”In April, 1778, after Vermont had been declared an independent State, and after the plan of its government was adopted and put in operation, the male population, in order to entitle themselves to the privileges of qualified electors, were compelled to take and subscribe the freeman’s oath; and those who became so qualified in Pomfret were as follows: …Frederick Ware, …”

Reference Data:

History of Windsor County, Vermont, by Lewis Cass Alrdrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891, page 732