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Putney Vermont

The Blood Farm on Putney’s West Hill, 1782–1920

June 7, 2021June 5, 2021 by Putney Historical Society

by William B Darrow Using the U.S. Census, public records, old maps, newspaper reports, and books, this paper traces the Blood family (and West Hill) history from 1782 to the early 1900s.  A little over 50 years ago when I was a boy growing up on West Hill in Putney, my father took my brothers … Read more

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