Putney, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Josiah Willard (1716-1796) led a proprietors' petition for a Putney charter and on December 26, 1753, the town received its first charter, issued by Governor Benning Wentworth of the New Hampshire Grants. Putney officially became part of Windham County, Vermont in 1871.

Town Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.


 * The history of Putney, Vermont, 1753-1953 ; edited by Edith De Wolfe (1953) - view a digital version of this book online free of charge.
 * People of Putney, 1753-1953, by the Fortnightly Club (Putney, VT) - find this book in a library.

Vital Records
The town of Putney kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Putney 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.) FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Putney is Westminster. Westminster Probate Court PO Box 47 Bellows Falls, VT 05101 Phone: (802) 463-3019

Maps
1869 map of Putney

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Putney. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windham County, website at this link.


 * Allyn Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Alpin Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Davis Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Dipping Hole-West Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * East Putney Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Houghton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Joy Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Kathan Cemetery - inscriptins at Find A Grave site.
 * Lowell Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Maple Grove Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * McWain cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mount Pleasant Cemtery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Old North Burying Ground - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Townsend Cemetery (aka Dusty Ridge Cemetery) inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Putney Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1764-1949; indexes, 1770-1937, Marriages, births and deaths (1857-1994) and indexes (1857-1905), Putney, Vermont town records : births, deaths, and marriages, 1740-1832, Records of births, marriages, deaths, and publishments, 1789-1914, and Town records, 1745-1846.

Putney Town Office 127 Main St. PO Box 233 Putney, VT 05346 Phone: (802) 387-5862 Email: putneytc@putneyvt.org Website: http://www.putneyvt.org/

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

Libraries and Historical Societies
Putney Historical Society 15 Kimball Hill P.O. Box 260 Putney, Vermont 05346 Phone: 802-387-4411 Email: info@putneyhistory.us Website: http://putneyhistory.us/

Putney Public Library 55 Main St. Putney, VT 05346 Phone: (802) 387-4407 Email: putpub@svcable.net Website: http://home.svcable.net/putpub/