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A return of Black Refugees to whom land has been conveyed by Rufus Fairbanks
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A Return of Black People to whom Land has been conveyed by Rufus Fairbanks - -

Names | No of Men | No of Women | No of Children | Age of Children |
Eldest | Youngest
John Lynch - - - - - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1
Henry Brown - - - - - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1
James [Nallis?] - - - - - - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | -
Charles Cephas - - - - - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 2
Adam Green - - - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1
5 | 5 | 14
Halifax 30th October 1815
Rufus Fairbanks
An order [given?] for Six Months [illegible] for the above mentioned persons commencing 2 Nov 1815


Date: 30 October 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 77

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