County
Oxford County (set off from York County in 1805)
Organized
1860 for election purposes; organized in 1875; organization confirmed and made valid in 1891; organized in 1895
Previous Designations
Township No. 5, Second Range West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (T5 R2 WBKP)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Wilsons Mills (Wilson's Mills)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Adamstown Township, Atkinson and Gilmanton College Grant (N.H.), Magalloway Plantation, Parkertown Township, Second College Grant (N.H.)
Maps
Historical USGS Maps of Errol, N.H.
Cemeteries
Lincoln Plantation Cemeteries (pdf)
Census Records
1837 Census of Lincoln Plt (5R2 WBKP), Oxford Co., Maine
Vital Records
Lincoln County Marriages, 1759-1777
Records of Marriages by Nathaniel Thwing of Lincoln County, 1777-1816
Marriages Solemnized by Oliver Wood, Esq., of Lincoln County
General Resources
Maine Memory Network: Lincoln Plt.
Bibliography
______, History of Wilsons Mills, Maine, and the Magalloway Settlements (Wilsons Mills, Me.: Published by the Town, 1975)
Wilson, Granville Payson, Pioneers of the Magalloway from 1820 to 1904 (Old Orchard, Me., The author, 1918)