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RG 062:159, Town of Wethersfield
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2007 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Wethersfield (Conn.) |
| Title: | Town of Wethersfield records |
| Dates: | 1723-1981 |
| Quantity: | 53 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | Administrative, election, court, military, school, tax and vital records for the town of Wethersfield. |
| Identification: | RG062_159 |
| Accession: | T000630 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
The town of Wethersfield was settled in 1634, named in 1637 and incorporated in May 1832.
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Scope and Content
Administrative, election, court, military, school, tax and vital records for the town of Wethersfield.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Index Terms
Alternate Creators:
Connecticut. Justice of the Peace (Wethersfield)
Subjects:
Deeds -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Elections -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield -- Statistics
Justices of the peace -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Local taxation -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield -- Registers
Property tax -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield -- Registers
Public welfare -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Slaves -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Soldiers -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Tax assessment -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield -- Registers
Taxation -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield -- Registers
Voting -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield -- Statistics
Voting registers -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Writs -- Connecticut -- Wethersfield
Places:
Wethersfield (Conn.) -- Records and correspondence
Wethersfield (Conn.) -- Statistics, Vital
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Container List
| Records, 1723-1981 | |||||||||||
| Calendared records, including town officers, boundaries, meeting house records, land transactions, taxes, highways and bridges, slaves, indentures, care of the poor and legal records, 1723-1821 | Boxes 1-5 | ||||||||||
| Town meeting records, including warnings for meetings and resolutions, 1815, 1915-1916 | Box 6 | ||||||||||
| Lists of voters, electors and freemen, 1798-1891 | |||||||||||
| Voters at town meetings, 1837-1840 | |||||||||||
| Election returns, 1802-1838 | |||||||||||
| Selectmen's reports, 1852-1867 | |||||||||||
| Records of appointment or election of town officers, 1784-1874 | |||||||||||
| unprocesed | |||||||||||
| Indentures, 1779-1851 | Box 7 | ||||||||||
| Appointments of overseers, 1761-1881 | |||||||||||
| Records relating to naming jurors and licensing taverns and retailers, 1823-1838 | |||||||||||
| Records relating to roads, highways, ferries and bridges, 1822-1867 | |||||||||||
| Records of military service, including enlistments, bounty receipts and surgeon's reports, 1862-1898 | |||||||||||
| Deeds, 1807-1913 | |||||||||||
| Records relating to care of the poor, including correspondence, bills and accounts, and records about administration of Hospitality Lodge, 1762-1829 | Box 8 | ||||||||||
| Records relating to care of the poor, 1762-1829 | Box 9 | ||||||||||
| Probate and estate papers, including the estates of Bulkley, Latimer and Woodhouse, 1838-1907 | |||||||||||
| Abstracts of births, marriages and deaths, 1854-1891 | |||||||||||
| Records relating to boundaries, church property, deposit fund, petitions for new towns, bonds, physician licenses, circa 1820-1902 | Box 10 | ||||||||||
| First School Society Treasurer's book, includes lists of burial plot owners, 1863-1909 | |||||||||||
| School accounts, 1813-1891 | |||||||||||
| Tax abstracts | |||||||||||
| 1730-1749 | Box 11 | ||||||||||
| 1750-1773 | Box 12 | ||||||||||
| 1774-1789 | Box 13 | ||||||||||
| 1790-1799 | Box 14 | ||||||||||
| 1800-1809 | Box 14a | ||||||||||
| 1810-1818 | Box 14b | ||||||||||
| Assessor's books | |||||||||||
| 1824-1828 | Box 14c | ||||||||||
| 1828-1833 | Box 14d | ||||||||||
| 1833-1838 | Box 15 | ||||||||||
| 1839-1843 | Box 16 | ||||||||||
| 1824-1828 | Box 17 | ||||||||||
| 1848, 1861-1864 | Box 18 | ||||||||||
| Third school district, 1849 | |||||||||||
| Newington society, 1829, 1833-1842 | Box 19 | ||||||||||
| Newington, 1843-1847, 1849, 1853, 1863 | Box 20 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Hill, 1835-1836 | |||||||||||
| Rate books, | |||||||||||
| 1826, 1835-1836, 1887-1909 | Box 21 | ||||||||||
| 1910-1922 | Box 22 | ||||||||||
| 1925-1927 | Box 23 | ||||||||||
| Fire district, 1911, 1915-1916, 1918-1919, 1921-1929 | Box 24 | ||||||||||
| Wolcott Hill fire district, 1918-1928, 1931 | Box 25 | ||||||||||
| First Ecclesiastical Society taxes, 1842 | Box 26 | ||||||||||
| Personal tax, 1915-1919 | |||||||||||
| Town tax, 1923-1924, 1928 | |||||||||||
| Rate books for First School Society and Second, Third and Fourth School Districts, 1804, 1837-1841, 1892-1909 | Box 27 | ||||||||||
| Tax abatements, 1807-1858 | |||||||||||
| Individual tax lists, 1800-1805 | |||||||||||
| Grand lists, 1800-1804 | Box 28 | ||||||||||
| Register of tax liens, 1897-1907 | |||||||||||
| Assorted tax records, 1785-1845 | |||||||||||
| Writs of attachment, 1811-circa 1850 | |||||||||||
| Writs of attachment, circa 1850-1922 | Box 29 | ||||||||||
| Justice of the Peace records, 1744-circa 1890 | Boxes 30-41 | ||||||||||
| Justice of the Peace records, circa 1890-1900 | Box 42 | ||||||||||
| Pound and dog registers, 1808-1907 | |||||||||||
| Selectmen's account books, 1814-1856 | Box 43 | ||||||||||
| Ledger, 1829-1855 | |||||||||||
| Town treasurer's reports, 1815-1883 | Box 44 | ||||||||||
| Bills, receipts and orders for payment, undated | |||||||||||
| Bills, receipts and orders for payment, 1780-1913, includes 2 record cartons | Boxes 45-48 | ||||||||||
| Town Clerk's correspondence, 1855-1876 | Box 49 | ||||||||||
| Historic District Commission minutes and administrative files, 1971-1981 | Boxes 50-52 | ||||||||||
| Tax abstracts, 1850 | Box 53 | ||||||||||
| Individual tax lists, 1846-1921, 89 volumes | |||||||||||
| These volumes are not boxed. | |||||||||||
| Volumes have varying titles on their covers such as: list, asssessment list, tax levys, assessment book, assessors book, grand list or no title at all. | |||||||||||
| Years 1847, 1850, 1863 are missing. | |||||||||||
| Years 1851-1852, 1854-1860, 1865-1869 have 2 volumes for each year. | |||||||||||
| There are 3 volumes for 1920: A-K, L-Z, non-residents. There is only one volume for 1921: non-residents. | |||||||||||
| Real estate property abstracts, 1956-1958, 3 volumes | |||||||||||