Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

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.

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.


 * Peacham Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Caledonia County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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 Peacham, 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 Peacham:

City Directories
1888 Peacham Town Directory

Historical Data
Peacham, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Peacham:

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.

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Peacham:

1875 map of Peacham

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

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

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

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.

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: The following are Peacham town records available online:

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.

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

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/

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