Cemeteries in West Fairlee, Vermont

Private Cemeteries in West Fairlee, Vermont often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in West Fairlee, Vermont are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in West Fairlee, Vermont are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in West Fairlee, Vermont , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in West Fairlee, Vermont .

Our database contains records of burials from 6 cemeteries.

Originally a part of the town of Fairlee, West Fairlee separated in 1797. The town was first settled by Nathaniel Niles that same year. The town remained predominantly agricultural until copper was discovered in nearby Vershire in 1813. With the opening of the Ely Copper Mine in 1821 the town rapidly began to grow.

History. Westminster is Vermont's oldest existing town and was chartered in 1735 by the Province of Massachusetts Bay and was called New Taunton or Township Number One. The town did not have any permanent settlers in the area until 1751.

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Moretown was chartered June 7, 1763 before the American Revolution. It was first settled about 1790 a year before Vermont was formally admitted to the Union. Between 1749 and 1764 Benning Wentworth, Royal Governor of New Hampshire granted 135 townships in the territory destined to become Vermont.

Weston Town History Weston was originally the western part of Andover called West Town. Because Markham and Terrible mountains blocked travel between the town's halves, it was set off and incorporated on October 26, 1799, by the legislature.

Tunbridge was granted by Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire in 1761. The town was named for the Viscount of Tunbridge who lived back in England. The first settlers in town were Moses and Susannah Ordway. They were the parents of 22 children, eighteen of whom lived to adulthood.