Documents regarding a grant given to McDiarmid in 1811 that, at the time, had two acres reserved as a Mi'kmaq burial ground. There was an error in the grant and the reservation was found to occupy the most valuable part of the land; the part occupied by Acecus Rude's buildings.
Date: 1825
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - McDiarmid Ronald
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Documents regarding land given to Scottish immigrant Peter McChesney in Pomquet in 1810. The land surveyed for him in 1820 was found to encroach on the Mi'kmaq reserve.
Date: 1827
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - McDonald John & Others
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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