Township Records at the Nova Scotia Archives

Cornwallis Township, Kings County

3 reels of microfilm: 12261, 12262, 15031.

Births: 1720-1874
Marriages: 1740-1867
Deaths: 1760-1866

Minutes of Meetings: 1771-1862   Church Records: Yes   Animal Marks: No

Reference: MG 4 vols. 18,18a,19

Other Locations: MG 4 vols. 18-18A is also available from the Genealogical Society of Utah, mfm. 1376192.

Index Available: Lorna Woodman Evans, Township Books Kings County, Nova Scotia: Aylesford, Cornwallis and Horton (CS 81 K56 E92)

Additional Notes: Records include list of inhabitants with children and dates of birth, 1771-1822, burials, 1784-1826, and land surveys, 1761-1866. Land surveys are not in strict chronological order.

A number of the marriages and births are recorded in New England.

MG 4 vol. 18 is a compilation including elements of the Township Books, as well as some records of the Methodist Church, Baptist Church, and the Anglican Parish of St. John in Kings County. Some of these records do not appear in the Township Books proper.

MG 4 Vol 18a is the Township Book, in 2 volumes. The second volume is a copy of the first, and then a continuation of the records from 1825 to 1874.

MG 4 vol. 19 is a list of Land Surveys.

Microfilm 12261 contains MG 4 vol. 18a Book 1, 47 loose documents (births, deaths and marriages, 1718-1852), MG 4 vol. 18a Book 2

Microfilm 12262 contains land surveys, 1763-1866; 1761-1801; June 1763; 1762-1763; May, June, 1765; June, 1764; April, 1766; 1779-1873

Microfilm 15031 contains MG 4 vol. 18, vol. 18a Book 1, vol. 18a Book 2, 47 loose documents (births, deaths and marriages, 1718-1852), 8 loose documents referring to births, deaths and marriages, including a list of marriages in the township of Cornwallis, 1801-1821, recorded by W.A. Chipman, Esq., Town Clerk

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