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Land owners and Renters

By James K. Tobey and. Edwin E. Robinson.

Location: In the north-easterly part of Washington County; bounded northerly by Woodbury, easterly by Marshfield, southerly by East Montpelier, westerly by Worcester. The easterly line passes its entire length along the summit of the ridge, dividing the valley of the Winooski in Marshfield from the territory drained by Kingsbury branch, and the westerly line about half a mile west of, and nearly parallel with, the ridge dividing the waters of Kingsbury branch from those of North branch in Worcester. The northerly line crosses the southern portion of two quite large ponds, that receive the streams, draining the southern and central portions of Woodbury about one-third of the surface of that town.

The first record of the roads in town was made Mar. 4, 1799, the Names of person owners or occupants being in parenthesis.

Beginning at the south line of the town by Duncan Young's (Sodom),
Capt. Abdiel Bliss' (A. S. Bliss)
Edward Tucker's, (W. H. Kelton)
Peter Wheelock's (S. S. Fuller's)
Jedediah Fay's (A. C. Guernsey)
The mills (S. O. Robinson)
Gideon Wheelock's (J. W. Hall)
Levi Wright's, (Otis Rickord)

A road leaving the above north of Levi Wright's, by
Holden Wilbur's (J. Q. Haskell)
Amos Jennings' (Mrs. Balenentine).

A road from Edward Tucker's by Joshua Bliss, 2nd, (J. W. E. Bliss)
David Bliss (A. Sanders),
Rufus Green's (Lewis Wood)
Abijah Wheelock's (B. Wheeler)
Joel Robinson's (Harvey Ainsworth)
Thomas Hathaway (C. A. Watson)
Caleb Curtis' (A. J. Mower)

From the N. W. corner of Abijah Wheelock's lot (Kent's Corner), to the first-mentioned road, below the mills (near T. C. Holt's).

From near Edward Tucker's by
Winslow Pope's (south of A. D. Sparrow),
Ethel Steward's (O. A. Wood).
From Peter Wheelock's by his saw-mill,
(on the brook north of Caleb Bliss) by
Shubel Shortt's (T. LeBarron)
David Fuller's (A. P. Slayton) to Montpelier line.
From Abdiel Bliss' by James Jennings'
Isaac Kendall's (E. L. Burnap) Abraham
Howland's (on lot east of Burnap's)
Jennison Wheelock's (Alfred Wheelock's)
David Goodell's (S. Bancroft)
Asa Wheelock's (Isaac Stanton)

From near Isaac Kendall's
Samuel White's (Kelso Gray)

From near Isaac Kendall's, southerly by
Simeon Slayton's, Jesse Slayton's (Jerra Slayton),
Oliver Palmer's (Luther Converse)
Goddard Wheelock's (E. Pray)
Elnathan Hathaway's (L. M. Gate) Montpelier line.
From Oliver Palmer's to Gershom Palmer's (W. P. Slayton).

From the south line of the town by
Stephen Fay's (Walter Merritt)
Phinehas Davis' (J. P. Carnes),
Joshua Bliss' (L. Converse),
Elijah White's (G. Holmes),
Asa Wheelock's, Samuel Fay's (Palmer Paine),
Amasa Tucker's (Henry Wells)
Aaron Bliss' (Elias Smith),
Noah Bliss' (C. H. French),
Jonathan Tucker's, (Marcus Waite),
Jonas Comings' (N. W. Bliss)
Noah C. Clark's, to Marshfield line.

From Jennison Wheelock's by Asahel Pearce's (W. Lilley) to Aaron Lamb's.

From Joshua Lilley's (L. G. Dwinell), to Aaron Bliss'.

This record no doubt describes all the roads in town at that time, but some other settlements had been made.

Ebenezer Goodenough was on the farm where C. B. Marsh now lives
John Crane where Zalmon Pearce lives
Moses Haskell had been ten years or more on C. S. Bennett's farm at about the date of this record,
Zoath Tobey began on C. O. Adams' farm
Elisha Doan on the lot north of Harvey Ainsworth's
Frederic Bliss owned the lot where G. B. W. Bliss now lives

Simon Davis the land where W. C. Bugbee lives, and Solomon Janes, Salem Wheelock and Jonathan Eddy were residents, but their location at that time is not satisfactorily determined.

From the county road near Thomas Hathaway's, by the center of the town, to Aaron Lamb's.

From Marshfield line westerly by Aaron Bliss'

Zoath Tobey's (Dr. Asa George)
Lilley's Mills (Moscow),
Artemas Foster's (M. C. Keniston),
Phinehas Goodenough's (O. W. White),
the road near Amos Jennings', (Mrs. Balentine).

From Lilley's Mills by Emerson's, to Woodbury line.
From Woodbury line by E. Goodenough's, to Jonathan Tucker's.

From the center of the town, through Pekin, and by where A. N. Chapin and W. C. Bugbee now live
John R. Densmore's (J. P. Carnes).

From near Oliver Palmer's, southerly by Moses Haskell, to the south line of the town.

In 1809, Reuben D. Waters bought the lot on which Andrew Haskell lives, and soon after a road was laid from the mills near the center to his house, and in 1814 this road was extended northerly to Woodbury line.

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

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