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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 13: Plymouth County. (search)
. Kingston Incorporated June 16, 1726. Population in 1860, 1,655; in 1865, 1,626. Valuation in 1860, $1,303,308; in 1865, $1,334,298. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 were Edward Gray, Samuel E. Cushman, Charles Everson; In 1862 Mr. Everson volunteered as a soldier and went to the war. in 1863, Alden S. Bradford, Edward Gray, Samuel E. Cushman; in 1864 and 1865, Alden S. Bradford, Edward Gray, Charles Everson. The town-clerk and town-treasurer during all of these years was Nathan Brooks. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters relating to the war was held on the 18th of May, at which it was voted to pay all persons, inhabitants of Kingston, who have enlisted or may enlist in the military service of the country six dollars a month while in said service. 1862. On the 26th of July it was voted to pay each volunteer who shall enlist for three years service and be credited to the quota of the town a bounty of one hundred dollars. The number of men requi