Welcome to VTGenWeb of
Caledonia County, Vermont
for History and
Genealogy Research
County
Coordinator: Ann Mensch |
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Thank you to
Dean Goss, who graciously allowed one of his wonderful waterfall photographs to
be used in the Caledonia County, Vermont graphic logo.
PAST HISTORY
of the Geographic Area of Caledonia County
Prior
to the American Revolution, the part of the country now known as
"Vermont" was claimed by New York and New Hampshire, and was known as
"The New Hampshire Grants".
New York divided the area into four counties: Bennington and Charlotte counties on the
west, and Cumberland and Gloucester counties of the east side of the Green
Mountains. (See era maps)
In
1791, Vermont joined the original 13 as a state in the union.
On
November 5, 1792, Caledonia County was incorporated from Orange County,
including all that part of Vermont north of that county, and extending so far
west as to include Montpelier and adjacent towns, however, the Caledonia County
was not fully organized until November 8, 1796, when Danville was made the
shire town. In 1811, the state of
Vermont was divided into eleven counties and the counties of Orleans and Essex
were incorporated from Caledonia County.
In addition, in 1811, four towns from Caledonia County were incorporated
into Washington County, to which Woodbury was also annexed, in 1836, and Cabot,
in 1855. In 1856, the county seat was
removed from Danville to St. Johnsbury where new county buildings were erected.
The
county was called "Caledonia" -the ancient Roman name of Scotland,
out of regard for the emigrants from that country who had purchased large
tracts of land in the county, and had large and flourishing settlements in
Barnet and Ryegate...
PRESENT
County
seat: St. Johnsbury
Located
in northeastern Vermont, with Essex County to the east, Washington and Orleans
Counties to the west, and Orange County to the south, the communities within
Caledonia County are found in the Towns Table which follows.
Select from
the TOWNS Table below to view information and links
specific to a town / township.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Caledonia County information and
links.
Please
note: Though the information on this web
page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify Ann Mensch should an error be
found.
TOWNS TABLE
Town |
Date of Grant |
Date of Charter |
Date of 1st Settlement |
Villages & Communities Within |
Contact |
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16 Sep 1763 |
4 Mar 1770 |
Barnet, Barnet Center, East Barnet, McIndoe Falls, Passupsic,
Walter Harvey, West Barnet |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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23 Feb 1782 |
1794 |
Burke Hollow, East Burke, West Burke |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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*Cabot |
1780 |
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Cabot was once a part of Caledonia County. In 1855, it became part of Washington
County, Vermont. See an 1835 Vermont
Counties Map, then visit Cabot, Washington County, Vermont |
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27 Oct 1786 |
31 Oct 1786 |
1783 or 1784 |
Danville, Harvey's Hollow, North Danville, West Danville |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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7 Nov 1780 |
20 Oct 1789 |
1787 |
Groton, West Groton |
Thank you to former TCs Jim Dresser & Don Smith |
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7 Nov 1780 |
19 Aug 1781 |
13 Mar 1792 |
East Hardwick, Hardwick, Mackville |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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20 Oct 1786 |
27 Oct 1790 |
Ca. 1792 |
North Kirby, South Kirby |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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2 Nov 1780 |
20 Nov 1780 |
Apr 1788 |
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6 Nov 1780 |
15 Aug 1781 |
1797 |
Newark |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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31 Dec 1763 |
1775 |
East Peacham, Peacham, South Peacham |
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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8 Sep 1763 |
1773 |
|
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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7 Nov 1780 |
7 Nov 1780 |
1794 |
|
(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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27 Oct 1786 |
1 Nov 1786 |
Apr 1788 |
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1 Feb 1792 |
1802 |
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26 Feb 1782 |
1790 |
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(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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6 Nov 1780 |
18 Aug 1781 |
1784 |
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7 Nov 1780 |
8 Nov 1780 |
Ca. 1783 |
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(formerly Robert H. Goss) |
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14 Jun 1785 |
14 Jun 1785 |
Ca. 1780 |
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GENERAL
Caledonia County information and links
§ Find A Grave
for Caledonia
County, Vermont Cemeteries
CENSUS
Note regarding the 1790 U.S. Census of
Vermont - 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.
§ The 1790
Census of Chittenden County - (includes towns which later became part of the
counties of Franklin, Chittenden, Lamoille and portions of Orleans, Washington
and Addison Counties)
§ The 1790 U.
S. Census of Orange County, Vermont included towns which were soon to become
part of Caledonia County when it was formed, in 1792, from Orange County,
(includes towns which came to be within the counties of Caledonia, Essex,
Orange, Orleans and Washington)
§ 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
o
Clues
in Census Records, 1850-1930
o
Nonpopulation
Census Records
o
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
§ History of Caledonia County and Towns: Part First. Gazetteer
of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT., 1764-1887, compiled and
published by Hamilton Child. Syracuse, N. Y. : The Syracuse Journal
Company, Printers and Binders, May, 1867.
§ Index to The Vermont
Historical Gazetteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the State,
transcribed by Rod Skinner (
§ Caledonia County
[Vermont], by Abby Maria
Hemenway, Ludlow, Vt.: Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1862.
§ Vermont in the Civil War, online by
Tom Ledoux,
HISTORICAL
& GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
MAPS
Ø 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).
Ø 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>
Ø 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>
Ø 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>
Ø 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>
o
This map shows the original Orange county from which Caledonia
County was created in 1796.
Ø 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>
Ø Vermont
Maps – Middlebury College digital collections.
Ø 1817 Map of Vermont, from
actual survey. By Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832. From Samuel Lewis' Atlas, 1817. DLC. [S.l., 181-]. Repository: Library of Congress Geography and
Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000097>
Ø 1826 Map of Vermont. By
Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854. [S.l.], 1826.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington,
D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000096>
Ø Index
to Names, Businesses, and Features, which appear in Caledonia County on the ca.
1858 atlas: "Map of Caledonia
County, Vermont From Actual Surveys under the direction of H. F. Walling",
New York : Baker & Tilden, 1858.
Ø "Map of Caledonia County, Vermont
From Actual Surveys under the direction of H. F. Walling", New York :
Baker & Tilden, 1858. [Library of
Congress]
Ø Use the
query form, at USGS, to
map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with a
feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town
where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the
actual feature. This database may not be
complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
MILITARY
Ø Vermont in the Civil War, by Tom Ledoux.
QUERIES
Would
you like to post a query related to Caledonia County, Vermont? Visit the Rootsweb message board for Caledonia
County, Vermont.
TOWNS /
TOWNSHIPS / VILLAGES
See
TOWNS TABLE
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:
Ø How to
Obtain Vital
Records for Vermont ?
Ø Vermont State Archives
& Records Administration
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Online
and Informational Copies of Vital Records
Ø 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.
Ø Index to Vermont
Vital Records, 1955-2003, (familysearch.org).
Ø Vermont, Town Clerk,
Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, (familysearch.org) - Vital and town records acquired from local
town clerk offices.
WILL &
PROBATE
".
. .The Probate Division handles the probate of wills, settlement of estates,
adoptions, guardianships, name changes, correction of vital records, and
uniform gifts to minors. . ." (vermontjudiciary.org)
Caledonia
District Probate Court: P.O. Box 406,
27 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605.
Caledonia
County Clerk: 27 Main Street - St.
Johnsbury, VT 05819-2637 Phone: (802)
748-6600.
TOWNS
LIST
BARNET
BURKE
*Cabot
[Washington County]
DANVILLE
GROTON
HARDWICK
KIRBY
LYNDON
NEWARK
PEACHAM
RYEGATE
SHEFFIELD
ST.
JOHNSBURY
STANNARD
SUTTON
WALDEN
WATERFORD
WHEELOCK
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