Somerset County, Maine
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| − | * | + | *Twp 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Bald Mt.) |
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| − | * | + | *Twp 1 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Moxie Gore) |
| − | * | + | *Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Indian Stream) |
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| − | * | + | *Twp 1 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Saplin) |
| − | * | + | *Twp 2 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Misery) |
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*Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore) | *Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore) | ||
| − | * | + | *Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Taunton & Raynham) |
| − | * | + | *Twp 2 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Sandwich Academy Grant) |
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'''''Northwest Somerset''''' <br> | '''''Northwest Somerset''''' <br> | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 15 February 2013
United States
Maine Somerset County 
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County Courthouse
Somerset County Courthouse
Court Street
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Phone: 207.474.9861
Clerk Courts has some marriage records from 1800’s and proabte records from 1809. [1]
History
Parent County
Created 1 March 1809 from Kennebec County.[1]
Boundary Changes
- Parts set off to create 2 counties:
- Franklin County 20 March 1838. [1]
- Piscataquis County 23 March 1838. [1]
- Part taken to add to Aroostook County 12 March 1844. [1]
Record Loss
Places / Localities
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Plantations
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Unorganized territories
Central Somerset
- Concord
- Twp 2 R1 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Lexington)
'Northeast Somerset
- Twp 2 R2 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Mayfield)
- Twp 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Bald Mt.)
- Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (East Moxie)
- Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Squaretown)
- Twp 1 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Moxie Gore)
- Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase East of Kennebec River (Indian Stream)
- Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Chase Stream & 10,000 Acre Tract)
- Twp 2 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Johnson Mountain)
- Twp 1 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Saplin)
- Twp 2 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Misery)
- Twp 3 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Parlin Pond)
- Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore)
- Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Taunton & Raynham)
- Twp 2 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Sandwich Academy Grant)
- Twp 2 *Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Rockwood Strip)
- Twp 3 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Long Pond)
- Twp 1 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Tomhegan)
- Twp 2 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Brassua)
Northwest Somerset
- Township 1 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Carrying Place)
- Township 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Carrying Place Town)
- Township 3 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Dead River)
- Township 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Bigelow)
- Township 1 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Bowtown)
- Township 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Pierce Ponds)
- Township 3 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Spring Lake)
- Township 4 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Flagstaff)
- Township 2 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Lower Enchanted)
- Township 3 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Spencer)
- Township 4 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (King & Bartlett)
- Township 3 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Upper Enchanted)
- Township 4 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Hobbstown)
- Township 5 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Haynestown)
- Township 4 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Bradstreet)
- Township 5 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Rayton)
- Township 6 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Appleton)
- Township 5 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Attean Pond)
- Township 6 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Holeb)
- Township 6 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Forsyth)
Seboomook Lake
- Township 3 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Thorndike)
- Little W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
- Big W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
- Township 1 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (West Middlesex Canal Grant)
- Township 2 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Soldiertown)
- Township 3 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Alder Brook)
- Township 4 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Bald Mountain)
- Township 5 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Sandy Bay)
- Township Seboomook R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
- Township 1 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Plymouth or Boyd)
- Township 2 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Pittston Academy Grant)
- Township 3 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Hammond)
- Township 4 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Prentiss)
- Township 5 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Blake Gore)
- Township 4 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Elm Stream)
- Township 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 4 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Comstock)
- Township 3 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Dole Brook)
- Township 4 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
- Township 5 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Russell Pond)
- Township 5 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 5 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 5 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 5 R20 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 6 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (St. John)
- Township 6 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 6 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 6 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 6)
- Township 7 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 7 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 7 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 7 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 8 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 8 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 8 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 8 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 9 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 9 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 9 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 10 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Township 10 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 10)
Communities
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Villages: • Flagstaff • North Anson
Neighboring Counties
Aroostook | Franklin | Kennebec | Penobscot | Piscataquis | Waldo | Quebec counties: Beauce | Bellechasse | Dorchester | Frontenac
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Gazetteers
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Maine Newspaper Archive Indexes Free; Digital Page Images $ (GenealogyBank $) Twenty-two early Maine 18th and 19th century newspapers, 1785-1898 online. Indexes (free); digital images ($). These newspapers are from Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Castine, Eastport, Falmouth, Hallowell, Kennebunk, Portland, Saco and Wiscasset.
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- The Somerset County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Somerset County
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Somerset County (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Somerset County
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 305. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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