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State of Vermont 1777 - 1791
 
[Green Mountain Boys Flag (U.S.) Vermont]
      1775 - 1791 Green Mountain Boys Flag
     (Vermont did not adopt a flag until 1804)
 

 

 
Map of Vermont Hear National Anthem
(none adopted)
Text of  National Anthem Constitutions
(8 Jul 1777, 4 Jul 1786)
Capitals: Arlington, Windsor,
and
Manchester (1777-1791)
;
Rutland and Windsor

(1791-1805)
Currency: Vermont State
Shilling
(CVTS)
(1781-1791)
National Holiday: 16 Aug (1777)
Battle of Bennington Day
 Population: 22,681 (1780 est.)
(U.S. census estimate 47,620)

26 Jul 1764                Part of New York; often called "the New Hampshire grants."
17 Jan 1777                State of New Connecticut, independence from New York 
                             
declared (not recognized).
 4 Jun 1777                State of Vermont
 8 Mar 1781                Massachusetts relinquishes its claim to Vermont.
13 Jan 1782                New Hampshire relinquishes its claim to Vermont.
11 Feb 1783                Vermont relinquishes all claims to towns in New York and
                             New Hampshire.

 7 Oct 1790
               New York relinquishes its claim to Vermont.
 4 Mar 1791                Incorporation into United States
as State of Vermont.


President of the General Convention
17 Jan 1777 - 11 Jul 1777  Joseph Bowker                      (b. 1725 - d. 1784)
President of the Council of Safety
11 Jul 1777 - 12 Mar 1778  Thomas Chittenden                  (b. 1730 - d. 1797)
Governors
13 Mar 1778 -  9 Oct 1789  Thomas Chittenden (1st time)       (s.a.)               Non-party
10 Oct 1789 - 13 Oct 1789  Joseph Marsh (acting)              (b. 1726 - d. 1811)  Non-party
13 Oct 1789 - 14 Oct 1790  Moses Robinson                     (b. 1741 - d. 1813)  
Non-party
15 Oct 1790 - 20 Oct 1790  Peter Olcott (acting)              (b. 1733 - d. 1808)  Non-party
20 Oct 1790 - 25 Aug 1797  Thomas Chittenden (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Non-party

Lieutenant governors
1778 - 1779                Joseph Marsh (1st time)            (s.a.)
1779 - 1781                Benjamin Carpenter                 (b. 1725 - d. 1804)
1781 - 1782                Elisha Payne
                      (b. 1730 - d. 1807)
1782 - 1787                Paul Spooner                       (b. 1746 - d. 1789)
1787 - 1790                Joseph Marsh (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1790 - 1794                Peter Olcott                       (s.a.)


Secretaries of the Treasury
1778 - 1786                Ira Allen                          (b. 1751 - d. 1814)
1786 - 1800                Samuel Mattocks
 

Secretaries of State
1778 – 18 Oct 1778         Thomas Chandler, Jr.               (b. 1740 - d. 1785)
1778 – 1781                Joseph Fay                         (b. c.1752 - d. 1803)
1781 – 1788                Micah Townshend                    (b. 1749 - d. 1832)
1788 – 1802                Roswell Hopkins                    (b. 1757 - d. 1829)


Attorney General
1790 – 1793                Samuel Hitchcock                   (b. 1755 - d. 1813)


Auditor of Accounts
1790 - 1797                Elisha Clark


Postmaster General

10 Mar 1784 - 1791         Anthony Haswell                    (b. 1756 - d. 1816)

Surveyors general 
 3 Jun 1779 - 1787         Ira Allen                          (s.a.)
Oct 1787 - Nov 1804        James Whitelaw                     (b. 1748 - d. 1829)


Speakers of the House of Representatives
¹
12 Mar 1778 - 13 Mar 1778  Joseph Bowker                      (s.a.)
13 Mar 1778 - 1778         Nathan Clark                       (b. 1749 - d. 1830)
Oct 1778 - 10 Mar 1780     Thomas Chandler, Jr. (1st time)    (s.a.)
10 Mar 1780 - 12 Oct 1780  Samuel Robinson, Jr.               (b. 1738 - d. 1813)
12 Oct 1780 - 16 Oct 1780  
Thomas Chandler, Jr. (2nd time)    (s.a.)
16 Oct 1780 - 1782         Thomas Porter                      (b. 1734 - d. 1833)
Oct 1782 - 1783            Increase Moseley                   (b. 1712 - d. 1795)
1783 - 1784                Isaac Tichenor                     (b. 1754 - d. 1838)
1784 - 1785                Nathaniel Niles                    (b. 1741 - d. 1828)
1785 - 1786                Stephen R. Bradley                 (b. 1754 - d. 1830)
12 Oct 1786 - 13 Oct 1786  John Strong                        (b. 1738 - d. 1816)
13 Oct 1786 - 1793         Gideon Olin                        (b. 1743 - d. 1823)

Chief Judges of the Superior Court
1778 - 1781
               Moses Robinson (1st time)          (s.a.)
Oct 1781 - Feb 1782        Elisha Payne                       (s.a.)
1782 - 23 Oct 1782         Moses Robinson (2nd time)          (s.a.)
Chief Judges of the Supreme Court

23 Oct 1782 - Oct 1784     Moses Robinson (1st time)          (s.a.)
Oct 1784 - Oct 1785        Paul Spooner                       (s.a.)
Oct 1785 - 1789
           Moses Robinson (2nd time)          (s.a.)
Oct 1789 - 1791            Nathaniel Chipman                  (b. 1752 - d. 1843)


 ¹Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836.







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