1824 Letter Attesting to Outcome of Vote for County Treasurer: George S. Smith, Peter Goulding, Nathaniel Stoddar(d), Timothy Stickney

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog

1824, Perry Maine: Selectmen Peter Goulding and Nathaniel Stoddar and Town Clerk Timothy Stickney attest to the result of the qualified town inhabitants' vote on September 13, 1824 to elect County Treasurer.  24 votes for George S. Smith.

The count was postmarked at Eastport, Maine and directed to the Justice(s) of the Court of Assessors of Washington County, presumably at the county seat in Machias, Maine.

• Peter Goulding (abt 1785-1839), Selectman of Town of Perry, Maine; also Maine's agent to the Passamaquoddy Tribe; more information here 
• Nathaniel Stoddar - Selectman of Town of Perry, Maine; Nathaniel Stoddar(d) (1758-1828); more information here
• Timothy Stickney (1776-1851); more information here
• George S. Smith, Candidate for Treasurer of Washington County, Maine - presumably George Samuel Smith (1787-1853); more information here

At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Perry qualified to vote for County Treasurer holden in said town on Monday the 13th of said month they give in the votes which were ___ [viewed ?]  by the Selectmen & counted by them in accord thereof made by the town clerk & declared in open town meeting & were as follows

For George S. Smith Twenty four 

Attested by Peter Goulding and Nathan Stoddar, Selectmen of Perry, and Timothy Stickney, Town Clerk

If you have corrections to the information above, please leave a comment so the facts may be corrected, for the benefit of other researchers.

Although the map below shows the land route between Perry and Machias, the more likely route was from Perry, Maine, to the nearby port of Eastport, Maine, and then by sea to Machias.

Before 1915 Photograph of three City Marshalls at Eastport, Maine: Wilson; Mitchell; Follis

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Before 1915 photograph of three City Marshals at Eastport, Maine: Chief William Wilson, center, and Orville Mitchell and Harry Follis. 

The order shows Mitchell on the left and Follis on the right, but the man on the right appears to be older than the man on the left.  Assuming Follis was Harry Leo Follis (1880-1949), he was a decade younger than Orville Emereth Mitchell (1860-1921).  Hopefully a reader with family photographs will weigh in.

• William Wilson - William J.  Wilson (1869-1914), who is buried in Hillside Cemetery at Eastport, Maine
• Orville Mitchell - Orville Emereth Mitchell (1860-1921), who is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Eastport, Maine
• Harry Follis - presumably Harry Leo Follis (1880-1949), who is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Eastport, Maine

If you have information to share on any of these men, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Payments made by Robbinston, Maine, to Families of Soldiers and Sailors Serving in the Civil War

Many pages in a ledger listing the payments made by the Town of Robbinston, Maine, to the families of about 50 soldiers and sailors serving in the Civil War.  

Note: Some of the servicemen were born in Maritime Canada and may have returned to Canada after the War.  

The ledger, measuring about 13" by 8", contains 178 pages in all, about half full, not only listing the payments to families but also tracking other municipal business, including expenses for building the Phelps Bridge, bridges at Nash's and Low's, town officers' accounts, etc., in the 1860s up to 1872.

Most pages tracking payments to the families of men serving in the Civil War show one family individually, as you see above, in the case of the family of unmarried Frederick Stanhope (1846-1898).  These pages usually include the serviceman's unit as well as his family members' names and ages, and, in a few cases, information about service, battles and death.  

Alphabetized List - Click on a name to see a separate blog post on each, showing an image of his page in the ledger, along with further information on his life, family and service, with links to primary sources, when available.  If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment.

The number in parentheses after a name indicates a specific page in the ledger.

• Sumner Anderson (page 12), age 22; 6th Regiment, Company D - reportedly killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864
• Philip H. Andrews (page 45); 11th Regiment, Company B.  
• Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), (page 44); age 18; 31st Regiment, Company B.  
• George E. Bean (page 6); age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• John M. Bean (1832-1905), (page 15), age 32; 6th Regiment Company F.  
• Samuel Boyden (abt 1828-1891), (page 24), age 35; 6th Regiment; Company G.  
• Albert Gallatin Buck (1822-1901) (page 7); age 41; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D
• Daniel Bugbee (page 55) - perhaps not a serviceman but rather Daniel Bugbee (1810-1875, North Dakota ?)
• Philip Caffrey (page 9), age 20; on US Gunboat Ossipee.  Could he be the Navy veteran Philip Caffrey (-1887) buried in the Hampton National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia?
• Hugh H. Cameron (page 2), age 28; 9th Maine Regiment, Company E; mustered in October 1, 1864
• William H. Campbell (page 8); 11th Maine, Company G
• Thomas Chester (page 10), age 32; 30th Regiment; Company F
• William Embleton, age 41 (page 16); 15th Regiment; Company E.  Presumably the William Henry Embleton (1823-1873) who died in a fall to the rocks when building the bridge at Grand Falls, New Brunswick
• Henry H. Frost (page 27), a3-18ge 21; 1st Regular Heavy Artillery, Company D
• John T. Garnett (1843-1933), (page 6); age 21; 15th Regiment
• Rufus Gates (page 49); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a soldier and perhaps Legislator Rufus Gates (1816-1887)
• Allen T. Gow (1846-1893), (page 11); 31st Regiment, Company A.  
• Ebenezer D. Harlow (page 18), age 28; 18th Regiment, Company D.  Ebenezer D. Harlow (1836-1921), son of Jirah Harlow and Lydia (Johnson) Harlow
• Madison B. Hayman (1842-1923), (page 32), age 21; 6th Regiment, Company K. 
• John R. Hickey (page 3); age 39; U.S. Navy; transferred from 18th Regt
• Joseph Hinton, Jr. (page 25), age 22; 15th Regiment, Company K 
• Frank E. Johnson (1843-1909), (page 34), age 21; 6th Regiment; Company K.  Frank Ernest Johnson.
• George E. Johnson (page 17), age 27; 18th Regiment, Company D
• William H. Johnson (page 38), age 21; 15th Regiment, Company A
• William Johnson (page 22); 1st Artillery, Company M.  Possibly the William P. Johnson who is shown as having deserted in March 1865 - though there may be another explanation
• Thomas N. Kerr (page 31), age 29; 6th Regiment, Company K; discharged for disability April 18, 1864 with rank of corporal
• George L. Laskey (page 39); 7th Regiment.  George L. Laskey (1844-possibly 1867), was "transferred to the Invalid Corps Sept. 7, 1863". This record, from Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, gives a birth year of 1844 but no death year.
• Frank R. Leach (page 26), age 23; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D.  Franklin Rodney Leach (1840-1912)
• Frederick Leighton (page 30), age 20; 15th Regiment, Company K; re-enlisted March 1864
• Samuel Leighton (page 29), age 24; 11th Regiment, Company D.; enlisted in October 21, 1864 at Belfast, Maine
• Henry P. Low (page 33), age 22; 1st Maine Battery
• James E. Merry (page 13), age 46; 6th Regiment, Company F; discharged for disability 18 Dec 1864
• Benjamin C. Morrell (page 23), age 24; 1st Regiment Cavalry; Company D; discharged November 20, 1864.  Presumably Benjamin Charles Morrell (1840-1911)
• James Morrell (page 20), age 25; 18th Regiment or 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D. Did not survive the war; Ebenezer D. Harlow named guardian of his child.  Presumably the James "Morrill" buried in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
• John E. Morrell (page 40), age 21; 11th Regiment, Company F. "Enlisted Novr. 7 /64"
• Maine, State of (page 51); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston
• Simon O'Brien (page 48); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a serviceman
• George Phelps (1840-1923) (page 1); 1864, First Maine Battery, 24 years of age.  George Nelson Phelps
• Q?  Name partially erased - James Qu?
• Curtis Robbinson [sic] (page 36); 31st Regiment, Company A.  He was Curtis Robinson (1846-1865)
• Samuel Ross (page 28), age 29; 11th Regiment, Company D, Mustered in 21 October 1864 at Belfast, Maine.  Samuel L. Ross (abt 1832-1914)
• Samuel S. Seeley 2d (page 14)
• Frederick Stanhope (page 35); 18th Regiment, Company M.  Presumably Frederick Stanhope (abt 1844-1898)
• George A. Stanhope (1839-1919), (page 19), age 24; 18th Regiment or 1st heavy artillery
• Levi Pierce Stanhope (1840-1922), (page 4); age 26; 9th Maine Regiment, Company A
• Edwin Stanton (page 41); 1st Artillery. "Joseph Stanton died 21 Feb. 1864 at home. Edwin S. was killed in front of Petersburg June 18 /64"
• Charles E. Taylor (page 37), age 25; 6th Regiment, Company G. "Wounded 7th Nov. 1863 at Rappahannock & soon died". 
• John Taylor (page 21); 6th Regiment, Company G.  "Nurse in a regimental hospital", in the book Maine at Gettysburg, published Lakeside Press in 1898.  Possibly this John Taylor (abt 1835/6-1904) 
• Thomas Trimble (1846-1914), (page 43); age 19; 31st Regiment, Company A. "enlisted Feb 26/64
• James William Tucker (page 5), age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• Joseph E. Tucker (1846-1912), (page 42); 3rd Battery.  Joseph Edwin Tucker (1846-1912)  
• Elisha Vose (1841-1896), (page 9); age 22; Company E of First Maine Cavalry
• Lyman Vose (1839-1929), (page 9), age 24; Company E of First Maine Cavalry

Births, Marriages and Deaths from the 1899 Annual Report of Eastport, Maine

Pages from the 1899 annual report of Eastport, Maine, listing city administration and marriages, births and deaths from February 1, 1898 to February 1, 1899.

Samuel D. Leavitt, Mayor
Edward M. Small, M.D., City Clerk

Aldermen
W. S. Mildon
Charles E. Capen
P. McMahon
Charles I. Morton
B. F.  Milliken
Joseph S. Bucknam
F. B. Nickerson
Robert Spear

George R. Hinkley, City Treasurer
W. F. Alexander, City Auditor

Assessors of Taxes
E. A. Holmes, Chairman
W. F. Bishop, Clerk
E. R. Bowman
W. F. Bradish

Overseers of the Poor
W. C. Newcomb, Chairman
Frank Beale
Enoch Bogrett

Thomas W. Hilyard, Collector of Taxes

Michael Fahey, City Marshall
Irving G. McLarren, City Solicitor
James. B. Grady, M.D., City Physician
T. H. Bucknam, Street Commissioner
C. P. Kemp, Chief Engineer
C. Fred Ferris, Assistant Engineer
Roger W. DeGrasse, Assistant Engineer

School Committee
W. F. Bradish, Chairman
I. G. McLarren
George C. Loring
E. W. Rumery

Rev. T. E. St. John, School Superintendent
Bibber & Flagg, Superintendents of Cemetery
Charles E. Brown, Inspector of Buildings
Frank C. Loring,

Marriages

Births

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Deaths

Death listings begin on the right page