See quot. 1792.
1777. Five hundred good carpenters, with ax-men and sawyers in proportion.—Maryland Journal, March 18.
1788. Twelve Axe-men, dressed in white frocks, with black girdles round their waists (Federal Procession).—Id., July 15.
1792. Then follow the axe-men, who clear away the bushes and fell the trees, in a space of three rods wide, cutting them as near as possible to the ground, that the stumps may not impede travelling.—Jeremy Belknap, ‘New Hampshire,’ iii. 76.
1798. The axemen had proceeded several miles in cutting the [boundary] line.—Aurora (Phila.), Sept. 1.
1800. Wanted to Hire, Eighty Axe-men and fifteen Team’s men, to go to Georgia.—Mass. Spy, Oct. 1.
1854. You will nerve the arm of the axeman whose energy will lead him to the dark and unbroken forests of Nebraska.—Mr. Campbell of Ohio, House of Reps., March 7: Cong. Globe, p. 404, Appendix.
