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Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Charlestown, Rhode Island at Wikipedia

The area of land known today as Charlestown, was originally called Misquamicoke (Misquamicut). The lands of present-day Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton, were acquired through a purchase known as the Misquamicut Purchase, from a well-respected Indian named Chief Sosoa of the Narragansett tribe. [1] This town was named in honor of Charles II, the English King who granted a charter to Rhode Island.
Charlestown was incorporated on August 23, 1738, via Act Dividing the Town Westerly, Charlestown Established, viewable in the Rhode Island Department of State records. From 1737-1747, this town also included the area of Rhode Island now known as Richmond, Rhode Island.

Parent Towns

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
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Adjacent Towns

Town Records

In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Charlestown Town Clerk

Office of the Town Clerk
4540 South County Trail
Charlestown, RI, 02813
Telephone: 401-364-1200
charlestownri.gov/townclerk

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

Resources

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Biographies

Cemeteries

This text, Rhode Island towns, Charlestown : showing location of historical cemeteries, contains the maps of locations and descriptions of historical cemeteries in the town.

Census

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in Rhode Island 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:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Land Records

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

Local Histories

Maps

This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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Civil War, 1861-1865

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World War I, 1917-1918

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

Obituaries

Other Town Records: Probate, Town Council,

In Charlestown, some town council records are intermixed with probate records. In Rhode Island, 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:

Probate Records

School Records

Tax Records

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Museums

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Societies

Charlestown Historical Society
4417B Old Post Road
Charlestown, RI 02813
Email: info@charlestownhistorical.org
https://www.charlestownhistorical.org/

References

  1. ↑ https://www.charlestownhistorical.org/charlestown-its-villages/


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