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What's New?
12-5-2005 Links to Census Records were moved
to Vital Statistics section. Old photograph search was added.
12-15-2005 Addition of links to Mexican War, War of Rebellion, Spanish-American War volunteers.
04-03-2006
Links to search Rootsweb databases have been removed. Homeland Security has made
it a possible security violation to make this type of information available.
Sorry, folks. It wasn't my idea.
06-17-2006 Locations of old Peacham schools added.
08-17-2006 Added additional links.
09-09-2006 Search site for Vermont Historical Gazetteer added.
03-03-2008 Old Photograph Search Site updated. Town office information updated.
04-15-2008 Links to Topozone maps removed, links to Google maps added.
Guestbook
Your comments and suggestions will be most welcome and will help me improve the site. Please restrict your postings to topics relative to genealogy.
Requests for information regarding wills should be directed to the Caledonia County Court Clerk whose address is found below. Requests for information regarding vital records, land records, etc should be directed to the Town Clerk's Office as listed below.
Peacham Guest Book
Town Government
It should be noted that Town Clerks as a rule no longer will perform research but will assist researchers when they visit the town offices.
Bruce Lafferty, Clerk-Treasurer
79 Church Street P.O. Box 244
Peacham, VT 05862 Peacham, VT 05862
Phone: 802-592-3218
FAX: same as Phone # but call first to notify them of an incoming FAX
Email: Town of Peacham
Town Website: Town of Peacham
HRS: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30 AM to 12:30
Weds 8:30 AM to 12:30, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Listers: Mon, Thurs, 8:30 AM to 12:30 or by appt
Zoning: Mon thru Fri 8:30 AM to 12:30
Caledonia Probate Court
P.O. Box 406, 27 Main Street - St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605.Peacham Library
Peacham Library, 653 Bayley-Hazen Road, P. O. Box 253,
Peacham, VT 05862
Becky Jensen and Betsy Smith, Librarians
802-592-3216 E-mail: Peacham.Lib@connriver.net
Hours: M,W,F,Sa - 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; Tu,Th - 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Peacham History
Early HistoryExerpt from Child's 1887 Gazetteer
Mexican War
War of Rebellion
Spanish-American War
Deweysburg Gore
Peacham Landowners in 1858
1887-1888 Business Directory
Peacham Historical Association
Historical House, 153 Church Street, Peacham, VTAsbel Goodenough Blacksmith Shop, 101 Church Street, Peacham, VT
Archives & Museum Library, 643 Bayley-Hazen Road, Peacham, VT
Mailing Address: PO Box 101, Peacham, VT 05862
Web Site: www.peacham.net/historical
802-592-6014
Contact Person: David Brown, President, 802-592-6014, ,
Lorna Quimby, Archivist, 802-592-3571, or Diana Senturia, Membership Chair, P. O. Box 100, Peacham, VT 05862, 802-592-3989.
Hours and Admission: Historical House: Sundays in the summer 2:00 - 4:00 PM; Blacksmith Shop: as announced; Archives: open all year round on Mondays 9:30 - 11:30 AM or by appointment.
Peacham Vital Statistics
1790 Census 1800 Census 1810 Census 1820 Census
Census reporting ends with the 1820 census. There were over 50 separate items of data gathered in the 1830 census. That fact and that names are not in alphabetical order make it impractical to report later years.
04-03-2006 Homeland Security has indicated that to prevent identity theft, vital record information younger than 70 years should not be accessible to the public. For this reason, I have removed the links to search vital record information.
Peacham Schools
Peacham Elementary School - Public School for K through
6th grade.
The Stevens School of Peacham
- Grades 5 through 8 (Private School)
The names and locations of historic Peacham schools was derived from old copies of topographical maps.
Peacham, VT Schools of the Past
Peacham Churches
Peacham Congregational Church, P. O. Box 251, Peacham, VT 05862 802-592-3330
Cemetery Information
Recently two local women accused the town of Sutton of illegal burials. The Vermont State Police investigated the burials and exonerated the town. All burials were found to conform to Title 18 V.S.A. 5319 below. In this case, the women were measuring the distance to the top of the vaults.
(a) The permanent disposition of the remains of the human dead shall be by interment in the earth or deposit in a chamber, vault or tomb formed wholly or partly above the surface of the ground of a cemetery conducted and maintained pursuant to the laws of the state, by deposit in a crypt of a mausoleum or by cremation. However, this shall not be construed to prevent a private individual from setting aside a portion of his premises owned in fee by him, and using the same as a burial space for the members of his immediate family, so long as his use for such purpose is not in violation of the health laws and regulations of the state and the town in which such land is situated.
(b) No interment of any human body in the earth shall be made unless the distance from the bottom of the outside coffin shall be at least five feet below the natural surface of the ground, excepting only infants under four years of age, whose bodies shall be so interred that the bottom of the outside coffin enclosing them shall be at least three and one-half feet below the natural surface of the ground.
(c) No deposit of the remains of the human dead shall be made in a single chamber, vault or tomb wholly or partly above the surface of the ground unless the part thereof below the natural surface of the ground be of a permanent character, constructed of materials capable of withstanding extreme climatic conditions, be waterproof and air tight, and can be sealed permanently so as to prevent all escape of effluvia. That portion of the same above the natural surface of the ground shall be constructed of natural stone of a standard not less than that required by the United States government for monuments erected in national cemeteries, of durability sufficient to withstand all conditions of weather, and of a character to insure its permanence.
(d) The remains of a human body after cremation may be deposited in a niche of a columbarium, in a crypt of a mausoleum, be buried or disposed of in any manner not contrary to law.
Caledonia County Cemeteries Courtesy of Paul DesTroismaisons
Following is a list of all cemeteries in Peacham with directions as to how to reach each one. Locations are approximate and have not been verified. Photos of each cemetery are planned.Cemetery Listings
Deweysburg-Woodard Cemetery
Johnson Cemetery
Old Elkins Tavern Cemetery
GPS Coordinates estimated only
Peacham Corner Cemetery
Peacham East Cemetery
Reverend Worcester Cemetery
Town Line-Wesson Cemetery
Webster Cemetery
GPS Coordinates estimated only
Other Peacham Links
Northeastern US Waterfalls -- A list of waterfalls in the Northeastern US among which some may be located in Peacham.
Some Old Photos of
Peacham
-- Instructions will be shown on that site.
Somers of Caledonia County, Vermont
The information contained in this link has been challenged. The challenger
claims there were only
four Somers branches, not five. He also claims that the information contained in
Frederick Wells'
History of Barnet, Vermont is inaccurate. John1, b. 1740, is a duplicate of the
information for
Claud1 and his children (pages 608-610). John3, b. 1823,
belongs on page 611 as son of (5) John3.
Vermont Historical Gazetteer - Courtesy: Rod Skinner Local History for Vermont towns.
HomePage for Upper Connecticut River Valley Lots of other genealogical information.
Other Listings of Interest, Courtesy - Janice Boyko
Bibliography
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