Lincoln County, Maine
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Incorporated
1760 from part of York County
Boundary Changes
Parts were set off to Washington County and Hancock County in 1789 (part of the latter regained in 1791), to Kennebec County in 1799, to Waldo County in 1827, to Androscoggin County and Sagadahoc County in 1854, and to Knox County in 1860
County Seat
Pownalborough, 1760-1787 (courts located in that part later Dresden)
Pownalborough, half shire town, 1787-1799 (courts moved to that part later Wiscasset in 1794)
Hallowell (which then included Augusta), half shire town, 1787-99
Pownalborough (renamed Wiscasset in 1802), since 1799
Towns
Alna, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Dresden, Edgecomb, Jefferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro, Somerville, South Bristol, Southport, Waldoboro, Westport, Whitefield, Wiscasset
Plantations
Townships
Adjacent Counties
Kennebec County, Knox County, Sagadahoc County, Waldo County
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Lincoln County, Maine
Land Records
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds
Lincoln County Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Lincoln County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Lincoln County
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Lincoln County
Probate Records
Lincoln County Probate Records, 1760-1800
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
Naturalization Records
Lincoln County Naturalization Records, 1790-1955; Index 1790-1913, 1790-1954
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
FamilySearch Catalog: Lincoln, Maine
Official Website: Lincoln County
Lincoln County Historical Association
Lincoln County MEGenWeb Project
MEGenWeb Archives: Lincoln County
Bibliography
______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties, Maine (PDF) (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897)
Fillmore, Robert B., compiler, Chronicles of Lincoln County (Augusta, Me.: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1924)
Fredricks, Katherine M. E, Bar-bits from old court records in Lincoln County, Maine : Authorized and published by County Commissioners of Lincoln County (Wiscasset, Me.: County Commissioners of Lincoln County, 1960)
Patterson, William D. (compiler and editor), The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 (Portland, Me.: Printed for the Maine Genealogical Society, 1895)
Sewall Rufus King, Memorials of the bar of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760-1900 (Wiscasset, Me.: The Sheepscot Echo Print, 1900)
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