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That the readers of this volume may have a full understanding as to the early settlers of St. Albans it has been deemed advisable to furnish the names of all who were residents of the town during the year 1800, as is shown by the grand list for that year. In 1791, according to the first Federal census, St. Albans was found to possess a population of two hun- dred and fifty-six persons, being exceeded by only two towns of the county-Fairfax with three hundred and fifty-four, and Georgia with three hundred and forty. In 1800 this town's population had increased to nine hundred and one.
The following is the grand list of the town of St. Albans for the year 1800, together with the amount assessed against each taxable inhabitant :
Joseph Carter, $125.25 Benjamin Goodwin, $ 73.50
Samuel Burton, 402.50
Reuben Tullar, jr., 122.00
William Griffin, 26.50 William Kettle, 60.00
Joseph Mears,. 108.00
Charles Kettle, I 30.00
Daniel W. Eager, 44.00
Eleazer Jewett, 178.25
Jonathan Mitchell, 46.50
Isaac Spoor, 87.50
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John Colfax, $ 31.50
Elijah Broadman, $26.50
Abraham Spoor,
26.50
Josiah D. Dean, 163.00
Roswell Wickwire,
44.00
John Warner, 125.00
Uri Hibbard,
58.00
Eldad Butler, 195.00
Thomas Chapin, 36.50
Asahel Church, 105.00
Robert Oliver, 84.50
Oliver Webster, 53.50
Jonathan Hoit,
218.00
Silas Hathaway, 540.50
David Campbell, 224.00
Alfred Hathaway, 152.50
Jonathan Prentiss, 147.50
Lewis Walker 1 36.50
Oliver Day 47.00
Elijah Davis, 137.50
Solomon Morgan, 33.50
Richard Whittemore, 46.50
Daniel Coit, 52.50
Job Conger, 248.75
Daniel Ryan, 48.25
Asahel Hyde,. 165.50
Prince B. Hall,
69.34
Solomon Calkins, 50.00
Seth Pomeroy, 119.50
Amos Merrill,. 332.00
Thaddeus Rice, 252.75
James Brackett, 78.00
James S. Allen, 33.50
Gilman Goodwin, 38.25
Ornan Tullar,. 43.50
Theopholis Merrill, 125.25
John Gilman, 271.50
Theopholis Mansfield 38.50
William Nason, 221 50
Seth Wetmore 38.20
Enos Wood, 71.50
Benjamin Hoar, 67.00
Levi House, 326.50
Eleazer W. Keyes, . 52.00
Benjamin Bradley 148.00
Christopher Dutcher, 202.50
William Isham,. 73.00
Ruluff Dutcher, 26.50
Samuel Wells,
77.50
Samuel Lane, .
53.00
Ezekiel Wells, 58.25
Nathan Green,
195.25
Elihu Tracy,. 54.00
Job Green
154.50
Freeborn Potter, 326.00
David Powers,. 1 86.50
John Whittemore, 107.50
Josiah Colony, 26.00
Bradley Wilson 64.00
David Powers, jr.,
43.00
Daniel Clark, 53.50
William Powers, 20.00
Isaac Powers, . 33.50
Benjamin Howard, 107.00
Thomas Hatch,
23.50
Abner Eastman, 28.50
John Ray,. 84.25
Warren Munson, 190.00
John Corey, 107.50
David Clark, 51.20
Josiah Cheney,. 53.00
Samuel Parsons
20.00
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Asa Tarbell,
$ 37.50
Adonijah Brooks, $ 98.50
Robert Lovewell,
54.75
Eleazer Brooks,. III.OO
Richardson Emery
78.00
Alfred Crippen,.
130.50
Jabez Delano,
40.25
Ebenezer Chapman 88.00
Barnabas Langdon,
26.25
Barnabas Hatch, 131.00
Lemuel Marsh,
72.50
Jonathan Gates,
104.50
Isaac Reynolds,
1 19.00
Nathaniel B. Torrey,
6.87
Potter Conger, .
20.00
Gustavus Swan, 132.50
Orange Carter,
90.25
Benjamin Pitcher,
43.00
David Doty,
64.00
Thomas Pitcher, 26.50
John Armstrong,
44.00
Joseph Jones,
104.00
Benjamin Thurber,
38.00
Abraham Baldwin,
38.50
Henry Tibbitts
104.00
Est. David Hickok,
116.50
Reuben Sackett,.
56.50
Est. David Warner
40.50
Jonathan Winslow,
III.50
Ira Church,
40.00
Ira Baker, .
108.75
Nathan Wood,
132.00
Jethro Bonny,.
60.00
Halloway Taylor, 431.25
Parsons Cook,
133.00
David Stevens, 69.25
Jared Winslow,
70.50
Peter Drury, 38.50
Carter Hickok,
69.00
William Hurlbut, 33.50
Reuben Tullar,
212.75
Eli Hendricks, 26.50
Chester Tullar,
53.25
Noel Conger, 20.00
Noah Moody,
47.00
John Taylor, 200.00
Nathaniel Burton,
337.25
Est. Judge Lane,. 119.50
Timothy Doty,.
103.25
Oliver Smith,
33.50
Azariah Brooks,.
199.00
William Emery, 36.50
Francis McQuave,
26.50
A summary of the foregoing list shows the town to have possessed a total of 125 polls, each assessed at $20, making a total of $2,400. There were also found to be at that time 2, 136 acres of improved land, assessed at $1.75 per acre, or a total of $3,734. Houses, in the whole, . were assessed at $266, while other assessments brought the total valua- tion to $14,028.58. From this sum there was deducted seventy-two militia polls, at $20 each, or $1,440, and twenty cavalry horses at $13.50 each, or $270. These exemptions reduced the total assessed valuation to $12,318.58, on which the taxes of the town were levied.
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From the list for the year 1800, just above given, there will be brought to the attention of the reader many names that are not now known in the town; and at the same time there will be noticed the names of nearly all the pioneers who resided in the town during or previous to the year 1800, a number of whose descendants still live here. And there are some, too, recorded in the list, of whom the oldest living residents will have no remembrance, and possibly a few who were never supposed to have resided in St. Albans. But nowhere in the town records is there found any data to establish the fact that either Ira or Levi Allen ever made this a dwelling-place. That they were here frequently cannot be disputed, for they had large interests in the town, and it is quite proba- ble that in connection with their sales of lands one or both of those noted persons visited here and may have remained for some time, but it is hardly to be assumed that either became actual residents.
It would, indeed, be difficult to determine just when pioneer settle- ment in the town ceased, but to the ordinary observer it would seem that when a town had acquired the population that St. Albans was found to possess in the year 1800, subsequent comers would hardly be en- titled to the distinction of being designated as pioneers, however closely such new arrivals may have been identified with the events of the locality after the time of their settlement.
It was the custom throughout the several towns of the state during the early period to have recorded in the town books the names of the children, or "progney," of the heads of families. This custom was in accordance with laws of the state at that time in force, but it was not universally complied with; and as a result of that non-compliance some families are not found on the record that were numerous and important in their respective localities. And it may be that the records themselves are not entirely reliable in all cases, for children may have been born in some of these families after the parents had handed in the names ; and if such omissions occur here the reader will attribute the fault to the rec- ord rather than to careless compilation.
Freeborn Potter's family .- Captain Freeborn Potter came to St. Al- bans from Bennington county in 1786, and made his settlement on the lands that more recently have been a part of Governor Smith's farm. Captain Potter's wife was Dolly Irish, and they had a family of eleven
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children, as follows: Lyman, Moseley, Solon, Dolly, Eliza, Syba, Arvin, Freeborn, jr., Fidelia, Daniel R., and Miranda. Captain Potter, the pio- neer, died August 9, 1845. The eldest child, Lyman Potter, was born in St. Albans, November 18, 1790.
The Greene family .- Nathan and Job Greene were among the earliest settlers in St. Albans, having come to the town during the year 1786. Nathan Greene was born in Rhode Island, November 7, 1767. He mar- ried one of the only two single females in the town at that time, having the choice of a life partner in Susan Alford or an Indian squaw. He preferred the former, a native of Bennington, born February 26, 1774, whom he married, and by her had a family of fourteen children, as fol- lows: Heman, born September 13, 1792; Gardner, December 5, 1796; Armanda and Miranda (twins), July 19, 1803; Nathan C., May 30, 1806; Susan, May 4, 1808; Sally, August 6, 1794; Eliza, May 30, 1801; Nathan, May 30, 1806; Henry C., December 6, 1810; Anson Draper, September 16,. 1812; Fanny Adeline, February 10, 1815; Luther A., February 4, 1817 ; Almira, June 22, 1819. Job Greene's children were Sylvia, Noel P., Lephe, Orrin and Edward (twins), Clarissa, Leman, Henry, Harriet. Caleb and Clarissa Greene's children : Olive, Samuel Smith, Fanny Fidelia, John Whittemore.
Reuben and Esther Tullar's children .- Almon, Lucretia, Hiram, Da- vid G., George W., Reuben, Eliza, Louisa, Esther, Electa. Esther, wife of the pioneer, died April II, 1822. Samuel Tullar's children : Sea- bury Butler, Alonzo Chadoc, Betsey L., Sarah Emeline, Mary Eveline, Samuel Miller.
Children of Ornan and Persis Tullar .- Adaline, Benjamin F., Billison, Ornan B, Lucy Maria, Lydia Ann, Harriet, Alvin H.
Lewis Walker's family .- Lewis Walker is to be mentioned among the pioneers of St. Albans. He was a prominent person in connection with the early history of the town. His wife was Mary Potter, who had eleven children, as follows: Amanda, William, Sally, Harvey, Nathan, Orange, Edward P., Olive E., Lewis, jr., Mary Maria, and Porter.
Children of David and Anna Powers .- Pliny W., born May 25, 1796; Edward, September 10, 1798 ; Polly, February 20, 1800; Harry, Sep- tember 30, 1801; Lydia, July 4, 1803; Sally, February 14, 1805; Han- nah, August 12, 1806; Osah, December 28, 1808 ; Elam, February 19, 18II; Seth P., June 12, 1814; Anna, September 11, 1816.
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Seth Wetmore's family .- Seth Wetmore was a native of Massachu- setts, and came to St. Albans about and just prior to the year 1800. He was a lawyer prominently connected with the affairs of the town, and at one time was sheriff of the county, from 1809 to 1811. The children of Seth and Nancy Wetmore were William Shepard, Charles Wright, Nancy, Salome Smith, and Seth Downing.
Josiah Colony's family .- Josiah and Esther Colony, husband and wife, came to this town some time prior to 1795. He took the freeman's oath in September of that year, and was quite prominent in the affairs of the new town. His children were Millie, Hiram, Solomon, James B., Sa- mantha, Henrietta, Josiah, John G., Mary P., Allen H., and Timothy C.
Children of Willard and Patience Jewell .- Dana B., Patience W., Mary H., Lydia B., Lucy M., Joseph C., and Patty B.
John Gates's family .- Captain John Gates was a native of Massachu- setts, and became a resident of St. Albans during the latter part of the last century. He had seen service during the war for independence, having served under General Knox. His wife was Abigail Ball, by whom he is said to have had twelve children, the record, however, show- ing only these : Abigail Ball, James Wilder, Susanna, Horatio Nelson, Martin Luther, Naham, and John W.
A record of the Marsh family .- Parmale Marsh, born April 20, 1793 ; Walter, November 25, 1794; James Anson, July 17, 1796; Rosanna, January 1, 1798; Josiah, July 1, 1800; Joseph, December 6, 1801; Lem- uel Lucius, December 22, 1803 ; Orrin, February 18, 1806; Hollis, Jan- uary 3, 1808; Julius W., March 27, 1810.
Joseph Sawyer's children .- Hannah, born April 9, 1799; Rachel, Oc- tober 16, 1801 ; Noah, September 11, 1803 ; Luke, May 29, 1805 ; Joel, February 12, 1807 ; Levi, February -, 1809; Silva, October 27, 181I.
Richard Holyoke's children .- Josiah Penn, John Ball, Martin, Silas Gates.
Gibson and Polly Savage's children .- Roxia, Jehial, Hiram, Patty, Sabina, William Gibson.
Robert Lovewell's children .- Rachel, Robert, Nehemiah, Polly, Patty Adeline and Anna Avaline (twins), John, Nathan.
Daniel and Nancy Dutcher's children .- Luther Loomis, born July 31, 1802; Caroline, October 8, 1804; Rosanna, May 28, 1811 ; Nancy R., December 12, 1813 ; Amanda, July 5, 1816; Mary, October 24, 1817.
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Children of Asa and Elizabeth Fuller: Joseph, Marietta, Mary Ann Park. Levi Simmons's children : Nalvira, Isaiah Thomas, Mary Dill, Edward Babbitt, Elizabeth Cornelia. Potter Conyer's children : John, Harriet, George, Jason, and Job. Thomas Chapin's children : Lucina, Uriel, Alonzo, according to the record. Children of William and Olive Foster : William, jr., Olive, Simeon, Samuel H. Claudius F. Cheney's children : Sarah, Alice, Orbanus, Lucina.
Jeremiah Merrill was born February 23, 1785 ; died March 8, 1815. His wife, Peggy, was born September 5, 1784. Their children were Jo- seph, Joseph, 2d, Jeremiah, Charlotte. The children of William and Bet- sey Merrill were William Ray, Eveline E., Hannah A., Greenleaf B., Sarah C., Betsey A., Theophilus, and Mary. Children of Asahel and Esther Hyde : Persis, Isaac Tichenor, Emily, Alvin, Jacob, Sarah Ann, Benjamin, Hiram, and Asahel Safford, the latter being born in 1809. Children of John H. and Mary Burton: John A., Albert Sidney, Oscar Alexis, Edgar Mandelbert, Carlos Colton, Mary Malvina, Agnes T., Jo- siah H., Theodore M.
The Meigs family .- Daniel Meigs was one of the pioneers of the town, and not only that, but he was one of the foremost men of his day. His son, John Meigs, was the first white male child born in the town. So near as can now be learned the children of Daniel B. Meigs were Guy, Lorain, John, Daniel, Bronson, and Timothy. Daniel Meigs never com- plied with the law that required recording the names and dates of birth of children with the town clerk. The pioneer himself was the first con- stable chosen at the organization meeting, in 1788.
Paul Brigham's family .- Deacon Paul Brigham was a Revolutionary soldier, and his settlement was made in St. Albans in March, 1803. He died of apoplexy on November 17, 1838. His wife was Fanny Brigham, by whom he had these children : Pierpont, born August 2, 1785 ; Josiah, August 5, 1787 ; Lovina, April 11, 1789; Sumner, December 13, 1791 ; Elbridge, March 10, 1794; Jonah, January 25, 1797; Paul, July 7, 1799; Elijah, July 31, 1801; Elisha, October 31, 1803 ; William D., Janu- ary 14, 1806 ; Moses W., February 29, 1808 ; Lummus, July 24, 1810.
John Watson came from Linconshire, England, and took up his place of abode in this town during the year 1816. His wife was Elizabeth (Speed) Watson, by whom he had eight children, viz .: John S., Ed-
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ward T., Mary Ann, Betsey E., William W., Henry J., Worthington J., and Adelaide.
Daniel Clark was born December 25, 1768; his wife, Phebe, was born July 9, 1770. They were married December 9, 1790, and had children, viz .: Rebekah, born May 27, 1791; Amos, born December 21, 1793, died May 11, 1890 ; Hiram, born September 27, 1795 ; Mary, born September 13, 1797 ; Jeremiah, born January 21, 1799; Anna, born March 2, 1801; Ruby, born January 18, 1803 ; Phebe, born April 16, 1805 ; Daniel and David, twins, born September 14, 1807 ; Abizal, born March 24, 1810; William C., born March 25, 1812 ; Moses, born July 2, 1814.
Closing, for the time being, this record of old families of St. Albans, the attention of the reader is now directed to the proceedings of the inhabitants of the town in the relation of its civil history. At a meeting held at the dwelling house of Alfred Hathaway, on June 12, 1792, there was appointed a committee composed of Colonel Robert Cochran, Captain Seth Ford, and Colonel Stephen Pearl, for the purpose of set- ting " out a stake for the center of the town."
This was a proceeding of considerable importance in the town, for in the locality in which the stake was to be "set out," and around it, there was to be laid out the green, or common, and on the several sides of the common were to be laid out the town lots referred to on earlier pages of this chapter, of which lots, of the contents of one acre each, one was to belong to each proprietor. This proceeding founded what is now the village of St. Albans. The report of this committee seems to have contemplated only the erection of a "meeting-house " on the land designed to be marked, but these worthies, in fact, designated the spot about which has been laid out the most beautiful park in the state of Vermont. The report was as follows :
"WHEREAS, We, the subscribers, being appointed a committee to look out and appoint a suitable spot for a meeting-house in St. Albans, and after considering every circumstance necessary for that purpose, do declare it is our candid opinion the best suitable and most beautiful place to accommodate the whole town be about thirty-seven rods south of the north line of lot No. thirty-two, and about seventeen rods east
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of the middle of the road passing north and south through the town (Main street) as may appear by a stake and stones on the spot.
"St. Albans, June 28, 1792. Signed, " ROBERT COCHRAN,
" SETH FORD, Committee."
" STEPHEN PEARL,
This green, as it was called, was afterwards, by the inhabitants, desig- nated as the place for public buildings. And at a meeting held May 22, 1794, the town " voted that the sign post, stocks, and pound be placed on the green, where is most convenient for the pound, so as not to dis- commode the green for other buildings." In accordance with the " vote " the stocks, sign post, and pound were located near what is now the northwest corner of the park ; but before these necessary appurte- nances were established, by direction of the town, " Mr. Welden's and Esquire Hathaway's (the Baron) barnyards " were designated as pounds "for the time being." On March 31, 1796, the selectmen were directed to "set up the sign post and stocks and build the pound in some place on the main road, near the intersection of the road leading from Wells to the Bay, in the best place the grounds will admit." In accordance with this direction the erections were made near the point of meeting of what is now Main and Lake streets. In May, 1796, the contract for building the pound was let to David Campbell for $30, and the building of the stocks and sign post to Levi House for $4.
In the year 1792, by an act of the legislature passed November 5th, the county of Franklin was incorporated, and with this action there im- mediately arose in several towns a strong desire to be designated as the seat of the new county. This designation would of course bring to the town so fortunate as to secure it the county buildings, and a consider- able increase in population as well. Among the towns which contested for the much desired designation were St. Albans, Enosburgh, Sheldon, and Fairfield, and the efforts made by the champions and advocates of each were something extraordinary for that period. But, without going into the details of that local contest, sufficient it is to say that St. Albans was chosen the shire town in 1793, but it was some time later that county buildings were erected. In 1800, on September 4th, the town voted a tax of eight cents on each acre of land in the town, public rights ex-
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cepted, to defray the expenses of building the court-house. If at that time the town had 23,040 acres, and the public rights amounted to 1,254 acres, which it is claimed they did, the amount realized for the purpose of the erection was nearly $1,750. With this sum the first court-house of the county was in part built. The total cost of the building was $5,000. The land on which the court-house was erected was deeded by Halloway Taylor and Silas Hathaway to the selectmen of the town, on the 17th of September, 1800. The lot had a frontage of seventy-six feet, and extended back one hundred and sixteen feet. But this is a subject that will receive more extended notice on subse- quent pages of this chapter; therefore it requires no further discussion . at this time.
One of the early customs of the inhabitants of towns throughout the state was to provide for preaching or religious services of some char- acter, to be supported at the general expense of the people. Among the first ministers to visit the town were Rev. Eben Hibbard and Rev. Z. Ross, the former in 1792 and the latter in 1795. But it is not under- stood that either of these reverend gentlemen came to the town at the formal invitation of the inhabitants, but rather as missionary workers in a field that they undoubtedly supposed offered excellent opportunities.
The town first took action in the matter of procuring a minister " to preach for them" in 1796, when, at a meeting held September 6th, Jonathan Hoit, Levi House, and David Nichols were appointed a com- mittee for that purpose ; and for the "support of a preacher " the town at another time voted to raise the extraordinary sum of eight dollars on the grand list. But the town meeting took action quite frequently in this matter, sometimes voting to hire a preacher, and afterwards nullify- ing such action at subsequent meetings, and it was not until the year 1803 that any decisive action may be said to have been taken. At a meeting of the inhabitants held in May of that year Levi House, Azariah Brooks, Bates Turner, Joseph Carter, and Jonathan Hoit were selected a committee to make proposals to Rev. Joel Foster with refer- ence to his engaging to preach for the good people of St. Albans ; and it was proposed by this meeting to offer Rev. Foster the sum of $500 annual salary, on condition that he should give a sufficient bond to the town, or to the committee or selectmen for the town, that he would deed the minister's right of land (provided by the charter) to the town. The
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proposition was duly made by the committee to the worthy divine, and he made prompt response, to the effect that the meeting at which the committee was created and their powers delegated was but poorly at- tended ; that he would like to have another meeting called, which should be more generally attended, and a better expression of the sense of the people obtained. And the Reverend Foster proposed that the sum of $300 be raised for him by subscription or otherwise, one-half to be paid in three months and the balance in nine months after installa- tion, and that his salary be fixed at $450 per annum.
Mr. Foster's letter to the committee was a rather pretty literary pro- duction, but almost too long to be furnished here. It was addressed thus : " To the Church and People at St. Albans; Grace and Peace be Multiplied," etc.
At a meeting held by the people on the 2d of July, 1803, Mr. Fos- ter's proposition was voted upon and accepted, the tally showing thirty- one to seven in favor of his settlement.
After Mr. Foster's labors were ended in this community Rev. Jona- than Nye preached at the public expense ; and he it was that deeded the "minister's right " to Colonel Halloway Taylor, about which land the people and Colonel Taylor afterward had a controversy. Why Rev. Nye should have taken it upon himself to transfer is a question not proper to be discussed here, but he did convey the " right " as stated, except about 100 acres.
As has already been stated, these early preachers were hired by the town, and their salaries were paid by a tax on the grand list. And it cannot be said that the early meetings for worship were strictly denom- inational, or at least they were not designed to be so, but were for the general welfare of the inhabitants of the town; and the preacher was expected to conform himself to the " condition that confronted him," and labor for the whole people. But there was a way in which any per- son could relieve himself from the payment of taxes for the minister's support, and a number of this town's people availed themselves of it. The manner in which this was done is perhaps well enough illustrated by the following certificate filed and recorded with the town clerk : "June 2, 1807. I do not agree in religious sentiment with a ma- jority of the inhabitants of this town. SETH HOIT."
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Similar certificates were filed by Johnson Hoit, Samuel Crippin, Jere- miah Morrill, Robert Wilson, David Doty, Samuel Greenman, Abra- ham S. Cummings, Daniel Hubbard, and Josiah Witters; but whether they took such action because they were of some other faith, or for the purpose of relieving themselves from paying taxes for the preacher's support, is a question that cannot be answered at this time, and it is, per- haps, better that no explanation be attempted.
The First School District .- In the year 1799, after the town had acquired a considerable population, after the shire town was established and the necessary and usual institutions were firmly fixed, and after it became an assured fact that St. Albans was destined to become a popu- lous community, the inhabitants began to cast about for the proper division of the territory of the town into convenient school districts. At a meeting held during the summer of 1799 there was chosen a com- mittee to make the proper division. The committee was comprised of Amos Morrill, David Powers, and Prince B. Hull, and they reported their division at a meeting held in November following. They divided the lands of the town into six districts, and their action was approved by the inhabitants. But as the population continued to increase from year to year frequent changes in the districts were necessary ; and in 1805 the town was so much increased by new settlers that the districts were in- creased to nine in number. From that time forward, for a period of some thirty or forty years, alterations and enlargements, both in number and size of districts, were frequently made as circumstances required, and nearly every March meeting of the inhabitants records some pro- ceeding by which the school districts of the town were in some manner affected. In 1811, according to an enumeration of the school popula- tion then made, St. Albans was found to have 532 scholars between the ages of four and eighteen years. In 1813 there were chosen trustees for the respective districts as follows : First, South Middle District, Daniel Dutcher ; Center, Newton Hayes; Third, Josiah D. Dean; Conger's District, Richard Sacket; Fifth, Ornan Tullar; Sixth, Urial Smith ; Northwest Corner, Adam Beals; Middle Point, William Foster ; Point, Eleazer Brooks.
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