Cabot, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Cabot was chartered on August 17, 1781 by the Vermont State Legislature. Cabot started out as an army town. When the town was officially organized, eight years after the chartering, six out of seven people elected to fill town offices had been commissioned Continental Army officers (the odd civilian was elected to the office of highway surveyor).

It has been said that a man could live in Cabot for seventy-five years and have been a resident of four counties without ever leaving his place of birth. The town has been successively part of the Vermont counties of Cumberland, Orange, Caledonia and, since 1855, Washington.

Cabot did have what the proprietors of every town hoped for: good farm lands, plenty of mill sites and no excessively high hills. At first the town grew quite rapidly, then after the Civil War it started to decline. The population at the 2010 US. Census was 1,433.

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


 * Cabot Plains Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cabot Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Durant Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * East Cabot Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * South Cabot Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Cabot 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 Cabot, 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 Cabot:

City Directories
1889 Cabot Directory

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

Libraries and Historical Societies

 * Cabot Public Library 3084 Main St. Cabot, VT 05647 Phone: 802-563-2721 Website
 * Cabot Historical Society 3216 Main Street P. O. Box 275 Cabot, VT 05647 Email: [mailto:cabothistorical@gmail.com cabothistorical@gmail.com] Website

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

1873 map of Cabot

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

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

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

Town Histories
Years of Cabot History, Cabot Historical Society

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 Cabot town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1857-1998, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Vermont, Washington County, Cabot, land records, 1852-1904, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Cabot Town Clerk's Office. These include Births, marriages &amp; deaths records, v. 1, 1764-1881, and  Deeds, 1788-1852.

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

Cabot Town Clerk 3084 Main St. PO Box 36 Cabot, VT 05647 Phone: (802) 563-2279 Website: http://www.cabotvt.us/

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