Notes: Taken from the Records of the "General Sessions of the Peace (Quarter Sessions)" for Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
The Original Document is at PANS, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The original record book was donated by Belle Johnson.
The Names are spelled as they were originally written.
The Parrsboro area is not part of Cumberland County in 1789.Surnames found in this 1789 Document:
BARRON, BENT, BLACK, BLINKHORN, BULMER,
CHAPMAN, CHURCH, COATS, COLLINS, COPP, COVERT, CRAWFORD
DICKIE, DOUTHWAIT, DUNCAN, FALES, FENWICK, FORRIST, FORSTER
FREEMAN, FULTON, GLENIE, HALL, HARRISON, HOLMES, JOHNSON, LODGE, LUSBY, McCELLAN, METCALF, MUNROW, NEWTON, OXLEY,
PIPES, PURDY, ROBINSON, RUSTON, SEAMAN, SMITH, STUART, TILLETList of Town Officers 1789
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| County Treasurer | CUMBERLAND COUNTY | Thomas Watson Esq. |
| TOWN OFFICE | AMHERST - 1789 |
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| Town Clerk | Amherst 1789 | Thomas Lusby |
| Constables & Collectors | Amherst 1789 | Thomas Black
Josuha Fulton |
| Assessors | Amherst 1789 | John Fulton
John Bent John Stuart |
| Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Amherst 1789 | James Douthwait
Isaac Forrist Wm. Hall Thomas Lusby James Tillet |
| Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Amherst 1789 | Joseph Bulmer
William Freeman |
| Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Surveyors of Highways | Amherst 1789 | James Douthwait
Thomas Robinson William Hall |
| Hogreaves | Amherst 1789 | James Roberts |
| Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Amherst 1789 | Ebenerzer Fales |
| Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Amherst 1789 | Thomas Robinson
Wm. Freeman |
| Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
Amherst 1789 | Thomas Lusby
John Dickie |
| TOWN OFFICE | The Rivers ~
Elizian Fields, McCan & Nappan Etc - 1789 |
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| Town Clerk | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Constables & Collectors | The Rivers 1789 | Peter Collins
James Metcalf |
| Assessors | The Rivers 1789 | Edward Barron Esq.
John Glenie Luke Harrison |
| Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
The Rivers 1789 | Wm. Blinkhorn
Thomas Coats |
| Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
The Rivers 1789 | John Harrison Sen.
Edward Barron Esq. |
| Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Surveyors of Highways | The Rivers 1789 | Edward Barron Esq.
Math. Fenwick Wm. Pipes Jun. |
| Hogreaves | The Rivers 1789 | Duncan Munrow |
| Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
The Rivers 1789 | Duncan Munrow
Thomas Coats |
| Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
The Rivers 1789 | Matthew Lodge |
| Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
| TOWN OFFICE | Westchester 1789 |
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| Town Clerk | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Constables & Collectors | Westchester 1789 | Hezikiah Seaman |
| Assessors | Westchester 1789 | Gabriel Purdy
Samuel Holmes |
| Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
| Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Westchester 1789 | John Crawford |
| Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Surveyors of Highways | Westchester 1789 | Gabriel Purdy |
| Hogreaves | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Westchester 1789 | John Ruston |
| Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
| Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
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River Philip 1789 |
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| Town Clerk | River Philip 1789 | John Black |
| Constables & Collectors | River Philip 1789 | Roger Robinson |
| Assessors | River Philip 1789 | George Oxley Sen.
John Black |
| Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
River Philip 1789 | William Duncan Sen.
Geo. Oxley Sen. John Black |
| Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
River Philip 1789 | George Oxley Jun. |
| Surveyors of River | River Philip 1789 | Matthew Johnson
John Oxley |
| Surveyors of Highways | River Philip 1789 | Richard Black |
| Hogreaves | River Philip 1789 | Rich. Black |
| Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
River Philip 1789 | Richard Black |
| Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
| Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
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Fort Lawrence 1789 |
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| Town Clerk | Fort Lawrence 1789 | George Forster Esq. |
| Constables & Collectors | Fort Lawrence 1789 | Thomas Copp
Robert Purdy |
| Assessors | Fort Lawrence 1789 | Henry Purdy
Wm. Chapman |
| Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Fort Lawrence 1789 | Peter Mc Clellan
John Smith |
| Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Fort Lawrence 1789 | Abraham Covert
Thomas Copp |
| Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
| Surveyors of Highways | Fort Lawrence 1789 | Henry Purdy Esq. |
| Hogreaves | Fort Lawrence 1789 | John Newton |
| Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Fort Lawrence 1789 | Jesse Bent |
| Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Fort Lawrence 1789 | Ephraim Church |
| Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
*** END of 1789
* Transcribed from the original by Diane Shaw (sisca @nbnet.nb.ca)
in 1995.