of the Legislature, and there canvassed by a joint committee
of the Senate and House of Beprescntativcs. The officers chosen
28 UISTOllY OF ADL»ISON COUNTY.
arc commissioned by the Governor, and hold their offices for one
year from the finst day of December following.
By an act of the legislature in February 1787, the County of
Addison was constituted a Probate District, and Probate Courts
were established in it, add until the year 1824, the whole constitu-
ted but one Probate District. The Legislature, at their October
session in that year, divided the County into two Districts, by the
names of Addison and New Haven. The District of New Haven
embraces the towns of Addison, Panton, Vergenncs, "Waltham, Now
Haven, Bristol, Lincoln, Starksborough, Monkton and Ferrisburgh.
The remainder of the County constitutes the District of Addison.*
* Sco Appendix No. 1 .ftr list of Couaty Officers.
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CHAPTER III.
IXDIAXd — INDIAN llELICl?.
In what we iiarc to saj of the Intlians, the original inhabitants of
the County of Addison, it is not our purpose to enter into any
learned dissertation on their character, customs or history. Such
treatises may be found elsewlicrc. We regard it as belonging to
our province to speak only of their residence in the County, and of
their depredations so far only as they affect the County and its set-
tlement, and that not in detail. It is but a very short time since
we commenced any inquiries on the subject. But from the accounts
we have obtained, during our short examination, we find satisfactory
evidence, in the Indian relics found in different towns, that the
County of Addison was the established residence of