Hi, Not sure if this will help. In Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer: Fairfax, Vermont Franklin County pg. 171 Under Town Representatives, from 1787 till 1861 list "Ross Coon 1796" Polly Pmanosh@pwshift.com > Hi! > > I am looking for information on a James Coon born in 1807 in Burlington. > His middle name is supposedly Franklin but I haven't been able to find any > proof. > James was a stone mason and in our family history he set the cornerstone at > the University of Vermont -Burlington with Lafayette in 1825/26. > > I am looking for info on his parents especially. >