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Proctor, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Proctor, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Proctor was chartered on November 18, 1886. Proctor is self-styled as "The Marble Capital of the United States," and rightly so. In fact, marble brought the town into being. The Vermont Marble Company was formed in 1880. The president of the new company was Redfield Proctor (1831-1908).

The Redfield Proctors made their home in Sutherland Falls, a village which was half in Rutland and half in Pittsford. In 1882 the name of the village was changed to Proctor, in Redfield's honor. In 1886 the town of Proctor was created around the village by taking about 2,000 acres from each of the two towns.[1][2]

Parent Towns

Populated Places

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Boundary Changes

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

Proctor Town Clerk

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

Town of Proctor
45 Main St
Proctor, VT 05765
(802) 459-3333
Proctor Town website

Vital Records

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

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

The town of Proctor kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Proctor kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

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 cemeteries in present-day Proctor. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Rutland County, website at this link. 

  • Ricerside Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • St. Dominic Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • South Street Cemetery (aka Proctor Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

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.

To see the churches in Proctor, 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 Proctor:


1. St. Dominics Church
    45 South St
    Proctor, VT 05765
    (802) 459-2221

2. St. Pauls Lutheran Church
    6 Gibbs St
    Proctor, VT 05765
    (802) 265-2728

3. Union Church of Proctor
    5 Church St
    Proctor, VT 05765
    (802) 459-3624

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

History of the Marble Bridge online

History of the Proctor YMCA and Sutherland Club online

Marble online

Collection of present day Proctor photos

Maps

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Migration

Military

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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

Rutland Herald online at this link.

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
  • 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 Proctor town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records in the Proctor Town Hall for the years 1866-1980.

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Proctor is Rutland.

Rutland Probate Court
83 Center Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 775-0114

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Proctor Public Library
4 Main St.
Proctor, VT 05765
(802) 459-3539

Museums

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Societies

References

  1. ↑ About Proctor, Vermont; http://www.virtualvermont.com/
  2. ↑ Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History, Esther Munroe Swift, Published by S. Greene Press, Brattleboro, Vt., 1977.
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