Moretown, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Moretown was chartered June 7, 1763 before the American Revolution. It was first settled about 1790 a year before Vermont was formally admitted to the Union.

No one knows for sure how Moretown got its name. There is the old story that when Washington County was being formed and maps drawn, a large parcel of land was left over, prompting the response, “What, more town.” But this theory has a flaw. The town was named Moretown in the original grant in 1763.

Moretown is situated on the Mad River in the heart of the Green Mountain at an altitude of 620 feet. Moretown is bounded on the north by Waterbury and Middlesex, east by Berlin, south by Northfield and Waitsfield and west by Duxbury. The village lies in the extreme southwest corner of the town.

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


 * Fairmont Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Jones Brook Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Moretown Common Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Moretown Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mountain View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Patrick Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Duxbury &amp; Moretown Cemetery Inscriptions Records,Washington County, Vermont, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Moretown Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington 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 Moretown, 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 Moretown:

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Moretown Memorial Library 897 Route 100 B Moretown, Vermont 05660 Phone:(802) 496-9728 Email: Email: moretownlibrary@gmail.com Website: http://www.moretownvt.org/moretown-library/

Moretown Historical Society

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

1873 map of Moretown

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

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

The probate district for Moretown is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405

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 Moretown town records available online:

Vital Records, 1903 -1997, can be found onFamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Moretown Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, deaths, and marriages, 1857-1997; indexes to births, deaths, marriages, ca. 1857-1930, Deeds, 1800-1852 and Town records, 1699-1935.

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

Moretown Town Clerk Mailing Address: 19 Kaiser Drive, Waterbury, VT 05676 Phone: (802) 882-8218 Email: townclerk@moretownvt.net Website: http://www.moretownvt.org/

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