This is very interesting and especially all the spellings. I've become convinced the only way we will solve these mysteries is by looking at all POSSIBLE spellings and some that seem impossible. Rita -----Original Message----- From: Chris Covey <chri616@ibm.net> To: COVEY-L@rootsweb.com <COVEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 3:17 PM Subject: Vermont Warnings And my warning that this is long > >Vermont Warnings Out >Vol. 1 Northern Vt. >Vol. 2 Southern Vt. > By Alden M Rollins CGRS > Acton Press 1997 > >Ordering Info: > Acton Press > PO Box 250 > Rock port Maine 04856 > 207-236-6565 > >Years Covered 1768-1818 > 39,432 and upwards, people were warned out. > Period of enforcement 1768-1787 and 1801-1817 > >Basically a person that was warned out, was told to leave town, >due to the fact that they were judged to be a burden on the town. >and the town wanted no liability for them. It should be noted >that many people warned out, never left town, but many did. >The rules for warning varied from town to town. And the enforcement >of the warnings also varied from town to town. > >(I include a VERY small sample of names derived from the public records) > >COVEY and similar sounding names from southern Vt. > (Covey with a long O sound; as that is the prevalent form of pronunciation >in the East) > >COVEY, Londondery Windham Co. > Twn/Rec Vol. 2 1797-1833 >pg 4 6-11-1811 Theadore, wife & children >pg 53 3-9-1815 Levi, wife & child >pg 86 4-8-1816 Joseph, wife & children > >COVEY, Acton Windham Co. > Twn/Rec Vol. 1 1801-1835 >pg 15 6-3-1802 Thoder LOVEY, wife & children (Theadore COVEY?) >pg 91 1-24-1815 Joseph Jun., wife Lucy & children Lucy, Cyrene, Phebe, >Sewell P., and Elvira > >Note there was also a LANPHEAR warned from Acton in 10-2-1815. Jesse, wife >and children (Deborough, Henery, Harris, and Hosea) > >COVEY, Windham Windham Co. > Twn/Rec Vol. 1 1796-1814 >pg 67 6-11-1811 Azal & family (Azel?) >Note Azel COVEY was not in the list of names listed in the warrant. His name >was added by the town constable. > > >COLBEE, Daniel 13-4-1807 Pitsford Rutland Co. >COLBY, Ebenezer, wife Abigal, son John 1-14-1812 Grafton, Windham Co. >COLBE, Archia McClary and family 11-28-1810 Reading, Windsor Co. >COLVER, Joseph 1-13-1814 Weathersfield Windsor Co. >COOLEY, Alfred & family 2-14-1818 Wells, Rutland Co. >COOLEY, Alfred H. 3-16-1816 Hubbardton, Rutland Co. >COOLEY, Lemuel 5-30-1809 Rochingham, Windham Co. >HOVEY, Ebenezer, wife Anna, 3-16-1813 Newfane, Windsor Co. >HOVEY, Samuel, wife & children 1-29-1811 Newfane, Windsor Co >. >When I get time again I will list the Northern Vermont COVEY Like Names. >but: From memory, there are two exact COVEY names in Northern Vt. > >COVEY, Samuel Jun. 1813 Alburgh, Franklin Co. (later Grand Isle) >COVEY, James 1813 Cambridge, Franklin Co. (later Lamoille Co. >Note there is a COVEY Hill? Road in the Cambridge area (Westford town going >toward Cambridge) > that exists today. > >I have also found all children of Joseph Covey of Acton Vt. with birth >dates. > >From: 'History and Inhabitants of Townsend Vermont, Part I Acton' by >James H. Phelps and pub 1877. > >COVEY Joseph, Wife Theodosia (Hooker?) >Recorded in the town of Acton. >Elisha 8-26-1773 >Joseph Jun. 10-11-1775 >Theodore 9-11-1777 >Polly 8-21-1779 >Rachel 11-9-1781 >Azel 3-31-1784 >Theodosia 9-17-1786 >Levi 8-12-1788 >Lyman 5-2-1791 >Ransom 10-15-1793 >Sophy 11-6-1795 >Samuel 12-26-1798 > >Elisha COVEY was a shoe maker probably apprenticed to Johnsons Gore's first >shoe maker Ebenezer BIVINS. >Levi Held land in Acton in 1818 >First mill by a GRANGER on site where COVEY's saw mill now stands (written >in 1877) >Rachel COVEY married Joseph FRANKLIN of Grafton on 2-12-1814 >Joseph COVEY (Sr.?) was a selectman in 1804 >Azel COVEY was a selectman in 1814 >Levi COVEY was a lister in 1816 >Levi COVEY was a selectman in 1818 > >Also will have a 1791 Marriage of _____ COVEY to ________ ________ in >Bristol Vt. >(Nathan COVEY listed in the 1790 census in Bristol Vt 2-2-2-0-0) names and >date to follow >from History of Bristol > >Also will have the testimony of George COVEY of Alburgh concerning the >burning of his barn in the 1837-38 >Canadian Revolution. From the Vt Historical Gazetteer circa 1880 by Abby >Hemingway. And what caused the destruction >of said barn. Which was the slaying of members of the VOSBURGH family, >leading to Benjamin MOTT being sentenced to death in Montreal. From History >of the Town of Alburgh. > >Also Samuel Covey Sr withstanding the attempt of Ira Allen (brother of Ethan >and claimed owner of most of the Alburg land) to have him evicted for >trespassing along with all the other Tories. The stealing of horses MOTT >took CONROY's. CONROY took 2 of MOTT's things got nasty and Thomas >Jefferson wrote a nasty note to Thomas Chittenden (Gov of Vt) telling him to >cool it up there in Alburg before you start a war. > >How Samuel came to own his land that he leased from Henry CALDWELLl. And how >Ira ALLEN was buried in a paupers grave in Philadelphia Pa.. > >