Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Appendix 2: Return of Men of Colour Settling in Preston
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Return of Men of Colour Settled on Ten Acre Lotts Assigned to them by the Authority and
direction of His Excellency Lieut. Gov. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke N.S. Lieut. Governor and
Commander in Chief in and over His Majestys Province of Nova Scotia &c &c &c
| over 14 | under 14 | over 14 | under 14 | Letter | Number | ||||
| Names | Men | Women | Boys | Girls | Lotts | Remarks | |||
| Nelus Alexander | 1 | F | 5 | ||||||
| Jacob Allen | 1 | E | 34 | ||||||
| Philip Alexander | 1 | C | 29 | with Henry Clark | |||||
| Ben Bower | 1 | 1 | D | 15 | in his house | ||||
| Friday Bush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | D | 1 | with James Bush | ||
| George Brown | 1 | 1 | 3 | E | 3 | ||||
| Henry Bisker | 1 | C | 2 | Building | |||||
| Isiah Butler | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 45 | ||||
| James Bush | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | D | 3 | in his house | ||
| Luke Bowers | 1 | 1 | D | 13 | with Ben Bowers | ||||
| Moses Ball | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 29 | ||||
| Abram Brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | D | 10 | ||||
| Esaw Burrel | 1 | 1 | B | 23 | with Robart Robartson | ||||
| Robart Bush | 1 | 1 | 2 | D | 24 | ||||
| Luther Blair | 1 | 1 | 1 | E | 1 | ||||
| Mercer Boyd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | B | 9 | Building | |
| Sam Burrel | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Sam Biddle | 1 | 1 | D | 6 | |||||
| Richard Baley | 1 | 1 | 1 | B | 5 | Building | |||
| William Brown | 1 | ||||||||
| Watt Brown | 1 | 1 | E | 8 | Building | ||||
| William Bundy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | G | 6 | in his house | ||
| George Balam | 1 | B | 9 | ||||||
| Henry Becket | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 14 | with Robart Robartson | |||
| James Burton | 1 | C | 28 | Building | |||||
| Basil Croud | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | D | 48 | |||
| John Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 9 | in his house | |||
| James Cooke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | E | 4 | |||
| Lewis Cornie | 1 | 1 | 2 | D | 20 | with Isaac Kelting | |||
| Lewis Caste | 1 | 1 | F | 3 | |||||
| Jacob Claton | 1 | 1 | 1 | A | 5 | Building | |||
| Nat Crawly | 1 | 1 | 1 | H | 1 | Building | |||
| Peter Claton | 1 | 1 | 1 | A | 27 | ||||
| Bray Cooper | 1 | 1 | C | 31 | |||||
| Peter Cramy | 1 | 1 | A | 18 | |||||
Date: 1815
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 169