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List of those settled at Refugee Hill and Head of North West Arm, showing the number of houses and lots of land
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List of Refugee Negroes Settled at Refugee
Hill & at the Head of the N. West Arm the number
of their Houses & Lots of Land with their wives & children

COL HEADINGS =
No
Names
No of the House
No of the Lot of Land
Wife
Children

1 Joe Blackwell 1 - 1 1
2 Abraham Brown 2 - 1 2
3 Pompe Cooper 3 - 1 -
4 Benjamin Roberts 4 - 1 3
5 Joseph Butt 5 - 1 1
6 William Roberts 6 - 1 1
7 Robert Hamilton 7 - 1 -
8 Frederick Hamilton 8 - 1 1
9 Aron Wheeler 9 - 1 -
10 Charles Lovett Sen. 10 - 1 -
11 Charles Lovett Jr. 11 - - -
12 Edward Allan - - 1 3
13 Stepney Coursey - - 1 4
14 Lewis Monroe - - 1 5
15 Anthony Williams - - 1 3
16 John Seales - - 1 3
17 George Hope - - - -
18 James Thompson - - - -
19 Abraham Green - - 1 3


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 112

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