Panton, Vermont, USA
1849 - Panton

Addison Co. Panton is bounded west by Champlain Lake, and east by Otter Creek. A sluggish stream passes through it ; yet, although thus watered, it does not possess a good mill site, the country being exceedingly level.

A part of Ferrisburg was annexed to Panton in 1847.

Boundaries. North by Ferrisburgh, east by Otter Creek, which separates it from Waltham, and by a part of Vergennes, south by Addison, and west by Lake Champlain.

First Settlers. A settlement was commenced here in 1770, by John Pangborn and Odle Squire, from Cornwall, Ct., who were soon joined by Timothy Spalding and others, from the same place, and by Peter Ferris, from Nine Partners, N. Y, Ferris settled at the bay where Arnold blew up his fleet during the revolution. The wrecks of this fleet are now to be seen here at low water. During the revolution this settlement was broken up. Most of the men were made prisoners, their dwellings burnt, and the women and children driven to the south. The settlers returned after the war, and in 1784 the town was organized.

First Minister. Elder Henry Chambers was ordained over the Baptist Church, in 1800, and dismissed in 1804.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 671 bushels ; Indian corn, 2,334 bushels j potatoes, 5,722 bushels: hay, 2,971 tons ; maple sugar, 22,022 pounds ; wool, 24,890 pounds.

Distances. Forty miles west southwest from Montpelier, and thirteen north-west from Middlebury.

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

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