From Historical Rutland : an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 5:
Ten Charters Granted in One Year
Ten towns in Rutland County were granted charters between the 26th of August and the 20th of October, 1761, in which settlements were commenced at the following periods: Pawlet, 1761; Clarendon and Rutland, 1768; Castleton and Pittsford, 1769; Poultney and Wells, 1771 ; and Brandon, 1772. By the terms of the charters an ear of Indian corn was required to be paid annually by the trustees of each town until December, 1772, after which one shilling proclamation money was to be paid annually for each hundred acres.