Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

Vermont

Addison County

Cornwall

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page.

To see the churches in TOWN, visit.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of TOWN:

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of TOWN:

Maps

The following are online maps of the town of TOWN:

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of TOWN:

Town Records

In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

Births Marriages Deaths Burials Cemetery records Appointments Earmarks Estrays (stray animals) Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote) Land records Mortgages Name changes Care of the poor School records Surveys Tax lists Town meeting minutes Voter registrations Warning outs (of town)

The following are TOWN town records available online:

Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page.

To see the churches in TOWN, visit.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of TOWN:

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of TOWN:

Maps

The following are online maps of the town of TOWN:

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of TOWN:

Town Records

In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

Births Marriages Deaths Burials Cemetery records Appointments Earmarks Estrays (stray animals) Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote) Land records Mortgages Name changes Care of the poor School records Surveys Tax lists Town meeting minutes Voter registrations Warning outs (of town)

The following are TOWN town records available online:

Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Brief History

The charter for Cornwall was granted by Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, on November 3, 1761. The town was organized on March 2, 1784.  The population for the 2010 US Census, 2010 was 1,185.   

Town Histories

• History of the town of Cornwall, Vermont, Matthews, Lyman, 1801-1866 - this book is available online free of charge.
• Two centuries of Cornwall life, Beulah M. Sanford (1962)- this book is available at Ancestry.com ($) or find this book in a library.
• Cornwall people and their times, Mary Peet Green (1993) - find this book in a library.
  

Vital Records

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records

The probate district for Cornwall is Addison.
Addison Probate Court
7 Mahady Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: (802) 388-2612

Maps

1871 map of Cornwall Township

Cemeteries

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Cornwall. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.

• Cornwall Central Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site. 
• Evergreen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site..
• Fair Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  
• Pleasant Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
• South Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cornwall VT Cemetery Records, arranged by cemeteries, taken in 1919, are available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Churches

Church records of the town of Cornwall, Vermont, compiled by Mary Baker Allen Chapter, January 23, 1929, are available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Town Records

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1784-1855, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Cornwall Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1784-1856; index to deeds, 1784-1951, Land records, 1833-1883, and Town and vital records of Cornwall, Vermont, 1791-Jan. 1999.

Cornwall Town Offices
2629 Route 30
Cornwall, Vermont 05753
Phone: (802) 462-2775
Website: http://cornwallvt.com/

Newspapers

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Libraries and Historical Societies

Cornwall Historical Society
Phone: (802) 462-2003
Email: ctall@shoreham.net

Town of Cornwall Library
2629 Route 30
Cornwall, Vermont 05753
Phone: (802) 462-2775
Website: http://cornwallvt.com/library/

References

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