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RG 062:023, Town of Canton
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: | Canton (Conn.) |
| Title: | Town of Canton records |
| Dates: | 1784-1940 |
| Quantity: | 26 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | Administrative, tax, election, military, land, school vital records for the town of Canton. |
| Identification: | RG062_023 |
| Accession: | Multiple |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
The town of Canton was incorporated in May 1806 and was taken from Simsbury.
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Scope and Content
Administrative, tax, election, military, land, school vital records for the town of Canton.
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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 creator:
Connecticut. Justice of the Peace (Canton)
Subjects:
Deeds -- Connecticut -- Canton
Elections -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Statistics
Justices of the peace -- Connecticut -- Canton
Local taxation -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Registers
Property tax -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Registers
School enrollment -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Statistics
Soldiers -- Connecticut -- Canton
Tax assessment -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Registers
Taxation -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Registers
Voting -- Connecticut -- Canton -- Statistics
Voting registers -- Connecticut -- Canton
Writs -- Connecticut -- Canton
Places:
Canton (Conn.) -- Records and correspondence
Canton (Conn.) -- Statistics, Vital
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Container List
| Records, 1784-1940 | |||||||||||
| Accession: T000480 | |||||||||||
| Town meeting records, including warnings, proposals, resolutions, votes, etc., 1885-1910 | Box 1 | ||||||||||
| Election returns, 1850-1899 | Box 2 | ||||||||||
| Voter lists, 1844-1890 | Boxes 3-4 | ||||||||||
| See Accesion T000610 for Oversize Box 5. | |||||||||||
| Certificates of electors, 1840-1856 | Box 6 | ||||||||||
| Other election-related materials, 1867-1918 | |||||||||||
| Town officials' appointments, qualifications, oaths and bonds, 1890-1918 | |||||||||||
| Record of military eligibility of male residents, including name, address, birthplace and date, business or occupation, property owner, etc., 1910-1916 | Box 7 | ||||||||||
| Military lists, including enrollment lists, 1886-1918 | Box 8 | ||||||||||
| Discharges, correspondence, bonus action, etc., 1844-1918 | |||||||||||
| Attachments, 1860-1915 | Box 9 | ||||||||||
| Deeds, 1784-1899 | |||||||||||
| Writs and summonses, 1823-1902 | Box 10 | ||||||||||
| Bills and receipts, 1844-1930 | Boxes 11-12 | ||||||||||
| Birth, death and marriage certificates, 1878-1904 | Box 13 | ||||||||||
| Burial permits, circa 1878-1920 | Box 14 | ||||||||||
| School records, including enumerations, 1820-1930 | Box 15 | ||||||||||
| Marriage licenses, hunting licenses (stubs), liquor licenses, returns of vital statistics, letters, parental consent to marriages, reports to the state, 1882-1920 | Box 16 | ||||||||||
| Dog licenses and dog register, 1882-1920 | Box 17 | ||||||||||
| Appointment of jurors, warnings of town meetings, tavern licenses, lists of justices of the peace, financial records, church trustees, certificates of disbursements by candidates for office, 1838-1921 | Box 18 | ||||||||||
| Board of relief records, 1838-1940 | Box 19 | ||||||||||
| Rate books, grand lists, tax abstracts, 1817-1888 | Box 20 | ||||||||||
| Tax Abstracts | |||||||||||
| 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859 | Box 21 | ||||||||||
| 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869 | Box 22 | ||||||||||
| 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 | Box 23 | ||||||||||
| 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882 | Box 24 | ||||||||||
| 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 | Box 25 | ||||||||||
| 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 | Box 26 | ||||||||||
| 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 | Box 27 | ||||||||||
| 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 | Box 28 | ||||||||||
| 1906, 1907, 1908 | Box 29 | ||||||||||
| 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 | Box 30 | ||||||||||
| 1914, 1915, 1916 | Oversize Box 31 | ||||||||||
| Accession: T000610 | |||||||||||
| Voter lists, 1900-1930 | Oversize Box 5 | ||||||||||