Michelle: Would you mind if I forward them to my Ct-River-Valley-L list since Sullivan County is on the Conn River ? Cynthia listowner ct-river-valley "Michelle L. McKenzie" wrote: > I'm going to be transribing our Sullivan Co towns for the GenWeb Archives > and thought I'd post them here too. > > --------------- > > Acworth, Sullivan County, NH Description > From: MLMCKENZIE@prodigy.net - Michelle McKenzie > > Topic: Acworth, Sullivan County > Source: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire Containing Descriptions of all the > Counties, Towns and > Districts in the State by John Hayward, John P. Jewett > (publisher), Boston, 1849 > > SULLIVAN CO. This town is chiefly agricultural in its pursuits. The soil is > generally > good. Cold River, which rises from Cold Pond in this town, affords some good > mill-sites. This > town was formerly noted for the culture of flax, which was manufactured by > some of the > inhabitants into the finest linen, equal to any imported from Ireland. > Beryls of an extraordinary > size are found here. > Boundaries. North by Unity, east by Lempster, south by Marlow, and west by > Langdon > and Charlestown. > First Settlers. William Keyes, Samuel Harper, and John Rogers removed to > this place in > 1768. > First Ministers. Rev. Thomas Archibald, ordained 1789; dismissed 1794. Rev. > John Kimball, > ordained 1797; dismissed 1813. > Productions of the Soil. Indian corn, 5,792 bushels; hay, 4,398 tons; > potatoes, 54,301 > bushels; wool, 18,474 lbs; maple suger, 29,724 pounds. > The manufactures of this town are considerable, but principally confined to > families. > Distances. Thirteen miles south from Newport, and forty-four west from > Concord. > > ************************************************* > * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and > libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter > information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other > sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any > other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of > contents. > > * * * * > The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the > information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information > must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is > always best to consult the original material for verification.