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Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont Genealogy

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Description

Fletcher, Vermont at Wikipedia

Fletcher was chartered on August 20, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature. Fletcher was granted by the legislature to some of the men who were then holding the most important jobs in Vermont government. Among them was General Samuel Fletcher. Beginning at Bunker Hill, Fletcher seems to have demonstrated a great deal of military prowess, and his rise through the ranks was rapid. In June 1781, two months before the town of Fletcher was chartered, he was made a brigadier general of Vermont militia.

The settlement of the town was commenced in 1784. The population at the 2010 US Census was 1,277. [1] [2]

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Town Records

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

Fletcher Town Clerk

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

Fletcher Town Clerk
215 Cambridge Rd.
Cambridge, VT 05444
Phone: (802) 849-6616
Email: townfletcher@surfglobal.net
Website: http://fletchervt.net/

Vital Records

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Resources

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Biographies

  • Biographical Encyclopædia of Vermont of the Nineteenth Century. By H Clay Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Company, 1885. Salt Lake City, Utah : Family Search International, 2018. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Biographical Sketches of Vermonters. By Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont : Vermont Historical Society, c1947. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. By Hiram Carleton. New York, New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-2.
  • Some Vermont Ancestors: The Bicentennial Project of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. Compiled and ed. by Joann H. Nichols. [S.l.]: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1976. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: a Magazine Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military. By ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway. Burlington, Vermont: A.M. Hemenway, 1868-1923. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1-6.
  • The Vermont of Today: With its Historic Background, Attractions and People. By Arthur F. Stone. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1929. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-4.
  • Vermonters. By Dorman B.E. Kent. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox & Co., 1974. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Vermont Biography at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Cemeteries

The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Fletcher Town. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Franklin County, website at this link.

Census

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.

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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 Fletcher:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

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

Fletcher, Vermont Land Records, 1877-1902, can be found online at FamilySearch (browse only images).

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Migration

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

St. Albans Messenger
Vermont Online Historical Newspapers

Obituaries

Other 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
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  • 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 Fletcher town records available online:

Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1787-1867, are available on FamilySearch (browse only imagess).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Fletcher Town Clerk's Office. These include: Vital records of Fletcher, Vermont, 1787-2000,and Land records, 1790-1877; index, 1790-1943.

Probate Records

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

Franklin Probate Division
17 Church St.
St. Albans, VT 05478
Phone: (802) 524-7948

Franklin County, Vermont Probate Records, 1860-1910, are available on FamilySearch (browse only images).

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References

  1. ↑ About Fletcher, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/fletcher.html#about
  2. ↑ Fletcher Town, Vermont - http://usgenwebsites.org/VTGenWeb/Franklin-Co-VT.htm#Fletcher
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