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List of trespassers on a tract of land reserved for the Mi'kmaq at Wagmatcook in Cape Breton with the date of settlement of each and estimated extent of improvements to the 8th July 1837.
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No 7 List of Trespassers on a tract of Land reserved for the Indians of Wagamatcook in the County of Cape Breton, with the date of the settlement of each, and estimated extend of improvements, to the 8th July 1837 - Surveyed by D, B, McNab, D.S.

No.
Names of Trespassers
Age
Family
Sons
Daughters
Stock
Cows
Oxen
Sheep
Swine
Date of Settlement
Extent of Improvements
Contents in Acres nearly
Quality of the lands improved
Boundaries of Improvements
Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western

On the East side of the River
1 Kenneth McLeod...42 4 1 3 - - - Spring 1828 18 12.23 22 1/20 Good upland Birch Beech Beech Fir
2 Widow Mary McLean...50 5 1 3 2 12 - Spring 1830 11.70 14.30 16 3/4 [Good upland] Beech Birch Maple Birch
3 Kenneth Campbell ... Unknown Unknown {A Log store 20 feet by 19 feet, [and] and unfinished frame house 25 feet by 19 feet} Broad arrow on the door posts of each Building
4 A clearing near K Campbell's store - - do ditto 5 3.40 1 7/10 Intervale Birch Elm Ash Alder
5 do do do do - - do ditto [4.50?] 2.50 1 1/8 Good upland Maple Birch cherry tree Birch
6 Charles McKenzie - - do ditto A Log Store 22 feet by 17 - - - - Broad arrow on each door post
7 Alexander McKenzie 35 1 4 2 - - - Spring 1835 {12.80 4 5.- 5} 7 1/2 Hilly Ground Intervale Fir Ash Fir Balm Birch Elm Birch Elm

On the West side of the River
1 Angus Matthison 36 1 3 3 - 5 - Spring 1828 8.50 37 31 3/7 Good upland Birch Birch Maple Fir
2 Murdoch McLennan 45 2 2 1 - - - Spring 1831 {10.50 9.- 13 2} do do Intervale Maple Birch Birch Elm Birch Balm Beech Birch
3 Donald Nicholson 60 2 1 - - 3 1 Spring 1831 15 13 19 1/2 Hilly Ground Fir Birch Birch Fir
4 Quary McQuary 40 4 - 1 - 2 1 Spring 1830 15 6 9 Good upland Fir Beech Fir Birch
5 Kenneth McKenzie 26 1 1 1 - - 1 Spring 1836 {3.50 2.50 4 5} 2 3/5 Good upland Beech Beech Birch Maple Birch Birch Birch Maple
6 Roderick McLennan 40 4 1 2 - 2 - Spring 1832 7 12.50 8 3/4 do do Birch Birch Fir Birch

East side acres 49 1/8
W. side acres 86 11/20
acres Total 135.675


Date: 1837

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 212-213

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