History of Fairfield County, Connecticut

turing a company and many disloyal Floridians ; De- cember 24th cai>tured by enemy's scouts while return- ing acros.s cimntry from court-martial as a witness, between Jacksonville and St. Augustine; taken to Baldwin; thence to Tallahassee, to Chattahoochee River, to Columbus, to Jlacon ; at !Maron under parole a month and a half at Camp Oglethorpe; thence to Andersonville fnr a month and a half; thence for exchange ]ier rail and march across (Geor- gia, Alabama, and Mississij)pi toVicksburg; thence to St. Louis, in command of F^astern ]iaroled I'liidn men ; thence to Annapolis, May, l.S(;,"i, in coniinand iif imi- tliiaisand Union sohliers from rebel [iriscjns to be mustered out; returned home and has suffered for many years from the malai-ia born of ex|)osure in al'. weathers and climates. Since the war he has devoted himself to the law, real estate, etc.; was brevetted brigadier-general, by recommendatinii of Gen. (jrant, in June, ISil,'). — Editor. Our military history is elosi'd. We have faithfully traced the history id' the various regiments, anil it has been our honest endeavor to place before the people of Fairfield Cimnty a truthful record of her gallant sons who risked their lives in the defense f)f their country. We have sought to deal justly with all and give deserving credit to each and every regiment. While the hi.story is a record of many of the severot battles of the war, it is not in any partieidar over- drawn : it is a "plain, unvarnished tale." It has been impossible to sketch many individual :u-ts of heroism, but these were not wanting. Fairfield County may justly feel j)roud of the record of her soldiery, as no section of our country acted a more ])rominent or honorable nVe in the great tragedy. I'"itteen years have now elapsed since the close of the Rebellion, and we find our country a united and pros|K'rous peojde. Sectional strife is rajiidly passing away, and the same hand strews fiowers alike on the graves of the Blue and the Gray. " No more shall the war-cry sever. Or the winding rivers be reil ; The.v laiiish our anger forever When tlie.v laurel tlie graves of ourlleud ! L'uilcr tile sod and the dew, Watting tile jtidgnieiit-ilay ; Love and teai-s for the Blue, Tears and love for the Oray." 64 IIIST(»|;Y of FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. CHAPTER Vr. POPULATION AND SCHOOL STATISTICS. I'Ol'UI.ATrON. Towns. 175C. 1774. 1782. 1790. 1800. 1810. 1820. 1830. 1840. 1860. 1860. , "3 1 1870. , 1880. 1 » 1 i 1 hi 1 & 1 2,800 4,311 4,670 4,604 i "5 i ( 7,500 5,904 13,299 7,234 1,711 1,224 1,7I« 1,350 4,379 0,522 1,477 1,382 2,771 916 3,578 7,582 1,6.02 2,213 7,185 (111 2,294 1,474 1,117 :!,i93 2,208 77,476 19,835 8,753 2,311 1,193 1,808 ' 1,288 5,645 7,044 1,527 1,226 2,497 870 3,681 12,119 1,024 1,919 9,714 840 3,032 1J»5 1,054 3,361 1,994 96,276 29,163 1 Dunburv ltt.-tlitil 1,500 18 2,473 63 2,967 50 3,(B1 3,180 3,600 3,873 11,619 2,726 ( 1,018 1,010 1,037 1,159 1,126 1,265 1,212 1,255 1,080 1,359 1,464 1,432 3,014 6,030 1,.)01 1,442 2,600 927 3,3,38 4,651 1,754 2,237 6,000 984 2,040 1,309 1,M6 2,651 2,006 89,775 1,151 1,902 1,145 1 t3,748 7,950 2,504 1 Fairflold Greenwich.... 4,195: 2G0 2,t>'2l 4,544 2,054 319 122 6,003 2,530 273 93 , 4,009 2,742 3,7.35 3,047 2,792 4,125 3,533 2.770 4,151 3,790 2,805 4,220 3,801 1,371 1,522 1.830 939 3,090 3,792 1,680 2,305 3,707 947 1,814 1,242 2,997 3,654 3,921 1,320 1,351 2,217 966 3,189 3,803 1,074 2,474 3,516 938 1,808 1,204 2,501 1,803 2,053 :.:::::::i::::::::: 1,157 Nt'w Ciinnan.. NowFjiitik-ld Nowtiiwii Norwulk Rodding KfdgorteW StiiDiford ' i ],699 772 2,834 2,983 1,717 2,103 4,440 049 2,895 1,241 2,618 1,089 788 2,879 3,0Ot 1,678 2,301 3,284 957 3,438 1,2.12 2,767 2,074 791 4,013 13,900 1,540 1 2,028 1 11,417 ' 828 4,251 1,323 918 3,477 , 1,804 1 1 713 1,2;>0 23 2,956 W 1,009 46 2,648 120 1,288 2,108 4.243 1,189 1,073 3,5ft'i 20 61 145 43 35 60 1,429 2,:i54 3,919 1,257 1,072 3,750 12 50 132 53 25 78 1,573 2,764 * 1,603 1,947 « 1,065 2,903 5,146 1,6.32 2,025 4,3.12 Stratford 3,608 160 6,2uil 364 6,106 368 3,241 '2,050 1,291 2,680 1 2,469 ^\'i)toii 1,728 40,950 1,818 2,097 Totals 19,849 711 28,936 1,214 ) 29,722 1,134 36,239 38,108 42,739 46,960 49,917 112,155 PRESENT CONDITION OF SCHOOLS. Teachers. AT.Attond. iUU. ^^^ Wages, g Bluiittt. M ' 1 ■2 W. S. W.S..W.IS. Male, J^, 3 g 637 20,661 1,691 3,596' 13,070 11,926 116 83 312 346 t60.72 $30.86, 36441 • Tho popiiliitinn of Orpcdwich, Norwalk, anfl Stamford in 1700, in the aggrrgntc, wan 11,942. They an not given sepftrntely. t In 187U a part of Fairfield, coutaiiillig a p^tpiilntlon of alM»it 1900, was annexe<l to Bridgeport. Tliere wow a t'eiiHU* takt-n l»y nnlortif llir (ienend .Xjwemblv In October. 1701, to I'e cnnipletcl at or before Jan. 1, 1702. According to that cenixiii the ixMiulatlon of tlie culony wa«,--»hile, Ml.KNl; bh'ukn. 4.'i'.Ki The only detiiiln relative to Fairfield County widch I can give are that the population of UrcenwMi waa 2U21 uliiteo, 52 blacks,— that of Stamford 2740 whites, 86 blacks. Chas. G. Hoadley. B'KIDGEPORT. 65 Receipts, Bridgeport $15,2n8.sn Daiibury li,10y.U0 Bethel 1,4.".4.40 Brookfield ,164.1X1 Darieu 03S.4O Easton 49li SO FairfleW 2,054.40 Greenwich 4,r.r>*_'.40 Hl)ntin};;toD l,24.'i.i;u Monroe. 0^17 (jl I New Can.ian l,4,'i.'*.na New Fiiirficld 427.JO Newtown 2,)'.2,'').fiO Norwalk 7,.'>:t',.40 ReddiiiB Ul)2,40 Eidgefield 1,0()(1.«0, Shemian y4.5.()0 Stamford C.:tn4 SO Stratford 2,lH9.6U Trumbull fir>2.80 "Weston 472.su Westport 2,02."i.Gli Wilton 1,027.20 School I Town Local Fund, etc. Deposit. Funds. $4:51.49 Sinsoo «1 .■■>2(i.04 40.'j.4(i l,i l.K.'i.Oli I2..")4 :i, i;i«.:i7i 2S.1X 1, HS.(J<) ].-!fi.:i8' 1, .')04.00 270.72 i;. ,''>ii;.6i :A.t,u 11, 211.27 2, ;iuo,oo 3io,n.s 20,;n :i, 144,0(J 1, 526,12 90011 4, 472,62 212,00 Is. 2.''.il.,sl 20 01 1, aso.oo 2, 144,00 ,567,27 190.19 12, 279..V) 140,00 4, 191.39 :!!l,10 1, 179,02 90,97 :i:i6 00 3. 323.15 > 1 1, Ilistrict Tax. Teachers' Wages. Fuel, etc. Repaii-s. Oilier Objects. ,9.-.2.9.i ^18,141, ,10(;.42 S:i:!7.70 23,262 .11J.">.S.S 204.61 5,002. .:i.i«.93 2,l.'i4, .0J2 44 201.97 3,36a .277.27 1,925. .;'.J.-1.32 237.27 9,413. ,714,12 3,329.25 1.5,44' ,7.^4 74 3,312,42 7.6.S5, s.s3,iil I l,7Si .l.il K3 1 ,5,119, ..100,73 1 1,871 ,19« 17 i 7,439. ,l:il.,53 3,367.23! 31,194. ,936,01 1 3,n.s ,147.06 3,691 723.C3 1,213. ,863.72 19,92,5, ,186,95 2,380,18 9,083 ,258,21 2.215, 491,26 1,239, ,126,00 2110,00 5,68' ,374.06 423.88 3,289, J41..594.62' 86,182.94 $2,369.14' $2,846.69: 17,596.90| 2,465.82 842.63] 3,142.941 4,186,071 495,12' 228,45 134,50 1,941,55 16331 i 60,0o! 2,75r,,34 270,00 251,97' 82„50 1,741,14 127„56 57,00 7,560,90 1,024,18 3nl,01 462.27 10,9911.00 7i;8.71 1,055,07 633,41 4,433,95 247,51 131,00 515,71 1,602,11 12ll„50 fi2,00 4,4.59.08 439.71 114.49 l,680..'i5 llli.72 9.8,00 6,759,90 ,501 99 200fl0' 23,02894 1,979,84 1,042.88 4,436.41 2,791.68 206.55 120,00 3,26,8.13 302.87 84.00 1,102.,3S 78.85 3J.00 16,426 72 2,133,71 ,565,15 801,40 5,990.27, 480.18 106.52 1,405,56 1,959,90 147,40 169 43' 40,00 1,120,59 80,86 ' 38,60, 4,996,a3 318,88 419,38 160,00 2,406,601 269.611 19.271 140.14 *S53,16C, *24,104, »6,17o, 2,1.54, 3,360, 1,925 9,408, *15,447, «7.653 1,780, 5.093, 1,895, 7,461, «30,550 3,118, »3,691 , 1,213, 19,925 *8,I106, 2,316, 1,239, 5,884, *3,125. i.61 19 1.31 86 81 70 ,36 ,19 1 ,00 .61 ,28 ,07 ,89 ,84 23 „50 ,23 98 53 73 95 $60,21 1,20 $7,240,0(.l $1,747,08 $136,401,23 $13,994.51 $223,163 80 $170,393,05 $18,918.72 $7,.561.90 816,617.52 *$217,700.58 19 vH \ rTK i; V II. BKIDGEPOET t Preface— The Pangns,<et or Colilcn Hill lii.li;nis_llestnicti,.in of tin: I'e- quots— Indian Agriculture— Orders of the General Court — R«dii,'iou3 In,^trnctioii — Precautions against Surpri,seduiing King Philip's War — Golden Hill set off as an Indian Reservation— Value of Real Estate in 1059— The Shepherd of Stratford severely Handled— Shillings and Chops acipiitted of the Charge of Murder — Elder Sherwood's Wrest- ling-Match— Sale of part of Indian Reservation to Samuel Hawley — needs of Land on Golden Hill in 1700 and 1701— Encroachments by the Whites, and Sale of the remainder of Reservation— E.xtortion by an Indian Agent redressed by the General Court — List of Ollicial Guardians of the Indiaius— Purchase of Turkey Hill Meadow— An In- dian sold into Sliivery— Survivol*s of the Tribe in 1880— Financial Statement. I'llEFACE. Thk liilldxviiio paiH-r ii|inii tin- history (if Ki'iiloc- port luis liet'ii (.■(iiupilcd uftrr a careful stiuly of orig- iiuil (lociiments, .8iU'li as cluirch and society records, coiitenqiorary newspapers and pamphlets, petitions, deeds, wills, etc. It undoulitedly contains some errors, but it is lioped that they will not lie very numerous, and a iiiimlier of mistakes made by me in |ir(\ ious piililiralion- arr licre corrected. Thanks arr diir to Mr, H. 1), Laeey, from whose e.xcellent "ilunieipal Register" I have made frequent quotations, to tiie Stiiniifird Association for the use of tlieir files, and to all others who have kindly assisted me. If the article is found to be of service to the coniniunity, I shall feel well repaid for the time spent in its jireparati<in. William B, Hincks. IJRlOUEi'OlU-, Oct. 1, 18.80. * Including money for new Bchool-liouscs. and for libratics and a|'pa- raliis. t Copyright, 1880, by William B, Hincks. I THK PAIKiUSSET OR (iOLDEN HILL INDIANS.