Norfolk

"For the fugitive traveling through northwestern Connecticut, Norfolk was the last stop in the state.  From here, he was sent across the
Massachusetts border to New Marlboro, thence over to the Housatonic River line through Stockbridge and Pittsfield to Bennington, Vermont."
(Strother 1962:  126-127

"It is also reported that there was a network of Underground byways in this vicinity and that residents of Norfolk were responsible for
paving many of them.  (Strother 1962:  126)

G. Pettibone Tavern

Photo by Carol A. Hanny

"...I think we stopped at a tavern kept by Mr. G. Pettibone, and in him we found a friend." 
James Mars  (Mars  1864: 40)
"At the northeast corner, (of the Green), is the earlier Giles Pettibone, Jr. Tavern of 1794, with a curious chimney in
front of the ridge.  On the east side is a versatile building erected for an academy...'
(CT Am. Guide Series  1938:  424)
It was later called the Shepard Hotel.  (Thomas interview)
GPS  N  41-59-40  /  W  73-11-92

Deacon Amos Pettibone 
Colebrook Road, Rt. 282  (Am. Bicentennial Commission of CT, 1776-1976)
May be the Coon Club
Also known as Shepard Hotel
GPS N 41-59-37  W 73-9-98
"What was called the "Underground Railroad" ran through Norfolk for many years, and among several 'stations' in the town, the house
of Dea. Amos Pettibone was one.  One of the natives says:  "Dea. Pettibone used to take the passengers on to the next 'station' in New Marlboro.
I remember his stopping one morning at my home to have us children see a young runaway slave whom he had kept over night, and was then
on his way to the next 'station'.  He showed the scars on his ankles where he had worn irons."  (Crissey  1900: 299)
Then on to New Marlboro, Stockbridge
This site is listed in Appendix 2, Underground Railroad Agents in Connecticut.  (Strother 1962:  210)
"One of the natives said."I remember his stopping one morning at my home to have us children see a young runaway slave he had
kept overnight and was then on his way to the next station.  He showed us the scars on the slave's ankles where he has worn irons."
(The Underground Railroad in Connecticut, 1976 pamphlet by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut)


Lawrence Tavern
-Thomas interview
Corner House?  West side of town, Greenwoods Road West?

Baptist Church
-on Rt. 272 north between Spauling Road and Campbells Falls Road.  On the east side of the road, the steps are still there. 
-Supposedly, it was burned for helping slaves.

James Mars
-"18th century slave, became free in a gradula emacipation law in Connecticut enacted in 1784..."  (http:www.courant.com)
-The Norfolk Historical Library has a booklet on him.  The booklet mentions Underground Railroad sites.

Curtiss Farm
-Thomas interview
Curtiss Corner, junction of Doolittle Drive

Other mentioned sites
Coon Club
House not far from the corner of route 183 and route 44.

Furnace
-Junction of Haystack Brook and Blackberry River.

Bloomery
-Samual Forbes and his brother, Elisha, at the juntion of Hay.stack Brook and the Blackberry River.