Petition of John Campbell asking for land east of the Mi'kmaq chapel on Chapel Island.
Date: 1842
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - McGrigor John & Others
Petition of Marvin for the lot adjoining his 100 acres of land at Chester. Part of the land he prays for is claimed by the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1816
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Marvin William
Documents regarding John Mehlman, Jr. of New Dublin Township, who is 35, Mi'kmaq, and has five children. His oldest is a son who is 10-years-old. Mehlmar's signature is 'Fosorunr Maslmaun.'
Date: 1811
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Mehlman John & Others
Petition of Morgan asking for a lot of land between the land belonging to his father, Edward Morgan, and the Mi'kmaq band at Clements [?].
Date: 1825
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Morgan Thomas
Petition for Murphy for a lot on the eastern side of Lake Porter [Potter?] that is reserved for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1826
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Murphy Lawrence
Petition of Parker for land in Douglas, westward of the Mi'kmaq grant. Was approved for 200 acres.
Date: 1821
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Parker Abraham
Return of survey and plan for 100 acres northward of the Mi'kmaq reserve at Whycocomagh.
Date: 1845
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Patterson James
Memorial of Benjamin Labradore and Paul Nowel, Mi'kmaq born in Lunenburg and living in Mush Mush, for a licence for 300-400 acres for themselves and their families. Noted: "The land applied for by the petitioners lies within the township of Lunenburg and has been granted to the proprietors - whose extensive improvements on the first division of their lots entitles them to favourable consideration. C. Morris."
Date: 1809
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Labradore & Nowel
Petition of Joseph Luxey and four other Mi'kmaq men who are permanent settlers at Roseway River, Long Island, Shelburne County. They have lived in one location for the past 25 years and are the fathers of 24 children. They ask a grant of the Island. Licence of Occupation granted for 200 acres.
Date: 1819
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Luxey Joseph & Four Other Indians
Documents concerning land for Samuel, Francis and Goram Paul on behalf of eleven families of Mi'kmaq and 100 acres of land in Wentworth.
Date: 1807
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Paul Samuel & Others
Draft of Grant of 950 acres in the eastern side of the entrance to St. Marys River. Noted: "Selling out of this grant, two acres for the use of the Mi'kmaq as a burying ground at Indian Point."
Date: 1811
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Pride Elisha & Others
Plan of the east end of the River Denis Basin. Indicates site of Mi'kmaq apple trees, old Mi'kmaq cemetary, Mi'kmaq claims, Mi'kmaq winter huts and clearings. Also shows a shipyard where Kavanaugh and Martin are building a ship.
Date: 1827
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - River Denis Basin
Return of survey and plan for 234 1/2 acres on the western side of the Mi'kmaq reserve near St. Peter's.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Robinson William
Petition by widow and family of the late Paulette or Hippolyte Salome for 200 acres on the southwest branch of the Margaree River. Mentions Salome family members: Hippolyte, Francis, Christmas, Peter, Mary, Celeste, Elen and Anne.
Date: 1834
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Salome Catherine (widow) & Children of Catherine & Hippolyte Salome
Petition by Hezekiah and Stephen Seaman. About 1805, they purcased 600 acres from a Mi'kmaq named Tony on the River Philip. They called the tract Tony's Bay.
Date: 1810
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Seaman Hezekiah & Others
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