Brighton, Vermont, USA (Gilead) (Random) (Island Pond)
1849 - Brighton

Essex Co. This town was named Random by the Hon. Joseph Brown, it being a random purchase from an agent sent to Providence, from Vermont. The name was altered to Brighton, November 3, 1832. The settlement was commenced in 1823, by Enos Bishop ; and John Stevens moved his family into the town in 1825. The settlement is mostly in the westerly part of the town. The town was organized in March, 1832.

The township is watered chiefly by Ferren's River, and other head branches of Clyde River, but some of the head branches of the Passumpsic and Nulhegan Rivers originate here. Pitkin's Pond and Knowlton Lake discharge their waters through Clyde River. This is considered a very good township of land, and contains much excellent white pine timber, with several fine mill sites.

Boundaries. Northerly by Wenlock, easterly by Ferdinand, southerly by Newark and a part of Westmore and East Haven, and westerly by Charleston.

Productions of the Soil Wheat, 358 bushels ; Indian corn, 54 bushels ; potatoes, 4,700 bushels ; hay, 246 tons ; maple sugar, 6,050 pounds ; wool, 348 pounds.

Distances. Thirty-two miles northwest from Guildhall, and seventy northeast from Montpelier.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

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