Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for Cumberland County Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. 6 August September October 1918 No. 2 page 76 From the Massachusetts Register for the year 1804 (page 99) we learn that the justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for Cumberland County were William Gorham of Gorham, Chief Jus- tice. Stephen Longfellow of Gorham, Robert Southgate of Scar- borough and John Frothingham of Portland were the justices. Special justices were William Thompson of Scarborough and Isaac Parsons of New Gloucester. Samuel Freeman of Portland was clerk of the common pleas and also the Register of Probate and William Gorham besides holding down the Chief Justiceship, was also Judge of Probate. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.