Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-08
GUILDHALL.
BY MILTON CUTLER

We will here introduce one more
specimen Of the literature of those
days, and for the further purpose of
showing the efforts of the early pro-
prietors made for the purpose of
locating and lotting the town, and
for settling disputes that had arisen.
This is in form of an account, run
ming through quite series of years:
Timothy Andrus ajant to the As
sembIy of Vermont holden at Charles
town for the townships of guildhall
granny and Eight townships to the
Northward
EXpence 4 weaks my self and hors
&15-0-0 in order to git the bounds
Established between gildhall and
Lunenburg
andrus paid to Davenport 800
Joseph Wooster ajant in the rome of
Capt Elijah Human sent to the AS
sembly of Vermont holden at Charles
town for the townships of gilhall
granny and Eight other towns North
erdly EXpence 15-0-0 Timothy
Andrus Elijah Human appointed
ajents to settel the dispute Colo
groute relative to gilhall and gran
by at the Assembly of Vermont hol-
den at bennington Expence 5 weaks
my self and hors 1870 Joseph
Wooster Expence at bennington
while in Capt Elijah Human absents
agread upon by him self and andrus
for him to serve in his rome Ex-
pence at that time $50 Timothy
Andrus Expence in going to Coos to
git the Committee that was appoint
ed by the Assembly of Vermont to
ascertain the boundaries of sundry
townships beginning with gildhall as
may appear-sum time in June
1880 EXpence my self and hors 5
Weaks s dollars to be paid to the
Committee 20-0-0 another time
sent to waite on said Committe Ex-
pence $50 all the bove Charges
Lyes gainst the a bove menchend
ten townships Except the first Com
mite that a gainst guldhall onely -
March the 15--1799."
There were IL settlers lots in
town, occupied at this time by II
men, whose names we give, the
number of the lots occupied by each
and the present owners names, viz:
No. Col. Ward Bailey inclu5-
ed the tract now occupiHd by the
VILE, extending On taa west to
3m1 nov occupied by john Dodge.
ESQ, and norther,y nearly "a te
to Maidstone line. No. 2 James
K ,sebrooE-inciuding thu farm now.
% :cupied By \ "a Ditso1. and eX-
tended to and Included land now
owned or occupied by Green.ca.
Webb, Chs. Webb, john Dodge, John
Emery and David Kent. No. Sd.
Hopkinson-incIuded the farm own
ed by 4. M. Blunt, and a considera-
bic portion Of the plain owned by
Messrs. Haskell and Long. No. 4 -
Samuel Howe -now owned by Col.
E: H. Webb. Nos. 5, 6-E!eazer
Rosebrook--now owned by Stephen
Ames and II. N. Allen. Nos. Z, s.
Col. iona. Grout and Edward Buck
nam, Esq.-now owned by Messrs.
H N. Allen, jose & Small, and Chas.
Benton Nos. 9, 10-Reuben and
Simon Howe by Arson Fiske. No.
11-George Wheeler-now owned by
John Smith. No. 12-Benoni Cutler
nov owned by John and George
S. Boyce, Horace Hubbard and Z.
Woods. These grants to settlers
contained 100 acres, and in the case
of No. IL, 400. The occasion of
this difference was the grant by the
proprietors ir 1887 to Abner Osgood
and Ward Bailey of 300 acres.in con-
sideration of extraordinary expenses
incurred by Osgood and Bailey in
building mills upon Spaulding's
Brook, since known as Mill Brook.
These were the first mills built in
town, and appear to have been COM
menced by Mr.. Osgood as early as
1779, and he was finally assisted by
Mr.. pailey; and, by the terms of the
grant, Osgood was to have 200 and
Bailey 100 acres extra.
Benoni Cutler bought out this
tract, including the mills, and his
name was given to the mills and the
stream on which they were built, SO
that the stream was afterwards call
ed Cutters Mill Brook"
Oliver Hancock is the first men
toned blacksmith and founder, and
in consideration of "his extraordi-
nary ingenuity''in those arts, Voted
him 90 acres of the common land;
provided he, or any other person or
ethc premises, do business eight
years"
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