John Somerset and Unongoit, two Indian sachems, for fifty skins, a tract of land on Pemaquid, extending eight miles by twenty-five, together with Muscongus Island.

[1] The next year Abraham Shurt was'sent over by Alderman Aldsworth and Giles Elbridge, merchants of Bristol, as their agent, and was invested with power to purchase Mouhegan for them.

[3] According to island chronicler Charles McLane, Louds seceded from the town of Bristol and also the United States in the early 1860s—although there are differing versions of exactly why.

"[4] Louds Island hosted a "vigorous settlement that peaked in the post-Civil war era," but its year-round community dwindled over the next century.

Since then Louds has hosted only summer rusticators[4] As of the 2010 census there were 43 housing units on the island, all for seasonal or vacation use.