Many thanks! I had visions of a plot from "The Twilight Zone" or a 19th century "Brigadoon." Should have known the answer was much more prosaic, but I'm a confirmed romantic. Larry Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: <SisFeather@aol.com> To: <RINEWPOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [RINEWPOR] Where did they go? > In a message dated 10/1/02 11:02:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > sullivan@scrtc.com writes: > > > > Census records for Tiverton show a population LOSS of more than 50 percent > > between 1850 and 1860 (from 4,699 to about 2020). > > > > > > Hi Larry, > To make a long story short, the boundary line between Fall River, > Massachusetts and Tiverton, R.I. was changed at this time and Tiverton R.I. > lost part of it's territory. > What was part of North Tiverton R.I. is now in the Southern part of Fall > River. > Fall River gained land which, was, bounded by the Quequechan River, [Fall > River Stream] on the West and the South Watuppa Pond on the East. > Approximately Nine square miles with a population of 3, 593 became Fall > River. [ I have copies of Land Records of ancestors who owned this land when > it was Tiverton R.I.] > I found this information in a book by the Rev. Orin Fowler called History of > Fall River 1862 edition on Page 71. > Hope this answers your question. > Marge > > > > ==== RINEWPOR Mailing List ==== > Search the Newport County, RI, USGenWeb Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/search.html > Advertisements are added below against the wishes of this list manager > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >