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Probate Court has Probate Records from 1887 55 School Street, Suite 104,
Lancaster, NH 03584;
Phone : (603) 788-2001
Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1803
55 School St. Suite 103,
Lancaster, NH. 03584;
788-2392 Fax: 788-4291;
HRS: 8:00-4:00
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Southern Claims Commission from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents In the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the U.S. government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees and church buildings.
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
New Hampshire Web Forum - View and post information about Coos County as well as other Counties in New Hampshire
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County History
Coös
County, named for the Indian word for pines, cohos,
encompasses the entire northern section of the state,
covering 1,804 square miles, 20% of the land area
of the state of New Hampshire. The Abnaki word, also
spelled cowass, cohoss, and coo-ash, was used to identify
inhabitants of the region. Those living in the area
were customarily know as "Coo-ashe-aukes",
or "dwellers in the pine tree place."
The
first reference to the area is found in the 1704 records
of New Hampshire, which names the area "Cohoss
– a large and valuable tract of land along the
Connecticut River." Over 90% of the land is forested,
24% of which is either State or National Forest. The
area is well known as an outstanding area for recreational
ski areas, campsites, picnic grounds, snowmobiling,
fishing, and hunting. More than half of the moose
population (2,600 out of 5,000) and the bear population
(13,500 out of 25,000) are in Coös County. The
twenty towns and one city are chiefly located along
the Connecticut and Androscoggin Rivers Valleys.
The
first white settlers of the area arrived in 1763.
Once a pathless wilderness claimed only by wild animals
and the Indians of the Abnaki tribes, the population
had swelled to 3,000 when the county was established
in 1803. Growth in the North Country during the 19th
century was quite rapid, at least 3 times that of
the state as a whole. Although the population reached
39,000 by 1930, it has since diminished to less than
35,000.
It
includes the following cities and towns:
Appalachia, Berlin, Bowman, Bretton Woods, Bungy,
Carroll, Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia [formerly
Cockburn 1770-1811], Crystal, Cushman, Dalton, Dixville
Notch, Dummer, Errol, Fabyan, Glen House, Gorham,
Groveton, Hazens, Jefferson, Kidderville, Lancaster,
Mapleton, Meadows, Milan, Millsfield, Northumberland,
Paris, Percy, Pittsburg, Randolph, Riverton, Scott,
Shelburne, South Lancaster, Stark, Starr King, Stewartstown,
Stratford, Twin Mountain, Upper Kidderville, Wentworths
Location, West Stewartstown, and Whitefield.
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