Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Caledonia   Peacham

Brief History
Peacham was chartered on December 31, 1763. The first recorded town meeting took place in 1784. Villages and hamlets in Peacham include: Peacham, South Peacham, East Peacham, North Peacham, Peacham Hollow, Ewells Mills, and Green Bay. The population was 732 at the 2010 census.

Historical Data
Peacham, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Town Histories

 * Peacham, the story of a Vermont hill town, by Ernest Ludlow Bogart (1948) - find this book in a library.
 * People of Peacham, by Jennie Chamberlain Watts, Elsie A Choate, and Richard George Wood (1965) - find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Peacham is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

City Directories
1888 Peacham Town Directory

Maps
1875 map of Peacham

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


 * Peacham East Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Peacham Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Woodward Family Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Worcester Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1796-2001, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Peacham Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records, 1787-1884, and Land records and deeds, 1783-1902.

Peacham Town Clerk's Office 79 Church Street P. O. Box 244 Peacham, VT 05862-0244 Phone: (802) 592-3218 Eamil: townclerk@peacham.net Website: http://www.peacham.net/townclerk/

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

Libraries and Historical Societies
Peacham Library 656 Bayley Hazen Rd. PO Box 253 Peacham, VT 05862 Phone:(802) 592-3216 Website: http://peachamlibrary.org/

Peacham Historical Association P.O. Box 101 Peacham, VT 05862 Email: info@peachamhistorical.org Website: https://sites.google.com/a/peachamhistorical.org/www/

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.