| Lot. | Name. | Acres. | Lot. | Name. | Acres. |
| 30. | Angus McDougall | 300 | 67. | Catharine McCarter | 250 |
| 31. | Donald McIntyre | 350 | 68. | Margaret Gilchrist | 250 |
| 32. | Alexander McNachten | 600 | 42. | John McGuire | 400 |
| 33. | John McCore | 300 | 43. | Elizabeth McNeil | 200 |
| 34. | William Fraser | 350 | 44. | Duncan McArthur | 450 |
| 35. | Mary Campbell | 250 | 29. | Daniel Clark | 250 |
| 36. | Duncan Campbell, Sr. | 450 | 50. | John McGowan, Sr | 300 |
| 37. | Neil McFadden | 300 | 55. | Ann Campbell | 300 |
| 38. | Mary Torry | 250 | 56. | Archibald McCullom | 350 |
| 39. | Margaret McAllister | 250 | 57. | Alexander McArthur | 250 |
| 40. | Robert Campbell, Jr | 450 | 58. | Alex McDonald | 250 |
| 41. | Catharine Shaw | 250 | 59. | John McEwen | 500 |
| 51. | Charles McArthur | 350 | 62. | Mary Baine | 300 |
| 52. | Duncan McFadden | 300 | 63. | Margaret Cargyle | 300 |
| 53. | Roger Reed | 300 | 64. | Neil McEachern | 450 |
| 54. | John McCarter | 300 | 69. | Hannah McEwen | 400 |
| 65. | Hugh Montgomery | 300 | 70. | John Reid | 450 |
| 66. | Isabella Livingston | 250 | 71. | Archibald Nevin | 350 |
Many of the grantees immediately took possession of the lands alloted to them; but others never took advantage of their claims, which, for a time, were left unoccupied, and then passed into the hands of others, who generally were left in undisputed possession. This state of affairs, in connection with the large size of the lots, had the effect of retarding the growth of that district.
Before the arrival of the settlers, a desperado, named Rogers, had taken possession of a part of the lands on the Batten Kill. He warned the people off, making various threats; but the Highlanders knowing their titles were perfect, disregarded the menace, and set about industriously clearing up their lands and erecting their houses. One day, when Archibald Livingston was away, his wife was forcibly carried off by Rogers, and set down outside the limits of the claim, who also proceeded to remove the furniture from the premises. He was arrested by Roger Reid, the constable, and brought before Alexander McNaughton, the justice, which constituted the first civil process ever served in that county. Rogers did not submit peaceably to be taken, but defended himself with a gun, which Joseph McCracken seized, and in his endeavor to wrest it from the hands of the ruffian, he burst the buttons from off the waist-bands of his pantaloons, which, as he did not wear suspenders, slipped over his feet. The little son of Rogers, fully taking in the situation, ran up and bit McCracken, which, however, did not cause him to desist from his purpose. Rogers was conveyed to Albany, after which all trace of him has been lost.
The township of Argyle, embracing what is now both Argyle and Fort Edward, was organized in 1771. The record of the first meeting bears date April 2, 1771, and was called for the purpose of regulating laws and choosing officers. It was called by virtue of the grant in the Argyle patent. The officers elected were: supervisor, Duncan Campbell, who continued until 1781, and was then succeeded by Roger Reid; town clerk, Archibald Brown, succeeded in 1775 by Edward Patterson, who, in turn, was succeeded in 1778 by John McNeil, and he by Duncan Gilchrist, in 1780; collector, Roger Reid, succeeded in 1778 by Duncan McArthur, and the latter in 1781 by Alexander Gilchrist; assessors, Archibald Campbell and Neal Shaw; constables, John Offery, John McNiel; poor-masters, James Gilles, Archibald McNiel; road-masters, Duncan Lindsey, Archibald Campbell; fence viewers, Duncan McArthur, John Gilchrist.
The following extracts from township records are not without interest:
1772.—"All men from sixteen to sixty years old to work on the roads this year. Fences must be four feet and a half high."
1776.—"Duncan Reid is to be constable for the south part of the patent and Alexander Gillis for the north part; George Kilmore and James Beatty for masters. John Johnson was chosen a justice of the peace."
1781.—"Alexander McDougall and Duncan Lindsey were elected tithing men."
In order to make the laws more efficient, on March 12, 1772, the county of Charlotte was struck off from Albany, which was the actual beginning of the present county of Washington. As Charlotte county had been named for the consort of George III. and as his troops had devastated it during the Revolution, the title was not an agreeable one, so the state legislature on April 2, 1784, changed it to Washington, thus giving it the most honored appellation known in the annals of American history.
For several years after 1764 the colony on the east, and in what is now Hebron township, was augmented by a number of discharged Highland soldiers, mostly of the 77th Regiment, who settled on both sides of the line of the township. It is a noticeable fact that in every case these settlers were Scotch Highlanders. They had in all probability been attracted to this spot partly by the settlement of the colony of Captain Lachlan Campbell, and partly by that of the Scotch-Irish at New Perth (Salem), which has been noted already in its proper connection. These additional settlers took up their claims, owing to a proclamation made by the king, in October, 1763, offering land in America, without fees, to all such officers and soldiers who had served on that continent, and who desired to establish their homes there.