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Other Cabot Towns, Washington County, Vermont
South West Hill
South-West Hill with commanding view of the Winooski valley, and excellent soil, is one of the most desirable farming sections in town. The settlement was commenced here by James Butler, 1799, on the farm where John M. Stone now lives. Mr. Butler while doing his chopping boarded at Reuben Atkins. Among the first settlers on this hill were Nathaniel Gibbs, Asa Coburn, Ezra Bliss. One right, 320 acres of this hill, is lease land.
West Hill
A beautiful table-land in the west part of the town, surrounded by valleys on the east, south and west, has a charming view of the country beneath. Enoch Hoyt, known as Deacon Enoch in later years, being a member of the Baptist church, bought of Edmund Gilman 320 acres, the farm now owned by Orson Kimball. He commenced clearing in the field back of the school-house in 1797, and built his cabin a little north of where Eastman Hopkins lives. He came from Epsom, New Hampshire, to the Junction (Cabot Plain), with his effects, and from there got them over on his back, probably. Four of his brothers, Ezra, Asaph, Benjamin and Samuel came very soon and settled near him. They were all steady men, and made this one of the best farming sections in town, and some of them after their pioneer life here, went to Wisconsin and started anew.
Petersville
The first clearing was begun here by Reuben Atkins, in 1825, on the farm where his son Henry Atkins now lives. There being a school-district formed here in 1858, Peter Lyford, one of the selectmen, went over to organize the district, since which the locality has been called Petersville. It has 4 dwelling-houses, 1 school-house and a saw-mill. It lies on the Molly brook road, 2 miles from Marshfield village.
Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.
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