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List of Black people settled on Block Letter A, Preston (?)
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list of the Blacks as they and settle on their Lots in
the Block letter A.
(92.

Major Richardson - No. 1
Isaach Rolins - 2
Wm Mitchell - 3
Richand Parron - 4
Jacob Claton - 5
Stephen Johns - 6
Jacob Wise - 7
Robert Young - 8
Charles Stewart - 9
Daniel Muse - 10 these lots were first laid out to Henry [Quavy?] & Robert Haynes, but a note at the bottom places them as in the list
Daniel Thomas - 11
Robert Haynes - 12
Wm Gilmore - 13
James Patterson - 14
the foregoing are the west end of the Escheated Lots No. 2
3 & 4 B

Rich Bailey - 19 A
Sam Jones - 20
Henry Quavy - 21
Peter Crany - 22 - this lot was first marked for Jacob Silence but erased and Crany put in his place
Peter Crany - 23
George Turner - 24
Joe Warren - 25
George Smith - 26
Peter Claton - 27
Daniel Taylor - 28
Wm Robartson - 29
Joe Smith - 30


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 92

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