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Most of the Vital Records are contained in each town office. The Maine Archives, located in Augusta, does have copies of many vital records and historical documents.
All Garland vital records from before 1888 were destroyed in a fire. Vital events from before the 1811 incorporation may have been recorded at the county seat, Bangor, under the name Lincolntown, Lincoln Settlement or Twp. 3, Range 5. Garland vital records have been microfilmed by the Utah Genealogical Society and are on file with the LDS Family History Library. Film number 0010830, Item #6. The card catalog entry states the records are 1858 - 1950 inclusive, but I suspect that is a typo and 1888 is the correct start date. The records were filmed in the 1950s.
Exterior notes, partially illegible: Remonstrance of George Curtis & others
against Repeal of the License Laws. Hs. of Rps. _ /47, Reo. ______ License Laws,
sent up for ____, Sm. Bibb, Clerk, In Senate, July 1, 1847, Re_ in concurrence,
Danl. T. Poke, Secy.
To the Hon. Senate & House of Representatives in
Legislature assembled,
The undersigned residents of Garland -- believing
that the public welfare will be greatly promoted by the existence and operation
of the law restricting the sale of intoxicating drinks, passed at the last
session of the Legislature, respectfully but earnestly remonstrate against its
repeal.
George Curtis, William Sargent, Moody Bailey, H. L. Oak, T. T.
Clark, Henry B. Miller, Thad. P. Irish, Eliah Stewart, Lebbeus Oak, Edson L.
Oak, N. J. Johnson, Isaac Haskell, Joseph True, Bildad A. Haskell, Noah Swett,
Wm. Reynolds, Justus H. Jackman, Geo. R. Coffin, S. P. Sargent , David Fogg,
John S. Figg, William F. Haskell, Lorenzo Oak, Zebulon Knight, Horace Lyford,
John Treadwell, Jseph W. Lyford, Samuel W. Knight, Alfred H. Skiner, Wins
Preble, Lyndon Oak, John B. Springall, Otis Straw, Aaron Hill, John Batchelder,
Josiah Bartlett, Petatiah Came, Hiram Lyford, Giles Straw
Exterior notes,
partially illegible: Pet. of John Trefetheren & twenty-two others for the repeal
of the License Law. House of Representatives, June 18, 1847, Referred to the
Committee on License Laws, Sent up for Concomm(?) Ian Ribbon Clerk, in Senate,
June 19, 1847, Referred in concurrence Danl. T. Pikedney, William J. Thomas.
To the Hon., the Senate and the House of Representatives in Legislature
Assembled:
Profoundly impressed with the conviction that the law of last
session, entitled "An act to restrict the sale of intoxicating drinks," is wrong
in principle, oppressive in detail, and calculated fearfully to increase the
evils it was professedly designed to suppress, the undersigned, citizens of
______ [blank spot, not filled in] respectfully urge its unconditional appeal.
February 1847. (Part of a longer printed text.)
John Trefetheren, Garland
Charles Hayes, Garland
Seneca, P. Hayes, Garland
John Pilsbury, Garland
J Hodson, Pitsfield
James H. Gulliner, Garland
M. G. Flanders, Garland
L. G. Flanders, Garland
H. H. Gordon, Garland
Samuel Curtis
J. S. Brown, Esq.
James P. Copeland
W. A. Copeland
John Hayes
John H. Prescott
John Williams
Jonathan Lyford
Jonathan C. Davis
D. L. Hayes
Ruben Otis
Merriam Flanders
Contributed by Jennifer Godwin, transcribed from document at Maine State Archives, Augusta ME
ABBOT George S., Levant & PAINE Sophronia M., Levant - Sep 1845
ALLEN Elbridge G., Stetson & SIMPSON Roxana Isabella, Bangor - April - May 1841
ANDERSON Thatcher S., Stetson & FLINT Lucinda M., Abbot - Sept 1842
BICKNELL Joseph R., Stetson & WHITE Harriet N., Stetson - Oct - Nov 1840
CHASE Jonas M., Stetson & COOK Mary Jane, Stetson - April - May 1840
CLOUDMAN Joel W., Stetson & WHITE Eliza S., Levant - April - May 1843
CURTIS Asa, Stetson & ELLIS Mary, St. Albans - Aug - Sep 1844
CURTIS Benjamin, Stetson & QUIMBY Joanna, Exeter - Feb 1841
DRESSER Thomas, Stetson & CURTIS Martha, Stetson - Jan 1841
EATON Parker G., Plymouth Maine & BAKER Seviah? Jane, Plymouth Maine - Oct 1842
GOLBRATH Henry H., Stetson & LANG? Christiana, Stetson - April 1841
HARTWELL Richmond, Stetson & NUTTING Abigail, Groton - Dec 1841
HERSEY? O., Stetson & WING Julia, Stetson - Nov - Dec 1842
HOUSTON Jesse, Stetson & COOK Lydia A., Stetson - March - April 1840
IRELAND Daniel E., Stetson & POLLEY Charity, Stetson - Jan 1841
KEY John, Stetson & KIMBALL Elmira, Bangor & Mar - Apr 1844
LAKE Amasa, Stetson & WOOD Mary C., Levant - Apr - May 1844
LEATHERS Bartlett Jr., Stetson & GRAY Mary Ann, Stetson - May - June 1843
MARDEN James, Stetson & COOPER Mary E., Stetson - Nov - Dec 1843
MARDEN William, Stetson & KEYS Betsey Ann, Wolfborough NH - Jan 1845
McKENNEY Robert, Stetson & HARTWELL Nancy R., Stetson - Feb - Apr 1841
PHILBROOK Jethro S., Newport & MELVIN Abigail S., Newport - Jan 1842
POLLEY Ed. Moses, Stetson & IRELAND Hannah C., Newport - April - May 1841
SEAVEY Calvin, Stetson & HILL Mary A., Exeter - Nov - Dec 1840
SHEPLEY Horace, Stetson & STUART Hannah B., Newport - Oct 1842
SHERBURN William, Glenburn & PAINE Abby A., Levant - July 1845
TIBBETS Allen, Exeter & Sarah P. HUNT, Stetson - Aug - Sep 1840
TIBBETS William Henry, Exeter & BROWN Mercy A., Corinth - Dec 1845
WENTWORTH Nathaniel S., Stetson & LORR or LARY? Sarah, Stetson - Nov 1844
WHITE Jonathon, Stetson & WING Cynthia, Stetson - Feb 1844
WHITING Sylvanus Jr., Newport & LANCASTER Betsey R., Newport - April 1843
WIGGIN John B., Stetson & BICKNELL Hannah R., Stetson - Oct 1844
WIGGIN or WINGGEN Stephen, Stetson & COWEN Jane, Stetson - Nov. 1840, Certificate Given Jan 1841
WOOD Charles B., Stetson & IRELAND Sabrina, Newport - Feb - Mar 1844
Transcribed from LDS FHL Microfilm 0012215 and contributed 26 Jun 2002 by Joan Benner
Captain
Enoch R. Lumbert
Lieutenants
John Quimby
Fifield Lyford
Alfred Kirkpatrick
Sergeants
Hebron Luce, Ord. Sergt.
Daniel M. Haskell
Tristram C. Godding
Luther Rideout
Daniel Webster
Liberty Drew
Joseph Bartlett
Stephen B. Dockham
Corporals
Daniel E. Field
Micah C. Emerson
Hiram Hawes
Charles Doble
Musicians
Royal H. Batchelder
Levi M. Perry
Privates
Adams, James W.
Bailey, Moody
Bartlett, Zenas
Batchelder, James
Batchelder, John, 2nd.
Batchelder, Dodge
Bridge, Samuel
Burnham, Mark
Chase, Alexander H.
Coburn, Jonas
Davis, Andrew S.
Davis, Robert P.
Downe, Henry A.
Doble, Orren
Draper, Hiram
Elliot, Rufus
Fifield, Thomas B.
Gates, Zaloch
Gleason, Dennis
Godwin, Hiram F.
Goodwin, Enoch P.
Gould, Thomas F.
Hamilton, Samuel
Haskell, Andrew M.
Haskell, Charles
Hawes, Henry
Huff, Benjamin W.
Kimball, Jedediah
Knight, Samuel
Leighton, Harvey E.
Littlefield, Daniel S.
Ladd, John C.
Lougee, James
Merriam, Artemas
Miles, Abram
Moulton, Stephen C.
Neal, William
Norton, Elijah
Nute, John
Page, Ezekiel
Patten, James R.
Patten, Nathaniel R.
Perkins, Robert
Reed, Jeremiah
Runnels, John S.
Shackleton, John
Skinner, Albert
Smith, Gardner
Smith, John P.
Stinson, Waterman
Tobbin, John
Tomlinson, Paul
Tuttle, Isaac
West, John
Whittier, Amasa
Whittier, Porter, Jr.
Whittier, Richard, Jr.
Warren, James
Source: Aroostook War: Historical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men, Called into Service for the Protection of the Northeastern Frontier of Maine, from February to May, 1839, Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print, 1904, page 58.
This Regiment was organized at Bangor, Me.,
leaving there May 14th, 1861, and was mustered into the U. S. service at
Willett’s Point, Long Island, N. Y., May 28th, 1861, to serve two years.
Arrived at Washington on the 31st, and encamped on Meridian Hill until July 1st,
and at Falls Church, Va., until the 16th.
It took a prominent part in the
battle of Bull Run July 21st, losing in the engagement 47 killed and wounded,
and over 100 missing.
Arriving in Washington on the 23d, they garrisoned
at Fort Corcoran until the middle of Oct., when they were assigned to the 1st
Brigade, Porter’s Division, and left the Fort for Hall’s Hill, remaining there
until the 1st of March, 1862, at which time they advanced with the Army of the
Potomac on Manassus; afterwards participated in the siege of Yorktown.
On
the 27th of May, the regiment was engaged at the battle of Hanover Court House.
During this engagement their loss in killed was slight, though the number of
wounded was large.
The regiment took a prominent part in the battle of
Gaines Hill, and during the seven days retreat was repeatedly under fire, and at
the battle of Malvern Hill successfully held a dangerous and conspicuous
position during the day, losing but few men.
They remained several weeks
at Harrison’s Landing, when on its evacuation they were ordered to join Gen.
Pope’s Army, and on the 30th of August participated in the battle of Manassas.
They retreated with the army to Washington and encamped on Arlington
Heights, where after remaining three days they marched into Maryland.
At
the battle of Antietam on the 17th of Sept., the regiment was under fire in the
reserve, and after the battle were among the first to enter Sharpsburg after the
enemy had left.
Shortly after this the regiment in an effort to ford the
river at Shephardstown, was confronted by a largely superior force of the enemy,
and under a galling fire, were obliged to reford the river.
On the 13th
of Dec., the regiment took a prominent part in the battle of Fredericksburg.
Their loss in killed and wounded in that engagement was very heavy.
During Gen. Hooker’s operations at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the
regiment formed a part of the right wing of his army, and at the last named
battle in May, 1863, was mostly behind breastworks.
When the regiment’s
time expired in May, 125 of the number of men who were sworn in for three years,
were transferred to the 20th Me. Vols., and the remainder, 275, including
officers and men, returned to Maine, where they were mustered out of the U. S.
service at Bangor, June 4th and 9th, 1863, by Capt. Thomas C. J. Baily, 17th U.
S. Infantry.
This Regiment was organized at Bangor, Me., Aug. 21st, 1862, to serve 3 years, and left Aug. 24th for Washington, D. C., where, after occupying a position on the Virginia side, and doing garrison duty for nearly five months, in accordance with orders from the War Department, the organization was changed to Heavy Artillery, and by General Order No. 62, Adjutant General’s Office, of Maine, series of 1862, was designated as the 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery of Maine Volunteers. --Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the year ending December 31, 1866, p. 132.
Adjutant-General's reports during the late war:
William A. HOBBIE, born in Garland, October, 1837;
Class of 1861; served in the Army of the
Tennessee under General Sherman, in the Sixteenth Iowa.
Leander O.
MERRIAM, born in Garland, May, 1843; left in his junior year; and returned to
finish his course in the next class; Sergeant Major Thirty-First Maine; was
wounded.
| No. of certificate | Name of Pensioner | Post-office address | Cause for which pensioned | Monthly rate | Date of original allowance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183437 | Goodwin, Samuel W. | Garland | chr. diarr. &c.; | 4.00 | Mar. 1 1881 |
| 66673 | Trundy, Benson L. | do | g.s.w. l. shoulder | 6.00 | --- |
| 139066 | Ramsdell, Job | do | heart dis | 4.00 | May 3 1876 |
| 186955 | Roberts, Albin K. P. | do | dis. heart and lungs | 12.00 | Apr. 18 1881 |
| 57552 | Reynolds, Joseph E | do | chr. diarr. &c.; | 8.00 | --- |
| 57590 | Skillen, William E. | do | loss l. leg | 18.00 | July 23 1866 |
| 79663 | Weeks, Samuel | do | wd. r. hand &c.; | 4.00 | --- |
| 79746 | Morgan, Luther M. | do | loss sight r. eye &c.; | 10.00 | --- |
| 30467 | Jones, Dudley S. | do | loss r. arm | 24.00 | --- |
| 82654 | Bartlett, Eliza A. | do | mother | 8.00 | Sept. 6 1866 |
| 49908 | Prescott, Mary | do | do | 8.00 | June 24 1865 |
| 147879 | Straw, Rebecca | do | do | 8.00 | Aug. 25 1876 |
| 62059 | Harlon, Betsey A. | do | widow | 8.00 | June 5 1862 |
| 141 | Richardson, Mary W. | do | do | 50.00 | Nov. 21 1862 |
| 139224 | Murphy, Samuel | do | father | 8.00 | Feb. 2 1882 |
| 32372 | Stuart, Eliza A. | do | widow 1812 | 8.00 | Jan. 22 1879 |
| 32242 | Ellis, Eunice | do | do | 8.00 | --- |
| 15544 | Nelson, Lucinda | do | do | 8.00 | Jan. 20 1879 |
Contributed by Jennifer Godwin
Posted outside the Lyndon Oak Library in Garland during the 1940s"It leaves off at least four names: Bernard Jones, who was born, grew up and completed school in Garland; Frances Dancer, who, as far as I know, always lived in Garland; and Chester & Frank Barnes, who attended school in Garland, and called Garland home, returning after they were older. Lincoln Clifford is another veteran who was not listed, who can be added to the list of those who grew up and went to school in Garland." --Fran Jones Libby
Adams, Arnold
Bagley, Kenneth
Brown, Percy
Batchelder, John
Beyea, Gordon
Burrill, Carleton
Clark, Donald
Clark, Roger
Davis, Clifford
Day, Everett
Dancer, Harold
Dean, Wallace Jr.
Estabrook, Clayton
Ernest, Stanley
French, Herbert
Fogg, Stanley
Gilles, John Jr.
Giles, Gerald
Gallagher, John
Gallagher, Ralph
Glasgon, Bobbie
Herrick, Harold
Haskell, Sherwood
Haskell, Lawrence
Junck, Marjorie
Johnson, Charles
Jones, Robert
Jones, Kenneth
Libby, Galen
Libby, Lincoln
Monroe, Walter
Monroe, George
Monroe, Nolan
Monroe, Roger
Olson, Oscar
Pushor, Carl
Page, Norman
Pearl, Guy
Robinson, Paul
Robinson, John Jr.
Ramsdell, George
Robichaud, Joseph
Scott, Linwood
Sawyer, Ervin
Stone, Lee
Smith, John
Stone, Paul
Stevens, Alan
Simpson, John
Titcomb, Franklin
Towle, John
Washburn, Shirley
Whiting, Noram
Webber, Merville
Webber, Gordon
Weber, Vernie
Webber, Renview
Missing In Action
Monroe, Wilbur Jr.
Discharged
Boynton, Alton
Judkinds, Elmer
Davis, Shirley
Goodwin, Lester
Engstrom, Wilfred
Contributed by Marilyn Sue Libby Moore and Fran Jones Libby
"Because of the cost of the War of 1812 (1812-1814) followed by the year without a summer 1815, many New Englanders went to Ohio for a better life. Some families remained in Maine but were unable to pay their taxes. The following is a list of the people in Garland, Maine, who did not pay their taxes for 1816." --David Colby Young
| Name | Land | Tax |
|---|---|---|
| William Blaisdell | 90 acres, lot #5, 8th range | 0.52 |
| Abraham Bond | 100 acres, lot #7, 8th range | 0.75 |
| Joseph Carr | 160 acres, lot #7, 3rd range | 1.15 |
| Enoch Clough | 183 acres, lot #9, 5th range | 1.50 |
| Isaac Copeland | 72 acres, part of #11, 5th range | 0.72 |
| John Finson | 88 acres, part of lot #7, 8th range | 0.62 |
| Joseph Garland | 200 acres, part of lots #7, #8 & #11 in 7th & 11th range | 2.22 |
| Amos Gordon | 260 acres, lot #9 in 6th range & part of two other lots #9 & #10 in 7th range | 2.15 |
| Benjamin Gilpatrick | 66 acres, lot #11, 9th range | 0.65 |
| Thomas Gilpatrick | 66 acres, part of lot #11, 9th range | 0.55 |
| Moses Gordon | 100 acres, part of lot #10, 5th range | 0.77 |
| William Gordon | 176 acres of land, lot #8, 5th range | 1.52 |
| John S. Haskell | 83 acres, part of lot #11, 5th range | 0.92 |
| John Hays | 165 acres, lot #10, 2nd range | 1.25 |
| Wiggins Hill | 100 acres, part of #1 and #2, 7th range, also 20 acres of #4, 5th range | 1.38 |
| John Jackman | 100 acres, part of #6, 9th range | 0.69 |
| Enoch Jackman | 160 acres, lot #6, 9th range | 0.92 |
| Theophilus Morgan | 170 acres, lot #9, 7th range | 1.20 |
| James Parker | 50 acres, lot #8, 6th range | 0.35 |
| Moses Saunders | 70 acres, north part of lot #4, 8th range | 0.61 |
| John Saunders | 70 acres, south part of lot #6, 9th range | 0.49 |
| Joseph Saunders | 140 acres, lot #4, 9th range | 1.03 |
| Sampson Silver | 73 acres, part of lot #10, 5th range | 0.57 |
| Joshua Silver | 79 acres, part of lot #11, 9th range | 0.55 |
| Robert Seward | 60 acres, part of lot #1, 8th range | 0.42 |
| Joseph Treadwell | 139 acres, part of lot #4, 7th range | 1.05 |
| Thomas S. Tyler | 100 acres of land, lot #10, 7th range | 0.82 |
| Trafton & Crowell | 160 acres, lot #3, 5th range | 1.27 |
| Oliver Woodward | 144 acres, lot #4, 6th range | 0.99 |
Contributed by David Colby Young
Allen, Thorndike
Barden, John
Barden, Joseph
Barrows, Timothy
Carter, Allen
Carter, Allen Jr.
Carter, Z. Joseph
Clark, Isaac
Clark, Joseph
Contadine?, Jesse
Crocket, Mark
Crocket, Samuel
Darling, Samuel
George, Noah
George, Thomas
H---, Bealy?
Ingalls, Nathaniel
Joslin, George
Lakin, David
Matthews, Daniel
Meyer or Messer, Stephen
Osgood, Abijah
Osgood, Amasa
Osgood, Christopher
Patten, David
Patten, James
Patten, James Jr.
Patten, Matthew
Patten, Robert
Stetson, Amasa
Sweet, Eben
Tilson, George
Williams, Smith
Contributed by Joan Benner
Allen, Nathaniel
Allen, Thomas C.
Allen, Thorndike
Buswell, Daniel
Clark, Isaac
Clark, Lemuel
Clark, Nathan
Clark, Seth
Clark, Thomas
Clark, William
Cloutman, Isaac
Cloutman, Jess
Cloutman, Nathan
Crocket, Benjamin
Crocket, John
Crocket, Menzeor?
Crocket, Samuel
Damon, Daniel
Damon, Joseph B.
Damon, Samuel
Dengen?, Asa
Ferren, John
George, Charles
Goodwin, Josiah W.
Hartwell, _iven?
Lakin, David
Lucy?, Daniel
Moulton, Charles
Osgood, Amos
Osgood, Andrew
Shepard, Joseph
Shepard, Joseph K?
Stetson, Amasa
Stetson, Samuel
Tibbets, Daniel
Tibbets, Jehabad?
Waymouth, Andrew W.
Wentworth, Ebenezer
Whittredge, Daniel
Wiggin, Joseph
Wyman, Charles
Contributed by Joan Benner, transcribed from LDS FHL Microfilm 0012215
Allen, Nathaniel
Allen, Thomas C.
Allen, Thorndike
Barden, Alois
Barden, Oren
Bean, Richard
Berry, Daniel
Berry, James
Bicknall, Isaac
Boyd, David
Buswell, Daniel
Buswell, T. W.?
Chase, John W.
Chase, Jona
Clark, Isaac
Clark, Lemuel
Clark, Samuel
Clark, Seth
Clark, Thomas
Clark, William
Clautman, Jesse
Clautman, Joel
Clautman, John S.
Clautman, Mark
Clautman, Nathan
Clautman, William
Coleman, Robert
Cooper, Levi
Coverly, Levi
Coverly, Moses
Crockett, Benjamin
Crockett, George
Crockett, John
Crockett, Mouzer?
Crockett, Samuel
Damon, Daniel
Damon, Ter__ ? E.
Damon, Thomas
Daniels, Joshua
Daniels, Nathan
Farnam or Forren, John
Frost, James R.
George, Charles
Getchall, Ephraim
Getchall, Henry M.
Goodwin, Josiah M.
Goodwin, Levi
Goodwin, Thomas
Guffy or Guppy, William P.
Heartwell, Oliver
Hersey, Al___
Hersey, William
Higgins, Leonard
Hill, H.
Houston, William
Hurd, Stephan
Husdon or Huston, T. W.
Huston or Houston, William
Johnson, Peter
Key, John
Knowles, Albert
Lakin, David
Lakin, John
Lancaster, ___
Langley, __ziah
Langley, David
Langley, Thomas
Lock, F.
Lorr or Lory, Teller
Lovill, George
Marden, William
McKensey, John
Moulton, Charles
Osgood, Andrew
Piper, Amasa
Piper, James
Piper, Thomas
Ranney or Ramsey, Thomas S.
Rogers, James
Rogers, Nathaniel
Ross, William
Sanderson, Joshua
Sanderson, Sanford
Shepard, Frederick
Shepard, Jonah
Shepard, Joseph H.
Shepardson, John W.
Stetson, Amasa
Stetson, Samuel
Stewart, Abiah B.
Thompson, William
Tibbets, Daniel
Tibbets, Ichabod
Wentworth, Caleb
Wentworth, Ebenezer
Wentworth, Thomas
Weymouth, Samuel
Wiggen, Joseph
Wing, Daniel
Wing, William
Wing, William Jr.
Wing, Zachariah P.
Wood, Charles B.
Wyman, Charles
Wyman, J___ P.
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