Heirlooms Reunited: 1888 Collector's Tax Book, kept by Bowdoin Read Blackstone for Perham Plantation, now Perham, Maine

1888 Collector's Tax List Book, kept by Bowdoin Read Blackstone (1842-1921) of Perham Plantation, incorporated in 1897 to the town of Perham, Maine.

Alphabetical lists of the names in the book, with the lot(s) they owned, appear at the end of this post:

an overall list of residents
an overall list of non-residents
of the residents, those residents living in District No. One
of the non-residents, those having land in District No. One
of the residents, those living in District No. Two
of the non-residents, those having land in District No. Two

Note: After the lists shown above, Blackstone changed the date to 1889; several pages of names then follow, but the handwriting is much harder to decipher.

The book is just shy of 7" by 4" and is about a half inch thick, with a leather covering.

Also mentioned on the page above is James Nutting, who was the Tax Collector for Perham Plantation, and whose name also appears on the following page, along with the name of Civil War Brigadier General George Lafayette Beal (1825-1896), then Treasurer of the State of Maine.

The pages below contains the names of Lewis Blake Johnson (1827-1916), Treasurer of Aroostook County; Charles Ira Spaulding (1854-?), Treasurer of Perham Plantation, and Bowdoin Read Blackstone (1842-1921) and Henry Spear, Assessors of Perham Plantation.

This map is from 1877, but hopefully the lot numbers, if not the names of the owners, are the same as in 1888.

An example page of the list of overall residents:

An example page of the list of overall non-residents: [notice the handwritten word "Non" appearing before "Name of Resident Owners"

List of total residents

Fyar Akeson [perhaps Fajer Akeson]; homestead, Lot 34
John Akeson; homestead Lot 55-1/2
Leunder Anderson [perhaps Leander Anderson]; Homestead, Lot 35-1/2
Samuel W. Austin; homestead, Lot 139
George L. Beal, Treasurer of State of Maine
S. A. Benson [perhaps Samuel A. Benson]; Lot 7-1/2
B. R. Blackstone, Assessor Perham Plantation; owner of the Tax Collector's Book; Bowdoin Read Blackstone (1842-1921); lot 93; lot 91; South part Lot 94
F. Blackstone [perhaps Ebenezer Fremont Blackstone]; South part of lot 76 [or 26]
Q. W. Blackstone [Quincy Wood Blackstone]; South part 95; lot 43; lot 30
H. H. Bragdon [perhaps Henry H. Bragdon]; Lot 118
Hanford Carr
John H. Case; east part of Lot 116
George H. Chase; Lot 72
Mahala Chase; one acre of land with house on Lot 142 [not sure of last digit]
Solomon Chase
James Conroy
Dorothy Coolidge; South part lot 77
Frank A. Curtis; East part of Lot 99; east part of Lot 111
Ed. Dahlgren; North part of Lot 58
Gustavus Dahlgren; West part of Lot 58-1/2
Isaac Dickinson; North part lot 83; South part Lot 58
J. Wallace Dickinson; South part Lot 33
R. F. Dodge [perhaps Royal Francis Dodge]; South part of Lot 82; Lot 81; Lot 63
Augustus Dow; South part of Lot 105
J. Stillman Dow; East part of Lot 142
Peter Dow; North part of Lot 105
Greenleaf R. Drake; Lot 66
Eben Files; ? Lot 92 [not sure of second digit]
Horace Files; Lot 61; Lot 62
Willard Glidden; East part of Lot 130
William Goggin; ? Lot 143
Goodwin & Barton [general store and shingle manufacturer]
Andrew D. Grant; South part of Lot 96
Henry E. Hamilton; Homestead; West part of Lot 118; East part of lot 47 [or 43]
John Hamilton; West part of Lot 84
John Hammond; East part of Lot 64
Charles L. Harris; Homestead; Lot 74
Horace Hathaway; Homestead; Lot 54
L. D. Hinkley; North part Lot 70 [struckover]; Lot 52
John Holts [perhaps John Samuel Holts]; North part of Lot 47
Albert M. Huston
Edgar L. Huston [Edgar Lorenzo Huston]; East part Lot 127 [or Lot 197]; Lot 138
Elbridge Huston [Elbridge Lincoln Huston]; Homestead, Lot 171 [or 172]; Lot 172 [or 122]; ? Lot 134
George H. Huston; Homestead, Lot 137
L. D. & C. M. Huston [Lorenzo Dow Huston and son Charles Monroe Huston] ; West part Lot 127 [or 197]
R. D. S. Jackson [presumably Rudolphus D. S. Jackson]; Lot 132
Lewis B. Johnson, Treasurer of Aroostook County
Anders O. Killman; Lot 59
James Kinney
Thomas A. Lang [Thomas Alexander Lang]; Lot 51
Avon G. Larby [Avon George Larby, son of George Larby]
George Larby; Lot 42
Jacob Larson
Charles E. Leland; West of Road and Northeast part of Lot 108
Ralph Loomer [perhaps Ralph A. Loomer]
Charles B. Lovejoy; Lot 132; West of road and Northeast part of Lot 131
Ella F. McIntire; Lot 106; South part of Lot 115; West part of Lot 116
Colin C. McKay [Colin Campbell McKay]; North part Lot of 95
Robert McKay [perhaps Robert Bruce McKay, brother of Colin Campbell McKay]; North Part of Lot 65
Frank C. Moody; Lot 78; North part of Lot 96
James Nutting, Collector of Taxes of the Plantation of Perham, in Aroostook County, Maine; Lot 119; Southeast part of Lot 108; Southeast part of Lot 101
Oliver Y. Nutting; North part of Lot 120; Lot 54-1/2
Charles W. Oliver; East part of Lot 68
Albert Olmstead [possibly Albert A. Olmstead, son of J. W. Olmstead and C. C.(Dickinson) Olmstead
James Peary
Mark G. Peary; West part Lot 64
Stephen D. Peary; South part Lot 65
Walter Peary
Perham Plantation; Lot 46
Perham Starch Co.; Starch Factory
Edward P. Roy [perhaps Edward Pason Sanburn Roy, who married Angelia Loretta Blackstone, daughter of Bowdoin Read Blackstone]
Charles S. Russell; Lot 90
D. C. Sanders [presumably Dearborn C. Sanders]; West part of Lot 129; possibly also Lot 140
Daniel Skidgel
Lysander Smith
C. I. Spaulding, Treasurer of Perham Plantation; Charles Ira Spaulding; North part of Lot 94
Henry Spear, Assessor of Perham Plantation, Maine; East part of Lot 199 [or 129 ?]; possibly also Lot 140
Frank P. Staples; North part of Lot 115
F. & R. F. Stowe [perhaps Francis Dana Stowe and son Rufus Francis Stowe]; Lot 141
Almer I. Tarbox; West part of Lot 142; West part of Lot 130 [or 120]
Ed. Thibeault [perhaps Edward I. Thibeault or Thibault]; Lot 73
Richard B. Tobie
Charles H. Tupper; South part of Lot 120
Edwin G. Tupper; Lot 57
Ivan Tupper; North part of Lot 77
George F. Wade; South part of Lot 82
D. J. Wardwell [perhaps Dominicus Jordan Wardwell]; Lot 29 and Lot 8
John Warren; Lot 79; Lot 80
Samuel P. Wiggin; Lot 23; Lot 25; Lot 24
Dougal Wilcox
Judd Wilcox
Immanuel Wright; South part of Lot 71

List of total Non-Residents

Alexander Arbo, Non-Resident; Lot 33-1/2
Ezekiel Austin, Non-Resident; Lot 107
William Bartlett, Non-Resident; Lot 34; Lot 31-1/2; Lot 10
Frank Brown, Non-Resident; West of Center of 116
Loren H. Butler, Non-Resident; North part of Lot 76
James Calkins, Non-Resident; Lot 5
Moses Crowell, Non-Resident; East part of Lot 128
Dunn, Powers & Angel [presumably William Engel], Non-Resident; Lots 1-4; 10-13-1/2; 15-19; 26-27; 31-32-1/2; 34-35; 37-39; 49-50; 53; 56-56-1/2; 59-1/2; 67; 88; 97; 109; 110; 113; 123; 125; 135
Jonas Dyer, Non-Resident; Lot 6
George O. Goodwin; Non-Resident; Mill property on Lot 131; Lot 33; Lot 40
Minnie J. Gordon, Non-Resident; Lot 10-1/2
Jacob Hardison, Non-Resident; Lot 30-1/2
Mrs. J. C. Hidden, Non-Resident; ? Lot 111; ? Lot 99
Albert W. Jones, Non-Resident; Lot 40
Charles P. Jones, Non-Resident; Lot 22
Carl King, Non-Resident; ? west of Lot 111; center of Lot 99
L. R. King, Non-Resident; Lot 103, Lot 104, Lot 70 [or Lot 90], Lot 89, Lot 14, Lot 14-1/2
King or unknown, Non-Resident; Lot 20
C. McFadden, Non-Resident; East part of Lot 84
Jane McFarland [not sure of given name]; Non-Resident; West part of Lot 128
George Miller, Non-Resident; Lot 6-1/2; Lot 9-1/2
George Minot, Non-Resident; Lot 45
Charles Palmer, Non-Resident; North part of Lot 101
Thomas H. Phair; East part of Lots 117 [or 47] and 118; Lot 55; Lot 28; Lot 117; Southeast corner of Lot 77
George E. Place, Non-Resident; Lot 8-1/2
Smith C. Place, Non-Resident; Lot 4
Dennis M. Potter, Non-Resident; Lot 144
R. A. Shaw, Non-Resident; ? Lot 7
William C. Spaulding, Non-Resident; Lot 75
Louis C. Stearns, Non-Resident; Lot 21-1/2; Lot 69; West half of Lot 68
N. W. Stover, not sure of first initial; Non-Resident; East Part of Lot 58; East part of Lot 58-1/2
Clarence L. Tibbetts, Non-Resident; Lot 21
Ernest Tibbetts, Non-Resident; Lot 60
Heirs of J. Tibbetts, Non-Resident; Lot 44
George I. Trickey, Non-Resident; Northeast part of Lot 101

Residents living in District No. One of Perham Plantation

B. R. Blackstone, Assessor Perham Plantation; owner of the Tax Collector's Book; Bowdoin Read Blackstone (1842-1921); lot 93; lot 91; South part Lot 94
F. Blackstone [perhaps Ebenezer Fremont Blackstone]; South part of Lot 76 [or 26]
Q. W. Blackstone [Quincy Wood Blackstone]; South part 95; Lot 43; Lot 30
H. H. Bragdon [perhaps Henry H. Bragdon]; Lot 118
Dorothy Coolidge; South part Lot 77
Augustus Dow; South part of Lot 105
Peter Dow; North part of Lot 105
Eben Files; ? Lot 92 [not sure of second digit]
Andrew D. Grant; South part of Lot 96
Charles L. Harris; Homestead; Lot 74
Charles E. Leland; West of Road and Northeast part of Lot 108
Ralph Loomer [perhaps Ralph A. Loomer]
Charles B. Lovejoy; Lot 122; West of road and northeast part of Lot 131
Ella F. McIntire; Lot 106; South part Lot 115; West part Lot 116
Colin C. McKay [Colin Campbell McKay]; North part Lot 95
Frank C. Moody; Lot 78; North part Lot 96
James Nutting, Collector of Taxes of the Plantation of Perham, in Aroostook County, Maine
Oliver Y. Nutting; North part of Lot 120; Lot 54-1/2
Edward P. Roy [perhaps Edward Pason Sanburn Roy, who married Angelia Loretta Blackstone, daughter of Bowdoin Read Blackstone]
Charles S. Russell; Lot 90
Lysander Smith
C. I. Spaulding, Treasurer of Perham Plantation; Charles Ira Spaulding; North part of Lot 94
Richard B. Tobie
Charles H. Tupper; South part of Lot 120
Edwin G. Tupper; Lot 57
Ivan Tupper; North part of Lot 77

Non-Residents with land in District No. One of Perham Plantation

Ezekiel Austin, Non-Resident; Lot 107
Loren H. Butler, Non-Resident; North part of Lot 76
Thomas H. Phair; East part of Lots 117 and 118; Lot 55; Lot 28; Lot 118; Southeast corner of Lot 77
Dennis M. Potter, Non-Resident; Lot 144
William C. Spaulding, Non-Resident; Lot 75

Residents living in District No. Two of Perham Plantation

Samuel W. Austin, Lot 139
John H. Case; East half of Lot 116
Mrs. Mahala Chase, house and lot; ? 112 ?
Salmon Chase
J. Stillman Dow; East half of Lot 142
Willard Glidden; East half of Lot 130
William Goggin; Lot 143
Goodwin & Barton; general store; shingle manufacturer
Edgar L. Huston; East part of Lot 127; Lot 138
L. D. & C. M. Huston [Lorenzo Dow Huston & son Charles Monroe Huston] ; West part of Lot 127
R. D. S. Jackson [presumably Rudolphus D. S. Jackson]
James A. Kinney
Jacob Larson
Ella F. McIntire; South part of Lot 115; West part of Lot 116
Perham Starch Co.; Factor building on Lot 131
D. G. Sanders; Lot 140; West part of Lot 199
Henry Spear; East part of Lot 129
Frank P. Staples; North part of Lot 115
F. & R. F. Stowe [perhaps Francis Dana Stowe and son Rufus Francis Stowe]; Lot 141
Almer I. Tarbox; West part of 142 [not sure of last digit]; west part of Lot 130
Dougal Wilcox
Judd Wilcox