Putney, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

New England

Vermont

Windham County

Putney

Town Information

Description

Putney, Vermont at Wikipedia

Josiah Willard (1716-1796) led a proprietors' petition for a Putney charter and on December 26, 1753, the town received its first charter, issued by Governor Benning Wentworth of the New Hampshire Grants. Putney officially became part of Windham County, Vermont in 1871.  

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records

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

Vital Records

Births

• 1740-1832 Putney, VT: Vital Records, 1740-1832 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)
• 1909-Onward Vermont, Births at MyHeritage — index ($)

Marriages

• 1740-1832 Putney, VT: Vital Records, 1740-1832 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)

Deaths

• 1740-1832 Putney, VT: Vital Records, 1740-1832 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)

Town Reports

The town of Putney kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Putney 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.)

1912 1947 1949

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

• Putney Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Putney Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Windham County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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

• Allyn Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Alpin Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Davis Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Dipping Hole-West Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• East Putney Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Houghton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Joy Cemetery- inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Kathan Cemetery - inscriptins at Find a Grave site.
  
• Lowell Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Maple Grove Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• McWain cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Mount Pleasant Cemtery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Old North Burying Ground - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Townsend Cemetery (aka Dusty Ridge Cemetery) inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  

Census

• Vermont Census at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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.

• 1700s-1800s Vermont Miscellaneous Records (Includes Vermont Church Records)(*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
• Vermont Church Records

To see the churches in Putney, 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 Putney:

City Directories

• 1935 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Putney at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Court Records

• Judiciary of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Judiciary, Resources for Media at vermont.gov($) - click on Records Request
• United States District Court for the District of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Court Records at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Land Records

• 1600s-1900s Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($),
• Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

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

• The history of Putney, Vermont, 1753-1953 ; edited by Edith De Wolfe (1953) - view a digital version of this book online free of charge. 
  
• People of Putney, 1753-1953, by the Fortnightly Club (Putney, VT) - find this book in a library.

Maps

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

• Boundary Map of Putney at HomeTownLocator
• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
• Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
• Putney at FamilySearch Places
• Putney at Google Maps
• Putney at Mapcarta
• Town of Putney at Vermont.org
• Vermont Maps State Page
  
  

• 1869 map of Putney

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

• Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
• United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

• Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

• Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
• United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

• Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
• United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

• Free Online Newspapers for Research at libraries.vermont.gov
• List of Newspapers in Vermont at Wikipedia
• Newspapers of Record at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration
• Vermont Newspapers at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Obituaries

• 1800s-current U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 2003-2014 Vermont Obituaries, 2003-2014(*) NewsBank (Naples, Florida) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Obituaries at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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 Putney town records available online: The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Putney Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1764-1949; indexes, 1770-1937, Marriages, births and deaths (1857-1994) and indexes (1857-1905), Putney, Vermont town records : births, deaths, and marriages, 1740-1832, Records of births, marriages, deaths, and publishments, 1789-1914, and Town records, 1745-1846.

Putney Town Office
127 Main St.
PO Box 233
Putney, VT 05346
Phone: (802) 387-5862
Email: putneytc@putneyvt.org
Website: http://www.putneyvt.org/

Probate Records

The probate district for Putney is Westminster.
Westminster

Probate Court
PO Box 47
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Phone: (802) 463-3019

• 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1800-1921 Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Vermont Probate Records

Tax Records

• 1861-1866 Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866(*) United States. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Taxation at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Research Facilities

Libraries

Putney Public Library
55 Main St.
Putney, VT 05346
Phone: (802) 387-4407
Email: putpub@svcable.net
Website: http://home.svcable.net/putpub/

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Bennington Vermont FamilySearch Center
• Brooks Memorial Library - an affiliate library
• Greenfield Public Library - an affiliate library
• Rockingham Free Public Library - an affiliate library

Societies

Putney Historical Society
15 Kimball Hill
P.O. Box 260
Putney, Vermont 05346
Phone: 802-387-4411
Email: info@putneyhistory.us
Website: http://putneyhistory.us/

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