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KELLYBROOK. New York grant of 30,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to
Luke
Knowlton July 20, 1774; covered lands in Fletcher and vicinity.
KELLYBURGH. Mentioned in a petition for a road in Vermont State papers, and
from the direction of the road as described in the petition Kellyburgh must have
included Kellyvale, or Kelly's Grant No. 2, or both. It is evident from a report of a committee to
assess granting fees that Kellyburgh covered the four tracts chartered to John Kelly in
1791.
The report of the committee adopted by the General Assembly January 25, 1791,
contains the following: "We find the legislature of Vermont on the fifth day of March one
Thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven made a Grant to the said Kelly of Sixty nine Thousand
and one hundred Acres of land lying in the tract commonly called Kellyburgh.
KELLYVALE. Vermont grant of 31,000 acres to John Kelly of the City of New
York June 7, 1791. Kelly's Grant No. 2 adjoining Kellyvale annexed, 1825. Name
changed to Lowell, 1831. See Lowell.
KELLY'S GRANT NO. 2. Vermont grant of 6,000 acres to
John Kelly June 6, 1791.
This tract was situated east of Kelly's Grant No. 1, which was chartered as Kellyvale. In
1825 Kelly's Grant No. 2 was annexed to Kellyvale, and both comprise the present town
of Lowell.
KELLY'S GRANT NO. 3. In March 1787, Vermont granted to
John Kelly 69,100
acres of land, 39,000 acres of which was free of fees. Four charters were issued in 1791,
three in June comprising 39,000 acres, and one No. 4, of 30,100 acres, the granting fees
for the last having been paid October 22, 1791. The tract which was called No. 3 of Kelly's
was the one chartered in November, 1791, as Belvidere. A fourth tract of 2,000 acres
chartered June 8, 1791, which with Kellyvale and No. 2 made up 39,000 acres, was situated south of
Belvidere and west of Johnson and was the part of Belvidere incorporated with Coit's
Gore and part of Bakersfield into the town of Waterville in 1824. (In Laws of 1824, it is called
Belvidere Leg.)
In a petition dated February 26, 178, Kelly gives a list of the tracts of land to which
he claims to have a New York title and for which he asks the grant of an equivalent
from Vermont. He also states the Vermont territory in which his lands are situated:
Under New York Under the State of Vermont
6,000 acres, in Warrenton In Jamaica
2,000 " in Campden " Wardsborough
3,000 " a military patent to Capt. Hamilton " Athens
1,000 " a military patent to Col. Cleaveland " Ira
5,000 " in Kingsborough " Wildersburgh & Montpelier
4,000 " in Newbrook " Wildersburgh & Williamstown
6,500 " in Fincastle " some town southwest of Bethel
[Stockbridge?]
2,000 " in Kelso In Middletown
8,000 " in Meath Partly in Cambridge and partly vacant
3,000 " in Smithfield Ungranted
8,000 " in St. George "
10,000 " in Kellybrook "
600 " Two lots in Royalton Royalton under Vermont
10,000 " Goldsbrow Banyar purchased from citizens
69,100 in this state and "petitioner as his attorney prays
a grant thereof"
KELLY'S GRANT. Vermont grant of 12,000 acres by charter dated October 30,
1792, the date on which the granting fees were paid. This tract with Avery's Grant was
incorporated into the town of Missiskouie, 1801; since 1803 the present town of Troy.
KELSO. New York grant of 21,500 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden May 20, 1770; included
land in Tamworth and vicinity.
KEMPTON. New York grant of 16,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to
Pierre G. De
Peyster & Co., November 24, 1769, in what is now Orange County. In town of Orange.
KENT. New York grant of 20,000 acres to Archibald Hamilton &
Co., by Lt. Gov.
Colden, October 13, 1770; covered lands in Orange County. Probably what is now Concord
and vicinity.
KILBY. New York grant of 30,000 acres to Wm. McAdams &
Co. by Gov.
Dunmore, July 3, 1771; covered lands in Middlesex and vicinity.
KILLINGTON. New Hampshire grant. See Sherburne.
KINGSBOROUGH. New York grant of 35,000 acres to John M. Scott &
Co., by
Lt. Gov. Colden, June 25, 1770; covered land in Montpelier and vicinity.
KING'S COLLEGE. New York grant of 20,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden, August
16, 1774; covered lands in Johnson and vicinity. Marked "Governors of King's College"
on map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. On this map there is
another tract marked "Governors of King's College" which covers the present town of
Washington, and which is marked Kingsland on another map. On the New York map there
is a third tract marked "Kings College C. J. Southrer Esq." which is in the vicinity of the
present towns of Worcester and Elmore. See Kingsland.
KINGSLAND. New York grant to King's College, New York City, it has been said,
though at what date granted does not appear. Kingsland embraced the present town of
Washington and was undoubtedly a New York grant. It belonged to King's College,
February 17, 1772, for on that date steps were taken toward a settlement of the town. It
was the shire town of Gloucester County. Marked "Governors of King's College" on map
preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York.
KINGSTON. Vermont grant. See Granville.
KIRBY. Town in Caledonia County. Incorporated out of Burke Tongue and
Hopkinsville, October 28, 1807.
KNIGHT'S GORE. Vermont grant by act of November 8, 1794. A charter was
issued to Samuel Knights of Brattleborough [Brattleboro], October 27, 1795, of 1,947
acres and of certain islands in the Onion River, making in all 2,000 acres. Annexed to
Bakersfield, 1798.
KNIGHTS, SAMUEL. Vermont grant to Samuel Knights of Brattleboro, October
27, 1795, of 1,947 acres (Knights Gore) and certain islands in the Onion River, being all
the islands below the upper line of Middlesex not before granted, in all 2,000 acres. This
charter was issued in accordance with act passed November 28, 1794.
KNOWLTON'S GORE. Same as Bakersfield (q.v.).
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