Waldo Co. timeline

Waldo County, Maine

Volunteers
If you have access to vital records for any Waldo Co. towns and wish to be a lookup volunteer, please contact me. Tom Elliott Please see the notes below for query restrictions.
Year Incorporated	Location	Established From	Lookup Volunteer

June 23, 1773	Belfast	Original Settlement	Betsy Paradis
Jan 28, 1789	Islesboro	Long Island	Peg Kelly Marlene Groves
June 25, 1789	Frankfort (1) Frankfort (2)	part of original Frankfort Plantation	David Sylvester *
Feb. 24, 1794	Prospect (1) Prospect (2)	part of original Frankfort Plantation	David Sylvester *
Feb13, 1796	Northport	Ducktrap	Carol Mushero
June 23, 1802	Lincolnville	Ducktrap	VACANT
Mar. 22, 1804	Unity	Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation	Judy Perry Arlene Schaefer Joan Roming
June 23, 1804	Palermo	Great Pond Plantation	David Sylvester *
Feb. 18, 1807	Montville	Davistown	Carol Mushero
Feb 22, 1812	Troy	Bridgton Plantation, later Joy, then Montgomery	Ralph Hillman Wanda Patterson
June 11, 1813	Freedom	Smithtown Plantation, later Beaver Hill Plantation	Tom Elliott
Feb. 5, 1814	Searsmont	originally Quantabacook	(ADOPT ME!)
Feb. 5, 1814	Belmont		Valerie Giusto
Dec. 10, 1816	Brooks		(ADOPT ME!)
Feb. 12, 1818	Monroe		Theo Stacey
Feb. 19, 1818	Swanville		Pia S. Nichols
June 12, 1818	Jackson		Theo Stacey **
Feb 12, 1819	Knox		Steven D. Bailey
Feb. 15, 1819	Thorndike		Judy Perry
Feb. 4, 1824	Burnham		Kelly Huff
Jan. 31, 1827	Liberty		Lianne Mitchell
Feb. 13, 1845	Searsport	from Prospect	Carol Mushero
Mar. 17, 1845	Waldo		(ADOPT ME!)
Mar. 3, 1855	Morrill	from Belmont	Bill Wing
Mar. 13, 1857	Stockton Springs	from Prospect	Kitty McLaughlin
Mar. 12, 1860	Winterport	from Frankfort	David Sylvester *

* When requesting information from David Sylvester, please click on link and cut and paste his address to your e-mail program. Thank you.

** When requesting information from Theo Stacey, please provide a self addressed stamped envelope to her at 506 Village Rd. Jackson, Me. 04921.

Notes on Look-Up Volunteers:

LOOKUPS FROM: A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with their Names, Ages, and Place of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census._ printed 1841 for the 1840 Census.
I have photocopied the records for Maine and Massachusetts (all of them) for my own use, but would be willing to do lookups for anyone on my spare time. Cameron Nickerson, of the Waldo area Nickerson/Norton/Merithew/Linscott... family (but now out in California)
Contact Cameron Nickerson [email protected]

LOOKUPS FROM: The History of the City of Belfast, Maine: Volume I & II by Joseph Williamson. Contact: David Sylvester

LOOKUPS FROM: The Length and Breadth of Maine by Stanley Bearce Atwood. This incredible book lists all of the original names of the towns of Maine and the progression to their current names, i.e. Smithton Plantation - Beaver Hill - Freedom. Also, included is the flora and fauna for the State of Maine. Contact: David Sylvester

LOOKUPS FROM: Dollof Family Records compiled by Henrietta Dollof Johnson 1936. From the Forward: "So far as I know, this is the first and only collection of data concerned with the Dolloff Family, available to the public; It is the result of 40 years of wrangling material from every and all sources .. original State, Town, Church and Private Records." Among many Maine and other New England towns and beyond, this tome covers the Dolloff family in the Waldo County towns of Belfast, Belmont, Lincolnville, Monroe, Montville, Morrill, Prospect, Searsmont, and Thorndike. Contact: David Sylvester