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Date
of Grant
or Charter
~ 7 June 1763
Villages &
Communities Within:
Hanksville,
Huntington, Huntington Center.
Huntington's
settlement started in 1786, with a log cabin built by
the first
settlers, Jehiel and Elizabeth Johns.
New
Hampshire grant as New Huntington of 23,040 acres to
Edward Burling
and sixty-five associates,
June 7, 1763.
Name
changed to Huntington October 27, 1795.
Part
annexed to Bolton, 1794.
"That
celebrated summit of the Green Mountains, called Camel's Hump, is in the
east part of this township. There are some farms which produce tolerable
crops, but the soil is, in most parts, rocky and poor. Timber, such as
is common to the mountain towns . . . The settlement of this
township was commenced in march, 1786, by Jehiel Johns and Elisha Bradley,
emigrants from Manchester and Sunderland in [Bennington County in]
this State."
(Gazetteer
of Vermont, Hayward, 1849)
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The
town clerk maintains birth, death and marriage vital statistics and many
other records of value in researching your ancestors. You can contact the
Clerk's office at:
Huntington
Vital Records Office
Huntington
Town Clerk
4930 Main
Road
Huntington,
VT 05462
Phone: (802)
434-2032
Fax: (802)
434-4731
Email:
[email protected]
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