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Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont Genealogy

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Description

Sandgate, Vermont at Wikipedia

Sandgate's charter was granted August 11, 1761, by Benning Wentworth, Governor of the Province of New Hampshire, the same year as its neighboring towns of Arlington, Manchester, and Rupert. Settlement of Sandgate did not commence until some ten or more years after its charter was granted. [1]

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

Sandgate Town Clerk

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

Sandgate Town Hall
3266 Sandgate Road
Sandgate, VT 05250
Phone: (802) 375-9075
Email: townclerk@sandgatevermont.com
Website: http://www.sandgatevermont.org/

Vital Records

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Town Reports

No Town Report Journals with statistics are listed for Sandgate town.

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

Sandgate VT Cemeteries - short description of cemeteries located in Sandgate, VT

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 Sandgate, 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 Sandgate:

The first church built in Sandgate was the Congregartional Church - Congregational Church History

Records of the Congregational Church of Sandgate, in the town of Sandgate, Bennington County, VT.

Congregational Church Marriage Records from May 1784 through February 1805.

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Local Histories

The Vermont Historical Gazetteer is a 5 volume set of historical information by Abby Maria Hemenway with Volume I published in 1867 and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Also available online in PDF format at this link.

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

Story of Sandgate, Short story of Sandgate.

Maps

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Newspapers

The Manchester Journal

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 Sandgate town records available online:

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Sandgate Town Clerks Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1868-1994, Records of attachments on land, 1852-1891, and Land records, 1775-1900.

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Sandgate is Manchester.

Manchester Probate Court
P.O. Box 446
Manchester, VT 05846
Phone: (802) 362-1410

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References

  1. ↑ History of the Town of Sandgate, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/BenningtonSandgate.html
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