Some Vermont Vital Records of the Early 19th Century, 1802-1838

The vital records contained herein were transcribed from index cards found in two drawers of a filing cabinet at the Vermont Historical Society. They consist of items relating to Vermont deaths and marriages in the early part of the 19th century. These records were compiled by John Elliott Bowman from various newspapers, chiefly dated between 1802-1838, with a single reference to a 1796 issue of the Keene, N.H., Rising Sun, and one of the same year to Spooner’s Vermont Journal. It is not clear whether all issues within the various time periods were searched. However, a list of the newspapers from which information was apparently derived, and time spans represented, are as follows:

     
Boston Advertiser, Boston, Mass., 1813 through 1822      
Boston Record, Boston, Mass., 1819      
Boston Recorder, Boston, Mass., 1814 through 1838      
Columbian Centinel, Boston, Mass., 1817      
Freeman’s Press, Montpelier, Vt., 1810 through 1811      
Green Mountain Patriot, Peacham, Vt., 1804      
Political Observatory, Walpole, N.H., 1803 through 1806      
Rising Sun, Keene, N.H., 1796      
Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vt., 1802      
Salem Register, Salem, Mass., 1802      
Spooner’s Vermont Journal, Windsor, Vt., 1796 through 1806      
Trumpet & Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass., 1838      
Vermont Chronicle, Westminster, Vt., 1821 through 1827      
Vermont Federal Galaxy, Brattleboro, Vt., 1802      
Vermont Gazette, Windsor, Vt., 1802      
Vermont Republican, Windsor, Vt., 1809 through 1810      
Washingtonian, Windsor, Vt., 1811      
Windsor Gazette, Windsor, Vt., 1803      
Worcester National Aegis, Worcester, Mass., 1802      

• Some Vermont Vital Records of the Early 19th Century , John Elliott Bowman