On the 12th day of November, 1812, the inhabitants of Garland qualified to vote for presidential electors, assembled at the house of John Grant to give in their votes for that office. Hon. William Crosby received four-teen votes.

A town meeting was held at the house of Isaac Wheeler, Esq., on 17thof November, 1812. This meeting was devoted exclusively to the consideration of the school question. The articles of business named in the warrant calling the meeting were all "passed over."

The year 1812 closed the first decade of the history of Garland as a township. It had now invested with corporate powers.