1836 Canton, Maine Document: John Hearsey, Goin Wilson [Gowen Wilson], Gideon Ellis, James Whitney

November 7, 1836 Canton, Maine, document, where Selectmen Gideon Ellis and James Whitney direct town Treasurer John Hearsey, Esq., to pay Goin Wilson $4 for work on road.

Goin Wilson was presumably Gowen Wilson, who apparently pronounced his given name as "Go-in".

Paper scrap; minimal handwriting on reverse.

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These men were, or may have been:

• John Hearsey, Esq. (1795-1870)
• Gideon Ellis (1796-1872)
• James Whitney - James Trufant Whitney (1796-1870)
• Goin Wilson - Gowen Wilson (1793-1873)

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