Where can I find a list of men in Wilmington who were on the 1778 Committee of Safety? Dorrie in Lexington, Mass. Ferrett99@Prodigy.net

Dear Dorrie: That information is in the Appendix to Deming's Vermont Officers, published by the author in Middlebury: 1851. on page 200: "The first for choice of town officers on record was held March 2, 1778, when ...........John Gibbs, Phinehas Smith, Samuel Murdock, Elihu Bascomb, and Eleazer Goodman, were chosen a "Committee of Safety." If the original town meeting records are extant, you might be able to obtain a copy of the above by contacting the Wilmington town clerk's office. That should be the documentation you are seeking of Samuel's Public Service. Hope this helps. Connie Constance Lancaster, Genealogy Curator Halifax Historical Society Halifax, Vermont