Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

New England

Vermont

Addison County

Lincoln

Town Information

Description

Lincoln, Vermont at Wikipedia

Lincoln was chartered on November 9, 1780 by the Vermont Legislature.  Like several other Addison County towns, Lincoln was settled by members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The first Quakers settled in an area known as Mud Flat about 1795. As time went by and other Quakers joined the original group, the area became known as Quaker Stand. The meeting house is gone and the Society has dispersed, but one part of Lincoln village is still called Quaker Street.  <ref>History of the Town of Lincoln, VT http://sites.rootsweb.

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records

In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Lincoln Town Clerk

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

Town of Lincoln
62 Quaker St.
Lincoln, VT 05443
Phone: 802-453-2980
Email: clerk@lincolnvermont.org
Website

Vital Records

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

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

Biographies

• Biographical Encyclopædia of Vermont of the Nineteenth Century. By H Clay Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Company, 1885. Salt Lake City, Utah : Family Search International, 2018. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Biographical Sketches of Vermonters. By Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont : Vermont Historical Society, c1947. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. By Hiram Carleton. New York, New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-2.
• Some Vermont Ancestors: The Bicentennial Project of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. Compiled and ed. by Joann H. Nichols. [S.l.]: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1976. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: a Magazine Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military. By ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway. Burlington, Vermont: A.M. Hemenway, 1868-1923. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1-6.
• The Vermont of Today: With its Historic Background, Attractions and People. By Arthur F. Stone. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1929. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-4.
• Vermonters. By Dorman B.E. Kent. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox & Co., 1974. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Vermont Biography at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Cemeteries

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

• Eubar-Odette Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  

• Friends Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  

• Lee Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
  

• Maple Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
  

• Merrill Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
  

• Pope Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  

• Lincoln Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
• Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Census

• Vermont Census at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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 Lincoln, 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 Lincoln:

Record of births, marriages, and deaths, in the Society of Friends at Lincoln, Vermont, 1739-1905 are on microfilm at the Family History Library.

City Directories

• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Court Records

• Judiciary of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Judiciary, Resources for Media at vermont.gov, ($) - click on Records Request
• United States District Court for the District of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Court Records at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Land Records

• 1600s-1900s Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; Also at: Ancestry ($),
• Vermont Land and Property
• 1774-1926 County Records Including Deeds of Middlebury, Vermont, 1784-1870; Index to Deeds, 1774-1926 (Addison County, Vermont)(*) Addison County (Vermont). County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
• Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

• Lincoln, history of a mountain town from first settlements to the present, by Richard V. Reed, Linda Norton, and Travis Harris (1980) - view digital copy of book online.
  
• Memories of a mountain town : a bi-centennial commemorative collection of old photographs contributed by her people, by David Brown; Lincoln (Vt.). Bi-Centennial Committee (1976) - find book in a library.
  

Maps

This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

• Boundary Map of Lincoln at HomeTownLocator
• Lincoln at FamilySearch Places
• Lincoln at Google Maps
• Lincoln at Mapcarta
• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
• Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
• Town of Lincoln at Vermont.org
• Vermont Maps State Page
  
  

• 1871 map of Lincoln township

Military

Searchable by Town Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
• United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

For more Civil War Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

For more World War I Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
• United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

For more World War II Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
• United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

Addison County Independent ($)
Burlington Free Press
Rutland Herald

• Free Online Newspapers for Research at libraries.vermont.gov
• List of Newspapers in Vermont at Wikipedia
• Newspapers of Record at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration
• Vermont Newspapers at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Obituaries

• 1800s-current U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
• 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 2003-2014 Vermont Obituaries, 2003-2014(*) NewsBank (Naples, Florida) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Obituaries at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Other 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:

Births Marriages Deaths Burials Cemetery records Appointments Earmarks Estrays (stray animals) Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote) Land records Mortgages Name changes Care of the poor School records Surveys Tax lists Town meeting minutes Voter registrations Warning outs (of town)

The following are Lincoln town records available online:

Vermont, Addison County, Lincoln, land records, 1600-1900; general index, 1850-1900 can be found on Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 - FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Lincoln Town Clerk's Office. These include Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005 - FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Lincoln: The probate district for Lincoln is Addison.
Addison Probate Court
7 Mahady Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: 802-388-2612

• 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
• 1800-1921 Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Vermont Probate Records

Tax Records

• 1861-1866 Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866(*) United States. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Taxation at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Research Facilities

Libraries

Lincoln Library
222 West River Road
Lincoln, VT 05443
Phone: (802) 453-2665
Email: lincolnlibraryvt@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lincolnlibraryvt.com/

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Essex Vermont Family History Center
• Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
• Rutland Vermont Family History Center
• South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
• Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
• Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
• Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

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