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Rutland County, Vermont
for History and
Genealogy Research
Rutland County was incorporated in
February, 1781.
County seat (Shire Town): Rutland.
Located in western Vermont, with
Windsor County to the east, Addison County to the north, and Bennington County
to the south, with Lake Champlain and the state of New York to its west.
Select from the TOWNS
LIST below to view information and links specific to each town/township.
Or, Select this LINK to see GENERAL Rutland County information and links.
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TOWNS LIST
BENSON, BRANDON, CASTLETON, CHITTENDEN, CLARENDON, DANBY, FAIR HAVEN, HUBBARDTON, IRA, MENDON, MIDDLETOWN
SPRINGS, Mt.
HOLLY, Mt. TABOR,
PAWLET
(Town Coordinator: MaryLynne Ellis),
PITTSFIELD
(Town Coordinator: Ann Mensch), PITTSFORD,
POULTNEY
(Town Coordinator: MaryLynne Ellis),
PROCTOR
(Town Coordinator: MaryLynne Ellis),
RUTLAND, SHERBURNE, SHREWSBURY, SUDBURY, TINMOUTH, WALLINGFORD,
WELLS,
WEST HAVEN, WEST RUTLAND
GENERAL RUTLAND COUNTY
HISTORICAL
& GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
· Find
A Grave for Rutland County, VT Cemeteries
CENSUS
· Index to 1790 U.S. Census Vermont
Info. - Note: Vermont joined the Union
in March, 1791, so its 1790 census was actually taken in 1791. At that time, Vermont consisted of 7
counties. Present-day counties were
later formed from all or portions of these seven counties.
· 1790 Census Info: Chittenden County -
(includes towns which later became part of the counties of Franklin,
Chittenden, Lamoille and portions of Orleans, Washington and Addison Counties)
· 1790 U. S. Census of Orange County,
Vermont Towns which were soon to become part of Caledonia County when formed,
in 1792, from Orange County, (includes towns which came to be within the
counties of Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans and Washington) abstracted by Jim Dresser, dedicated Town
Coordinator for Groton, VTGenWeb. Thank
you Jim!!! Note: This census of Vermont was actually taken in
1791.
· 1790 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1800 Census (familysearch.org)
· 1810 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1820 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1830 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1840 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1850 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1860 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1870 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1880 Census Index
- Excellent resource!!!
(familysearch.org)
· 1900 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1910 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1920 Census
(familysearch.org)
· Obtaining
EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse,
PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD
· 1930 Census
(familysearch.org)
· 1940 Census (familysearch.org)
· USGenWeb Census Project for
Vermont, coordinated by Linda Talbott
· NARA:
National Archives and Records Administration
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Clues in Census
Records, 1790-1840
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Clues in Census
Records, 1850-1930
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Nonpopulation
Census Records
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Prologue,
Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First
in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census,”
by Kellee Blake.
HISTORY
· Index to The
Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A
Local History of All the Towns in the State, transcribed by Rod Skinner (County
Coordinator for Windham County, VTGenWeb), 2006. The VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER is a 5
volume set of historical information, by Abby Maria Hemenway, with Volume I
published in 1867, and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Thank you!
Thank you! to Rod Skinner!!!
· History of Rutland
County, Vermont, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military, Vol. 1, by Abby Maria Hemenway. White River Junction, VT: 1882.
· History of Rutland
County, Vermont, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military, Vol. 2, by Abby Maria Hemenway. White River Junction, VT: 1882.
· History of Rutland
County, Vermont, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its
Prominent Men and Pioneers. H. P.
Smith and W. S. Rann (Editors), Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., Publishers,
1886.
· History of
Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical, in Three Parts. By Zadock Thompson,
Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1842.
· USGenWeb Archives for Rutland
County, Vermont – biographies, cemeteries, census, and more
· Vermont's Historic Roadside Markers
· Lemuel
Haynes (1756-1836) -" ...first black in America to serve as pastor of
a white congregation...Rutland's West Parish"
· Smalley-Davenport Shop -
Thomas Davenport, 1802-1851, Inventor of the Electric Motor and Orange Alfonso
Smalley (Brandon and Forestdale, VT)
HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETIES
MAPS
· Vermont Area Map of ca.
1756: An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New
England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence,
& eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate
to the present war on the continent of North America. By Saml.
Langdon (1723-1797).
· Ca. 1780 Map which shows
land grants and purchases in northeastern New York State and granted townships
in Vermont and parts of New Hampshire, and Massachusetts: A chorographical
map of the Northern Department of North-America, drawn from the latest and most
accurate observations, at Amsterdam by Cóvens and Mortier and Cóvens, junior. By H. Klockhoff,
sculp., [Amsterdam] 1780. Repository:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA,
url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3715.ar082800>
· Ca. 1781 Map: An Accurate
map of New Hampshire in New England, from a late survey. [London,
1781]. From the Universal magazine of
knowledge and pleasure. March, 1781. Repository: Library of Congress Geography
and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087200>
· Ca. 1784 Map: An accurate
map of the State and Province of New-Hampshire in New England, taken from
actual surveys of all the inhabited part, and from the best information of what
is uninhabited, together with the adjacent countries, which exhibits the
theatre of this war in that part of the world, by Col. Blanchard and the Revd. Mr. Langdon. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys.
With many additions by Abel Sawyer. Boston, 1784. Repository: Library of Congress Geography and
Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087100>
· 1795 Map of Vermont, from
actual survey. By Doolittle, Amos
(1754-1832). From Carey's American
Atlas, Philadelphia, 1795. DLC.
Philadelphia, 1795. Repository:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA,
url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000093>
· 1814 Map of Vermont, from
actual survey. By Carey, Mathew (1760-1839). From Carey's General Atlas of
the World. DLC. [S.l.],
1814. Repository: Library of Congress
Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000094>
· Vermont
Maps – Middlebury College digital collections.
MILITARY
· Vermont
in the Civil War, by Tom Ledoux.
QUERIES
· Rootsweb
Message Boards for Rutland County, VT
TOWNS / TOWNSHIPS / VILLAGES
See Town List
VITAL RECORDS
Vermont
vital records may be obtained through the town clerk of the town in which the
event occurred and/or through the resources below:
· How to Obtain Vital
Records for Vermont ?
· Vermont State Archives
& Records Administration
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Online
and Informational Copies of Vital Records
· Index to Vermont
Vital Records, 1760-1954, (familysearch.org) – note this index may not be complete,
some towns and records may not be included among state records.
·
Index to Vermont
Vital Records, 1955-2003, (familysearch.org).
· Vermont, Town Clerk,
Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, (familysearch.org) - Vital and town records acquired from local
town clerk offices.
WILL & PROBATE
· Rutland District Probate Court: 83 Center Street - P.O. Box 339 - Rutland VT 05701;
Phone: (802) 775-0114.
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Estates
and Wills (FAQ)
· Fair Haven District Probate
Court: North Park Place - Fair Haven,
VT 05743, Phone: (802) 265-3380.
BENSON - Date Formed: 1780 - Villages & Communities
include: Benson, Benson Landing.
· Town of Benson, VT
· Benson Town Clerk: P. O. Box 163 - Benson, VT 05731;
Phone: (802) 537-2611.
· Some
Gravestone Inscriptions & Photos found in the Old Benson Cemetery,
located behind the Town Clerk office in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont,
contributed by Belinda Beldin, E-mail:
[email protected]. Thank you
Belinda!
· History of Rutland
County, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its
prominent men and pioneers, by H. P. Smith.
Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1886, (1007 pgs.)
The early Benson, Rutland County deaths were transcribed and
donated to be posted to the VTGenWeb site, by Mona Knight. Thank you Mona!!!
Page 467. Examples of Longevity.
Solomon Martin, died July 10, 1845, aged 93.
Sarah, wife of Elial Smith, died
March 23, 1862, aged 92.
Anna, widow of Arnold Briggs, died August 17, 1869, aged 93.
Simeon Goodrich, died Feb 7, 1852, aged 92.
Rebecca, widow of Robert Barber, died March 18, 1856, aged
92.
Elial Smith, died May 10, 1867, aged 92.
Othniel Goodrich, died Aug 12, 1853, aged
91.
Fear, widow of Captain Stephen Olmsted, died January 7, 1825,
aged 90.
William Jones, died March 23, 1852, aged 89.
Timothy Watson, died Aug 6, 1852, aged 89.
Mary, wife of Robert Parkhill, died
Oct 26, 1800, aged 89.
Stephen Sherwood, died Jan 11, 1832, aged 89.
William Manning, died Jan 8, 1847, aged 88.
Susanna, widow of Rufus Walker, died July 20, 1863, aged 88.
The first death in this town is not now known, but the first
recorded in the town record of deaths is that of an infant son of Benoni and
Lucy Gleason, named James, who was born April 5, 1789, and died on the
following day. With the exception of the child above mentioned, no inscription
on any gravestone records a death earlier than that of Captain William Barber,
which occurred August 11, 1789, at the age of forty-six years.
• Old Cemetery behind
the Town Clerk office in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont
BRANDON
- Date Formed: 1761 - Villages
& Communities include: Brandon,
Forest Dale.
· Brandon,
Vermont Chamber of Commerce
· Brandon Town Clerk:
49 Center Street - Brandon, VT 05733; Phone: (802) 247-3635.
· Cemeteries include:
Brandon Cemetery -
Established in 1788. Last burial in 1890.
CASTLETON - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Blissville,
Bomoseen, Castleton, Castleton Corners, West
Castleton.
CHITTENDEN
- Date Formed: 1780 - Villages
& Communities include: Chittenden,
Holden
CLARENDON - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Alfrecha,
Chippenhook, Clarendon, Clarendon Springs, East
Clarendon, North Clarendon, Pierces Corner.
DANBY - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Danby, Danby Four Corners
FAIR HAVEN - Date Formed: 1779 - Villages & Communities
include: Fair Haven.
HUBBARDTON
- Date Formed: 1764 - Villages
& Communities include: East Hubbardton, Hortonia, Hubbardton.
IRA - Date Formed:
1780 - Villages & Communities include: Ira
MENDON - Date Formed: 1781 - Villages & Communities
include: Mendon
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS - Date Formed: 1784 - Villages & Communities
include: Middletown Springs
Note: The earlier maps of 1814 and 1854 only call the
town Middletown and do not include the word "Springs."
Mt. HOLLY - Date Formed: 1792 - Villages & Communities
include: Belmont, Healdville,
Hortonville, Mount Holly, Tarbellville.
Mt. TABOR - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities include: Mount Tabor
PAWLET - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Pawlet, West Pawlet
VTGenWeb
for Pawlet, VT, coordinated by MaryLynne Ellis
PITTSFIELD - Date Formed: 1781 - Villages & Communities
include: Pittsfield
VTGenWeb
for Pittsfield, VT, coordinated by Ann Mensch
PITTSFORD - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Pittsford, Florence (aka Fowler
ca. 1902-1912)
POULTNEY - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: East Poultney, Horace,
Poultney, South Poultney.
VTGenWeb
for Poultney, VT, coordinated by MaryLynne Ellis
PROCTOR - Date Formed: 1886 - Villages & Communities
include: Proctor.
VTGenWeb
for Proctor, VT, coordinated by MaryLynne Ellis
RUTLAND - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: City of Rutland, Rutland
Center.
(Tim Foley’s old page linked, but no longer
updated)
SHERBURNE - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities include: North Sherburne, Sherburne Center, South
Sherburne.
SHREWSBURY - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Cold River, Cuttingsville,
North Shrewsbury, Russellville.
SUDBURY - Date Formed: 1763 - Villages & Communities
include: Sudbury.
TINMOUTH - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: Tinmouth.
WALLINGFORD - Date Formed: 1761 - Villages & Communities
include: East Wallingford, South
Wallingford, Wallingford.
WELLS - Villages & Communities
include: Wells.
WEST HAVEN - Date Formed: 1792 - Villages & Communities
include: West Haven.
WEST RUTLAND - Date Formed: 1886 - Villages & Communities
include: West Rutland
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