Alpheus MOORE 1810 1st Representative to Vermont Legislature from Troy, Vermont
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In reply to:
Re: William Sanford Moore, Chenago Co.,NY
Robert Andrews 7/23/02
Hi Bob,
"In 1797, a Mr. Morrill moved into Troy, and probably was the first white man who ever wintered in the valley.
Several families moved into Troy [Orleans County, Vermont] and Potton
[Brome County, Quebec Canada] in 1799, and in the winter of 1800, a
small party of Indians, of whom the chief was Capt. Susap, joined the
colonists, built their camps on the river [Missisquoi] and wintered near
them. These Indians were represented as being in a starving condition,
which probably arose from the moose and deer (which formerly abounded
here) being destroyed by the settlers."
"Memories of the Early Days in the Town of Troy, Vermont" by Anne
Huckins Butterfield, 1977, page 1 and source at end.
Molly was known as an Indian doctress and resided somemiles off, near the Lake [Memphremagog, Vermont]. There was no doctor in the settlement..
In the March following, Mr. Josiah Elkins [first white settler in Troy,
VT 1796-1797] and his wife met Molly ORCUTT at Arnold's in Derby; she was on her way across the wilderness to the Connecticut River, to visit her daughter who married to a white man.
The Town [Troy, Vermont] became a township in 1801 named Missisquoi. Curtis
Elkins was the first Town Clerk. Alpheus Moore was the first
representative to Legislature. The Town was called Missisco and
organized in 1802. The name was changed to Troy and incorporated in
October of 1803.
"Missisco Valley" by Samuel Sumner, printed in Irasburgh, Vermont by A.A. Earle in 1860.
Transcribed by Jan J.
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Re: Alpheus MOORE 1799+ N. Troy, Vermont
Jan Rose 1/07/08