Gloucester County, New York

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Gloucester County, New York
Political history
1,540 square miles (4,000 km2) partitioned from Albany County, New York 1770-03-16 [1]
Gained land from Cumberland County, and exchanged land with Charlotte County, raising the total county land to 3,390 square miles (8,800 km2)1772-03-24 [2]
Remainder of Gloucester County ceded to the independent State of Vermont as a result of the New Hampshire Grants claim made to Congress. Gloucester was divided up between Windsor, Orange, Addison, Chittenden, Washington, Caledonia, Lamoille, Orleans, and Essex Counties in Vermont.1777-01-15 [3]
Regional statistics
Largest cities Bennington, Vermont
Rutland, Vermont
U.S. states New York
Vermont
Area
 - Total

3,390 mi² (8,780.06 km²)
Population
"Glocester County" in 1777 Charlotte County 1777.png
"Glocester County" in 1777

Gloucester County, New York is a former county in New York that became part of the state of Vermont. It was a part of Albany County in the Province of New York until 1770 and was lost to Vermont in 1777. At that time, Vermont was holding itself out as the Republic of Vermont and did not become a state until 1791.

The County of Gloucester name was used occasionally in contemporary documents. Yet the 28 February 1770 Order for Erection and many subsequent documents refer to the region as the County of Glocester. [4] Contemporary maps also refer to the area as the County of Glocester.

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References

  1. New York: Commissioners of Statutory Revision:Colonial Laws of New York from the year 1664 to the Revolution, including the Charters of the Duke of York, the Commissions and instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York, and the acts of the Colonial Legislatures from 1691 to 1775, inclusive. Report to the Assembly #107, 1894. five Volumes. Albany, New York; 1894 — 1896; Chapter 1559; Volume 5; Page 401.
  2. New York: Commissioners of Statutory Revision:Colonial Laws of New York from the year 1664 to the Revolution, including the Charters of the Duke of York, the Commissions and instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York, and the acts of the Colonial Legislatures from 1691 to 1775, inclusive. Report to the Assembly #107, 1894. five Volumes. Albany, New York; 1894 - 1896; Chapter 1559; Volume five; Page 402.
  3. Slade, William, Jr. Compiler; Vermont State Papers: Being a collection of Records and Documents connected with the Assumption and Establishment of Government by the People of Vermont, Together with the Journal of the Council of Safety, the First Constitution, the Early Journals of the General Assembly, and the Laws from the years 1779 — 1786, inclusive: Middlebury, Vermont; 1823; Pages 70—72.
  4. The Documentary History of the State of New-York; arranged under direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State. Edited by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, 1797-1880., New York (State). Secretary's Office. Page 390. Accessed 8 September 2020.

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