A History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont, from its Settlement to the Year 1875

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, United States

Other: Vermont Sources

Contents 1 A History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont, from its Settlement to the Year 1875 1.1 Available online at these locations: 1.2 Table of Contents 1.3 Errata 1.4 WikiTree Syntax

A History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont, from its Settlement to the Year 1875

with family and biographical sketches and incidents.

• by Joseph Joslin, Barnes Frisbie (1815-1893), Frederick Ruggles (b.1805)
• published by Journal Printing Office, Pultney, VT, 1875
• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Available online at these locations:

• https://archive.org/details/ahistorytownpou00rugggoog
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofp1875josl
• https://books.google.com/books?id=lQWbXcCvZCQC
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100330067

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter I. Introductory — Charter — Changes in the Charter Lines — Proprietors' Meetings — Streams of Water, and something of the Topography of the Town
• Chapter II. The First Settlement and the First Settlers
• Chapter III. Burgoyne's Invasion in the Summer of 1777 — The Settlers driven off - Interesting Incidents
• Chapter IV. The First Town Representative — Reorganization of the Town — Grand List of 1781 — Settlement of Ithamar Hibbard — First Meeting House erected — Division of the Town into School Districts
• Chapter V. The Poultney Library — Other Libraries — The first Census — Mills erected prior to 1800
• Chapter VI. Population of the Town by Decades, 1791 to 1870 — The villages in 1800 — The Business at and about that time— Post Offices
• Chapter VII. The Poultney Turnpike — The Flood of 1811 — Damages by the Flood — Incidents
• Chapter VIII. The War of 1812 — Political Exeitement — Its Effect among the People
• Chapter IX. Agriculture and the Industries — Social Habits
• Chapter X. The East and West Villages — Their Growth — The Poultney Gazette and Northern Spectator — The Poultney Band
• Chapter XI. Ecclesiastical — History of Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Advent and Roman Catholic Churches
• Chapter XII. Masons— Odd Fellows — Temperance and Temperance Organizations
• Chapter XIII. The Troy Conference Academy — Ripley Female College — Poultney Normal Institute — St. John's School
• Chapter XIV. The Bank of Poultney — Rutland and Washington Railroad — Telegraph
• Chapter XV. The Slate Interest
• Chapter XVI.
  • Poultney in the War of 1861
  • Family and Biographical
  • Appendix

Errata

• No errors in this publication have been identified. When found, please list the problem(s) here, and include a link to a source that describes the problem.

WikiTree Syntax

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