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Bangor Municipal Court
Bangor had some form of municipal court, whether it was under the title of municipal, town, or police court, from at least 1844 until 1961 when the Legislature reorganized the court system for the State. Maine’s municipal courts were first established in 1825 and had jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases, except larcenies exceeding $20 and criminal cases in which the fine exceeded $5.







Revolutionary War Land Grant Application Records
In the 1830s the Land Agent was tasked with overseeing the distribution of land to Revolutionary War veterans or their widows. These records contain registers of the applications, the applications that detail the veteran's military service, and the certificates granted.