1882 History of Penobscot County, Maine - Garland, Maine: Land History

"Land History" from the Garland Section of the 1882 History of Penobscot County, Maine

The boundaries of the township which forms Garland were run as early as 1792, by Messrs. Ephraim Ballard and Samuel Weston. Six years thereafter -- June 2, 1798 -- the General Court of Massachusetts passed a resolution to grant to the trustees of Williams College in that State, two townships of land in the District of Maine, to be selected from any tracts in the district not otherwise appropriated. This township, which had been designated as No. 3, in the fifth range, north of the Waldo Patent, was accordingly selected as part of the grant. The same year the trustees made a conveyance of the entire township to a company, consisting of Levi Lincoln (from whom it otook its first and plantation name of "Lincolntown"), Seth Hastings, Samuel Sanger, Sr., Calvin Sanger, and Elias Grant. The lines of lots or subdivisions within the town were run in 1800 by the famous old surveyor, Moses Hodsdon, assisted by Daniel Wilkins, David A. Gove, and a Mr. Shores. The first two lots surveyed were selected for settlement by Mr. Gove and a Mr. Wheeler.

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