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.

Charter

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:

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.