The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-28

let, 'Bulldlng Up Inc bIoou'
were furnished with means to make
settlements.
These settlers feeling that all the
power CT New York was back.of them.
were often stubborn in their deter
mnstion to settle and remain
AS showing the condition that exist
ed in 1771 and afterward one case will
illustrate it. In that year one Colonel
John Reid obtained charSer frsm
New York of large tract of land in
what is now the township OF New HAY
en- and Panton 4 part of these same
lands had been in 1861, ten years be.
fore, granted by New Hampshire and
the grantees had made settlement
there built houses and barns, roads
and saw mill. cleared the land for
farming purpe SEES and when Colonel
Reid took his ant from New York
lad become prosperous community
In 1772 Reid, under his New York
claim, entered with a number of men.
drove the settlers away and took pos
session with his tenants of the land
and all improvements and continued
10 occupy the same, and built a grist
mill thereon, and held possession
thereof until expelled by the Green
Mountain Boys, when the settlers
again returned. But Colone, Reid
backed as he was by all the authority
of New York came in June 1913 with
u large body OF emigrants and forei
bly, took possession again.
But he did net long remain undis
turbed
On the 18th. of August Of the same
year Ethan Allen. Rcmembe, Baker
and Seth Warner came with about
one hundred other Green Mountain
Boys and quickly dispossesed Colonel
Reid and all his following They allcw
cd him 10 remove his personal pro
perry and then burned the huts he had
Duil, Tor his tenants and destroyed
the grist mill he had erected. and in
language not to be misunderstood told
him and his followers II they came
again what thei fate would be. They
never returned
Other cases of like nature arose dur
ing these years and those that follow
ed. Allen and the Green Mountain
Boys were everywhere, and no New
York claimant or sympathizers could
remain long in the Grants without
Their presence and doings being
known, and they were PR perly dealt
with.
Such was the case of BENJAMIN
tiough who for some time resided on
the Grants and protested to be in fav.
of of the New Hampshire titles. bu,
1t was found that he was not On the
contrary he denounced them and at
last ,penly talked in favor of New
York, and accepted an appointment as
justice OF the peace from the governor
OF that co ony, and was attempting to
stir up strife and dissension. This
eXaspe ated the people of the Grants
ana they finally captured him near
Rutland and brought him TO Sundcr
land where they met Ethan Allen and
d band f his Green Mountain Bows
who organized a court composed of
Ethan Allen, Seth Warner, Robert
Cochran Peleg Sunderland, James
Mead Gideon Warren and James Saw.
YER ali of whom We're among the hest
men on the G ants. and he was found |
gully GDd sentenced to be tied 70 |
rec ana receive two hundred lasbes
IN the naked back. The sentence was
executed then and there. and tradit. |
ION points out the spot where the tree
stood to which h was tied. He re-
ceived The full measure of MS sen |
,ence and was then told to leave tho |
New Hampshire Grants and moi ia re-. |
lurn under pain CT receiving five INN
dred ashes more.
lhen Allen and Wa ner gave him
the follow 'nS certificates:
sunderland. January Seth A n |
100 This may certify to the inbabi.
tants Of the New Hampshire Grants
mat Benjamin Tlough hath this Az,
received full punishment for hisI
crimes committed heretofore against
ms country, and our inhabitants are
ordered to give him the said HUFF |
'rIeo and unmolested passpaort towards
me city OF New York. or to the wcst. |
ward Of our grants, he behaving ne |
oecometh. Given under our hands tho
day and dat? Aforesaid
Ethln Aiian
Esth Warner.
RMS was bat one of the numerous
of like character admins
cred by the Green Mountain Beys I'm
III those New Workers who attempted
% acquire lands under New York. or
SIR up sontentions here. And this
was the last one OF which we have anv
record
1t may be asked why the people of
he Grants took these highhanded
10 nrntnnt thnir ,.inhtn MI. |