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Windsor County, Vermont
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Select from the TOWNS TABLE below to view information and links specific
to each town/township.
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information and links.
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County
Coordinator: Ann
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Please note: Though the information on this web page is
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TOWNS TABLE
Windsor County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each
town follow the town's name, in normal type.
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TOWN -
Villages and communities |
Town coordinator for Genealogy
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ANDOVER - Andover, Simonsville |
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BALTIMORE - Baltimore |
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BARNARD - Barnard, East Barnard |
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BETHEL- Bethel, West Bethel |
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BRIDGEWATER
- Bridgewater,
Bridgewater Center, Bridgewater Corners, West Bridgewater |
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CAVENDISH - Cavendish, Proctorsville,
Whitesville |
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CHESTER - Chester [historical names:
Flamstead, New Flamstead] After 1768, when Cumberland County, New York was
created, legal matters could be settled at Chester, VT, where there were
courts of common pleas and of quarter sessions. |
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HARTFORD - Hartford, Quechee, West Hartford,
White River Junction |
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HARTLAND - Hartland, Hartland Four Corners, North
Hartland, Wilder (aka Olcott/Olcott Falls) |
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LUDLOW - Ludlow, Smithville |
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NORWICH - Lewiston, Norwich, Pompanoosuc,
West Norwich |
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PLYMOUTH (historical name: Saltash) - Tyson,
Plymouth, Plymouth Union |
Town coordinator: Nancy Wygant |
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POMFRET - Hewitts Corner, North Pomfret,
Pomfret, South Pomfret |
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READING - Felchville, Hammondsville,
Reading, South Reading |
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ROCHESTER - Emerson, Rochester, Talcville |
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ROYALTON- North Royalton, Royalton, South
Royalton |
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SHARON - Sharon |
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SPRINGFIELD
- North
Springfield, City of Springfield |
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STOCKBRIDGE- Gaysville, Stockbridge, "No
Town" |
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WEATHERSFIELD
- Amsden,
Ascutney, Nelsons Corners, Perkinsville, Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield
Center |
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WESTON - The Island, Weston |
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WEST WINDSOR
- Brownsville,
Sheddsville |
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WINDSOR - Windsor |
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WOODSTOCK - Prosper, South Woodstock,
Taftsville, West Woodstock, Woodstock |
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GENERAL WINDSOR COUNTY
HISTORY & GENEALOGY
About
Windsor County: Organization of
Townships
HISTORICAL
& GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
ARCHIVES
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· USGenWeb Archives Project for Windsor County
and Vermont
· Find
A Grave for Windsor County, VT Cemeteries
· The Tombstone
Transcription Project for Windsor County, Vermont Cemeteries
· The Political Graveyard:
Windsor County, Vermont - includes Cemeteries and Memorial Sites in Windsor
County.
· The Poorhouse Story, by Linda
Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites
submissions to help tell this untold tale - read "Emma's Story "
to see the touching story behind the site!!!
· Etiquette
of Funerals , from Polite Life and Etiquette or What is Right and The Social
Arts, written by Georgene Corry Benham, published by Chicago : Louis Benham
& Company, 1891.
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
· Windsor
County, Vermont: Organization of Townships
· Burial Grounds of Vermont. Bradford,
Vermont, by Arthur Lee and Frances P. Hyde (editors), Vermont Old Cemetery
Association, 1991.
· History of Windsor County,
Vermont, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent
Men and Pioneers. Lewis Cass Aldrich
and Frank R. Holmes. (Editors). Syracuse, N. Y. : D. Mason & Co.,
Publishers, 1891.
· President
Calvin Coolidge was born 4 Jul 1872 in Plymouth, Vermont.
· Tyson
Furnace : "...In 1835, while looking for minerals, Isaac Tyson, Jr.
discovered iron ore in the valley of the Black River near Plymouth [Vermont].
He set up his iron works in the southern part of Plymouth, which he named Tyson
Furnace..."
· The Vermont Atlas &
Gazetteer. Eighth Edition, Third
Printing. Freeport, Maine: Delorme.
1988.
· School and Library Atlas of the
World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D.
(Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and Library Publishing Company. 1982.
· Vermont: A Bibliography of Its
History. T. D. S. Bassett. (Editor).
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1981.
· Bibliography of Vermont: Or a List of
Books and Pamphlets Relating in any Way to the State. Gilman, Marcus D. (Editor). Burlington: Free
Press Association, 1897.
· State and Province Vital Records
Guide. Michael Burgess, et al. (Authors). San Berardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1993.
· Vermont Historical Gazetteer. 5 vols.
Abby M. Hemenway. (Author). Burlington:
The Author, 1867-1891.
· Men of Vermont: An Illustrated
Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont. Jacob G. Ullery. (Editor).
Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Co., 1894.
· Encyclopedia, Vermont Biography: A
Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont
and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Prentiss C. Dodge. (Editor). Burlington: Ullery Publishing Co.,
1912.
· Vermont, the Green Mountain State :
past, present, prospective. Greene, Frank L.. unknown. Vermont Commission to
the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition. 1907.
Windsor County, Vermont: Organization of Townships
Abstracted from:
History of Windsor County, Vermont, with Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers.1
When the State of Vermont was admitted to the Federal Union,
in 1791, all that had been previously done by the State toward erecting and
maintaining an independent government was confirmed and sanctioned by Congress,
while the jurisdiction theretofore attempted to be exercised by New York was
withdrawn and declared at an end. At that
time the county of Windsor, and others of the State as well, was fairly well
organized, the officers of each branch of the local government were in the
exercise of their functions, and peace and plenty prevailed on every hand.
But the townships of Windsor county, or at least a majority
of them, were organizations the creation of which antedated that of the State
and that of the county, by a number of years.
Between the governor of New Hampshire on the one side, and of New York
on the other, there was but little of the territory of Vermont that had not in
some manner been granted and chartered.
These grants, of course, were conflicting in numerous cases, and the
grantees and their successors were compelled to pay allegiance to one or the
other of the Commonwealths; and instances are not wanting in which the settlers
of towns surrendered their original charter from the one government, and
purchased anew from the other.
Of the several towns that now comprise Windsor county the
first to be chartered was that now known as Chester, but which under the
original grant was named Flamstead . The
first grant of this town was made February 22, 1754. However, the charter proprietors failed to
comply with the conditions and requirements of the grant, whereupon it was
forfeited. The second charter of the
same territory was made on the 3d of November, 1761, to another set of
proprietors, and under another name, the latter being New Flamstead. Under this grant settlements were made and
pioneer improvements commenced. But it
appears that during the early years of the controversy between New York and the
Green Mountain Boys, the inhabitants of this town were disposed to favor the
New York interests, and being imbued
with such spirit, yielded up or set at nought the New Hampshire charter and
procured another from the former province.
Under this last grant, which was made on July 14, 1766, the name Chester
was given the township, and by that name it has ever since been known. In 1771, under the New York authority, an
enumeration of the town's inhabitants was made, and Chester was found to
contain one hundred and fifty-two souls.
The next grants of
townships now of Windsor county under the authority of New Hampshire were made
on the 4th day of July, 1761, by which the towns of Hartford and Norwich were
brought into existence. Then, following
two days later, on July 6th, Governor Wentworth made grants of the townships of
Saltash (now Plymouth), Reading, and Windsor .
Pomfret came next, July 8, 1761, and was followed on the 10th of the
same month by Woodstock, Hertford (Hartland), and Woodstock. Barnard was
chartered on the 17th of July, 1761; Stockbridge on the 21st; Sharon on the
17th of August; Springfield and Weathersfield on the 20th; Ludlow on September
16th; Cavendish on October 12th; Andover on October 13th. All of these towns were granted during the
year 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth of New
Hampshire. But not all of these towns
were organized and continued under the authority of the New Hampshire charters,
some subsequently, like Chester, receiving a new grant from the provincial
governor of New York.
And there were other towns, too, that now form a part of this
county that were organized or granted under still another jurisdiction--that of
the independent district or State of Vermont, although they were, of course, a
latter-day creation. Bethel was one of
the latter class of townships, being the result of an associations, which was
formed at Hanover, N. H., and which petitioned the Vermont authority for a
charter right for the purpose of making a settlement on the White River and its
branches. This petition was made to the
Vermont Legislature in 1778, and was granted during the month of March of the
same year.
In substantially the same manner was the town of Rochester
brought into existence, the grant therefore being made on the 30th of July,
1781. It contained originally slightly
more than twenty-three thousand acres of land, but its township area was
materially increased by subsequent annexations from adjoining towns.
Royalton was one of the townships granted first under the
authority of New York, on November 13, 1769, but the claimants under that
charter felt insecure in their possession, and were fearful lest the constantly
increasing and arbitrary power of Vermont should deprive them of their believed
rights, and were consequently induced to apply for a new charter under the new
State, which was granted to the petitioners on December 20, 1781.
Next in the order of formation came the township of Baltimore
; a small, triangular tract of land, embracing some three thousand acres,
which, for the convenience of the
residents of that part of the town of Cavendish who lived southeast of Hawk's
Mountain, was set off into a separate sub-division of the county, by an act of
the Vermont Legislature passed October 19, 1793. This is the smallest by several fold of any
of the county's sub-divisions, but none the less a township organized and conducted
upon the same truly democratic plan of government so characteristic of all New
England towns.
The same necessity that led to the formation of Baltimore
also induced the erection of the township of Weston out of the lands that
formerly formed a part of Andover and the five thousand acre tract known as
Benton's Gore. The extremely high ridges
known as Mount Terrible and Markham Mountain extended north and south about
through the central part of Andover, thus making it exceedingly difficult for
the residents of the western part of that township to hold business
communication with the eastern half; and for this reason the western
inhabitants betook themselves to the State Legislature, asking that their
section be erected into a separate township.
Their prayer was heard, and on the 26th of October, 1799, the western
part of the town, together with the gore, was erected into a separate town and
named Weston.
The town of West Windsor is the junior of the subdivisions of
the county, its separation from the township of Windsor having been effected
first in 1814, but restored during the next year. Again, in 1848, the town of Windsor was
divided, and West Windsor set off. The
act of the Legislature that effected the last division was passed October 26,
1848.
It is also proper to furnish to the reader the names of the
townships of this county which were organized under the jurisdiction and
control of the province and subsequent State of New York; and this mention,
collectively, becomes important from the fact that the preceding paragraphs have
primarily noted the organization under New Hampshire and Vermont
authority. The towns now forming a part
of Windsor county which were chartered or granted by the governors of New York,
together with the date of each, are as follows:
Bethel. -- This town
was first chartered or granted to a company of men, most of whom were then, or
afterwards became, Tories. The date of
this charter is unknown. [per Deming's
Catalogue]
Cavendish. -- This
town was chartered by New York June 16, 1772.
Chester. -- Already
mentioned; chartered by New York July 14, 1766.
Hartland. --
Chartered as "Hertferd" by New Hampshire
July 10, 1761; but charter confirmed by New York to other proprietors July 23,
1766.
Plymouth, formerly
Saltash. -- Town granted by New York to Ichabod
Fisher and others May 13, 1772.
Reading. -- Granted
by New York March 6, 1772, to Simon Stevens and others.
Royalton. --
Chartered by New York November 13, 1769.
Springfield. --
Granted by New York to Gideon Lyman March 16, 1772.
Stockbridge. --
Granted by New York to William Story and others in 1761.
Weathersfield. --
Granted, April 8, 1772, to Gideon Lyman and others.
Windsor. -- Granted,
July 7, 1766, to David Stone, 2d, and others.
Formation of Windsor County, Vermont
A division of the
State, or, as it was then known, the district of the New Hampshire Grants, into counties, was
made by the province of New York, on the 3d of July 1766, by virtue of an act
of the Provincial Assembly. By that act
all the district of the grants that lay eastward of the Green Mountains was
erected into a county by the name of Cumberland. This act, however, was annulled by the Royal
decree of 1767, which was intended to forbid New York from exercising further
authority over the district, at least for the time being, but that province
continued its policy, notwithstanding the kin's order, and in 1768 repassed the act and proceeded again to organize the
county. They established a Court of
Common Pleas and appointed judges for the county. For a number of years the courts were held at
Chester, one of the towns of Windsor county, but there seemed to be an element
of the population in Chester that strongly favored the new State policy, and,
as the New York control had erected no county buildings in the town, it was
deemed expedient to move the seat of justice to Westminster, where existed less
opposition to New York. This removal to
the more congenial locality was made during the year 1772.
In the year 1770, by an act of the Provincial Assembly of New
York, passed March 7th, the territory of Cumberland county was divided, and the
county of Gloucester was formed, comprising the lands lying north of the
present north line of Windsor county, and the county seat of the new sub-division
was fixed at Newbury. Thus did the
district of land east of the mountains remain until the year 1778, after the
Independence of Vermont had been declared; and from that time forth until the
New York dominancy became gradually extinguished the people of the territory
now of Windsor county were living under the double and conflicting authority of
the two States.
In March, 1778, the Governor and Council and the General
Assembly of Vermont met in session at the meeting-house in Windsor; and among
the proceedings of that session were those looking to the erection of counties
and the establishment of such other institutions as were necessary to complete
the civil organization of the districts.
On the 17th of March the Governor and Council recommended that the
Assembly divide the territory of the State into two counties, that portion west
of the main chain of the mountains to be known as Bennington, and the part east
to be known as "Unity county."
The first request was complied with, but the latter was, on the 21st of
March, amended or altered by the Assembly, the name "Cumberland
county" being adopted instead of "Unity county." It was also voted at the same time that each
county have four probate districts; also that the county elections be held on
the 4th day of June, 1778.
On the 26th of March the Council appointed John HATCH, Joshua
BAYLEY, Ezra SARGEANT and Darius SESSIONS as county surveyors for the county of
Cumberland for the time being; also John BENJAMIN as sheriff, for the time
being, which meant until the forthcoming election. The shire town of the county of Cumberland
was fixed upon as Westminster, and judges of its courts were appointed by the
Assembly as follows: Major John
SHEPARDSON, first; Mr. Stephen TILDEN, second; Hubbel
WELLS, third; Deacon Hezekiah THOMSON, fourth; and Nathaniel ROBINSON, fifth
judges for the shire. And on the 17th of
June the Assembly boted to appoint special judges for
the several shires, those for Cumberland county as follows: John SHEPARDSON, Stephen TILDEN, Hezekiah
THOMSON, Colonel Samuel FLETCHER and Joshua WEBB.
In October, 1778, after the State election, the Legislature
again met at Windsor; and there were present members elected by the towns that
form a part of Windsor county, as follows:
Springfield, Lieutenant Samuel SCOTT; Chester, Major Thomas CHANDLER;
Weathersfield, Captain William UPHAM; Windsor, Captain Ebenezer CURTISS and
Thomas COOPER; Hertferd (Hartland), William GALLOP;
Woodstock, Captain Phineas WILLIAMS and Captain John STRONG; Hartford, Stephen
TILDEN; Pomfret, Captain John THROOP; Barnard, Captain Edmond HODGES; Sharon,
Benjamin SPAULDING; Royalton, Lieutenant Joseph PARKHURST; Norwich, Abel
CURTISS and Captain Joseph HATCH.
During this same fiscal year the county, now called Windsor, seems
also to have had a fair representation in the higher body of State officials
--the Council of Governor Chittenden; for the records disclose that Peter
OLCUTT of Norwich, Paul SPOONER of Hartland, Thomas MURDOCK of Norwich, and Benjami EMMONS of Woodstock, were elected councillors, while Joseph MARSH of Hartford was elected
lieutenant governor. These persons were
chosen to the same offices in the preceding March election, and their
re-election seems to have shown that each possessed the entire confidence of
his constituency.
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From what has already been stated, it will be observed that
the greater part of the towns of Windsor county were in existence a number of
years prior to the organization of the county itself. When Windsor county was set off by the
division of Cumberland county, the character of the government of the towns was
in no manner changed, and the only effect of that act was to lessen the
territory included within the county, and to make its government more
convenient for its inhabitants and for the State. And by the extinguishment of the New York
authority and jurisdiction there seems not to have been occasioned any material
change in any of the towns, and no interests appear to have been adversely affected. The people were merely changed from the
jurisdiction of one State to that of another, and all controversy over the
rights of State was ended and forgotten.
Those of the town that were organized and governed under the New York
charters continued for the time being their distinctive character, and the
succeeding elections not infrequently found officers chosen under Vermont that
had previously served under New York.
Such became the situation of affairs in this county, and in
others, when Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791. Disagreements and disputes were alike
compromised and dropped as the result of that consummation, and an interest in
the general welfare of the whole people took the place of strifes
and contention among individuals.
With the end attained, the people of the several towns of the
county entered upon an era of prosperity not before enjoyed in the history of
the Commonwealth. And the people of the
region were fully able to appreciate the advantages and blessings of peace and
quiet, as for forty years prior to that event those who had lived in the State
and upon the grants had seen nothing but a succession of combats and
misfortunes and strifes and dissensions, and to them
in particular was the peace that followed the year 1791 a double blessing.
But for only one short score of years were the people to be
thus favored, when America found herself on the verge of another war with Great
Britain; and again was the farmer to leave the field, the woodsman the forest,
and the mechanic his shop, and with sword and musket again join the ranks in
the defense of that independence he had so lately fought to gain. During the five years next preceding 1812,
the whole country was in a state of nominal peace; but throughout these years
there was gathering in the political horizon that dark cloud which was destined
to plunge the nation into another foreign war.
In 1775, and the years following, America fought for independence, and
achieved a recognition among the powers of the earth. In 1812 she again engaged against the mother
country to maintain that independence which in years past had been forcibly
acquired.
HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETIES
MAPS
· Atlas of Windsor Co.,
Vermont, by F. W. Beers, 1869. (view
online or download .pdf; property owners on the map)
· 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
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MAILING LISTS
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·
A Windsor County, VT Genealogy Mailing List on Rootsweb is administered by Darrell A. Martin. If
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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
· Vermont
Probate Courts - ". . . The Probate Division handles the probate of wills, settlement
of estates, adoptions, guardianships, name changes, correction of vital
records, and uniform gifts to minors. . ."
· Windsor District Probate Court: P.O.
Box 402 - North Springfield VT
05150; Phone: (802) 886-2284.
· Hartford District Probate Court: On The Green - Woodstock VT 05901;
Phone: (802) 457-1503.
TOWNS/TOWNSHIPS - Villages and communities
ANDOVER - chartered in 1761; villages & communities
include: Andover, Simonsville
Note: In 1799,
the Town of Weston was taken from a portion of Andover.
· The Local History of
Andover, Vermont, by Hiland H. Gutterson, et. al. Abby Maria Hemenway, editor. Chicago, 1866. (includes biographical
sketches)
· Andover Town Clerk: 953 Weston-Andover Road - Andover, VT
05143; Phone: (802) 875-2765.
· Cemeteries include:
Batchelder - Baldwin Cemetery, established in 1831; last burial in 1888;
East Hill Cemetery, established in 1797; located in northeastern
Andover, at Latitude: 431805N,
Longitude: 0724143W
Heald Cemetery, established in 1803; located in east central Andover,
northwest from the village of Andover, at Latitude: 431700N, Longitude: 0724213W
Middletown Cemetery, established in 1807; located in west central
Andover, at Latitude: 431701N,
Longitude: 0724434W
Parkhurst Cemetery (private plot), established in 1844;
Pettengill Cemetery, established in 1838; last
burial in 1894; located in west central Andover, just north from the village of
Andover, at Latitude: 431706N,
Longitude: 0724144W
Simonsville Cemetery, established in 1830; located near the village of
Simonsville, in south central Andover; at Latitude: 431532N, Longitude: 0724305W
BALTIMORE - was formed in 1793 from the Town of Cavendish.
Villages & Communities include: Baltimore
· Town of Baltimore, VT Facebook Page
· Baltimore Town Clerk: 1902 Baltimore Road - Baltimore, VT 05143;
Phone: (802) 263-5274.
· Cemeteries include:
The Baltimore Cemetery, established
in 1795; last burial in 1907; located at Latitude: 432203N, Longitude: 0723254W
BARNARD - Barnard, East Barnard
· Barnard Historical Society Museum
· Charles Danforth Public Library -
Barnard, VT 05031; Phone: (802)
234-9183.
· Barnard Town Clerk: P.O Box 274 - Barnard, VT 05031 Phone: (802) 234-9211.
· Cemeteries include:
There are several
family plots in Barnard including the Boyden, Chamberlain, and Moore burial
grounds.
East Barnard Cemetery, established in 1841; located at
Latitude: 434438N, Longitude: 0723235W
Ellis - Ashley Cemetery, established in 1821; last burial in
1912; located at Latitude: 434606N, Longitude: 0723530W
Moore Cemetery, established in 1838; last burial
1949.
North Road Methodist Cemetery, established in 1810; located at
Latitude: 434602N, Longitude: 0723638W
Nye Cemetery, established in 1807; last burial in
1956; located at Latitude: 434359N,
Longitude: 0723950W
Perkins Cemetery, established in 1822; located at
Latitude: 434212N, Longitude: 0723440W
Prosper Cemetery, located in southeastern Barnard; at
Latitude: 433835N, Longitude: 0723321W
Silver Lake Cemetery (see Village Cemetery).
South Barnard Cemetery, established in 1797; last burial in
1979; located at Latitude: 434053N,
Longitude: 0723553W
Village Cemetery (aka Silver Lake Cemetery),
established in 1915; located at Latitude:
434333N, Longitude: 0723717W
Winwood Cemetery, established in 1973.
BETHEL- Bethel, West Bethel
· First Congregational
Church, Bethel, VT: 1906 List of
Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast
Kingdom website
· 1848:
Vermont's first train passes on the twenty-seven miles of tracks from White
River Junction to Bethel..., online from the VHS.
· Map of Bethel, Vt. 1886.
Burleigh Lith. Establishment. Burleigh,
L. R. (Lucien R.), 1853?-1923. Published Troy, N.Y., L. R. Burleigh [1886].
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C.
20540-4650 USA.
· The Fairbanks
Brothers of Bethel and Royalton - soldiers of the Civil War
· Bethel
Historical Society Museum: Church
Street - Bethel, VT 05032 - Phone: (802) 234-9413.
· Bethel
Town Clerk: 134 South Main Street
(P.O. Box 404) - Bethel, VT 05032 Phone:
(802) 234-9722.
BRIDGEWATER - Bridgewater, Bridgewater Center,
Bridgewater Corners, West Bridgewater
· UNH Dimond:
Historic USGS
Maps of Bridgewater, Vermont
· Bridgewater
Town Clerk: P.O Box 14 - Bridgewater, VT 05034; Phone: (802) 672-3334.
CAVENDISH - Cavendish, Proctorsville,
Whitesville
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Cavendish
· Cavendish Historical Society Museum -
(VT Route 131 in Cavendish, VT) P.O. Box 110 - Cavendish, VT 05142; Phone: (802) 484-7498.
· Cavendish Town Clerk: P.O Box 126 - Cavendish, VT 05142; Phone:
(802) 226-7292.
· Cemeteries include:
Cavendish Village Cemetery
Coffee Cemetery
Hillcrest Cemetery
Old Revolutionary War Cemetery
Proctor Cemetery
Twenty-Mile Stream Cemetery
Wheelock Resthouse Cemetery
CHESTER - Chester [historical names:
Flamstead, New Flamstead]
Of the several towns that now comprise
Windsor county the first to be chartered was that now known as Chester, but
which under the original grant was named Flamstead. The first grant of this town was made
February 22, 1754. However, the charter
proprietors failed to comply with the conditions and requirements of the grant,
whereupon it was forfeited. The second
charter of the same territory was made on the 3d of November, 1761, to another
set of proprietors, and under another name, the latter being New
Flamstead. Under this grant settlements
were made and pioneer improvements commenced.
But it appears that during the early years of the controversy between
New York and the Green Mountain Boys, the inhabitants of this town were
disposed to favor the New York interests, and being imbued with such spirit, yielded up or set at
nought the New Hampshire charter and procured another from the former
province. Under this last grant, which
was made on July 14, 1766, the name Chester was given the township, and by that
name it has ever since been known. In
1771, under the New York authority, an enumeration of the town's inhabitants
was made, and Chester was found to contain one hundred and fifty-two souls. (History of Windsor
County, Vermont, by Lewis Cass Aldrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891).
After 1768,
when Cumberland County, New York was created, legal matters could be settled at
Chester, VT, where there were courts of common pleas and of quarter sessions.
· First Congregational
Church, Chester, VT: 1868 List of
Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast
Kingdom website
· The Whiting Library: 117 Main Street, PO Box 68, - Chester, VT
05143 Phone: (802) 875-2277.
· Chester
Historical Society: Main Street - Chester, VT 05143; Phone: (802) 875-3767
or (802) 875-2497.
· Chester
Town Clerk: P. O. Box 370 - Chester,
VT 05143 Phone: (802) 875-2173.
· Cemeteries include:
Brookside, North Street, Pleasant View, Poplar Grove, and
cemeteries located in West Chester and on Spoonerville and Smokeshire Roads.
HARTFORD - Villages & Communities
include: Hartford, Quechee, West Hartford, White River Junction
· 2nd Congregational Church,
Hartford, VT: 1812-1892, by Janice
Boyko, on the Northeast Kingdom website
· Hartford Library: 1587 Maple Street, Hartford, VT 05047; Phone: (802) 296-2568.
· Quechee Public Library: 41 Main Street - Quechee, VT 05059; Phone: (802) 295-1232.
· Hartford Town Clerk:
171 Bridge Street - White River Junction, VT 05001; Phone: (802) 295-9353.
HARTLAND - Villages & Communities
include: Hartland, Hartland Four
Corners, North Hartland, Wilder (aka Olcott/Olcott Falls)
· First
Congregational Church, Hartland, VT:
1906 List of Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko,
on the Northeast Kingdom website
· Hartland Historical Society and
Museum: P.O. Box 198, Hartland, VT 04048
· Hartland Town Clerk: P.O. Box 349 - Hartland, VT 05048; Phone: (802) 436-2444.
LUDLOW - Villages and communities include:
Ludlow, Smithville
· Town
and Village of Ludlow, VT
· Congregational Church,
Ludlow, VT: 1907 List of Pastors,
Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast Kingdom
website
· Black
River Academy Museum - (14 High Street in Ludlow, VT) P.O. Box 73 - Ludlow,
VT 05149; Phone: (802) 228-5050.
· Fletcher
Memorial Library: 88 Main Street -
Ludlow, VT 05149; Phone:
(802) 228-8921
· Ludlow
Town Clerk: P.O Box 307 - Ludlow, VT 05149;
Phone: (802) 228-3232.
NORWICH - Villages & Communities
include: Lewiston, Norwich, Pompanoosuc,
West Norwich
· Congregational Church,
Norwich, VT: 1891 List of Pastors,
Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast Kingdom
website
· Norwich Town Clerk: P.O Box 376 -
Norwich, VT 05055; Phone: (802)
649-1419.
PLYMOUTH (historical name: Saltash) -
Villages & Communities include:
Tyson, Plymouth, Plymouth Union
· VTGenWeb: Plymouth, Vermont
Genealogy and History, by Nancy Wygant
· Note: For 1790 U.S. Census of
Plymouth, see Saltash, Vermont.
· President
Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont
· Tyson
Furnace : "...In 1835, while looking for minerals, Isaac Tyson, Jr.
discovered iron ore in the valley of the Black River near Plymouth. He set up
his iron works in the southern part of Plymouth, which he named Tyson
Furnace..."
· Plymouth Town
Clerk: 68 Town Office Road, Plymouth VT 05056; Phone: (802) 672-3655.
POMFRET - Villages & Communities
include: Hewitts Corner, North Pomfret,
Pomfret, South Pomfret
· Town of Pomfret, VT Facebook Page
· Pomfret,
Vermont [History], in 2 volumes, by Henry H. Vail and Emma Chandler White
· Vital
Records of Pomfret, VT, (familysearch.org)
· The
LEONARDS of Pomfret, VT, with photos and genealogy, by Bob Dill
([email protected]) of Clermont, FL
· Pomfret Historical Society: P.O. Box
54, South Pomfret, VT 05067; Phone: (802) 457-1021
· Abbott Memorial Public Library: Stage
Road (P.O. Box 95) - South Pomfret, VT 05067; Phone: (802) 457-2236
· Pomfret Town Clerk: P. O. Box 64 -
South Plymouth, VT 05067 ; Phone: (802) 457-3861.
READING - chartered in 1761; Villages &
Communities include: Felchville,
Hammondsville, Reading, South Reading
· The young Chief
Justice Salmon P. Chase and Robert Estabrook on Shedd Hill, too, (in
Reading, Vermont), by Stephen F. Ells, includes a photo view from Bald Hill,
Reading, Vermont.
· Centennial
Celebration, Together with an Historical Sketch of Reading, Windsor County,
Vermont, and its Inhabitants from the First Settlement of the Town to 1874,
By Gilbert A. Davis, Bellows Falls, Press of A.N. Swain, 1874.
· History of Reading,
Windsor County, Vermont. Vol. II. By Gilbert A. Davis, [Windsor? Vt., 1903]. Supplementary to the author's
"Centennial celebration, together with an historical sketch of Reading,
Windsor County, Vermont, and its inhabitants from the first settlement of the
town to 1874 ... Bellows Falls, Press of A.N. Swain. 1874."
· History of
the Town of Reading, Vermont
· Reading Historical Society Museum:
Reading, VT 05062; Phone: (802)
484-7271.
· Reading
Library: 717 Route 106, Reading, VT 05062;
Phone: (802) 484-5428.
· Reading Town Clerk: P.O Box 72 - Reading, VT 05062; Phone: (802) 484-7250.
· CEMETERIES in Reading, Vermont
include:
Amsden Cemetery: Established in 1804, Located north
of Felchville (Reading P. O.), in eastern Reading Township, near the Reading
and West Windsor boundary, Latitude: 432817N; Longitude: 0723151W
Buck Cemetery (family): Established in 1828. Last
burial in 1861, north of Reading in the woods off of Route 106.
Felchville Cemetery: Established in 1842, Located at
Felchville, in southeastern Reading Township, Latitude: 432721N; Longitude:
0723232W
Hapgood Family Cemetery: Established ca. 1795, Located west
of Hammondsville; at Bailey's Mills Bed & Breakfast
Hapgood-Spite Cemetery: Established in 1807, Located in
east central Reading Township, Latitude: 433015N; Longitude: 0723407W
Rice Cemetery (family): Established in 1836. Last
burial in 1864, Location unknown
Shedd Cemetery: Established in 1831, Last burial in
1883, Located in north central Reading Township, Latitude: 433123N; Longitude:
0723434W
South Reading Cemetery: Established in 1811, Located at the
village of South Reading, in Reading Township, Latitude: 432827N; Longitude:
0723515W
Spear Cemetery: Established in 1798,
Swain Cemetery: Established in 1825, Last burial in
1878, Located in central Reading Township, Latitude: 433049N; Longitude:
0723633W
Weld-Sawyer Cemetery (aka Sawyer-Stand Cemetery):
Established in 1786; Located in south western Reading Township, Latitude:
432859N; Longitude: 0723710W
ROCHESTER - Villages & Communities
include: Emerson, Rochester, Talcville
· Rochester Public Library: P. O. Box 256, 22 South Main Street,
Rochester, VT 05767
· Rochester Historical Society: P. O. Box 238, Rochester, VT 05767-0238.
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Rochester
History Topics
· Printed books:
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Rochester, Vermont, Its History,
1780-1975, by Wendall Wales Williams, Published by the
authority of the Town of Rochester, 1975 (Burlington, Vt. : Queen City
Printers).
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Rochester Remembers: 1781-1981, edited by Earl N. Davis, Jr. and
Mary O. Davis, [Rochester, Vt.? : s.n., 1975?].
· Rochester Town Clerk: 67 School Street - P.O Box 238 - Rochester,
VT 05767; Phone: (802) 767-3631.
· CEMETERIES in Rochester, Vermont
include:
Bingo-West Rochester Cemetery: Established in 1822. Last burial in
1931, Located in western Rochester, by the fork of West Branch brook, Latitude:
435221N; Longitude: 0725308W
Little Hollow Cemetery: Established in 1853, Located near
Alexander Hill, in eastern Rochester, Latitude: 435311N; Longitude: 0724420W
Lucy Morris Plot: (one person): 1888 Latitude: unknown; Longitude: unknown
North Hollow Cemetery: Established in 1806, Located in
north central Rochester, north from Rochester village, Latitude: 435458N;
Longitude: 0724815W
Old Village Cemetery: Established in 1798, Last burial in
1908, Located near Rochester village, in central Rochester, Vermont, Latitude:
435232N; Longitude: 0724835W
Oliver Reynolds Cemetery: Established in 1846. Last burial in
1911, Located in West Rochester, by West Branch brook, Latitude: 435202N;
Longitude: 0725248W
Tupper Cemetery (family): Established in 1813. Last
burial in 1852, Located near the White River and SR 100, Latitude: 434835N;
Longitude: 0724658W
West Hill Cemetery: Established in 1828, Located in
West Rochester, to the north of SR 73, Latitude: 435118N; Longitude: 435118N
Woodlawn Cemetery: Established in 1825, Located in
central Rochester, Vermont, Latitude: 435156N; Longitude: 0724827W
ROYALTON- Villages & Communities
include: North Royalton, Royalton, South
Royalton
· The Fairbanks
Brothers of Bethel and Royalton - soldiers of the Civil War
· National
Register of Historic Sites for Royalton, Vermont
· Royalton Memorial Library: P.O. Box 179, 23 Alexander Place - South
Royalton, VT 05068; Phone: (802) 763-7094
· Royalton Town Clerk:
P.O Box 680 - South Royalton, VT 05068;
Phone: (802) 763-7207.
· Royalton CEMETERIES include:
Branch View Cemetery, established in 1791, still in use -
Broad Brook Cemetery, established in 1806, discontinued
in 1909 - located in southeastern Royalton, on Urstadt Road.
Dewey Cemetery, established in 1795, discontinued
in 1964 - located in northeastern Royalton, on LDS Lane.
Havens Cemetery, established in 1812, still in use -
located off Dairy Hill Road, north of VT Route 14.
Hickey Cemetery, established in 1791, discontinued
in 1967 - located in southwestern Royalton, on North Road.
Howard Cemetery, established in 1813, discontinued
in 1836 - located off Royal Hill.
Lindley Lot, established in 1801, discontinued
in 1820 - located off Johnson Hill.
North Royalton Cemetery, established in 1779, discontinued
in 1968 - located on VT Route 14, southeast from the intersection of Route 107.
Perrin #1 Cemetery, established in 1814, discontinued
in 1878 - family lot.
Perrin #2 Cemetery, established in 1859, discontinued
in 1888 - located off Russ Hill.
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, established in 1831, still in use -
near Royalton center, on VT Route 14.
River View Cemetery, established in 1905, still in use -
located off Route 14.
Samuel Metcalf Cemetery, established in 1801, discontinued
in 1872 - I believe this is the cemetery
located on the north side of VT Route 14, by Happy Hollow Road, west of South
Royalton Village.
South Royalton Village Cemetery, established in 1778, discontinued
in 1950 - on South Windsor Street, in South Royalton Village
SHARON - Villages & Communities
include: Sharon
· Sharon Town Clerk: Sharon Municipal Bldg. on Route 32, P.O Box
250 - Sharon, VT 05065; Phone: (802) 763-8268.
· Sharon Cemeteries include:
Alexander Cemetery, established in 1842, discontinued
in 1891 -
Broad Brook Cemetery, established in 1784 -
Chamberlin-Harvey Farm Cemetery, established in 1832, discontinued
in 1868 -
Day District Cemetery, established in 1782, discontinued
in 1903 -
Howe Hill Cemetery, established in 1784, discontinued
in 1906 -
Orange Avery Cemetery, established in 1785, discontinued
in 1867 - location not yet identified
Preston Farm Family Cemetery, established in 1802, discontinued
in 1832 -
Roberts - Sharon 4 Corners Cemetery, established in 1815, discontinued
in 1869 -
Village Pine Hill Cemetery, established in 1792, discontinued
in 1976 - located on VT Route 14.
Wallace Doubleday Cemetery, established in 1798, discontinued
in 1925 -
SPRINGFIELD - Villages & Communities include: North Springfield, City of Springfield
· Congregational
Church, Springfield, VT: 1869 List of
Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast
Kingdom website
· Baptist
Church, North Springfield, VT: 1878 List
of Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast
Kingdom website
· Springfield
Town Clerk: 96 Main Street -
Springfield, VT 05156; Phone: (802)
885-2104.
· Springfield Cemeteries include:
Crown Point Cemetery, established in 1759, discontinued
in 1760.
Eureka Cemetery, established in 1789, discontinued in
1836 -
Field #1 / Day Cemetery, established in 1789 discontinued in
1839 - located near the north end of Davis Road.
Field #2 Cemetery, established in 1785 - located near
the north end of Davis Road.
Oakland Cemetery, established in 1893, still in use -
located near River Street (Rt 106).
Parker Hill Cemetery, established in 1790, discontinued
in 1857 - located in southern Springfield Township.
Pine Grove Cemetery, established in 1782, still in use -
located by Cemetery Road, south of Route 106.
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, established in 1795, discontinued
in 1958 - located by Boedker Road.
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, established in 1903, still in use -
located on Walnut Hill Road, near the intersection of Orchard Lane.
Shedd Cemetery, established in 1810, discontinued
in 1854 - location not yet identified
Summer Hill Cemetery, established in 1789, still in use -
located on Cherry Hill Street, near to The Commons Park.
Walker-Gill Cemetery, established in 1799, discontinued
in 1968 - located on Putnam Road, near the intersection with Route 5.
STOCKBRIDGE- Villages & Communities
include: Gaysville, Stockbridge,
"No Town"
Gaysville and Stockbridge are located in
the town/township of Stockbridge. Though
a portion of Gaysville was destroyed during the flood of 1927, it remains a
vibrant village.
Another hamlet, by the name of "No
Town", though not appearing on modern maps that have been consulted, is
found situated, in the southeastern corner of Stockbridge , on a 1911 map of
the northwest corner of the Woodstock quadrangle, online at Historic USGS Maps
of New England & New York . The boundaries appear to have varied through
the years, with "No Town" appearing to be within Sherburne, in
Rutland County on a 1943 map ., however, this area remains within Stockbridge
presently.
· Stockbridge Town Clerk: 1722 VT Route 100 - Stockbridge, VT
05772; Phone: (802) 746-8400.
· Vermont
in the Civil War, online by Tom Ledoux
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Soldiers
credited to Stockbridge in the War of the Rebellion
· Cemeteries include:
Abbott Cemetery, established by ca. 1812; located
about 1.2 miles northeast from the village of Gaysville, at Latitude: 434724N, Longitude: 0724103W.
Alcorn Cemetery, established in 1828; last burial in
1865.
Betsey Bartlett Grave, single burial, near the village of
Stockbridge, by the intersection of 107 and 100, located at Latitude: 434624N, Longitude: 0724534W.
Maplewood Cemetery, established in 1796; located at the
village of Stockbridge, at Latitude:
434710N, Longitude: 0724521W.
Mt. Pleasant - Ranney
Cemetery,
established in 1820; located off 107, about 1/2 way between the villages of
Gaysville and Stockbridge, at Latitude:
434521N, Longitude: 0724329W.
South Hill Cemetery, established in 1799; located in
southwestern Stockbridge township, at Latitude:
434426N, Longitude: 0724719W.
Watkins Cemetery, established in 1835; last burial in
1844
WEATHERSFIELD - Villages & Communities
include: Amsden, Ascutney, Nelsons
Corners, Perkinsville, Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield Center
· Weathersfield Historical Society
· William
Jarvis and the Merino Sheep Craze - "...Before settling in
Weathersfield, Vermont in 1812, William Jarvis (1770-1859) had been a
successful merchant and the United States Consul to Portugal..."
· Weathersfield
Town Clerk: P. O. Box E - Ascutney, VT 05030; Phone: (802) 674-2626.
· Weathersfield CEMETERIES include:
Ascutneyville Cemetery, established in 1794, located at
Ascutney, in northeastern Weathersfield township; at Latitude: 432428N, Longitude: 0722442W.
Deane (family) Cemetery, established in 1812
Eddy Cemetery, established in 1813; last burial in
1828, located by the North Branch of Black River, in northwestern Weathersfield
township; at Latitude: 432541N,
Longitude: 0723118W.
Filley Burial Plot (one person), established in 1794
Greenbush Cemetery, established in 1825, located by
106, in northwestern Weathersfield township; at Latitude: 432517N, Longitude: 0723117W.
Grout Cemetery, established in 1781, located
northeast from the village of Perkinsville, in central Weathersfield township;
at Latitude: 432257N, Longitude: 0722938W.
Hubbard Cemetery, established ca. 1790, located in
Weathersfield Bow, in eastern Weathersfield township; at Latitude: 432115N, Longitude: 0722423W.
Plain Cemetery, established in 1788, located
northeast from the village of Perkinsville, in central Weathersfield township;
at Latitude: 432256N, Longitude: 0722943W.
Richards Cemetery, established in 1774
Toles Cemetery, established in 1793, located at
Weathersfield Center, in central Weathersfield township; at Latitude: 432236N, Longitude: 0722800W.
Tuttle Cemetery, established in 1772, last burial in
1882, located by 5, between Weathersfield Bow and Ascutney, in eastern
Weathersfield township; at Latitude:
432246N, Longitude: 0722501W.
Upham-Aldrich Cemetery, established in 1804, last burial in 1886,
located south from Weathersfield Center, in south central Weathersfield
township; at Latitude: 432131N,
Longitude: 0722811W.
Weatherbee Cemetery, established in 1794
Weathersfield Bow Cemetery, established in 1803, located in
Weathersfield Bow, in eastern Weathersfield township; at Latitude: 432134N, Longitude: 0722435W.
WESTON - Villages & Communities include: became a separate town in 1799. Villages & communities include: The
Island, Weston
Note: In 1799,
the Town of Weston was taken from a portion of Andover.
· Congregational Church,
Weston, VT: 1884 List of Pastors,
Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast Kingdom
website
· Weston Town Clerk: P.O Box 98 - Weston, VT 05161; Phone: (802) 824-6645.
· Weston CEMETERIES include:
Forefathers Cemetery, established in 1806, last burial in
1895, located at Weston, in central Weston township; at Latitude: 431738N, Longitude: 0724751W
Island Cemetery, established in 1803, located on
Lowell Lake Road, in southern Weston township, near the northern boundary of
Londonderry township; at Latitude:
431505N, Longitude: 0724719W
Maple Grove Cemetery, established ca. 1860, ocated on Andover Road, near intersection of Rte 100, at
Weston, in central Weston township, near 43rd Infantry Div. Mem.
Hwy. & the road to Andover; at Latitude:
431738N, Longitude: 0724716W
WEST WINDSOR - Villages & Communities
include: Brownsville, Sheddsville
· West Windsor Historical Society: P.O.
Box 12 - Brownsville, VT 05037;
Phone: (802) 484-7474
· Civil
War Soldiers born in/ credited to West Windsor, by Tom Ledoux.
· West
Windsor History, on Karima's site
· West Windsor Town Clerk: P. O. Box 6 - Brownsville, VT 05037; Phone: (802) 484-7212.
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Vital
Records for West Windsor - information
· West Windsor Cemeteries include:
Brownsville Cemetery (1), established in 1839, discontinued
in 1945 - located north of Route 44, on Brownsville Hartland Road, on the west
side of the road.
Brownsville Cemetery (2), established in 1839, still in use -
located north of Route 44, on the east side of Brownsville Hartland Road.
Daniel Cady Family Mausoleum -location not yet identified
Sheddsville Cemetery, established in 1795 - located near
the center of West Windsor - located on
Sheddsville Cemetery Road
WINDSOR - Villages & Communities
include: Windsor
· First Congregational
Church, Windsor, VT: 1768-1898 List of
Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast
Kingdom website
· Windsor Town Clerk: Box 47 -
Windsor, VT 05089 Phone: (802) 674-5610.
· Windsor Cemeteries include:
Ascutney Cemetery, established in 1800, located at
Windsor, in eastern Windsor township; at Latitude: 432840N, Longitude: 0722408W.
Hewett Cemetery, established in 1806
Old South Church Cemetery, established in 1766, last burial in
1900, located by SR 5, in Windsor, in eastern Windsor township; at
Latitude: 432842N, Longitude: 0722317W.
St. Francis Cemetery, established in 1864
WOODSTOCK - Prosper, South Woodstock,
Taftsville, West Woodstock, Woodstock
· Congregational
Church, Woodstock, VT: 1781-1917 List of
Pastors, Deacons & Parishioners, by Janice Boyko, on the Northeast
Kingdom website
· Woodstock Historical Society and
Museum: 26 Elm Street - Woodstock,
VT 05091; Phone: (802) 457-1822.
· Norman Williams Public Library: 10 South Park Street - Woodstock, VT; 05091 Phone: (802) 457-2295.
· Woodstock Town Clerk:
31 The Green - Woodstock, VT 05091;
Phone: (802) 457-3611.
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