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 4:
Under Five Different Powers
Rutland County has the distinction of having been in the course of its history under the jurisdiction of five different powers: first, the native aborigines, next, the French by right of discovery, then, the English by conquest and colonization, after that, by the independent republic of Vermont up to the time of the admission of the State into the Union, March 4, 1791, and finally, the government of the United States of America up to the present time.