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Hutchinson Lemuel M., of Worcester, age 22, private Co. A, 8th Regt., Oct. I, '61 ; Ist Sergt., Feb. 18, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. A, July 23, '62; Ist Lieut. Co. A, Dec. 24, '62 ; Capt. Co. E, Nov. 24, '64 ; mustered out of service June 28, '65.
Janes Henry, of Waterbury, age 29, Surgeon, 3d Regt., June 24, '61; promoted Surgeon U. S. Vols., May 9, '63.
Jones Nathaniel, Jr., of Moretown, age 39, Ist Lieut. Co. B, 13th Regt., Aug. 25, '62 ; died Oct. 30, '62, of disease.
Joyce Charles H., of Northfield, aged 30, Major, 2d Regt., June 6, '61; Lieut .- Col., May 21, '62 ; resigned Jan. 6, '63.
Joyce William C., of Northfield, age 21, private Co. F, Ist Cavalry, Sept. 15, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 30, '63 ; Co .. Qr .- M .- Sergt., Nov. 19, '64 ; 2d Lieut. Co. F, June 4, '65 ; transferred to Non. Com. staff as Regt .- Qr .- M .- Sergt., June 21, '65 ; mustered out of service as Regt .- Qr .- M .- Sergt., Aug. 9, '65.
Kellogg Truman C., of Worcester, age 38, Ist Lieut. Co. E, 8th Regt., Jan. 1, '62 ; died July 23, '62, of disease, at Algiers, La.
King Lorentio H., of Northfield, age 25, private Co. C, Ist Cavalry, Sept. 17, '61; Co .- Qr .- M .- Sergt., Nov. 19, '61; Regt .- Com .- Sergt., Dec. 6, '62, and July 7, '64 ; died March 11, '65, at Northfield, of disease.
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Lamb James C., of Montpelier, age 27, private Co. E, 17th Regt., Dec. 23, '63 ; Qr .- M .- Sergt., Oct. 17, '64 ; Ist Lieut. Co. B, July 10, '65 ; mus- tered out of service as Qr .- M .- Sergt., July 14, '65.
Leonard Joseph W., of Calais, age 33, Ist Lieut. Co. I, 11th Regt., Aug. 13, '62 ; resigned Nov. 11, '62.
Lessor Alphonso, of Marshfield, age 23, private Co. D, 2d Regt., May 7, '61; Corp., June 20, '61 ; Sergt., Jan. 8, '63 ; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Ist Sergt., Nov. I, '64 ; wounded July 21, '61, May 5, '64, and Sept. 19, '64; Ist Lieut., Dec. 24, '64 ; mustered out of service July 15, '65.
Lewis Charles J., of Middlesex, age 25, 2d Lieut., Co. D, 11th Regt., Aug. 12, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. D, July 11, '63 ; Capt. Co. D, June 28, '64 ; honorably discharged May 15, '65, for disability.
Lewis Edwin C., of Northfield, age 20, 2d Lieut. Co. G, 6th Regt., Oct. 9, '61 ; resigned June 4, '62.
Livingston Josiah O., of Marshfield, age 24, Ist Lieut. Co. I, 9th Regt., June 30, '62 ; Adjutant, 9th Regt., June 4, '63 ; promoted Capt. Co. G, Oct. 19, '64 ; mustered out of service June 13, '65.
Lord Nathan, Jr., of Montpelier, age 30, Lieut .- Col., 5th Regt., Sept. 16, '61; Col., 6th Regt., Sept. 16, '61; resigned Dec. 18, '62.
Martin William E., of Marshfield, age 21, 2d Lieut. Co. C, 13th Regt., Aug. 29, '62; Ist Lieut. Co. C, Feb. 23, '63 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
McElroy Clesson R., of Middlesex, age 35, 2d Lieut. Co. B, 13th Regt., Aug. 25, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Nov. 4, '62 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Morrill Abel, of Cabot, aged 21, private Co. E, 3d Regt., June 1, '61; Corp., July 16, '61; 2d Lieut. Co. K, Sept. 22, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. K, Jan. 15, '63 ; Adjutant, April 18, '64; killed in action at Wilderness, May 6, '64.
Moseley John L., of Northfield, age 22, Ist Lieut. Co. K, 7th Regt., Feb. 1, '62 ; Capt., Nov. 23, '63 ; mustered out of service March 14, '66.
Moore Winslow S., of Warren, age 33, private Co. H, 6th. Regt., Aug. 14, '61 ; Corp .; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; Sergt., June 5, '64 ; wounded Sept. 19, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. H, June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service June 26, '65.
Mower Albion J., of Calais, age 33, Capt. Co. I, 9th Regt., June 30, '62 ; resigned July 8, '63.
Murphy Patrick H., of Roxbury, age 23, private Co. H, 6th Regt., Aug. 14, 61; Corp., Oct. 15, '61; Regt .- Com .- Sergt., Dec. 1, '62 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; Ist Lieut. Co. E, Aug. 8, '64 ; transferred to Co. A, Oct. 16, '64, by reason of consolidation of regiment ; Capt. Co. G, June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Lieut. Co. A, June 26, 1865.
Nevins Alfred M., of Moretown, age 39, Ist Lieut. Co. G, 6th Regt., Oct. 19, '61 ; died April 29, '62, of wounds received in action at Lee's Mills, Va., April 16, '62.
Newton Charles H., of Cabot, age 22, private Co. G, 4th Regt., Aug. 27, '61 ; Corp., Dec. 1, '61 ; Sergt., July 5, '62 ; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63 ; wounded May 5, '64; Ist Lieut. Co. E, Oct. 1, '64 ; mustered out of service July 13, '65.
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Nichols George, of Northfield, age 35, Surgeon, 13th Regt., Sept. 24, '62 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Paige Henry M., of Cabot, age 25, 2d Lieut. Co. C, Ist Cav., Oct. 14, '61 ; Ist Lieut. Co. C, Nov. 18, '61; Capt. Co. C, Oct. 30, '62 ; wounded July 3, '63 ; Major, July 7, '64; mustered out of service as Capt. Co. C, Nov. 18, '64.
Parker Brainard M., of Northfield, age 23, private Co. C, Ist Cav., Sept. 23, '61 ; Corp., Nov. 19, '61 ; Sergt .- Major, March r, '63; 2d Lieut. Co. C, July 7, '64 ; mustered out of service Nov. 18, '64.
Pearce Alonzo E., of Calais, age 23, 2d Lieut. Co. K, 3d Regt., July 11, '61 ; Ist Lieut. Co. A, Sept. 22, '62 ; Capt. Co. A, Ma- 8, '63 ; honorably dis- charged Dec. 14, '63, for disability.
Peck James S., of Montpelier, age 23, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 13th, Regt., Sept. 23, '62 ; Adjutant, Jan. 22, '63 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Peck William V., of Calais, age 28, Capt. Co. H., Sept. 23, '62 ; resigned Jan. 2, '63.
Perkins Hiram, of Cabot, age 40, 2d Lieut. Co. H, 13th Regt., Sept. 23, '63 ; Ist Lieut. Co. H, June 4, '63 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Perrin William B., of Berlin, age 24, private, 3d Battery Light Artillery, Oct. 30, '63 ; Corp., Jan. I, '64 ; Sergt., Jan. 31, '64 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 2, '65 ; Ist Lieut., June 13, '65 ; mustered out of service as 2d Lieut., June 15, '65
Phillips Walter A., of Calais, age 20, private Co. H, 13th Regt., Aug. 19, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Oct. 10, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. H, June 4, '63 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63 ; 2d Lieut., 3d Battery Light Artillery, Dec. 12, '63; Ist Lieut., Jan. 2, '64 ; honorably discharged Feb. 3, '65, for disability.
Pitkin Parley P., of Montpelier, age 35, Qr .- M., 2d Regt., June 6, '61 ; pro- moted Capt. and A .- Qr .- M. U. S. Vols., April 3, '62.
Poland Joseph M., of Montpelier, age 21, Adjutant, 15th Regt., Oct. 2, '62 ; mustered out of service Aug. 5, '63.
Prentiss Samuel E., of Montpelier, age 20, private Co. I, 13th Regt., Aug. 25, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. I, Feb. 23, '63 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Putnam Isaac A., of East Montpelier, age 24, private Co. G, 4th Regt., Aug. 24, '61 : Ist Sergt., Sept. 21, '61; 2d Lieut. Co. H, Jan. 19, '62; Ist Lieut. Co. C, Oct. 20, '63 ; killed in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.
Randall Charles W., of Montpelier, age 18, Sergt .- Maj., 13th Regt., Oct. 10, 62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Jan. 22, '63 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63. Randall Francis V., of Montpelier, age 37, Capt. Co. F, 2d Regt., May 20, '61 ; Col., 13th Regt., Sept. 24, '62 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63 ; Col., 17th Regt., Feb. 10, '64 ; mustered out of service July 14, '65. Rice James, of Montpelier, age 32, Capt. Co. F, 11th Regt., Aug. 12, '62 ; honorably discharged April 28, '65, for disability.
Riker James B., of Montpelier, age 19, private Ist Bat. Lt. Art., Dec. 31, '61 ; Qr .- M .- Sergt., Sept. 20, '62 ; Sergt .- Major, Sept. 1, '63 ; 2d Lieut., Feb. 14, '64 ; mustered out of service Aug. 10, '64.
Robinson George S., of Barre, age 32, Capt. Co. E, 17th Regt., April 12, '64 ; wounded April 2, '65 ; mustered out of service July 14, '65.
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Shaw Henry C., of Waitsfield, Assistant Surgeon, 5th Regt., Aug. 15: '61 ; died Sept. 7, '62, of disease, at Alexandria, Va.
Scott Luther B., of Cabot, age 26, private Co. G, 4th Regt., Sept. 4, '6 1 ; Sergt., Sept. 21, '61 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut. Co. E, Aug. 1, '62 ; wounded May 5, '64 ; killed in action at Charlestown, Va., Aug. 21, '64.
Smith Amasa T., of Calais, age 20, Ist Lieut. Co. K, 3d Regt., July 11, '61 ; Capt. Co. K, Jan. 15, '63 ; resigned Feb. 13, '63.
Smith Coridon D., of Calais, age 23, Ist Lieut., 2d Bat. Lt. Art., Dec. 13, '61 ; dismissed the service July 30, '62.
Spaulding Allen, of Roxbury, age 45, 2d Lieut. Co. K, 7th Regt., Feb. 1, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. K, Nov. 3, '63 ; resigned July 13, '64.
Spaulding Charles C., of Montpelier, age 36, Sergt .- Major, 5th Regt., Sept. 16, '61 ; Ist Lieut. Co. D, Nov. 5, '61 ; discharged Oct. Io, '62, for disability.
Stetson Ezra, of Montpelier, age 37, Ist Lieut. Co. B, Ioth Regt., Aug. 4, '62 ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, '64.
Stickney Edward J., of Montpelier, age 19, private Co. B, roth Regt., July 30, '62 ; Corp., Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt., March 27, '64; Ist Sergt., Sept. I, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. B, Dec. 19, '64 ; rst Lieut., March 22, '65 ; mus- tered out of service June 29, '65.
Stone Edward P., of Berlin, age 31, Chaplain, 6th Regt., Oct. 10, '61 ; re- signed Aug. 23, '63.
Stone Levi H., of Northfield, Chaplain, Ist Regt., April 26, '61 ; mustered out of service Aug. 15, '61.
Taplin Eben, of Montpelier, age 25, private 3d Bat. Lt. Art., Dec. 16, '63 ; Corp., Jan. r, '64 ; wounded Aug. 8, '64; Qr .- M .- Sergt., Aug. 23, '64 ; 2d Lieut., Feb. 28, '65 ; mustered out of service as Qr .- M .- Sergt., June 15, '65.
Taylor Nelson A., of Montpelier, age 30, Qr .- M .- Sergt., 13th Regt., Oct. 10, 62; Qr .- M., Nov. 28, '62 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Templeton Robinson, of Worcester, age 31, Ist Lieut. Co. H, 6th Regt., Oct. 4, '61 ; resigned Feb. 17, '62.
Thacher John M., of Barre, age 26, Capt. Co. I, 13th Regt., Sept. 23, '62 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Thompson Lucian D., of Waterbury, age 31, 2d Lieut. Co. B, Ioth Regt., Aug. 4, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. G, Dec. 27, '62 ; Capt. Co. D, June 17, '64 ; killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64.
Thompson Ozias H., of Barre, age 27, private Co. K, 3d Regt., June 20, '61 ; Ist Sergt., July 16, '61 ; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63 ; 2d Lieut. Co. K, Aug. 4, '64 ; Ist Lieut., June 4, '65 ; mustered out of service as 2d Lieut., July 11, '65.
Tilden Eldon A., of Barre, age 22, private Co. D, 2d Regt., May 7, '61 ; Sergt., May 20, '61 ; Ist Sergt .; 2d Lieut, Co. D, Nov. 20, '63 ; mus- tered out of service June 29, '64.
Thomas Darius, of Northfield, age 35, Capt. Co. F, 12th, Regt., Sept. 1I, '62 ; mustered out of service July 14, '63.
Trask Frank A., of Warren, age 27, private Co. G, 6th Regt., Sept 12, '61 ; Corp .; Ist Sergt., June 1, '64 ; re-enlisted Sept. 14, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. G, Nov. 12, '64 ; rst Lieut. Co. G, March 10, '65 ; mustered out of service June 26, '65.
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Tucker Silas B., of Northfield, age 28, 2d Lieut. Co. I, 11th Regt., Aug. 13, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. C, July 11, '63 ; wounded Sept. 19, '64 ; Capt. Co. .. C, Dec. 2, '64; mustered out of service July 24, '65.
Turner Orlando T .. of Moretown, age 21, private Co. D, 2d Regt., March 7, '61 ; Corp., Oct. 1, '6 1 ; re-enlisted Jan. 31, '64 ; Sergt., July 19, '64 ; Ist Sergt., Feb. 7, '65 ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, June 7, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt., July 15, '65.
Vaughan Alvan P., of Woodbury, age 23, private Co. I, 9th Regt., June 18, '62; Ist Sergt., July 9, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. I, Jan. 6, '63 ; Ist Lieut., June 4, '63 ; resigned May 2, '65.
Vincent Walter S., of Plainfield, age 25, appointed Assistant Surgeon, 9th Regt., April 20, '63 ; Surgeon, Nov. 15, '64; mustered out of service June 13, '65.
Webb Charles A., of Northfield, age 22, ist Lieut. Co. F, rst Regt., April 22, '61 ; mustered out of service Aug. 15, '61.
Wells Ransom A., of Northfield, age 21, private Co. I, 11th Regt., July 15, 62 ; Corp., Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt., Dec. 26, '63; Ist Sergt., Jan. I, '65 ; 2d Lieut. Co. M., May 23, '65 ; mustered out of service as Ist Sergt. Co. I, June 24, '65.
Wells William, of Waterbury, age 31, rst Lieut. Co. C, Ist Cav., Oct. 14, '61 ; Capt. Co. C, Nov. 18, '61 ; Maj., Oct. 3, '62 ; wounded July 6 and Sept. 13, '63 ; Col., June 4, '64 ; Brevet Brig .- Gen., Feb. 22, '65 ; promoted Brig .- Gen. U. S. Vols., May 19, '65.
Whitney Elijah, of Middlesex, age 31, Ist Lieut. Co. F, 6th Regt., Oct. 8, '61 ; resigned June 19, '62.
Williams Carlos D., of Northfield, age 19, private Co. F, 12th Regt., Aug. 19, '62 ; Ist Sergt., Oct. 4, '62 ; 2d Lieut. Co. F, Dec. 4, '62 ; Ist Lieut. Co. F, March 10, '63 ; mustered out of service July 14, '63.
Wilder Orcas C., of Waitsfield, age 34, Capt. Co. B, 13th Regt., Aug. 25, '62 ; mustered out of service July 21, '63.
Worcester Almond, Jr., of Warren, age 21, private Co. F, 2d Regt., May 20, '61 ; ist Sergt., June 20, '61; 2d Lieut. Co. F, Aug. 4, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Oct. 1, '62 ; wounded May 12, '64; mustered out of service June 24, '64.
WASHINGTON COUNTY BENCH AND BAR.
BY HON. HIRAM A. HUSE.
COUNTY LIMITS.
The Indians exercised practical jurisdiction over all the lands now included in Washington county till 1781 or 1782, when Thomas Mead made the first permanent white settlement in Middlesex, a mile or more below Montpelier. White men had, however, before that taken to themselves paper or parch- ment title -- what Col. Orange Fifield would call " a paper front" if describ- ing their invasion-to a good many acres.
The following charters had been granted by New Hampshire : Berlin,
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June 7, 1763. to Chauncey Grayham and others ; Duxbury, June 7, 1763, to Isaac Brown and others ; Middlesex, June 8, 1763; Moretown, June 7, 1763, to Jonah Foster and others ; Waterbury, June 7, 1763, to John Stiles and others ; and Worcester, June 8, 1763, to Joshua Mason and others.
Grants of other towns had been given by Vermont : In 1780, Barre (under name of Wildersburgh, changed to Barre in 1793), Cabot, Calais, Montpelier, Northfield, Roxbury, Warren, and Woodbury (name changed to Monroe in 1838 and back to Woodbury in 1843); and in 1782 Vermont granted Fays. ton, Marshfield, and Waitsfield, and in 1788 Plainfield (called St. Andrews Gore till 1797).
New York had also granted, under the name of Kilby, a township of land including a part of Montpelier, Berlin, and Barre. No attention seems to have been paid to this grant except that knowledge of it angered still more the Allens and others who were resisting the New York claims.
New Hampshire began granting towns in 1749, and in 1764 had granted 138 towns in what is now Vermont territory. In 1764 an order of the King in Council made the western bank of the Connecticut river the boundary between New Hampshire and New York, and New York began granting not only lands not before granted by New Hampshire, but also regranting such granted lands on which settlements had been made. This granting by New York was forbidden by the king in 1767, but the New York authorities con- strued the order to apply only to lands already granted by New Hampshire.
The jurisdiction of New Hampshire courts may at some time have been exercised over Vermont lands or persons, but where and when does not clearly appear. In fact, till about 1769 or 1771, New Hampshire was not divided into counties, and between 1749 and 1764 her courts appear to have been held wholly at Portsmouth. So the grantees of the six Washington county towns chartered by New Hampshire in 1763 would have had to repair to the shores of the Atlantic to find legal adjudication in respect of their Vermont property. The order of the king in 1764 put Vermont territory under con- trol of New York, although it may have left the New Hampshire charters valid, and then all Vermont was (on paper) in Albany county, and her inhab- itants would (on paper again) have to "'tend court " at Albany on the banks of the Hudson instead of at Portsmouth. As a matter of fact they settled land titles and administered justice nearer home with the " beech seal."
New York soon took measures for the administration of her laws in the territory thus declared within her jurisdiction, and beginning in 1766 took measures to establish the county of Cumberland, and effected this finally by a charter of March 17 or 19, 1768,-the boundaries were the west bank of the Connecticut, thence twenty-six miles to the southeast corner of Stamford, thence north fifty-six miles to the northeast corner of Socialborough (Clar- endon), thence north fifty-three degrees east thirty miles to the south corner of Tunbridge, thence by the south line of Tunbridge, Strafford, and Thetford to the Connecticut. The county seat was first Chester, then Westminster.
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By a New York ordinance of March 16, 1770, Gloucester county was established out of that part of Albany county lying north of Cumberland county and east of the Green Mountains, and May 29 of that year, at Kings- land (or Kingsborough), now Washington, the first court for Gloucester county was held. A full account of this may be found in Child's Gazetteer of Orange County. The next winter the judges and sheriff going to hold this court found themselves "far in the woods," and court "opened on the spot," and court, " if one," was adjourned till May. Some courts were after- ward held for Gloucester county at Newbury, and Washington county was in- cluded in Gloucester's territory, but it had no white inhabitants. Charlotte county was established west of the Green Mountains, March 12, 1772, but its doings do not concern the east side. In fact, the New York jurisdiction was so hated by a large portion of the inhabitants that it had a hard time of it generally.
When Vermont came into her own, and, as one old mapmaker has it, her inhabitants held their lands " by the triple title of honest purchase, of in- dustry in settling, and now lately that of conquest," she organized the new state into two counties, on the 17th day of March, 1778, and called them Bennington and Unity. The name of Unity was changed to that of Cum- berland, March 21, 1778. Cumberland included the territory east of the Green Mountains, and was divided into two shires by "the ancient county line." The "shire of Newbury " had, by act of March 24, 1778, for its judges : Gen. Jacob Bailey, Ist judge ; Mr. Jacob Burton, 2d; Mr. William Heaton, 3d; Mr. Reuben Foster, 4th; and Capt. John French, 5th ;- so these were the first Vermont judges over territory that is now Washington county, and the reader is referred to the Gazetteer above named for some account of them. But as yet Washington county had no white folks within its borders, and it was indeed more than two years after this that the Indians, returning from the burning of Royalton, camped with their prisoners near Dog river in Berlin. The Westminster shire was sometimes called the Cumberland shire, and the Newbury shire sometimes called the Gloucester shire.
February 11, 1779, Bennington county and Cumberland county had their dividing line rearranged, Bennington county gaining some territory by the new bounds. Some of what is now Washington county fell to Bennington county, and some remained in Cumberland county, as the line between the counties ran in the northerly half of the state from " fifty miles east of Lake Champlain's center channel south to the northeast corner of Worcester and along the easterly lines of Worcester, Middlesex, and Berlin, to the southwest corner of Berlin and then to the northwest corner of Tunbridge." Not an easily traceable line, but there was nobody within the present limits of Washington county to quarrel about it.
It may be here observed that the present Washington county is not the first Washington county that Vermont has had. When the new state was
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annexing parts of New Hampshire and New York at its April session of 1781, the Vermont legislature established a county by the name of Washing- ton from the towns it had annexed east of the Connecticut river : that Wash- ington county had for its northerly towns Claremont, Newport, (N. H.,) Unity, and Wendal ; but when the forty-five New Hampshire towns were re- stored, February 21, 1782, to their own state, of course the earlier Washington county ceased to exist, but its even temporary establishment was a very timely compliment to Gen. Washington.
At the February session, 1781, Bennington county was divided into two counties-Bennington substantially as now existing, and Rutland embracing the territory to the north that was formerly in Bennington county ; and Cum- berland county was divided into three counties-Windham and Windsor substantially as now existing, and Orange comprising all territory to the north of Windsor and east of Rutland counties to the Canada line. Thet- ford and Newbury were constituted "half shires " for the county of Orange, and that county, by the way, till 1787, had for one of its towns Kingston, now Granville. October 18, 1785, the county of Addison was established, and the western part of Washington county was included therein. This lasted till the act of October 22, 1787, establishing Chittenden county, went into effect, after which the western towns of Washington county were part in Addi- son and part in Chittenden county. November 5, 1792, the counties of Frank- lin, Caledonia, Orleans, and Essex were established, but all the original terri- tory belonging to Orange county was to " continue to be annexed " to Orange county till October 1, 1796. After Caledonia county was in running order its courts were held at Danville till after the organization of Washington county under the name of Jefferson, in 1811. So from the organization of Chittenden county to December 1, 1796, (when Caledonia county became a working entity,) Washington county towns were divided between three coun- ties, and from December 1, 1796, to December 1, 181 1, our present territory was in four counties ; the towns of Barre, Berlin, Northfield, and Roxbury being in Orange county-Cabot, Calais, Marshfield, Montpelier, Plainfield (till 1797 called St. Andrews), and Woodbury being in Caledonia county- Duxbury, Fayston, Middlesex, Moretown, Waitsfield, Waterbury, and Wood- bury being in Chittenden county, and Warren in Addison county.
November 1, 1810,-a couple of years after Montpelier had become the capital of the state,-Jefferson county was incorporated after ineffectual attempts to amend the bill and to refer it to the next session, which last pro- posal was defeated by a vote of 90 yeas to 101 nays. John Peck, Gershom Palmer, and Nicholas Baylies were appointed a committee to designate the place of building a jail and court-house, and to procure subscriptions and build. The new county was set going by acts of the session of 1811. One, passed October 16, of that year, fixed the place of holding courts at Mont- pelier ; the term of the Supreme Court to be held on the 5th Tuesday after the 4th Tuesday of August, and the terms of the County Court to be on the
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first Mondays of December and June. By an act of October 30, 1811, Ezra Butler, justice of the peace, was authorized to issue a venire, directed to the sheriff of Chittenden county, to summon fifteen jurymen, being freeholders, from Waterbury, Moretown, Duxbury, Stowe, and Middlesex, to serve as petit jurors for the first term of court beginning the first Monday of Decem- ber, 181I.
The territory embraced in the county of Jefferson was nearly that of the present county of Washington. The territorial changes since made are as follows: Stowe remained in this county till 1836, when it was set to the new county of Lamoille ; Elmore was annexed to this county in 1821, and re- mained a part of it till 1836, when Lamoille county was established; Rox- bury was annexed (from Orange county) in 1820; Warren (from Addison county) in 1829 ; and Woodbury (in 1835) and Cabot (in 1855) from Cale- donia county. Montpelier's division into Montpelier and East Montpelier, in 1849, gave the county another town without increase of territory. Goshen Gore by Plainfield (annexed to Plainfield in 1874) and Harris Gore were annexed (from Caledonia county) August 1, 1863.
November 8, 1814, an act was passed changing the name of Jefferson county to Washington county, and on the Ist day of December following this act took effect.
COURT-HOUSES.
A lawyer's successes are written on the shifting sands of tradition. The place where they are won soon knows them no more; and is often itself speedily forgotten. But as long as the tradition lasts the setting of the legal drama has an interest.
The dramatic possibilities of a trial receive full recognition by playwrights and actors in their frequent attempts to reach what seems curiously unattain- able-a realistic court scene. How they succeed in getting up so many variations of failure is a mystery-but they do it all the same, and all the time. I have seen, when Edwin Booth was on the stage, one of the "attendants with torches " actively open the scene by setting Othello's plume on fire, and have heard, when Joseph Jefferson was " Rip " in the Catskill Mountains, the stage thunder get out of repair to that degree that better could have been made on an average sap pan-but never anything so unreal with stranger, new forms, " both horrible and awfu', " of unreality as a stage trial.
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