From collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Collection
Tax Assessor's working papers 1970s-1980s
Collection of Tax Assessor materials 1970s-1980s when Polly Storey was assessor. Large map of Islesford 1971 with houses listed. Land use map of Sutton Island. Proposed Land Use Guidance 1978. Claims for services 1974-75. Assessor's notice 1984. Article from Ellsworth American August 1982 re: property for sale: Komusin, Polly Bunker, Dennis Brown. Ferry schedule 1974 or 75. List of boats 1972. Letter from Birlem 1987 with property maps for Wallace, Lynne, and C. W. Birlem (a.k.a. Spurling Point Properties.) Notes on Elwood Spurling real estate sold to Gilberts 1945 (now the Pierson property with conservation easement). [Per Phil Whitney, Elwood Spurling (Phil's grandfather) built a cabin there and it still stands (2016) in disrepair. His brothers and sisters owned it as part of the estate when mother died, and document shows they relinquished it to grandfather 1920ish with diagram, 28 acres, recorded September 26, 1945 with book/page numbers. Elwood sold it to the Gilberts for $300 and they later sold it to the Piersons for $275,000.