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Census

Special 1837 Census of Unincorporated Townships and Plantations of Penobscot County

This Special 1837 Census was transcribed by Donald and Evelyn Wright on March 18, 2002. This information is free to the public. It is a rare find. The source of this information is located in the Maine State Archives, Augusta, ME. It is labeled Unincorporated townships of Penobscot County Apr 13th 1837. Only a few localities of the special census are known to exist by the Maine State Archives. We have attempted to transcribe this handwritten information accurately. Items in brackets [] were added by us for clarification that did not exist on the original document. Items in parenthesis () were our second guess where hand writing was difficult to read.

Jarvis Gore, East of Eddington

MAINE SPECIAL CENSUS, 1837, Unincorporated Townships in Penobscot County
Name of the Master, Mistress, or Head of the Family	Persons under 4 years of age	Persons 4 years & under 21 years	Persons 21 years of age & upwards	Total
Benjamin Penny		5	3	8
Rufus Rooks	2	2	2	6
Thomas Parker		6	3	9
Joseph Penny Jr.	3		2	5
Joseph Day	1	3	5	9
Samuel Trueworthy		5	2	7
Nehemiah Goodwin		3	5	8
Samuel Davis	2	3	2	7
Elisha Chick	2		2	4
Eliphalet Brackett	2	1	2	5
William Debeck	2	3	2	7
Ebenezer Davis	1	5	3	9
Samuel Debeck	1	5	2	8
Simon Crosby	2	7	3	12
Philemon Kowell (Howell)	2		3	5
Williabm Crosby	1	7	3	11
Clark Williams		3	2	5
Hammon Stevens	2	5	2	9
Nicholas Sammon		2	2	4
Footing	23	65	50	138

It was supposed when I made the return for the other unicorporated places that the above named Gore was incorporated but it is not. I therefore have taken the census and made return as as by law required.

Jacob W Stinchfield Penobscot SS -- May 19 A.D. 1837
I, Jacob W Stinchfield do solemnly swear that the number of persons set fourth in the return made by me agreeably to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act providing for the disposition and repayment of the public money apportioned to the state of Maine, on deposite, by the Government of the United States, has been ascertained by an actual inquiry at every dwelling-house or a personal inquiry of the head of every family, in conformity with the provisions of said Act; and the return aforesaid is correct and true according to the best of my knowledge and belief. So help me God. Signed Jacob W Stinchfield Subscribed and Sworn to before me Geo. B Moody, Justice of Peace

1890 Garland

Eleventh Census of the United States
Special Schedule -- Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc.
Supervisor’s District No. 2 -- Enumeration District No. 135
Persons who served in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States during the war of the rebellion (who are survivors), and widows of such persons, in Garland, County of Penobscot, State of Maine, enumerated in June 1890. Charles E. Merriam, Enumerator.

From Schedule No. 1		Names of surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows.	Rank	Company	Name of Regiment or Vessel.			Date of Enlistment.			Date of Discharge.			Length of Service.			Post-office address.	Disability Incurred.	Remarks.
House Number	Family Number
1	2	3	4	5	6			7			8			9			10	11	12
7	7	Amelia A., widow of Skillin, Hugh S.	Private	F	1	Me.	H.A.	28	Sept.	1864	6	June	1865		8	8	Garland
9	9	Came, Stephen R.	Corporal	H	15	Me	Inf.	5	Dec.	1864							Do.
		Do.	Captain	D.	96	(U.S.)	(Col.) Inf.					June	1866				Do.
9	10	Betsey A., Widow of Harlow, Hosea	Private	P	2	Me.	Cav.	17	Dec.	1864	4	Oct.	1856		9	17	Do.		Died 4 Oct. 1865
17	18	Emily J., Widow of Murdock, Henry	Private	H	36	Mass.	Inf.	1	Jan.	1864	29	June	1865	1	5	28	Do.
25	26	Roberts Albion K. P.	Private	B	6	Me.	Inf.	29	Apr.	1861	6	Feb.	1863	1	9	6	Do.
36	38	Maddocks, Nelson P.	Private	D	2	US	SS		Sept.	1861		July	1862				Exeter	Hurt causing paralysis.
39	41	Skillin, Joseph W.	Sergeant	H	15	Me.	Inf.	13	Dec.	1861	6	July	1866	4	6	23	Garland		Almost helpless.
45	47	Skillin, Charles E.	Private	H	22	Me.	Inf.	10	Sept.	1862	14	Aug.	1863		11	4	Do.
46	48	Reynolds, Joseph E.	Private	I (?)	2	Me.	Cav.	1	Dec.	1863	20	May	1865	1	5	49	Garland
61	63	Trundy [?], Benson L.	Private	L	I	Me.	H.A.	29	Dec.	1863	11	Sept.	1865	1	6	18	Do.
63	65	Stillings, Roger	Private	E	Y.N. [?]	Me.	Inf.	27	Dec.	1864	7	July	1865		6	11	West Garland	Wound in shoulder.
89	91	Bennett, George H.	Private	L	31	Me.	Inf.	21	Sept.	1864	14	June	1865		8	24	West Garland	Gunshot wound in leg.
95	97	Reed, Nickolas G.	Sergeant	H	22	Me.	Inf.	13	Sept.	1862	14	Aug.	1864		11	1	Garland
		Do.	Sergeant	E	Un.	Me.	Inf.	27	Dec.	1864	7	July	1865		6	11	Do.
96	98	Champeon, Richard K.	Private	F	31	Me.	Inf.	15	Feb	1864	15	July	1865	1	5		Do.
99	101	Morgan, Luther H.	Private	H	11	Me.	Inf.	28	Oct.	1861	1	Nov.	1862	1		4	Do.	Bullet in head.
		Do.	Private	A	30	Me.	Inf.	3	Sept.	1863	19	Feb.	1865	1	5	16	Do.
107	109	Knight, John S.	Private	E	Un.	Me.	Inf.	27	Dec.	1864	7	Jul.	1865		6	11	Do.
111	113	Mary W., widow of Richardson, Lyman E.	2nd. Lieut.	E	2	Me.	Inf.			186			186				Do.		Wounded fatally at 1st Bull Run.
112	114	Stewart, Dand [?] W.	Private	E	61	Mass.	Inf.	21	Sept.	1864	4	June	1865		8	14	Do.
135	137	Crocker, George A.	Corporal	D.	20	Me.	Inf.	23	July	1862	4	June	1865	2	10	12	Do.
136	138	Merriam, Charles E.	Private	E	Un.	Me.	Inf.	27	Dec.	1864	7	July	1865		6	11	Do.
139	142	Robinson, David H.	Private	P	22	Me.	Inf.	10	Sept.	1862	24	Nov.	1862		2	13	Do.	Contracted rheumatism.
		Do.	Cook	"Mahaska"					Sept.	1864	15	June	1865		9		Do.	Ruptured.
138	141	Young, Oren C.
140	143	Clark, James H.	Corporal	E	Un.	Me.	Inf.	27	Dec.	1864	7	Dec.	1865		6	11	Garland
140	143	Hobbie, William A.	Private	C	10	Iowa	Inf.	16	Mch.	1864	19	July	1865	1	4	3	Do.
146	150	True, Benjamin	C.M. Seargt.	H	15	Me.	Inf.	4	Nov.	1864	18	Jun.	1865	3	2	14	Do.
		Do.						3	Apr.	1865	10	May	1865		1	7	Do.		Re-enlisted veteran.
102	104	Abby C., Widow of Emerson, Daniel W.	Private	A	22	Me.	Inf.	10	Sept.	1862	14	Aug.	1863		11	4	Do.
157	161	Jones, George W.	Private	D	20.	Me.	Inf.		July	1862	24	Dec.	1862		5		Dexter	Injury to back.
159	163	Penley, Henry H.	Corporal	D.	17	Me.	Inf.	16	July	1862	6	June	1865	2	10	20	Do.
160	164	Ireland, George	Private		3	Me.	Bat.	12	Nov.	1861	17	June	1865	3	7	5	Do.
164	168	Goodwin, Samuel W.	Private	H	15	Me.	Inf.	21	Nov.	1861	5	July	1866	4	7	15	Garland
165	169	Berry, Thomas L.	Private	K	20	Me.	Inf.	19	Aug.	1864	17	July	1865		10	29	Do.
168	172	Furbush, Charles D.	Private	S	1	Me.	Cav.	24	Sept.	1864	14	Aug.	1865	3	10	10	Do.
184	188	Bunker, Fred	Private		Un.	Me.	Inf.	7	Apr.	1865	19	May	1865		1	12	Do.
185	189	Morton, Mark P.	Private	A	9	Me.	Inf.	5	Oct.	1864	13	July	1865		10	8	Do.
175	179	Downs, Alfred L.	Private	F													Dover South Mills
191	195	Hathaway, Asa	Private	H	15	Me.	Inf.		Jan.	1862		July	1863		6		Garland
196	200	Elisabeth, widow of Ramsdell, Job	Private	D	20	Me.	Inf.	24	July	1862	28	Oct.1862			3	4	Do.
203	207	Cote, Charles A.	Private		3	Me.	Bat.	11	Nov.	1864	17	June	1865	3	6	21	Do.
204	208	Strout, Enoch B.	Private	G	2	Me.	Cav.	4	Dec.	1863	6	Dec.	1865	2		2	Do.
215	219	George H. Pearl alias John Hanson	Corporal	A	8	U.S.	Inf.				12	Jan.	1863				Do.
					105	NY	Inf.
219	223	Skillin, William E.	Private	H	15	Me.	Inf.	13	Dec.	1861	8	June	1865	3	5	27	Do.	Lost foot & ankle.
220	224	Andrews, Andrew P.	Private	I	29	Me.	Inf.		Mch.	1865		Mch.	1866				Do.
221	225	Jane G., widow of Jackman, Justus H.	[?]	P	2	Me.	Cav.										Do.
228	232	Ladd, William R.	Private	A	1	Me.	S.S.	3	Oct.	1864	16	July	1865		6	13	Do.	Scurvey
229	233	Morton, Anderson P.	Private	M	1	Me.	H.A.	5	Jan	1864	16	June	1865	1	5	11	Do.	Ulcered leg.
232	236	Rideout, Luther M.	Corporal	D	20	Me.	Inf.	20	July	1862	26	Oct.	1863	1	3	6	Garland
233	237	Anna L. Hemmenway, widow of Mayo, Daniel J.															Do.
246	260	Johnson, Abial H.	Private														Holts Mills
251	255	Batchelder, Edgar L.	Private	D	19	Me.	Inf.	14	Aug.	1863	4	July	1865	1	10	20	Holts Mills
251	255	Champeon, Sumner P.	Private	F	31	Me.	Inf.	15	Jan.	1864	27	June	1865	1	5	12	Holts Mills
258	262	Bosworth, Daniel A.	Private	D	20	Me.	Inf.	22	July	1862	8	Feb.	1863		6	13	Holts Mills		At last moment rec'd dates by mail. Out of town, cannot get dates.
		Do.	Private	P	2	Me.	Cav.	22	Oct.	1863	6	Dec.	1865	2	1	14	Holts Mills
256	260	Ray, William B.	Corporal	A	13	Me.	Inf.	11	Oct.	1861	5	Jan.	1865	3	2	25	Holts Mills
220	224	Andrew E. Andrew															Garland, Me.

Transcribed for the USGenWeb project by Jennifer Godwin.

Marriages

Marriage Intentions and Marriages, 1840 - 1845, Town of Stetson

ABBOT George S., Levant
PAINE Sophronia M., Levant
Sept 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
October 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

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