Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont

The early history of Woodbury is somewhat obscure from the absence of any record of its organization. In 1804, there was a deed recorded by Wm. West, town clerk, by which it may be inferred that the town had been organized.

First settlement was commenced in the east part of the town, and settlements were continued to the east and southern parts of the town several years, or until 1809 or 10, when Nehemiah and Nathan Jackson, two strong, athletic men, moved from Randolph, and settled on the west side of the mountain. The first saw-mill was built in the south part of the town, near the Sabin pond, on a stream running from Dog pond. Soon after, there was a saw and grist-mill built half a mile south of the Center, on a stream running from Long pond.

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August 16, 1781, the Legislature of Vermont granted a charter of the town of Woodbury to William Lyman, Esq., and Col. Ebenezer Wood, and their associates as follows:

Joshua L. Woodbridge
Seth Murray
Elihu Murray
Israel Chapin
John Stone
Benjamin Sheldon
Samuel Cooke
Elisha Porter
John C. Williams
Thomas Hunt
Nathaniel Edwards
Ezra Phillips
Nahum Edgar
Asahel Pomeroy
Park Woodward
John Woodward
Asa Woodward
William Potter
Benedict Eggleston
Thos. Woodward
Joseph Clark
Henry Champion Jr.
Epaphroditus Champion
Thomas Miller
Joel Day
Anne Hathaway
William Gould
Nathaniel Chipman
Stephen Pearl
Joseph Jay
Thomas Tolman
Oliver Wright
Daniel Wright
Samuel Clark
Stephen Jenkins
Zebina Curtiss
Abel Adams
Moses Gifford
Thomas Chittenden
Timothy Brownson
John Fassett Jr.
Noble Everett
Jonathan Brace
Gustavus Walbridge
Rodolphus Walbridge
Caleb Benjamin
John Knickerbocker
Daniel Benjamin
Howel Woodbridge
Samuel Bishop
Noah Smith
Daniel Smith
Israel Smith
Chloe Smith
Simeon Hathaway
Shadrack Hathaway
Jale Hathaway
Jonathan Burrill
Enoch Woodbridge
John Burnham
Timothy Follett
Silas Robinson

This town was called Woodbury, for the name of Col. Ebenezer Wood, one of the original proprietors.

The first action of the original proprietors was to lay out the town into three divisions, of which there is no record of the time, or by whom it was done, as will appear, as the notice of the first meeting of the proprietors was signed by Reuben Blanchard, a justice of the peace of Peacham, dated Aug. 8, 1804, to be held at the dwelling-house of Daniel Smith, in Woodbury, Oct. 8th, after.

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Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.

 

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