Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont

By Mrs. Sarah Brigham Mansfield

Located in the south part of Washington County, 17 miles south-westerly from Montpelier; bounded north by Northfield, east by Brookfield, south by Braintree and Granville, and west by Warren; was granted November 6, 1780, and chartered to Hon. Benjamin Emmonds and others August 6, 1781; 23,040 acres, situated on the height of the land between Winooski and White rivers. The village is at the summit, the highest point of land on the Central Vermont Railroad. There are no large streams. Three branches of Dog River flow north into the Winooski; one rising on the East Hill, flows south, passing a branch of Dog River at the Summit, one running north, the other south, the latter into White River.

The first town meeting was held at the house of Jedediah Huntington; the warning was dated at Williamstown, March 12, 1796, signed by Joseph Crane, justice of the peace, and the meeting was held March 25, 1796; when following the town officers were elected in Roxbury.

The sum total of the grand list at this time was £165 and 15s. Zebediah Butler was first town representative; he resided south of what is known as E. K. Young's place.

The first warning for freeman's meeting was in 1797.

Record of the meeting: The Freemen of Roxbury, all to a man, met at the house of Jedediah Huntington, in said town, according to warning, when the freeman's oath was duly administered by the town clerk to the following men:

The Freemen of Roxbury

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