Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The town of Tinmouth was chartered on Sept. 15, 1761, and organized on March 3, 1774. Tinmouth served as the county seat or shire town of Rutland County and the courts and public business were conducted here from 1781 to 1784. Eventually, the county seat shifted to Rutland.

The first U.S. census shows that the town had a population of 935. The 20100 U.S. Census indicates that Tinmouth had a population of 613.

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


 * Allen-Campbell Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cramton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Darling-Rising Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lillie-Paul Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Nobel Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sawyer Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Tinmouth Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wood-Norton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Tinmouth Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Rutland 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 Tinmouth, 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 Tinmouth:

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Tinmouth Historical &amp; Genealogical Society Town Office, 9 Mtn View Road, Tinmouth, VT Mailing Address: 515 North End Road, Tinmouth, VT 05773 Historical Society Website Email: tinmouthtown@vermontel.net Phone: (802) 446-2498 Contact: Gail Fallar, secretary

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

1854 Rutland County, Tinmouth map

Newspapers
Rutland Herald online at this link.

Probate Records
The probate district for Tinmouth is Rutland. Rutland Probate Court 83 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701 (802) 775-0114

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

Town Histories

 * The history and records of the Congregational Church of Tinmouth, Vermont, compiled by Dawn D. Hance and Joseph Broom, Tinmouth Historical &amp; Genealogical Society, 2005. Book contents can be found at http://www.tinmouthchurch.org/history.html. Find a copy 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 Tinmouth town records available online:

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

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records in the Tinmouth Town Hall which include Town records, v. 1-2, 1770-1914, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1883-1995; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1770-1995.

Tinmouth Town Clerk Mailing Address: 515 North End RD Tinmouth, VT 05773 Town Hall Physical Address: 9 Mountain View RD Tinmouth, VT 05773 Phone: 802-446-2498 Email: tinmouthtown@vermontel.net

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

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