Washburn
Also known as Salmon Brook; No.13 Range 3
The Aroostook River in Washburn from the Gardner Creek Road looking towards Castle Hill
1854 Report of the Commissioners
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Resources
Washburn Memorial Library, P.O. Box 175, 2 Main St. Washburn, ME 04786 207+455-4814
Salmon Brook Historical Society, P.O. Box 68, Washburn, ME 04786 207+455-5339
Washburn Town Office, 1 Main St., Washburn, ME 04786 207+455-8485
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List of Early Settlers from Land Office Field Notes at Maine State Archives
Location in Maine State Archives:2117-0109 Misc. Town Records Box #3 Folder #8 Vol. 7 p. 4 [ town names ] inserted by L.A.
We found only 4 families residing on these townships. Peter Bull in N12 3d Range [Mapleton], William Dalton in N13 of the same range [Washburn], Nathl. Churchill in N12 4th range [Castle Hill], and Daniel Hickey in N12 5th range [Portage]. I understood from Mr. Churchill, that several persons had made a beginning higher up on the river, intending to move their families to this place the present season from Somerset County, and that he, as well as the rest of the settlers were friendly to the survey, and were willing to purchase their land of the State whenever required. Dec. 1826 (signed) Joseph Norris & Joseph C. Norris
Township N 13 3d Range Located in Maine State Archives A21R19 5-5 Box 2
Statement of the quantity of land improved by each of the petitioners and the number of acres each wishes to purchase.
Name of Settler Year Settled # Acres Improved # Acres Wanted George BRADLEY 1838 15 320 Nathaniel CHURCHILL 1825 15 160 William STONER 1837 10 160 William MUMFORD 1832 30 160 Joshua CHRISTY 1824 50 100 John FINNEY 1838 20 320 John FINNEY, Jr. 1839 5 160 Ralph FINNEY 1838 10 160 Wilder STATTON 1823 30 320 Ebenezer ESTEY 1835 40 160 John HICKEY 1827 50 160 Lawrence FARREL 1834 25 160 Thomas McDONALD 1838 10 160 Amos BONEY 1839 10 160 Reuben BEEN 1832 15 160 Samuel HOLMES 1832 18 160 Isaac WILDER 1839 10 320
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Report of the Commissioners Appointed Under Resolve of April 12, 1854 to Locate grants and determine the extent of Possessory Claims Under the Late Treaty with Great Britain Augusta: Stevens & Blaine, Printers to the State 1855
Location of Report at State of Maine Archives:
Land Office Records: Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1 Archival Box 1854 Record Group Location A21R20 4-9 Box Number 1"We have heard the statements and proofs, and have surveyed land set off by metes and bounds, to the persons whose names are here underwritten, the following described lots having been possessed and improved by them or the persons under them whom they claim, for more than six years before the date of the treaty."
[The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, the purpose of which was to settle the boundary lines between the United States and Great Britain, in this case, Maine and New Brunswick.]
In Township No.13, Range 3, pages 6,7
| Section & No. | Name | Acres | Remarks |
| Peter Bull | 8 | That part of Bull's Island which lies in township No. 13 | |
| 5,5 | Job Churchill | 77 | Including that part of Mumford's Island which lies in No.13 |
| 5,7 | Joshua Christe | 27 | |
| 4,5 | Jeremiah Crouse | 36 | Including Island No. 8 |
| 4,6 | Stephen Harris | 72 | |
| 3,5 | Heirs of John Hickey | 124 | Including Island No.7 |
| 2,1 & 3,7 | Ebenezer Esty | 140 | Including Islands Nos. 5 & 6 |
| 7,2 & 13,9 | Wilder Stratton | 130 | Including Island No. 1 |
| 3,3 | Ebenezer Esty | 32 | |
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3,2 |
William & Chas. Bull
Daniel Esty |
15
27 |
Described in deed J. F. Currier to W. & C. Bull The remainder of said lot |
| 3,8 | Heirs of John Hickey | 16 | |
| 4,1 | J. & A. & G. Crouse | 130 | |
| 5,3 | James Easler | 81,50 | |
| 5,2 | Unknown | 50 |
from page 17:
"We have examined the claims of persons who claim to be equitably entitled to land under said treaty, by reason of possession and improvement, but whose possession had not been commenced six years before the treaty, and have determined the extent of their several claims.
Many of the settlers, on said lots, have purchased or contracted for the same, since the date of the treaty, and have thereby acquired a title to their land.
Several of these lots are located on townships the title to which is not in the State. The proprietors of said townships are willing to release their title to said lots for a reasonable compensation, or exchange the same for other lands belonging to the State.
In the record hereunto annexed, we have omitted those lots set off by the former Commissioners, under the resolves of 1844, upon the St. John River, which were not improved prior to the date of the treaty."
In Township No. 13, Range 3 pages 20,21
| Section & No. | Name | Acres | Remarks |
| 5, 6 | William Clark | 51 | |
| 8, 5 | Thomas Brennan | 75 | |
| 8, 5 | Thomas Linton | 122 | |
| 7, 4 | Samuel Bugbee | 151 | |
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7, 5 |
Isaac Pelky |
135 |
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7, 6 |
John Porter |
110 |
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7, 7 |
John Porter |
96,50 |
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13, 8 19, 1 |
Charles Simpson |
74 |
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13, 6 14, 6 |
Isaac Wilder |
132 |
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7, 1 8, 3 |
Charles Wilder |
36 |
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8, 2 |
Nathaniel Blake |
162,60 |
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8, 1 |
Thomas McDonald |
165 |
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3, 4 9, 2 |
Robert Porter |
94 |
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4, 2 |
Jeremiah Abram & Gould Crouse |
134,50 |
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5, 4 |
J. A. & G. Crouse |
122 |
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5, 1 6, 1 |
Nathaniel Churchill |
96 |
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