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Mr. Titus Smith's plan of the tract of 1696 acres surveyed for Black people at Preston
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[plan of Preston]
1696 Acres.
In compiling this plan I was obliged to reduce Mr Brehms measures to make them agree with mine -- He employed 2 chainmen, always rawhands. I always carried the hinder end of the chain. -- The distance between O'Brien street & Bell street is far too short on his plan.-- I surveyed Lot No 51 on Frog Lake, and measured Stanley's southern line from the road to the River
Titus Smith
Novr 18th 1835
10 Chains to an inch
Road to Cole harbour

Hatfields heirs
Hatfields heirs
Walter Digg 8 Ch
James [Slater?] 8 Ch
[Joseph Gla?] 8 Ch
[David?] [illegible] 8 Ch
[Joseph?] [Gigou?] 8 CH
N. 2 W
S. 87. E
N 2 W
Hatfields heirs
S. [illegible] E. 60 Ch.
Will Lambert
1 E. 27.90 [illegible] Henderson
2 Isaac [Rawlands?] heirs
3 Holsy Gross
4 Charles Gordons heirs
5 Widow [Crightons?] heirs
6 Stephen [John?]
7 William [Lambert?]
8 Robert Young
9 Joseph Stewarts heirs
10 Jerry Gardiner
11 William Gilmore
12 Jenny Haynes
13 William Gilmore
14 31.16 William Gilmore
15 Jerry Gardiner
S 89 32. 89. to division fence
Possessed by William Robertson
30 W. Robertson
[29] Wr. Robertson
[28] William Robertson
[27] Peter Clayton
[26] Armiston Currie
[25] George Smith
24 Armiston Currie
23 George Turners [heir?] (George)
[22] Peter Craney
[21] George Turners heir
[20] Isaac Jones
[19] 38 Ch. S. 89 [illegible] E. Jerry Gardiner
Armiston Currie
[17?] 2.50 Armiston Currie
3.31 Moses [Johnson]
A

E to brook
N. 8. E. 12.50
E. 8 Ch. 25
William Rogers
Granted Thomas Carter
Partridge River
S. 87 E
19 Heirs of Leon Cabarrus & Wife E. 31 Ch. 50 L.
18 John Brown
17 John Brown
16 John Carter
15 Christian Manson
14 Thomas Yutling
13 Heirs of David Clayton
12 James Slaughter
11 Amelia & Thomas Crawley (Thomas is a minor)
10 Septimus Clarke
9 Septimus Clarke
8 William Williams
7 George More
6 Amelia Land David Land 14 CH. 75 L. Sampson Carter 6 acres
5 James Cook
4 George Brown E. 43 Ch
3 Thomas Saunders E 39 Ch.
2 Suther Blair
1 Suther Blair
Road
[illegible] road
O'Brien street
40 Henry Oldham
20 Saml Blue
21 Samson Carter
22 James Hamilton
20 William Carter
24 William Townsend
25 Heir of James Jones
26 Thos Yutling
27 Thos Carter
28 George Brown
29 William Thomson
30 William McNish
31 Heirs of Meshach Delaware
32 Watt Brown
33 Jack Weeks
34 Thos Williams
35 Heirs of Thomas Quintus and wife
36 Daniel Johnson
37 Daniel [Johnson]
38 William Hopkins 25 Ch S. 88 E
37 William Ralph
Road to Porters Lake &c
Solomon Crawley
Amelia & [Th?] Crawley
N 2. E 60 Ch.
William Bell
E

1 James Slaughter
2 James Slaughter
3 Henry Piles
4 John Kelly
5 Heirs of Wm Holmes & J. Cox
6 George Kerberry
7 Epee Kerberry
8 John Robinson
9 Heirs of Willougby Travers
10 John Collins
11 John Collins
12 Heir of Smal. Turner
13 General Saunders
14 Mary Jackson
15 Reuben Walker
16 [Narada?] Stanley
17 John Nelson Daniel [illegible] 2 acres
18 John Nelson
19 [Solomon] Robertson
20 Solomon Robertson
21 Cesar Johnson
22 Cesar Johnson
23 Cesar Johnson
24 Mark Taylor
25 Mark Taylor
50 John Gardiners heirs
49 [Jeremiah] Page
48 [Basil] [Croud?]
47 Henry Gross heir
46 Heirs of Holmes & Cox
45 James Slaughter
44 James Slaughter
43 William Dare
42 Basil Croud
41 William Dare
40 Patty Dickson
39 Patty Dickson
38 Betsy Driggers
37 Basil Croud
36 General Saunders
35 General Saunders
34 Heir of Philip Alexander
33 Marada Stanley
32 Daniel Brooks
31 Andrew Williamson
30 Bray Cooper
29 John Parker
28 John Parker
27 Bray Cooper
26
51 General Saunders
Surveyed to Basil Croud
Frog Lake
1 William Ralph
2 James Slaughter
3 James Slaughter
4 William Ralph
5 William Ralph
6 Henry Hill
7 Henry Hill
8 Peter [Glagors?]
9 Mary Lane
10 Moses senior
11 Moses senior
12 James and Amelia Williams
13 James [Bamore?]
14 Benjamin Bowers
15 Benjamin Bowers
16 John Gregory heirs
17 James Lee minor
18 Philip [Lee?]
19 Heirs of Isaac Keeling
20 Lewis [illegible]
21 Jacob Ford
22 William Smith
23 Heirs of Abram Ross
24 [James] & Solomon Richards
25 Heirs of John Shankling
26 Henry Hill
27 Peter Duncan
28
29
40 Jenny Gardner
39 Heirs of Charles Dunmore
38 Heirs of Charles Dunmore
37 Heirs of Charles Dunmore
36 Alexander Grant
35 Heirs of Edward Tab
34 Samuel Evans
33 Heirs of [Danl] Tynes
32 Joseph Sprigs
31 Isaac Fletcher
30 Isaac Fletcher junior
Surveyed to Samuel Evans
D


Date: 18 November 1835

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 20

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