Richmond, Vermont, USA (Jonesville)
1849 Richmond

Chittenden Co. The town is finely watered by Winooski and Huntington Rivers, on the banks of which are good mill sites and large tracts of beautiful meadow. The village is neat, and the centre of considerable travel. This is a healthy place, and noted for the longevity of its inhabitants.

Boundaries. Northerly by Jericho, easterly by Bolton, southerly by Huntington, and westerly by Williston.

First Settlers. The first attempt to form a settlement here was made in 1775, by Amos Brownson and John Chamberlain, with their families ; but they abandoned the town in the fall, and did not return till the close of the revolutionary war. In the spring of 1784 they returned to the farms, on which they had made beginnings, accompanied by Asa and Joel Brownson, Samuel and Joshua Chamberlain, Jas. Holly, Joseph Wilson, and Jesse McFairlain.

First Ministers. The religious denominations are the Congregationalist, Baptist, Freewill Baptist, and Universalist. Elder Ezra Wilmot was ordained over the Baptist Church, and continued several years. He was the first settled minister, and there was no other in town till Sept. 25, 1823, when Elder John Peck was settled over the same church. There is a meetinghouse in the centre of the town having sixteen sides, with a steeple rising from the centre, and owned by the several denominations.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,941 bushels; Indian corn, 7,864 bushels; potatoes, 38,115 bushels; hay, 3,767 tons; maple sugar, 11,650 pounds; wool, 11,717 pounds.

Distances. Twenty-five miles northwest from Montpelier, and thirteen south-east from Burlington. The Northern Railroad passes in this vicinity.


A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

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