Nova Scotia Archives
Cape Breton Land Petitions 1787-1843
Cameron, Lucy – 1811 – Cape Breton
Petition to Nepean: Petitioner has lived in Cape Breton for 25 years. Many years before she was married to John Cameron, a lieutenant in the Orange Rangers, who abandoned his wife and large family. Petitioner has since supported herself and family without public aid. She asks a lease of a lot at Cow Bay which her husband held under licence from Pres. Matthews. Note: complied with.
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Nova Scotia Commissioner of Crown Lands - Cape Breton land petitions and other material Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Series B number 672