Wolcott,
Vermont
The
second-named grantee, General Oliver Wolcott, was held in only slightly less esteem by
Vermonters than George Washington. Son of one of Connecticut's most outstanding colonial
officials, he graduated from Yale and became a noted juror in Litchfield. He later served
as a Captain in the French and Indian Wars and became a Commissioner for Indian Affairs,
in which role he brought about settlement of the Wyoming Valley - New York - Vermont
boundary dispute. He was a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the
Declaration of Independence. During the Revolutionary War he rose to the rank of Major
General, after which he served as Lieutenant Governor, then Governor of Connecticut. The
Allens, the Chittendens and many other early Vermont leaders were from the Litchfield
area, and they all knew and respected General Wolcott.
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