Somerset County, Maine
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*'''''Central Somerset''''' <br> | *'''''Central Somerset''''' <br> | ||
**Concord | **Concord | ||
| − | **Twp 2 R1 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R1 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Lexington) |
*'''''Northeast Somerset'''''<br> | *'''''Northeast Somerset'''''<br> | ||
| − | **Twp 2 R2 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R2 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. East of Kennebec River (Mayfield) |
| − | **Twp 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. East of Kennebec River (Bald Mtn) |
| − | **Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (East Moxie) |
| − | **Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (Squaretown) |
| − | **Twp 1 R5 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (Moxie Gore) |
| − | **Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec R. (Indian Stream) |
| − | **Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Chase Stream & 10,000 Acre Tract) |
| − | **Twp 2 R6 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Johnson Mtn) |
| − | **Twp 1 R7 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Saplin) |
| − | **Twp 2 R7 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Misery) |
| − | **Twp 3 R7 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 3 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Parlin Pond) |
**Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore) | **Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore) | ||
| − | **Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Taunton & Raynham) |
| − | **Twp 2 R1 N. of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R1 N. of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Sandwich Academy Grant) |
| − | **Twp 2 Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Rockwood Strip) |
| − | **Twp 3 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 3 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Long Pond) |
| − | **Twp 1 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Tomhegan) |
| − | **Twp 2 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Brassua) |
*'''''Northwest Somerset''''' <br> | *'''''Northwest Somerset''''' <br> | ||
| − | **Twp 1 R3 Bingham's K. | + | **Twp 1 R3 Bingham's K. Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Carrying Place) |
| − | **Twp 2 R3 Bingham's K. | + | **Twp 2 R3 Bingham's K. Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Carrying Place Town) |
| − | **Twp 3 R3 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 3 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Dead River) |
| − | **Twp 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bigelow) |
| − | **Twp 1 R4 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 1 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bowtown) |
| − | **Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Pierce Ponds) |
| − | **Twp 3 R4 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 3 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec R. (Spring Lake) |
| − | **Twp 4 R4 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 4 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Flagstaff) |
| − | **Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kenn. | + | **Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kenn. Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Lower Enchanted) |
| − | **Twp 3 R5 Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Twp 3 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Spencer) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (King & Bartlett) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 3 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Upper Enchanted) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Hobbstown) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Haynestown) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bradstreet) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Rayton) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Appleton) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Attean Pond) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Holeb) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Forsyth) |
*'''''Seboomook Lake''''' <br> | *'''''Seboomook Lake''''' <br> | ||
| − | ** | + | **Twp 3 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Thorndike) |
| − | **Little W, North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Little W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. |
| − | **Big W, North of Bingham's Kennebec | + | **Big W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 1 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (West Middlesex Canal Grant) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 2 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Soldiertown) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 3 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Alder Brook) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Bald Mountain) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Sandy Bay) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp Seboomook R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 1 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Plymouth or Boyd) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 2 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Pittston Academy Grant) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 3 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Hammond) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Prentiss) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Blake Gore) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Elm Stream) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Comstock) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 3 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Dole Brook) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 4 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Russell Pond) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 5 R20 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (St. John) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 6 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 6) |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 7 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 7 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 7 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 7 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 8 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 8 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 8 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 8 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 9 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 9 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 9 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 10 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State |
| − | ** | + | **Twp 10 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 10) |
'''Communities''' | '''Communities''' | ||
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==== Neighboring Counties ==== | ==== Neighboring Counties ==== | ||
| − | [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook]] | [[Franklin County, Maine|Franklin]] | [[Kennebec County, Maine|Kennebec]] | [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot]] | [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Piscataquis]] | [[Waldo County, Maine|Waldo]] | '''Quebec '''counties: [[Beauce County, Quebec|Beauce]] | [[Bellechasse County, Quebec|Bellechasse]] | [[Dorchester County, Quebec|Dorchester]] | [[Frontenac County, Quebec|Frontenac]] | + | [[Aroostook County, Maine|Aroostook]] | [[Franklin County, Maine|Franklin]] | [[Kennebec County, Maine|Kennebec]] | [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot]] | [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Piscataquis]] | [[Waldo County, Maine|Waldo]] | '''Quebec '''counties: [[Beauce County, Quebec|Beauce]] | [[Bellechasse County, Quebec|Bellechasse]] | [[Dorchester County, Quebec|Dorchester]] | [[Frontenac County, Quebec|Frontenac]] |
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Revision as of 20:24, 15 February 2013
United StatesContents |
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 Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Lexington)
- Northeast Somerset
- Twp 2 R2 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. East of Kennebec River (Mayfield)
- Twp 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. East of Kennebec River (Bald Mtn)
- Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (East Moxie)
- Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (Squaretown)
- Twp 1 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (Moxie Gore)
- Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec R. (Indian Stream)
- Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Chase Stream & 10,000 Acre Tract)
- Twp 2 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Johnson Mtn)
- Twp 1 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Saplin)
- Twp 2 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Misery)
- Twp 3 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Parlin Pond)
- Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore)
- Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Taunton & Raynham)
- Twp 2 R1 N. of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Sandwich Academy Grant)
- Twp 2 Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Rockwood Strip)
- Twp 3 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Long Pond)
- Twp 1 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Tomhegan)
- Twp 2 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Brassua)
- Northwest Somerset
- Twp 1 R3 Bingham's K. Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Carrying Place)
- Twp 2 R3 Bingham's K. Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Carrying Place Town)
- Twp 3 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Dead River)
- Twp 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bigelow)
- Twp 1 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bowtown)
- Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Pierce Ponds)
- Twp 3 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec R. (Spring Lake)
- Twp 4 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Flagstaff)
- Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kenn. Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Lower Enchanted)
- Twp 3 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Spencer)
- Twp 4 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (King & Bartlett)
- Twp 3 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Upper Enchanted)
- Twp 4 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Hobbstown)
- Twp 5 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Haynestown)
- Twp 4 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bradstreet)
- Twp 5 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Rayton)
- Twp 6 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Appleton)
- Twp 5 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Attean Pond)
- Twp 6 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Holeb)
- Twp 6 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Forsyth)
- Seboomook Lake
- Twp 3 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Thorndike)
- Little W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur.
- Big W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur.
- Twp 1 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (West Middlesex Canal Grant)
- Twp 2 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Soldiertown)
- Twp 3 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Alder Brook)
- Twp 4 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Bald Mountain)
- Twp 5 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Sandy Bay)
- Twp Seboomook R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur.
- Twp 1 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Plymouth or Boyd)
- Twp 2 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Pittston Academy Grant)
- Twp 3 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Hammond)
- Twp 4 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Prentiss)
- Twp 5 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Blake Gore)
- Twp 4 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Elm Stream)
- Twp 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 4 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Comstock)
- Twp 3 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Dole Brook)
- Twp 4 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur.
- Twp 5 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Russell Pond)
- Twp 5 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 5 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 5 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 5 R20 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 6 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (St. John)
- Twp 6 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 6 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 6 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 6)
- Twp 7 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 7 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 7 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 7 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 8 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 8 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 8 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 8 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 9 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 9 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 9 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 10 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
- Twp 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.
Early Maine newspapers routinely reported on news, obituaries, births, marriages etc. from around the state. Be sure to search the indexes for all Maine newspapers to find your target ancestor.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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