Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Johnson, Vermont at Wikipedia

Johnson was chartered on January 2, 1792 by the Vermont Legislature. The town is perhaps most well known as the location of Johnson State College and Johnson Woollen Mills.

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

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

Johnson Town Clerk 293 Lower Main St. West Johnson, VT 05656 Phone: (802) 635-2611 Website: http://townofjohnson.com/

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

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


 * Bidwell-French Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Evergreen Ledge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lamoille View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Plot Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Whitting Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Johnson, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1800-1880, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Johnson Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Lamoille 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 Johnson, 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 Johnson:
 * 1700s-1800s (*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Vermont Church Records

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
Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. VI, Town of Johnson - view a digital version of this document online.
 * History of the town of Johnson, VT., 1784-1907, Oread Literary Club (1907) - view a digital copy of this book online.
 * History of Johnson, Vermont, Margaret T Smalley (1961) - find this book in a library.

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


 * 1878 map of Johnson

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:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Johnson, Vermont Enrolled Militia Records, 1863, are available on.

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus New and Citizen

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 Johnson town records available online:


 * Johnson, Vermont Land Records, 1880-1911, are available on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1766 -1999, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Johnson Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages and deaths, 1857-1999, Town records, 1807-1904, andLand records, 1806-1880.

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

The probate district for Johnson is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St. PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306
 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records

Libraries
Johnson Public Library 7 Library St. Johnson, VT 05656 Phone: (802) 635-7141 Johnson Public Library on Facebook

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

Societies
Johnson Historical Society Johnson Historical Society Website Johnson Historical Society on Facebook