Lieut. June 7, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., June 19, '65.
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Warner Edward C., of Milton, age 24, private Co. C, 5th Regt., Aug. 19, '61 ; Sergt., Sept. 16, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; Ist Sergt., Sept 1, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. F, Nov. 10, '64; mustered out of service June 29, '65.
Watson Alexander G., of Burlington, age 23, 2d Lieut. Co. L, Ist Cavalry, Sept. 18, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Jan. 5, '64; Capt., Feb. 28, '64; mustered out of service June 21, '65.
Weed Anson H., of Hinesburgh, age 24, 2d Lieut. Co. G, 2d Regt., May 20, '61 ; ist Lieut. July 5, '62; resigned March 5, '63.
Welch George P., of Williston, age 20, private Co. D, Aug. 20, '62 ; Sergt .- Major, Jan. 1, '63 ; 2d Lieut. Co. C, March 3, '64; wounded severely, Oct. 19, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. K, Aug. 9, '64; honorably discharged, Dec. 27, '64, for wounds ; re-enlisted as Adjt., Ioth Regt., April 22, '65 ; mus- tered out of service June 28, '65.
Williams Lyman S., of Essex, age 21, private Co. I, 6th Regt., Sept. 26. '61 ; Corp., Oct. 15, '61 ; Sergt .; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; 2d Lieut. Co. C, May 15, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. I, Oct. 29, '64; Capt., Nov. 12, '64; mus- tered out of service June 26, '65.
Williams Milo A., of Charlotte, age 22, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 14th Regt., Sept. 16, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Jan. 16, '63 ; mustered out of service July' 30, '63.
Wing Heman R., of Burlington, age 36, Ist Lieut. Co. C, 12th Regt., Aug. 23, '62 ; mustered out of service July 14, '63.
Woodward John H., of Westford, age 33, Chaplain of Ist Cav., April 7, '64 ; resigned July 17, '63.
Woodward John W., of Burlington, age 23, Capt. Co. M, Ist Cavalry, Nov. 19, '64 ; killed in action at Hagerstown, Md., July 6, '63.
Yale John L., of Williston. age 21, Capt. Co. F, 13th Regt., Sept. 10, '62 ; resigned Feb. 6, '63 ; re-enlisted Sept. 22, '64 ; mustered out of service July 14, '65.
OF THE 5,022 MEN DISCHARGED, 317 commissioned officers resigned, sixty- one commissioned officers and 3,865 enlisted men were discharged for disa- bility, forty-four commissioned officers and 596 enlisted men, for wounds received in action. Eleven enlisted men were paroled prisoners. Twenty- eight commissioned officers and one hundred enlisted men were dishonorably discharged.
Among the whole number of troops it is to be expected that some were not true, and the records show that 2,219 men (mostly, if not all of whom were substitutes,) deserted.
The Number of Engagements in which the several Regiments, Batteries and detached troops, (officered in part by Chittenden County men,) bore honora- ble part during the war, are as follows :-
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First: Regiment, Infantry
I
Second Regiment, Infantry 28
Third Regiment, Infantry 28
Fourth Regiment, Infantry
26
Fifth Regiment, Infantry .
25
Sixth Regiment, Infantry.
25
Seventh Regiment, Infantry
5
Eighth Regiment, Infantry
7
Ninth Regiment, Infantry
4
Tenth Regiment, Infantry
13
Thirteenth Regiment, Infantry
I
Fourteenth Regiment, Infantry
I
Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry
13
First Regiment, U. S. Sharp Shooters
37
Second Regiment, U. S. Sharp Shooters
24
Third Battery, Light Artillery 4
First Regiment, Cavalry.
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IN CONCLUSION.
It may be well to state that the War Department accredited to this State 5,242 men ; being one thousand and four more than are shown by the State records, and gives the State credit over the aggregate quota under all calls, of fifteen hundred and thirteen men. "This discrepancy may be and proba- bly is to be accounted for," says Adjutant-General P. T. Washburn, "by en- listments in organizations of other States, to the credit of this State, which appear upon muster rolls of those organizations and were not reported to the State."
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS.
OLTON, a mountainous town lying in the extreme eastern part of the county, in 44° 25' north lat., and long. 4° 9' east from Washington,* bounded north by Underhill, east by Waterbury and a part of Duxbury, in Washington County, south by Huntington, and west by Richmond and Jericho, was granted by Benning Wentworth, the Colonial Governor of New Hamp- shire, under George the Third, to Thomas Darling and seventy-one associ- ates, the charter bearing date June 7, 1763, and giving the township an area of thirty-six square miles, or 23,040 acres. The form and provisions of the charter are somewhat peculiar, at least they appear so to our modern ideas, and as the same form was used in chartering most of the other towns of the county, it may be well to insert a copy of the document at this point, in order that certain restrictions, reservations, etc., hereafter alluded to, both in this and following town sketches, may be the better understood :-
" GEORGE the Third.
[L. S.] " By the Grace of God, of Great Britian, France, Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c.
"To all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting :- Know ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain knowledge, Mere Motion, for the due encouragement of setting a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the advice of our trusty and well-beloved BENNING WENT- WORTH, ESQ., our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our Province of NEW HAMPSHIRE, in New England, and of our COUNCIL in said PROVINCE, HAVE, upon Conditions and Reservations, hereinafter made, given and granted, and by these presents for Us, Our Heirs, and successors, do give and grant in equal shares unto our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of New Hampshire and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever whose names are entered on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into seventy-two equal shares, all that tract or parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement, Twenty-three Thousand and Forty Acres, which tract is to contain something more than Six Miles square,
* As the whole county lies in north latitude, with longitude reckoned east from Washington, the terms north and east will hereafter be omitted.
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and no more, Out of which an allowance is to be made for highways and un- improvable Lands, by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers. One Thousand and Forty acres free, according to a plan and survey thereof, made by our said Governor's order, and returned into the Secretary's Office and hereunto
annexed, butted and bounded as follows, viz. :-
*
And the Inhabitants that do or hereby shall Inhabit the said Township are hereby to be enfranchised with and entitled to all and every the privileges and Immunities that other towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy ; And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be fifty fam- ilies resident settled thereon shall have the liberty of Holding Two Fairs, one of which shall be held on- -and the other on the - annually, which fairs are not to continue longer than the respective- following the said- and that as soon as the said town shall con- sist of fifty families a Market may be opened and kept, one or more days in each week, as may be thought most advantageous to the inhabitants. Also, that the first meeting for the choice of Town Officers agreeable to the laws of our said Province shall be held on the first Tuesday in January next which said Meeting shall be notified by who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting which he is to notify and govern agreeable to the laws and Customs of our said Province and that the Annual Meeting forever hereafter, for the choice of such Officers of said Town, shall be on the second Tuesday in March Annually.
"TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land as above expressed, together with all the Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respec- tive Heirs and Assigns, forever, upon the following conditions, viz :-
"I. That every Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, shall plant and cultivate five acres of Land within the term of five years, for every fifty acres contained in his or their share or proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations on penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in said Township, and of its reverting to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us Regranted to such of our subjects as shall effectually settle and Cultivate the same.
"II. That all White and other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be effectually preserved for that Use, and none to be cut of felled, without Our Special License for so doing, first had and ob- tained upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the penalty of any act or Acts of Parliament that now are or shall be here- after enacted.
"III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a tract of Land as near the Center of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee, of the contents of one acre.
"IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, for the space of ten years, to be computed from the date hereof, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the Twenty-fifth day of December annually, if Lawfully demanded, the first payment to be made on the Twenty-fifth of December, 1763.
"V. Every proprietor Settler or Inhabitant shall yield and pay unto Us, Our Heirs or Successors, yearly and every year forever, from and after the expiration of ten years from the above said Twenty-fifth of December, namely,
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on the Twenty-fifth day of December, which will be in the year of Our Lord, 1771, One Shilling Proclamation Money, for every hundred Acres he owns, settles or possesses, and so in proportion for a greater or less tract of said Land, which Money shall be paid by the respective persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents and services whatsoever.
" In testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness,
"BENNING WENTWORTH, ESQ.,
"Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Province, this 7th day of June in the year of our Lord CHRIST, One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-three, and in the Fourth Year of Our Reign.
B. Wentworth.
" By his EXCELLENCY'S Command -
with Advice of Council. "
Theodore Atkinson, Sect'y.
The charter also bears the following endorsement, together with a list of the grantees : -
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