Glover, Orleans County, Vermont Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Glover Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Orleans 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 TOWN, 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 TOWN:

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

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

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

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 TOWN town records available online:

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

Brief History
The town of Glover was granted on November 20, 1783 by the Vermont Legislature. It contains two unincorporated villages, Glover and West Glover.

The town is named for Brigadier General John Glover who served in the American Revolutionary War. He was the prime proprietor of the town.

The population at the 2010 US Census was 1,122.

Town Histories

 * The Story of Runaway Pond (Glover Historical Society).
 * History of the town of Glover, Vermont, by the Glover Bicentennial Committee (1992) - find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
Orleans Probate Division 247 Main Street Newport, VT · 05855 Phone: (802) 334-3305

City Directories
1884 Town Directory

Maps
1878 map of Glover

1878 map of Glover Town West, Glover Town

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


 * Andersonville Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * French Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Glover Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Westlook Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1922-2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Glover Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths of Glover, Vermont, 1802-May 2000, Cemetery deeds, 1903-1953, and Deeds, 1820-1852.

Glover Town Clerk's Office 51 Bean Hill Rd. Glover, VT 05839 Phone: (802) 525-6227 Website: http://townofglover.com/

Newspapers
The Newport Daily Express

Libraries and Historical Societies
Glover Public Library 51 Bean Hill Rd. Glover, VT 05839 Phone: (802) 525-4365 Glover Public Library Facebook Page

Glover Historical Society P.O. Box 208 Glover VT 05839 Email: gloverhistory@yahoo.com. Website: http://www.gloverhistoricalsociety.org/ghs/

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