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List of Black Refugee families settled on Thomas N. Jeffery's land
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List of Nine Refugee Negroes who were ordered to be borne [south?] Hamonds Plains Settlement in Consequence of having been in a [illegible] of listings,

Charles Butler Man
Nelly Green Woman
Lucy Green Child
[Squire?] Green Child
Anny Butler Woman
Charlotte Butler Child
June Butler Child
Susie Butler Child
Robert Cunard Man

Thereby certify that the above Persons have been discharged from Melville Island and are now actually living on crown lands at Hammonds Plains

Mr N Jeffery
19th. October 1826


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 59

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