Orleans County VT Archives History - Books .....Chronology 1799
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Book Title: "Memories Of The Early Days In The Town Of Troy, Vermont", By Anne Huckins Butterfield, ©1977, P. 88

1799 Settlement then consisted of Mr. Morrill, Moses Elkins, Curtis Elkins and Abel
Skinner in Potton [Quebec].  In the same winter or spring, James Rines and a Mr.
Bartlett moved into Troy, settled south of North Troy on the meadow below Big
Falls.
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1801 Town incorporated into a Township named Missisquoi.
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1801 Curtis Elkins first Town Clerk.  Alpheus Moore first representative to
Legislature.
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1802 Town of Troy organized, name Missisquoi.
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1803 Name changed to Troy.
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1807 town had 30 taxpayers.
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1812 A Fort built during war of 1812.


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