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.

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.