Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Bolton, Vermont at Wikipedia

Bolton was chartered on July 7, 1763. Bolton is often referred to as "the land of boulders and bears." The town has more than twenty mountains of over 2,000 feet, and nearly as many more just under that height. The 2010 population at the 1010 Census was 1,182.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

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

Bolton Town Clerk Office 3045 Theodore Roosevelt Highway Bolton, Vermont 05676 Phone: (802) 434-3064 Email: clerkbolton@gmavt.net Website: http://www.boltonvt.com/

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

Town Reports
The town of Bolton kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Bolton kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

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


 * East Bolton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Bolton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Bolton Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Chittenden 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 Bolton, 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 Bolton:

City Directories

 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories
Historic Photos of Bolton, Vermont

A history of Bolton, Gardiner Lane (1989) - find this book in a library.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Bolton at FamilySearch Places
 * Bolton at Google Maps
 * Bolton at Mapcarta
 * Boundary Map of Bolton at HomeTownLocator
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Bolton at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page


 * 1869 map of Bolton

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see: - How to Use this Collection
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

Other 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 Bolton town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1861-1999, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Bolton Land Records, 1851-1903, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Bolton Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1790-1834; index to deeds, 1763-1950, and Proprietors records, 1763-1791.

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

The probate district for Bolton is Chittenden. Chittenden District Probate Court 175 Main St. PO Box 511 Burlington VT 05402 Phone: (802) 651-1518

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * Newport Vermont Family History Center
 * Plattsburgh New York Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library