; on the north by the towns
of Charlotte, Hinesburgh and a part of Huntington, in the County
of Chittenden ; on the north-east by a part of Huntington, and by
Fayston, Warren and Roxbury, in the County of Washington ; on
the south-east by Braintree, in the County of Orange, and Roches-
ter, in the County of Windsor ; and on the south by Benson, Sud-
bury, Brandon and Chittenden, in the County of Rutland. It em-
braces at the present time the following towns :
Addison, Granville, New Haven, Starksborough,
Bridport, Hancock, Orwell, Vergennes,
Bristol, Leicester, Panton, Waltham,
Cornwall, Lincoln, Ripton, Weybridge,
FerrisburgHjMiddlebury, Salisbury, Whiting.
Goshen, Monkton, Shoreham,
The County formerly embraced an unincorporated tract of land
known by the name of Avery's Gore ; the east part of which, by
act of the Legislature passed November 6, 1833, was added tothe
town of Kingston, now Granville, and the north part was added to
Lincoln, by act of November 12, 1849.
This County was estabhshed by act of the Legislature October
18, 1785, and the territory which it contained is described in the
act as follows: "Beginning at the northwest corner of Orwell,
then running eastwardly on the north line of Orwell, Sudbury,
Brandon and Philadelphia, and then so far east as to intersect the
west line of the first town, that is bounded in its charter, or some
town or towns, which are dependent for their original bounds on
Connecticut River as aforesaid, to the south line of the Province of
Quebec, which is the north line of this State ; then westwardly in
said line through Missisque Bay, &c., to the ceutre of the deepest
8 HISTORY OF ADDISON OOUNTT.
channel