GUTHRIE RESEARCH BY LOCATION

VERMONT ONLINE GENEALOGY RECORDS

VERMONT STATE ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (VSARA)

LIST of VERMONT COUNTIES, FORMATION DATES, and MAPS

GUTHRIE FAMILY GROUP CONNECTIONS in VERMONT

• GFG2A – Branch L: Descendants of George Guthrie c1830IRE-c1873NY & Margaret Walker of Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont, and Saint Lawrence & Franklin Counties, New York. (Multi-racial Scot-Irish/English family; first documented in Vermont with the 12 May 1861 birth of daughter Evas Caroline Guthrie in Alburgh; family later migrated to New York.)

VERMONT COUNTY FORMATION TIMELINE (for context in land and probate research) 1779: Bennington, Cumberland 1781: Rutland, Orange, Windsor, Windham (Cumberland split) 1785: Addison 1787: Chittenden 1792: Caledonia, Essex, Franklin, Orleans (Later counties followed; early records are town-level due to Vermont’s frontier settlement patterns during and after the Revolutionary era. Vermont operated as an independent republic 1777–1791 before statehood in 1791.)

SOURCE: VERMONT VITAL RECORDS, 1760–2008 Vermont vital records (births, marriages, deaths) were kept at the town level from the earliest settlements and centralized later. Many are digitized on FamilySearch and Ancestry (free access for Vermonters via VSARA partnership). Known Guthrie examples include the 1861 Alburgh birth record of Evas Caroline Guthrie (parents: George C. Guthrey, farmer b. Ireland; Margaret, b. England). Town clerks recorded early events; post-1857 state-level filings exist. Search town records in Grand Isle, Caledonia, Addison, and Chittenden Counties for additional Guthrie vital events.

SOURCE: VERMONT PROBATE RECORDS Probate files (wills, estates, guardianships) are held at county level and increasingly digitized on FamilySearch (Vermont Probate Files, 1800–1921 collection). Early records are sparse due to Vermont’s late settlement but yield valuable clues in towns like Peacham (Caledonia County) and Lincoln (Addison County), where Guthrie families appear in local histories and genealogies. Researchers should check VSARA for original estate packets and FamilySearch for indexed images. Additional probate mentions appear in compiled town genealogies (e.g., People of Peacham and similar Vermont town history volumes that include Guthrie surname sections).

SOURCE: LAND RECORDS & TOWN RECORDS Vermont land records are maintained at the town clerk level (not county). Early deeds, surveys, and proprietor records are key for post-Revolutionary settlement. No centralized colonial land archives like older states; check individual town clerks or digitized collections on FamilySearch (Vermont Town Records, 1850–2005; Vermont Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732–2005). Guthrie families appear in Grand Isle County (Alburgh) and Caledonia County (Barnet/Peacham) land and tax contexts in 19th-century records.

SOURCE: REVOLUTIONARY WAR & MILITARY RECORDS Vermont’s Revolutionary rolls (1775–1783) are compiled in Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (Goodrich, 1904; available on Archive.org and FamilySearch). Limited Guthrie entries appear compared to longer-settled states; post-1780s migrations brought additional lines. Check VSARA and the Vermont Historical Society for militia, pension, and state papers references.

NEEDED DATA Further extraction needed from:

• Vermont Probate Files 1800–1921 (FamilySearch full images)
• Town histories and genealogies (e.g., Peacham, Barnet, Alburgh, Lincoln) for compiled Guthrie sections
• VSARA manuscript collections and land/tax records for 1780s–1850s
• 1790–1850 federal censuses and state tax lists for ungrouped Guthrie households

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