COLONIAL

 

List of Grants Passed in the Island of Cape Breton by Lt. Gov. DesBarres, 19th March 1793

Transcribed by Janice Fralic-Brown

 

List of Persons to whom Grants were made during the administration of Lieutenant Governor DesBarres,

 

To Whom Granted	Description	Situation
H.W. Perry	Loyalist	Town & Farm Lot
John Storey	Do	Do
Thos Jenner	Do	Do
Willm Blackburn	Do	Town Lot
John Smith	Do	Town & Farm Lot
Willm Plant	Do	Do
Willm Brown	Do	Do
David Tait	Do	Do
John O'Brian	Do	Town Lot
Martin Meagher		Do
George Hall		Do
Thomas Moncrieff		Do
John Cammeron	Reduced Officer	Town & Farm Lot
Richard Birmingham		Town Lot
William Leonard		Do
Nicholas Dean	Loyalist	Do
Jesse Richards	Do	Do
Edward Hickie	Disbanded Soldier	Do
Andrew Mowat		Do
Smith Woodrooff	Loyalist	Do
William Davidson		Do
John Williams		Do
Frederick Aubery		Do
Henry Roberts	Loyalist	Do
Robert Graham		Do
John Shannahan	Loyalist	Do
Archibald Forrest		Do
Henry Archer		Do
Foster Sherlock		Town Lot
Thomas Ashfield		Town & Farm Lot
Abm Cuyler		Do
Thomas Uncle	Loyalist	Town Lot
Wm Day	Do	Do
George Finn		Do
David Hall		Do
Robt Richardson		Do
John Drummond		Do
Wm Drummond		Do
Patrick Gaul		Do
John Aymar	Loyalist	Do
Benjn Lovell		Farm Lot
Samuel Smith		Town Lot
Wm Smith		Do
Thomas Skelton		Do
Terrence McCorristine	Loyalist	Farm Lot
Alexander Haire	Do	Do
Samuel Sparrow		Do
Richard Gibbons		Town & Farm Lot
Donald McGilvray	Disbanded Soldier	Town Lot
Willm Smith, M.D.		Town & Farm Lot
Joseph Restine		Town Lot
Thomas Moxley		Do
John Kearon		Do
James Maddox		Do
George Sutherland		Do
Capt. Wm Bentinck		Farm Lot
Lydia Wheeler		Do
Richard Stout		Town Lot
Thomas Loyd	Loyalist	Do
John Martin	Disbanded Soldier	Do
Thomas Miller		Do
Edward Kavanagh		Do
Jas Kavanagh & Co.		Do
Jona. White & 99 others		Farm Lots
Lt. Govr DesBarres Son & Daughter		Do
Jon White & Eben Brewer		Town Lots
James Graham		Farm Lot
John Neil		Town Lot
George Moore		Farm Lot
George Moore Junr		Do
John Ley		Town Lot
John Nearing & Sons		Town Lots
John Ley Junr		Do
Charles Martell		Do
Wm McDonald		Farm Lot

A true copy taken from the Records in my Office

			Wm McKinnon

			Secretary & Register

			19th March 1793

         

Source: Colonial Correspondence, Cape Breton, CO 217, Vol.109, pp. 42-43