Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is composed of records which relate to Southborough’s militia, and document the town's role in military conflicts from the Revolutionary War forward. There is considerable documentation relating to the Revolutionary War, including enlistment records and payment stubs for local men who served in the continental army. The town’s records relating to the Civil War are even more expansive and provide extraordinarily thorough accounts of local soldiers and their...

Scope and Contents This series includes several hundred grave registration cards for veterans buried in Southborough who served in the military anytime from the French-Indian War through to the present. Included are the veteran’s name, service details, enlistment dates, burial location, and a description of their headstone if the grave is marked.Note: The Veteran's Grave Card index is a secondary source which was created by the Works Progress Administration at date considerably later than the...

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This series contains deeds to cemetery plots in Southborough's Rural Cemetery, records related to the maintenance and upkeep of graves, and a plan of the cemetery that was drawn in 1874. Plot deeds are organized alphabetically by the plot owner's surname. Plot deeds provide the date of purchase, name of the lot purchaser and their home address, the lot and range numbers of the purchased plot, and amount paid for the plot in addition to perpetual care.

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Financial records relating to the care and upkeep of plots in Southborough cemeteries. Records are organized by date, and an index to plot owners is included at the front of the volume.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes several hundred grave registration cards for veterans buried in Southborough who served in the military anytime from the French-Indian War through to the present. Included are the veteran’s name, service details, enlistment dates, burial location, and a description of their headstone if the grave is marked.Note: The Veteran's Grave Card index is a secondary source which was created by the Works Progress Administration at date considerably later than the...

Scope and Contents Petitions made to the Overseers for aid and relief, correspondence and memos regarding the disposition of paupers, updates on their care, and the names of their benefactors. Records of payments and reimbursements from the selectmen and overseers of the poor for the care of said individuals is also included.V.1 is divided into 5 sections:Susannah Boddingham’s Care and Accounts (1768-1776) - 27 leaves Welfare-Warnings-Inventories Etc. (1738-1840) - 69 leaves Andrew...

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Volume contains minutes, lists of paupers and applications for aid and assistance 1830-1861, and an inventory of goods 1846-1860. Applications for assistance can include the name, age, marital status, and birthplace of the requestor along with details regarding the nature of their request and living conditions.

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This volume was used to record a variety of things in addition to Chattel Mortgages. It Includes:

Lost Property, Stray Cows, Money Found, 1848-1849 (pg. 140-142) Fence Divisions, 1838-1863 (begin pg. 201, 418) Deeds for Pews, 1848-1849 (pg. 151-154) List of Dog Licenses Issued in Southborough, 1849-1864: these records include the date and number of license, owner's name, and the dog's name along with its age, breed and color (pg. 435-450).

Scope and Contents This volume was used to record a variety of things in addition to Chattel Mortgages. It Includes:Chronological Grantor Indexes to Chattel Mortgages 1883-1887, and 1887-1895. Records of Chattel Mortgages, 1883-1896 Appointment of Railroad Police,1883 (pg. 200-201) Assignments of Mortgages, 1884 Assignment of Wages, 1885-1890 Women Doing Business in Their Own Names, 1884-1890 Opinion of P. C. Bacon regarding the Town of Southborough and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society relative to...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: By definition a Chattel Mortgage is a loan used to purchase an item of movable personal property. They include a description of goods and chattels, the terms of agreement between parties concerned, names of vendor and vendee, place, amount, list of goods or chattels, amount paid, conditions and agreement of mortgages, payments, and signatures of vendors. Some volumes include an index listing vendors and vendees alphabetically, along with the year and page number.Chattel Mortgage...