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Lincolnville, Northport, Belmont, Morrill, Searsmont and Waldo Harry Edward Mitchell The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine History Documents Special Collections 1907 Town register: Lincolnville, Northport, Belmont, Morrill, Searsmont and Waldo Harry Edward Mitchell P. I. Lawton A. J. Bryant Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory Part of the United States History Commons Repository Citation Mitchell, Harry Edward; Lawton, P. I.; and Bryant, A. J., "Town register: Lincolnville, Northport, Belmont, Morrill, Searsmont and Waldo" (1907). Maine History Documents. 39. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/39 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. (^iue ?9 mL7^ icker --y E TOWN REGISTER LINCOLNVILLE NORTHPROT BELMONT MORRILL SEARSMONT and WALDO 1907 MITCHELL Jjgvies B ~Ycex§Ry 3TTS BOOIC ^^ LIBRARIES UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT ORONO State of Maine Collection RAYMOND H. FOGLER LIBRARY GIFT OF Mr. James B. Vickery JAMES PATTEE SL SON INSURANCE Fidelity, Judicial, Official and Contract Bonds Justice of the Peace, Dedimus Justice MASONIC TEMPLE BELFAST, MAINE THE ONLY GARAGE IN THIS CITY Gas Engines Steam Engines Wind Mills General Machinery READ MACHINE WORKS Successors to Geo. T: Read MACHINISTS and MILL SUPPLIERS Oils, Greases, Graphite, Belt Dressing, Belt Lacing, Belt Hooks, Lubricators, Oil Cups, Gauge Glasses, Caskets, Re­ flectors, Screws, Bolts, Bolt Cutting, Iron and Brass Pipe, Auto Fittings, Spark Coils, Batteries, Switches, Gas Eugine Packing, Tucks, Square Flax, Steam Packiiijr iu Sheets and Spiral, High and Low Pressure, Gasket Tubing Hose and Repairs, Sewing Machine Supplies, Bicycles, etc. If you doubt our ability to do your work or furnish your supplies, Grant us the benefit of that doubt and ask us. AGENT FOR INDIAN MOTORCYCLES TELEPHONE CONNECTION 44 MAIN STREET, BELFAST, MAINE HALL, The Children's Photographer MAIN STREET BELFAST MAINE THE TOWN REGISTER Lincolnville Northport Belmont Morrill Searsmont and Waldo 1 9 O 7 COMPILE!) BY MITCHELL, LAWTON AND BRYANT BKUNSWICK, MAINE: PUBLISHED BY THE H. E. MITCHELL CO. 1907 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 HISTORY OF LINCOLNVILLE Early Settlement 12 Incorporation 21 Town Officials 23 Industries 28 Educational Items 29 Church History 30 Military History 34 Physicians 38 Items of Interest 39 HISTORY OF NORTHPORT 40 Early Settlement 40 Incorporation » 45 Town Officials 47 Church Account 49 Military History 51 Items of Interest 53 GREENE PLANTATION 54 Early Land Troubles 54 Petition for Incorporation of Belmont 56 HISTORY OF BELMONT Early Settlers 58 Incorporation 63 Town Officials 64 Military History 68 Belmont Mills 71 School Items 72 Professional Men 72 Items of interest 73 Contents—Continued HISTORY OF MORRILL 75 Incorporation 75 Town Officials 76 Morrill Mills 79 Ecclesiastical Account 79 Morrill in the Rebellion 80b Professional Men 80e Patrons of Husbandry 80e HISTORY OF SEARSMONT Early Settlement 80g Incorporation 80i Town Officials 80k Church History 80p Military Account 80r School Notes 80s Industries 80t Professional Men 80u Facts of Interest 80v HISTORY OF WALDO Early Settlement 80x Plantation Officials 80aa Incorporation of Waldo 80bb Town Officials 80cc Military History 80ff Schools 80hh Items of Interest 80hh SUPPLEMENT—Additional Lists of Soldiers 80ii CENSUS OF LINCOLNVILLE 81 CENSUS OF NORTHPORT 108 CENSUS OF SEARSMONT 120 CENSUS OF BELMONT 143 CENSUS OF WALDO 154 CENSUS OF MORRILL 165 Errata to Lincolnville Census 175 Let me save you one half the cost of your wood bill Now is the time to stop and think Now is the time to stop and think, about getting your winter's wood, I have a good supply of Slabs. Edgings and Buttings; my prices are as low as the lowest. Don't! drive a dirty horse when you can always get good dry sawdust at Holmes Mills. Remember I buy logs and stave wood standing or delivered at mill, or will buy your wood lot. No lot too big or too small. If you are going to do any logging next winter come early before the rush. I am making improvements all the time and can give you better service than ever the coming winter. FRED A. HOLMES Manufacturer and dealer in LONG AND SHORT LUMBER Holmes Mill is the best mill by a dam site in this county 4 Per Cent 4 Per Cent BELFAST SAVINGS BANK ORGANIZED 1868 ROBERT. F. DUNTON, PRES. W1LMER J. DORMAN, TREAS. HERBERT T. FIELD, ASSISTANT TREASURER DEPOSITS $1,411,764.60 RESERVE AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS 121.353.26 TOTAL RESOURCES 1.598.116.78 DIVIDEND NO. 1. December 1, 1868 867.75 DIVIDEND NO. 78, June 3, 1907 at the rate of 4% 25.766.60 TOTAL DIVIDENDS PAID TO DEPOSITORS TO DATE 1.240.546.28 This Bank paid its 78th semi-annual dividend June 3, 1907 at the rate of 4% per annum, and we confidently ex­ pect to maintain this rate in the future. All dividend inter­ est is immediately credited to the accounts of thedepositors, and if uncalled for will draw interest the same as the princi­ pal sum. The affairs of this Bauk ha.ve the careful and conscientious oversight of its Trustees, who respectiully ask a continua­ tion of the patronage of its present depositors, and will be pleased to open new accounts with any prospective deposit­ ors, within or without the state. Deposits received and placed on interest the first of each mouth. Deposits in this bank are exempt from taxation. TRUSTEES Robert F. Dunton James H. Howes, Fred G. White, Arthur I. Brown, Ben D. Field. 4 Per Cent 4 Per Cent HISTORY OF Lincolnville, Northport, Belmont, Morrill, Searsmont and Waldo INTRODUCTION. The group of towns included in this work are located in the southeastern portion of the county of Waldo, adjacent to the city of Belfast. The region in which they lie is, for the most part hilly and broken, rimmed by low-lying mountains which extend almost to the waters of Penobscot Bay. Portions of the mountain chain extending across the country separate the land into valleys and small plateaus which afford much ex­ cellent land for agriculture, the occupation in which most of the inhabitants are engaged. Combining the attractions of seashore and mountain, and abounding in beautiful lakes and streams, this section presents manifold attractions to every lover of the beautiful. These towns are closely connected both from an histori­ cal and from a geographical point of view and have a com­ mon origin. All of the territory now included in these towns formed part of the Muscongus Patent, later known as the "Lincolnshire", and finally the "Waldo Patent", a subord- 10 INTRODUCTION inate land grant that the Plymouth Council, which held the great charter for New England, portioned out in Maine. This charter was originally granted in 1620, by King James I of England, to forty noblemen, knights and gentle­ men, and these men, the "Plymouth Council", before sur­ rendering their charter, made several grants of land within the territory of Maine, of which the Waldo Patent was one. Most of this great tract of land afterward came into the possession of General Samuel Waldo who acquired part as a reward for services rendered the former owners, and part by purchase. It was for him that the tract was named. General Henry Knox acquired the estate in 1792, but six years later, on account of financial difficulties, was com­ pelled to mortgage the portion comprised within these towns to his friends, General Lincoln and Colonel Jackson. This mortgage was in 1812 assigned to Messrs. Israel Thorndike, David Sears and Wm. Prescott of Boston. Bel­ mont afterwards became the property of Samuel Parkman and Benj. Joy of the same city. With increase in number of inhabitants the settlements were formed into plantations and finally into the towns of today. More than one and a quarter centuries have passed since the first settlement was made in this section and the changes that have come with the years are very great. The trails marked by spotted trees have given way to excellent roads and drives, the little clearings of the settlers have been re­ placed by well tilled farms, broad meadow lands and villages, and on the seashore where once stood a few scattered log INTRODUCTION 11 huts of hardy fishermen, there are cosy cottages and beauti­ ful summer residences overlooking the bay. The men of today have little realization either of the hardships or of the enjoyments of their forefathers. Of the environments and surroundings ol the pioneers in this sec­ tion but little trace remains. Only tradition, a few records and the moss grown grave­ stones in the church yards remain to remind us of the men who came into the unbroken wilderness and made the be­ ginnings of these towns—only these and the enduring hills and waters of the bay. But sometimes on a calm summer evening as the night wind rustles softl3T the trees on the cliffs and the wavelets swish on the sands of the shore, they seem to bring a message, the story perhaps of the ambitions and inspirations of our fathers, of their hardships, their courage and their perseverance, and it may be of the fulfill­ ment and the reward. Mistoity of Llncolnuille. EARLY SETTLEMENT. The town of Lincolnville was incorporated by act of the Massachusetts Legislature, June 23, 1802, the 137th to pass under the incorporation laws. Prior to that time it had been included in the plantations of Ducktrap and Canaan and was first settled by Nathan Knight, who came to the wilderness from Castine in 1770, and made a begin­ ning the same year.
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