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Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA
Steel carpenter's square was invented by Silas Hawes of Shaftsbury in 1814.
Shaftsbury includes the communities of Shaftsbury Center and South Shaftsbury.
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- 1791 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,999
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1800 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,895
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1801 - Patriotic Ceremony
For the VERMONT GAZETTE - On Monday the 17th inst?, a very large and respectable number of inhabitants of Shaftsbury, and towns adjoining met at...Read MORE... - 1810 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,973
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1814 - Steel carpenter's square was invented by Silas Hawes of Shaftsbury in 1814.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html - 1820 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 2,022
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1830 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 2,143
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 
1836 - Deacon George Galusha
Deacon George Galusha, says a letter from Shaftsbury, Vermont, dated Nov. 21st, 'in a state of ill health and mental derangement, destroyed himself...Read MORE...- 1838 - INHUMAN MURDER.
The wife of Mr. Phleman Bates was inhumanly murdered at Shaftsbury, Vermont, on the 2d inst., by the discharge of a rifle, supposed to have been in...Read MORE... - 1840 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,835
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1841 - Supposed Murder
The body of a young woman, named Mary Austin, was found in the woods in Shaftsbury, Vermont, a week or two since, and suspicions having since arisen...Read MORE... - 1849 Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury lies between the Battenkill and Walloomscoik Rivers; it has no large streams. Some tributaries of each of these rivers rise here, which...Read MORE... - 1854 - Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury, a post-village in Bennington co., Vermont, on the Western Vermont rail road, 100 miles S. S. W. from Montpelier. Population of township,...Read MORE... - 1864 - Seven deaths from diptheria occurred in 16 days in one house, occupied by two families, in the town of Shaftsbury, Vermont.
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Lowell Daily Citizen and News
Lowell, Massachusetts
August 31, 1864 - 1873 - Another deposit of brown hematite iron ore has been found in South Shaftsbury, Vermont, near an iron furnace.
The Indiana Progress
Indiana, Pennsylvania
May 15, 1873 - 1873 - Championship of Fat People
Shaftsbury, Vermont, can put forward a claim for the championship of the State on fat people. Living in that town, which has a population of only...Read MORE... - 1895 - Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury, shafts'ber-e, a post-hamlet in Shaftsbury township, Bennington Co., Vt., on the Harlem Extension Railroad, 14 miles S.S.W. of Manchester, ...Read MORE... 
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Shaflsbury, a post-village in Shaftsbury township (town), Bennington oo., Vt., on the Rutland R., 8 miles N. of Bennington. The town has quarries of...Read MORE... 
Shaftsbury, Vermont, 1907
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South Shaftsbury, Vt., 1907
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Main St., S. Shaftsbury, Vt., 1910
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River Street, So. Shaftsbury, Vt.
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Railroad Station, South Shaftsbury, Vt., 1910
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Old Mill at Shaftsbury, Vermont (1910)
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Spring Brook Farm, 1925
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Store, Shaftsbury, Vt., featuring Tydol Gasoline and Trojean Ice Cream
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Iron Kettle Motel
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Shaftsbury, Vermont, 1907
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South Shaftsbury, Vt., 1907
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Old Mill at Shaftsbury, Vermont (1910)
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Main St., S. Shaftsbury, Vt., 1910
Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
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River Street, So. Shaftsbury, Vt.
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Railroad Station, South Shaftsbury, Vt., 1910
Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
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Spring Brook Farm, 1925
Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
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Iron Kettle Motel
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Store, Shaftsbury, Vt., featuring Tydol Gasoline and Trojean Ice Cream
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1791 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,999
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1800 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,895
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1801 - Patriotic Ceremony
For the VERMONT GAZETTE - On Monday the 17th inst?, a very large and respectable number of inhabitants of Shaftsbury, and towns adjoining met at... Read MORE...
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1810 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,973
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1814 - Steel carpenter's square was invented by Silas Hawes of Shaftsbury in 1814.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html
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1820 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 2,022
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1830 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 2,143
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
1836 - Deacon George Galusha
Deacon George Galusha, says a letter from Shaftsbury, Vermont, dated Nov. 21st, 'in a state of ill health and mental derangement, destroyed himself... Read MORE...
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1838 - INHUMAN MURDER.
The wife of Mr. Phleman Bates was inhumanly murdered at Shaftsbury, Vermont, on the 2d inst., by the discharge of a rifle, supposed to have been in... Read MORE...
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1840 - Population of Shaftsbury, Vermont - 1,835
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1841 - Supposed Murder
The body of a young woman, named Mary Austin, was found in the woods in Shaftsbury, Vermont, a week or two since, and suspicions having since arisen... Read MORE...
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1849 Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury lies between the Battenkill and Walloomscoik Rivers; it has no large streams. Some tributaries of each of these rivers rise here, which... Read MORE...
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1854 - Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury, a post-village in Bennington co., Vermont, on the Western Vermont rail road, 100 miles S. S. W. from Montpelier. Population of township,... Read MORE...
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1864 - Seven deaths from diptheria occurred in 16 days in one house, occupied by two families, in the town of Shaftsbury, Vermont.
genealogybank.com
Lowell Daily Citizen and News
Lowell, Massachusetts
August 31, 1864
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1873 - Another deposit of brown hematite iron ore has been found in South Shaftsbury, Vermont, near an iron furnace.
The Indiana Progress
Indiana, Pennsylvania
May 15, 1873
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1873 - Championship of Fat People
Shaftsbury, Vermont, can put forward a claim for the championship of the State on fat people. Living in that town, which has a population of only... Read MORE...
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1895 - Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury, shafts'ber-e, a post-hamlet in Shaftsbury township, Bennington Co., Vt., on the Harlem Extension Railroad, 14 miles S.S.W. of Manchester, ... Read MORE...
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1906
Shaflsbury, a post-village in Shaftsbury township (town), Bennington oo., Vt., on the Rutland R., 8 miles N. of Bennington. The town has quarries of... Read MORE...
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www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/BenningtonShaftsbury.htmlElwell, Levi Henry, 1854-1916. The gravestone records of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont / copied and verified 1908-10 by Levi Henry Elwell. Amherst, Mass.: Composition and Press Work, 1911.
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