Bennington County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Bennington County

County Courthouse
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records; County Clerk has divorce records from 1899 and court records from 1861; Probate Judge has probate records Towns Organized before 1800: Arlington 1761, Bennington 1749, Dorset 1761, Glastenbury 1761, Landgrove 1780, Manchester 1761, Peru 1761, Pownal 1760, Rupert 1761, Sandgate 1761, Shaftsbury 1761, Sunderland 1761, Winhall 1761

Parent County
Created 11 February 1779 from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * Windham County was set off 22 February 1781.

Places / Localities
Towns:

Extinct Town:  Glastenbury (incorportation ended 1937)

Neighboring Counties
Rutland | Windsor | Windham | Massachusetts Counties: Berkshire | Franklin | New York Counties: Rensselaer | Washington

Cemeteries

 * List of Bennington County Cemeteries
 * List of Pownal Cemeteries: Includes some transcriptions

Federal
1790 US Census, Bennington County, Pownal Town Transcription

State
1785

Church Records
Courtesy of the Pownal Historical Society, Inc.:

The Churches of Pownal

Land and Property
Courtesy of The Pownal Historical Society, Inc.:


 * List of Freeman of Pownal, VT 1773

Maps
Courtesy of the Pownal Historical Society, Inc.


 * Pownal Maps

Military Records
Courtesy of Pownal Historical Society, Inc.:


 * Green Mountain Boys from Pownal | About the Green Mountain Boys
 * American Revolution: Soldiers buried in Vermont
 * Civil War: Vermont Volunteers

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has North Adams, MA newspapers (1895-1977) covering local news that included Windham County residents.

Probate Records
There are two Bennington County Probate Districts


 * Bennington District - Bennington, Glastenbury, Pownal, Readsboro, Searsburg, Shaftsbury, Stamford and Woodford.
 * Manchester District - Arlington, Dorset, Landgrove, Manchester, Peru, Rupert, Sandgate, Sunderland and Winhall.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Vermont, Bennington County Manchester District, Probates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Vital Records
Courtesy of the Pownal Historial Society, Inc.


 * Marriages in Pownal, VT to 1850
 * Deaths in Pownal, VT: 1921-1980

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bennington Vermont Family History Center

Websites

 * The Bennington County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)