WILLIAM BROOKS (great-uncle of
Samuel S. Brooks, and great-great-uncle
of William Henry Brooks, of Augusta)
issued the warrant for the first town
meeting, and Seth Williams
(grandfather of ex-Governor Joseph H.
Williams) notified the voters to
assemble at the court house on Monday, the
3d of April (1797), to organize the town.
The office of moderator was appropriately
given to Daniel Cony. Henry
Sewall was elected town clerk and
William Howard town treasurer; Elias
Craig, Seth Williams and Beriah
Ingraham were elected selectmen and
assessors. All of the offices
pertaining to a town at that time were
filled.* The sum of $1,250 was raised
for highways, $400 for schools, $300 for
support of poor "and other necessary
charges."
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* The following, added to those in the text,
complete the list: fence-viewers,
Barnabas Lambard, Matthew Hayward;
Surveyors of highways, David Wall,
jun., Benjamin Pettingill, Isaac Clark,
Joseph Blackman, Anthony Bracket, James
Child, Moses Cass, Thomas Densmore, Alpheus
Lyon; surveyors of lumber, Amos
Partridge, Theophilus Hamlen, Charles Gill,
James Black, Barnabas Lambard, Elias Craig,
Brian Fletcher, Beriah Ingraham, Simeon
Paine, Ezra Ingraham, Isaac Lincoln, Daniel
Hartford, Moses Partridge; tything-men,
Asa Williams, Ezra Ingraham, Benjamin
Pettingill, Theophilus Hamlen; sealers
of leather, Constant Abbot, Josiah
Blackman; measurers of wood,
Theophilus Hamlen, Seth Williams,
James Child, Samuel Colman;
field-drivers, William Hewins, Moses
Ingraham, Phineas Paine, Simeon Paine, jun.;
pound-keepers, William Usher, George
Andros; inspectors of lime and brick,
Henry Sewall, Daniel Foster; cullers of
hoops and staves, and packers of beef and
fish, William Usher, Benjamin Wade,
Theophilus Hamlen, James Burton; town
agent, James Bridge; fish committee,
Shubael Pitts,
Benjamin Wade, Moses Pollard, Asa Williams,
Jeremiah Babcock, Charles Gill, Isaac
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The old Mt.
Vernon Cemetery having become almost filled
with graves, the city in 1853 bought of
Vassal D. Pinkham twelve acres of land
westerly of and contiguous to Mt. Vernon
Cemetery. The price paid was twelve
hundred dollars. This was named Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, and has now in about
forty years been nearly all lotted.
The public suburban cemeteries are:
Bolton Hill Cemetery, on the North Belfast
road; Brackett's Corner Cemetery, and in the
Cottle Cemetery, on the Belgrade road; the
Townsend Cemetery, on the Townsend road; the
Mt. Vernon Avenue Cemetery; the Reed
Cemetery, on the Sidney river road.
The insane hospital has a cemetery for the
burial of such of its deceased patients as
are interred under its supervision.
Adjoining this lot, are two family burial
lots - the Coney and Williams
families - whose ancestors were the first
settlers on the hospital and arsenal lands.
The North Parish Cemetery, - called the
Lawson yard - in Ward Seven, is under
the supervision of the city. It is on
the farm now owned by Horace Doe.
In this yard lies the dust of John Gilley,
one of the earliest settlers, who lived to a
great age - reputably to 124 years.
Gilley's point received its name from
him.
There are several private burial places on the same
road. Beginning with the Urial
Clark lot, referred to a preceding page,
and proceeding southerly, one next comes to
a family lot on the farm owned by C. M.
Daily; next is the family lot of the
late James Gilley, on the farm now
owned by Dennis Donovan. This
lot, like the Uriah Clarklot, is
unfenced and will soon be obliterated.
Next is the Tolman yard,
Samuel
Tolman, another of the original
settlers, together with some of his
descendants. The lot is on the
westerly side of the hill, near Mr.
Lessor's house. Next is the
Babcock burial place, unfenced, on land
now owned by J. T. Harwood.
Next is the original Riverside yard,
so-named by Jarvis W. Lawson.
It is on the farm now owned by J. W. Dana.
Roland Smith and wife,
Clark Smith and wife,
and the Isaac Church family
are buried here. Next is the Wall
and Hewins yard, on the farm now
owned by Luther I. Wall. On the
ancient Uriah Clark farm,
now owned by William Clark,
was another burial
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place near the present highway. In it
were buried Jesse Clark and
his wife, Debie.
Jesse was buried in 1842 or 1843, and
his wife a few years earlier. This
burial place has been plowed over and
obliterated .*
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* For the facts connected with this line of
old burial places between the Vassalboro
line and Pettengill's Corner, the
writer is indebted to Mr. John M. Cross,
of Augusta.
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