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1817, July 26. Voted to accept a road beginning on the east- erly side of Patrick Mahoney's land in Northport, 8 rods south of Samuel Dillaway's house; thence N. 80 rods; thence N. 25º E. 180 rods to the Bell opening, so called ; thence N. 15° E. 254 rods to the corner near J. B. and D. Durham's house. Said road is laid out 4 rods wide, and the courses to be the centre.
1818, Nov. 2. Voted to accept a road beginning on the south- ward line of Swanville, at the N. W. line of lot No. 39, 3d Divi- sion, owned by Twitchell, at a large white rock; thence S. 43º E. 150 rods ; thence S. 10° E. 150 rods ; thence S. 45° E. 40 rods to the shore at Clary's Point, so called. Said road to be on the west- wardly side of said courses, and to be 4 rods wide: the course of the last forty rods to be the centre.
1818, Nov. 2. Voted to accept a road beginning at lot No. 41, in the 3d Division of lots, on the road from Brown's mills near the S. E. corner of Messrs. Mckinley and Poor's land and house at a stake ; thence N. 75° E. 20 rods ; thence S. 80° E. 46 rods ; thence N. 45° E. 38 rods; thence S. 80° E. 32 rods ; thence S. 70° E. 42 rods ; thence N. 80° E. 96 rods ; thence N. 23º E. 84 rods to the road leading from Belfast north bridge to Swanville. Said road to be on the southwardly side of said course, and to be 4 rods wide.
1820, April 17. Voted to accept a road beginning first at a post 4 rods from the southwardly corner of John McClure's house ;
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thence S. 56° W. 63 rods to a spruce tree marked on the dividing line between Samuel Butman and R. L. Sargent's land ; thence E. on said dividing line, crossing the same, and also lands of said McClure and James Shirley, and also a part of Caleb Huse's land to the south-westwardly side of the old town road. The road to be 3 rods wide, and the line the centre thereof.
1821, April 16. Voted to accept a road from the Head of the Tide, so called, to meet a road in Swanville, as follows: viz., beginning at a point 2 rods easterly from the S. E. corner of John McKinley's house, and on the northerly line of the road leading from said McKinley's house, by Robert B. Cochran's house, to the board landing; thence running N. 15° E. 254 rods to a stake on the N. line of Belfast, being south-east corner of lot in Swanville, No. 58. The road hereby laid out being 4 rods in width, and the line running as above stated to a stake in the north of Belfast, being the westerly side thereof.
1821, April 16. Voted to accept a road beginning one rod westwardly of John McClure's E. side house; thence S. 50° E. 168 rods to the road now leading from Mr. Caleb Huse's to the shore 6 rods westwardly of said Iuse's house. The road to be 3 rods wide : said line to be the eastwardly line of said road.
Voted to discontinue the old road.
1821, April 16. Voted to accept a road beginning at the Bel- mont road near Poor's Mills, 1} rods westward of Mr. Steven's land ; thence S. 10° E. 176 rods to the south side of Pond brook; thence S. 42° E. 130 rods to the north side of lot No. 60, running 3 rods east of Captain Coffin's house ; thence S. 26° E. 190 rods to the Montville road near Mr. Monroe's shop. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and the above line to be the westwardly line of said road.
1822, July 1. Voted to discontinue the road as laid out in 1817 from R. P. Pote's house towards the road leading to Ziba Hall's, as will appear by the transcript. Voted to accept the old road as formerly laid out, with some variations, not to exceed the distance of four rods from the said old road.
1825, April 25. Voted to accept a road from Edward Wight's to the County road leading from Little River Bridge to the vil- lage, beginning on the road leading from J. B. Durham's to Sam- nel Dillaway's, 96 rods from the corner near said Durham's; thence S. 73° E. 206 rods to a beech tree marked, standing on the line between the land owned by Edward Wight and Josiah D. Hinds, westwardly of said Hind's house. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and to lay on the southwardly side of said course.
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1823, June 30. Voted to accept a road as follows : viz., begin- ning at a stake on the northerly side of the road near Widow Clark's house ; thence N. 22° W. 103 rods at the road. near Thomas Houston's house. Said road to be on the right of said line, and to be 3 rods wide. (Discontinued Sept. 8, 1823.)
1823, June 30. Voted to accept of an alteration of a road so as to conform to the following transcript, viz .: beginning at a stake on the E. line of the County road near the Board Landing ; thence N. 57° E. 30 rods to the division line of E. McKeen's and William Ryan's lots; thence N. 48º E. 139 rods to the road as now travelled. This last line passes four rods from the birch tree standing on the corner of the lots of William Patterson and E. French. The road to be on the left of said course, and 4 rods wide. Oct. 17, 1825, the same road was refused acceptance.
1823, Sept. 8. Voted to accept a road beginning at a stake 7 rods north-westwardly from Hon. John Wilson's farm-house; thence N. 50° E. 119 rods ; thence N. 45° E. 160 rods to the N. line of William Salmond's land, near the house occupied by R. P. Pote; thence N. 48° E. 100 rods; thence N. 41º E. 84 rods to the S. side of the road leading to Belmont. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and said line the middle of the roads.
1824, March 22. Voted to accept a road leading from Russ's Point to Swanville: viz., beginning at a hemlock tree on the E. side of the road leading through Swanville; thence S. E. 32º 45', 150 rods, to a pine tree ; thence S. E. 10º, 150 rods, to Russ's store.
1824, May 25. Voted to accept a road near the house of Colo- nel John Brown, beginning at a small elm tree and on lot No. 18 in the Fourth Division of lots, and on the southerly side of road leading to Belmont, which elm is 13 rods westerly of the division line between the stake and Fourth Division of lots; thence S. 8° west, 22 rods, to the northerly line of lot No. 17 in the Fourth Division of lots; thence continuing the same course across lots No. 17 and No. 16, to the northerly line of lot No. 15, being 120 rods from the place of beginning to lot No. 15. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and to lie on the north-easterly side of said line, which passes one rod from the north-easterly corner of said Brown's dwelling-honse. (Provided that there be no claim for damages from owners of land.1)
1824, May 25. Voted to accept a road from the Swanville
1 It has been repeatedly held by the Supreme Court that such a conditional accept- ance is void.
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road near the house of R. Nickerson, Jr., by the upper Goose River bridge : viz., beginning at the centre of the Swanville road ; thence S. 52º. W. 194 rods to a marked stump on the hill near said bridge ; thence S. 42° W. 280 rods to a marked pine tree on lot No. 27 in the 3d Division of lots; thence S. 32° W. 293 rods to the junction of the road leading from Little's Saw-mill to Swan- ville. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and said line to be the cen- tre. (Same provision concerning damages as governs the accept- ance of the last-named road.)
1824, May 25. Voted to accept a road from the Swanville road near the house of Captain John Lewis to the road last de- scribed : viz., beginning at the centre of said Swanville road on lot No. 49 in the 4th Division ; thence S. 1º E. 62 rods to the said last-described road : to be 4 rods wide, and said line to be the centre. (Same provision concerning damages as in the foregoing.)
1824, May 25. Voted to accept a road from the stream which empties into Goose River near the house of Nehemiah Smart : viz., beginning at a small beech stump on the Westerly side of said stream ; thence N. 62° W. 12 rods to the main road leading across Goose River; thence S. 42° W. by said main road to the river; thence south-easterly by said river, and northerly by said stream to the place of beginning; containing a strip of land about 4 rods in width and 12 in length for a road and landing-place. (Same condition about damages as in the acceptance of the last- named road.)
1824, May 25. Voted to accept a road leading from the Board Landing by Torrey & Twitchell's saw-mill, to meet the road from Russ's Point to Monroe : viz., beginning at a marked stump on the W. side of the road at the Board Landing; thence N. 14º W. 14 rods to the Brook ; thence N. 79° West 22 rods ; thence N. 63º W. 30 rods ; thence N. 24° W. 12 rods to Westcot's stream; thence across said stream 5 rods to a yellow birch; thence N. 25° W. 144 rods ; thence N. 56° W. 30 rods to a hemlock tree near the bridge at the gully ; thence N. 46° W. to the junction of the road from Russ's Point to Monroe. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and said line the centre. (Same provision concerning damages as in the last vote.)
1824, May 25. Voted to accept a road from the house of E. Wight to Northport line : beginning at a marked beech in the line dividing lots No. 94 & 95 in the 3d Division; thence S. 65° E. 40 rods; thence S. 78° E. 80 rods; thence S. 70°, 60 rods; thence S.
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43° E. 40 rods ; thence S. 27° E. 72 rods to the town line. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and said line to be the centre. (Same pro- vision concerning damages as in the last vote.)
1826, April 26. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a stake near the south-east corner of Mckinley's and Poor's house; thence running north, 75 degrees east, 20 rods, to the corner of the grist-mill yard ; thence south, 80 degrees east, 43 rods and 17 links, to a stake and stones ; thence north, 51 degrees east, 28 rods, 17 links, to a beech tree; thence north, 57 degrees east, 12 rods, to a stake and stones on the east side of a small brook ; thence south, 83 degrees east, 18 rods, to a stake and stones ; thence south, 74 degrees east, 48 rods, to a stake and stones ; thence north, 82 degrees east, to the east side of Marsh Creek. The said town way to be 4 rods wide, and to be on the southerly side of same lines whose courses are expressed.
1826, April 26. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a stake and rock near the east end of the bridge over Marsh Creek, near the head of the tide ; thence south, 56 degrees east, 44 rods, to a stake; thence north, 74 degrees east, 41 rods, to a stake. The same way to be 4'rods wide on the northerly side of same two lines.
1826, April 26. Voted to discontinue so much of the road laid out and accepted in 1819, extending from a point near Mc- Kinley & Poor's house to the road leading from Clary's Point to Peleg Perry's house, as is not contained within the limits of the two ways described in the two preceding articles.
1826, May 8. Voted to accept and allow a town way begin- ning on the westwardly line of County road leading from Belfast village to Northport, on lot No. 51 of the first division of lots, at a stake standing on the line between the Weymouth lot, so called, and the lot owned by Nathan Wight, running west on the line between said last-mentioned lots, 206 rods, to a stake; thence north, 71 degrees west, 33 rods, to a stake near David Peirce's saw- mill; thence south, 65 degrees west, 10 rods, to the mill-pond, or river, continuing the same course across said mill-pond, and two rods beyond at a stake. Said way to be 3 rods wide, and to lay on the northwardly side of said line. Provided that nothing be claimed as damages for land.
1826, June 5. Voted to accept and allow a town way begin- ning at a stake standing 1} rods northwardly from the north-west corner of William West's land, near John G. Brown's dwelling-
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house ; thence south, 42 degrees west, 32 rods; thence south, 35 degrees west, 20 rods ; thence south, 42 degrees west, 54 rods; thence south, 57 degrees west, 30 rods; thence south, 83 degrees west, 103 rods, to a large hemlock stump at the north-east corner of the Lowney lot, so called. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and said line to be the centre.
1826, July 8. Voted to approve and allow a certain town way beginning at a stake and stones at the easterly side of the county road leading from the upper toll bridge in Belfast to Swanville, near the school-house in District No. 3, running north, 59 degrees east, 36 rods, to a stake near a fence; thence north, 51 degrees east, 128 rods, to the road as now travelled from the Board Land- ing to Little's Mill, to stake and stones. The way to be on the north-west side of said line, and to be 4 rods wide.
1826, Sept. 11. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a stake on the south side of the road leading by Simon Watson, Jr's., to Belmont, ten rods eastwardly of a large rock in said road, running south, 12 degrees east, 58 rods, across David Peirces' land, being lot No. 7, to the N. E. corner of La Fayette Knowles' land ; thence south, 22 degrees east, on the dividing line of said Knowles' land and land of John Gross and Thomas Hark- ness, continuing the same course across lots No. 6, No. 5, No. 4, and No. 3, to the south side of lot No. 3. Said way to be 3 rods wide, and said line to be the centre.
1826, Sept. 11. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a stake on the north side of the aforesaid road leading to Belmont, and opposite the beginning of the way described in the last article, running north, 22 degrees west, across lots No. 8, 9, and 10, to the south line of lot No. 11, one hundred and seventy- one rods. Said way to be 3 rods wide, and said line to be the centre.
1826, Sept. 11. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a stake and stones on the southerly side of the old road as now travelled from Little's Mill, to the Board Landing in the centre of the road leading from the upper toll bridge over the hill where John Ryan formerly lived, running north on the dividing line between land formerly owned by said John Ryan and Wil- liam Patterson, 41 rods, to the new road leading from the Board Landing to said Little's mill. Said way to be 2 rods wide, and the said line to be the centre.
1827, June 4. Voted to approve and allow a town way be-
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ginning at a large stump standing 4 rods westerly of the west end of the bridge crossing David Peirce's mill-pond, running south, 15 degrees west, 6 rods, across Joseph Wight's land ; then the same course across David Bird's land, 28 rods; then west, on the north line of Josiah D. Hind's land, being lot No. 52, 64 rods, to a tree marked ; thence south, 70 degrees west, 28 rods ; thence north, 70 degrees west, 40 rods, over land of Reuben Herrick to the south line of said Hind's back lot No. 95, and continuing same course on said Hind's land so far as to embrace three rods at right angles ; thence westerly, parallel with the south side of said Hind's lot, 54 rods, to a tree marked ; thence north, 70 degrees west, 28 rods ; thence north, 45 degrees west, 32 rods, over said Hind's land to the road leading from Edward Wight's to Wilson's Mills. Said way to be 3 rods wide, and on the south side of said course or line.
1828, June 2. Voted to approve and allow a town way hegin- ning on the northerly side of the road leading from Benj. Kelley's blacksmith shop, to Caleb Huse's, at the dividing line between lots No. 15 and 16, extending north in said dividing line, over land be- longing to William Grinnell, 38 rods ; thence the same course on said line, over land owned by William Cunningham, 79 rods ; thenee on said dividing line, over land belonging to Benjamin and James Davis, 86 rods ; thence the same course, over land of Thomas Whit- tier, 32 rods, to a stake ranging with front of his dwelling-house. Said way to be 3 rods wide, and on the west side of said course.
1828, Sept. 8. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at the town line adjoining Swanville, on the county road, passing Samuel Guptail's; thence south, 9 degrees west, 16 rods, to the dividing line between Benjamin Kelley and Moses H. Young's land ; thence south, 7 degrees east, 8 rods, to a stake ; thence south, 31 degrees, 40 rods, to a stake; thence south, 13 degrees east, 18 rods, to a stake ; thence south, 33 degrees east, 28 rods, to a stake ; thenee south, 10 degrees east, 25 rods, to a stake ; thence south, 12 , degrees east, to the town road leading from said county road to John Lewis's. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and the courses aforesaid to be the centre of the same.
1828, Nov. 3. Voted to approve and allow an alteration in the road leading from the county road passing by Little's Mill to Swanville, beginning on the eastwardly side of the aforesaid coun- ty road, 14 rods from the northerly line of James Davis's land ; thence north, 27 degrees east, about 50 rods, to the dividing line
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of land owned by Nathaniel Patterson and Robert Patterson, 2d, intersecting the road leading from said county road to Goose River bridge, by John Lewis's. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and the course to be the centre of the same.
1830, July 10. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a great rock in the north line of the road, about 4 rods south-easterly of Widow Brown's house, in the corner of her garden, on a mill privilege on lot No. 47 in the third division of lots in Belfast ; thence sontherly, at right angles with the road, 4 rods, to the south line of the road; thence south, 56} degrees west, 174 rods, to a stake and stones; thence south, 62 degrees west, 94 rods, to the centre of Pond Brook ; thence the same course 46 rods, to a hemlock tree in the line of lots No. 47 and 52 in said division ; thence south, 68 degrees west, in the line of said lots, 180 rods, to a pine stump in the corner of said lots; thence, same course, about 40 rods to the county road. This road is laid 4 rods wide on the north line of said line.
1830, July 10. A town way from Poor's Mills to Benjamin Monroe's, beginning in the south line of Belmont road near Poor's Mills at a stake and stones, about 3 rods westward of the Stevens land ; thence south, 30 degrees east, 138 rods, to a hem- lock tree ; thence sonth, 28 degrees east, 33 rods, to the centre of Pond Brook ; thence, the same course, 123 rods, to the line of lots numbered 54 and 60, running three rods east of Captain Coffin's house ; thence south, 26 degrees east, 190 rods, to the Montville road, near Benjamin Monroe's shop. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and the above line to be the westerly line of said course.
1831, Sept. 12. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a stake marked 34 and 35 in the range line at the south of lots 34 and 35, at the corner of said lots; thence north, 1 de- gree east, in the line of lots 34 and 35 in the third division of lots in Belfast, 250 rods, to a stake numbered 34 and 35 in the line of lot No. 40 in the fourth division of lots ; thence north, 22 degrees west, to a stake in the southerly line of the road leading from Isaac Mason's saw-mill to Swanville, by Ebenezer Nickerson's. This road is laid out 4 rods wide, and said line to be the centre of the road.
1831, Sept. 12. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning in the town line between Belfast and Waldo, at the cor- ner of lots No. 29 and 30 in the fourth division ; thence south, 21 degrees east, in the line of said lots, about 90 rods, to a stake and
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stones in the line of lot No. 45 in the third division ; thence south, 28 degrees west, 118 rods, to the southerly side of Saggewalk River, below Poor's saw-mill; thence sonth, 25 degrees west, 29 rods, to the county road. This road is laid out 4 rods wide, and the above line to be the centre of the road.
1831, Nov. 7. Voted to accept a town way beginning on the easterly side of the road on highway leading from Peter Wins- low's to the Belmont road, so called, near Widow Clark's; thence north, 68 degrees east, on the dividing line between the lots of said Winslow and Enoch S. Rowe, 477 rods, to the road leading from William White's to said Belmont road, near Benjamin Harts- horn's. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and the course the centre.
1832, June 9. Voted to accept a town way beginning on the westerly line of the road leading from Gannett's mill to Swan- ville, 2 rods and 2 links north of the northerly line of the road leading from Mason's Mills to the Board Landing ; thence running south, 81 degrees west, 15 rods and 10 links, to the road last men- tioned. The above road to be 4 rods wide, and the above line the centre thereof.
1832, Sept. 10. Voted to accept a town way beginning on the easterly end of Belfast east bridge, at the centre thereof; thence north, 68 degrees east, 6 rods, to a stake ; thence north, 48 degrees east, 10 rods, to the centre of the old county road, near James MeCrillis's house. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and the course the centre thereof.
1833, April 8. Voted to accept a town way three rods wide without expense to the town, beginning at a stone in the easterly line of the road leading from the west toll-bridge to Russ's Point, on the division line between the land of Josiah Twitchell and the heirs of Elijah Torrey, on lot No. 48 in the second division of lots in Belfast; thence running south, 65 degrees west, 52 rods, to the county road. The above course to be the northerly line of said road, and discontinue the old road leading from the place of be- ginning to said county road.
1835, April 13. Voted to accept a town way beginning at the south-westwardly side of the road leading by John Sargent's house, at the points of intersection with the road leading from Alexan- der C. Todd's to Caleb Huse's ; thence south, 47 degrees east, 139 rods ; thence south, 34 degrees east, 190 rods, to the road leading from Belfast village to Prospect village. Said road to be 4 rods wide, and on the north-easterly side of said course.
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1837, Sept. 11. Voted to accept and allow a town way begin- ning in the westerly line of the road leading from Emery's Corner, so called, to Northport, on the division line between lots No. 93 and 96 in the third division ; thence south, 68 degrees west, on said last-mentioned line 30 rods, to the south-westerly corner of lot No. 92 in the third division. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and to lie on the northerly side of said line.
1838, July 2. Voted to approve and allow a town way begin- ning at the intersection of the south side of the road leading from Samuel W. Miller's to Benjamin Monroe's, with the west line of lots in the third division numbered 63 and 64; thence running on the same west line south, 22 degrees east, 43 rods, to a stake, the north-east corner of land of Nathaniel Shaw. The road afore- said to be 3 rods wide, and the aforesaid line to be the centre thereof.
1840, April 13. Voted to approve and allow a highway begin- ning on the county road leading from Belfast Beach, so called, to Poor's Mills, 1} rods eastwardly from the dividing line between lots No. 55 and 56 in the third division of lots; thence south, 20} degrees east, parallel with said dividing line, 28 rods and 5 links, opposite the north-easterly corner or westerly line of lot No. 59 in said third division. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and to lie on the westerly side of said course or line.
1840, Sept. 14. Voted to approve and allow a town way be- ginning at a point near a large pine tree upon the south line of lot No. 22 in the third division, now owned or occupied by William Chesley ; thence south, 8 degrees west, lengthwise of lot No. 11, owned by Theophilus Colson, about 124 rods, to a stake and stones, 3 rods east of the corner of the stone wall built by said Colson, north-westwardly of the passage-way leading by said Col- son's to said Chesley's land ; thence south, 7 degrees east, 80 rods, to the road leading by the dwelling-house of David Reed to Prospect. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and to lay on the west- erly side of said courses. Provided that the owners of the land where said road passes through do not claim damages.
1840, Sept. 14. Voted to approve and allow an alteration of the town road leading from near John G. Brown's dwelling-house, and near Samuel Richard's premises (to wit), beginning on the south-westorly extremity of the stone wall on Annas Campbell's land ; thence south, 41 degrees west, upon said Campbell's land, 32 rods, to a stake and stones ; thence south, 55 degrees west, 10 rods,
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to the intersection of the southerly line of the old located road as aforesaid. Said road to be 3 rods wide, and to lie on the westerly side of said courses, and to discontinue so much of the old road as lies on the westerly side of said new location. . Pro- vided that the owners of the land where said alteration should he do not claim damages.
1841, Sept. 9. Voted to accept and allow an alteration . of a town way, as follows : to wit, beginning on the town road at the angle 119 rods from the angle opposite John Wilson's farm-house; thence north, 42} degrees east, 25 rods and 2 rods (links), east of a post standing in the north-east corner of Calvin Pitcher's land ; thence north, 45 degrees east, across Jonathan Durham's land, about 80 rods; and thence, same course, 82 rods, to the north line of William Salmond's land. Said altered or new road to be 4 rods wide, and said line and courses the centre thereof.
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