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 1792.** "The Rivers - Elizian Fields , McCan & Nappan etc. " There
has been a Change of Place Name for this Community to
"Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792". The names "The
Rivers - Elizian Fields, Mc Can and Nappan etc." no
longer are listed as a Town community.Surnames found in this 1792 Document:
ANGEVINE, ATKINSON, BAKER, BARRON, BARRY,
BAXTER, BENT, BLACK, BLISS, BOSS, BULMER,
CANFIELD, CHAPMAN, COATS, CONVERSE, COPP,
DICKIE, DONKIN, DOTTEN, EMBREE, FILLIMORE,
FORSHNER, FOUNTAIN, FULTON, GLENNEY,
HALL, HARRISON, HORTON, JENNINGS,
JOHNSON, LOGAN, LUSBY, MCGOWN, METCALF,
MILLS, MUNROW, MORRAL (MORREL ?), NEWTON
O'BRIEN, OXLEY, PEERS, PHENWIX (FENWICK ?),
PIPES, PURDY, REED, ROBINSON, ROBLIE (ROBLEE ?),
RUSTIN (RUSHTON?), SEAMAN, STUART, TOTTEN
TRAVERSE, TRAIN (TREEN?), TUTTLE, WATSON,
WILLIAMS.
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County Treasurer | CUMBERLAND COUNTY | Thomas Watson Esq. |
TOWN OFFICE | AMHERST - 1792 |
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Town Clerk | Amherst 1792 | Thomas Lusby |
Constables & Collectors | Amherst 1792 | Nathan Traverse
Robert Barry |
Assessors | Amherst 1792 | Jonathan Pipes
Thomas Lusby Rob.t McGown |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Amherst 1792 | Wm. Hall
Saml Embree John Stuart Robert Reed John Fulton |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Amherst 1792 | Saml Embree
Hugh Logan |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Amherst 1792 | Nathan Bliss
Thos Robinson Stephen Reed |
Hogreaves | Amherst 1792 | Lockwood Baxter |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Amherst 1792 | John Fulton |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Amherst 1792 | Wm. Bulmer
John Totten |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
Amherst 1792 | Thos Baker
John Dickie |
TOWN OFFICE | Rivers McCan & Hebert
~1792
(Change of Name for Community, Elizian Fields and Nappan River no longer shown as a community) |
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Town Clerk | Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Luke Harrison |
Constables & Collectors | Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Wm. Harrison
Geo. Boss |
Assessors | Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Edward Barron Esq.
James Metcalf Luke Harrison |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 The Rivers 1792 | Thos Coats
David Mills |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | James Metcalf
Miles O'Brien |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Thomas Coats
Mathw Phenwix John Glenney |
Hogreaves | Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Wm. Morral (Morrel?) |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Duncan Munrow |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792 | Thoms Coats |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
TOWN OFFICE | Westchester 1792 |
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Town Clerk | Westchester 1792 | John Rustin Sen. |
Constables & Collectors | Westchester 1792 | Saml Rustin |
Assessors | Westchester 1792 | Aron Fountain
John Rustin |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Westchester 1792 | Isreal Barker
Hez. Seaman |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Westchester 1792 | Gabriel Purdy |
Hogreaves | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Westchester 1792 | John Rustin Sen. |
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 1792 |
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Town Clerk | River Philip 1792 | John Black |
Constables & Collectors | River Philip 1792 | Wm. Donkin Jun. |
Assessors | River Philip 1792 | Richard Black
Asa Fillimore |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of River | River Philip 1792 | John Oxley |
Surveyors of Highways | River Philip 1792 | William Donkin Sen. |
Hogreaves | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
River Philip 1792 | Mathw Johnson |
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 1792 |
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Town Clerk | Fort Lawrence 1792 | Thos Chapman |
Constables & Collectors | Fort Lawrence 1792 | Vose Bent
Wm. Copp |
Assessors | Fort Lawrence 1792 | Thos Watson Esq.
Henry Purdy Esq. |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Fort Lawrence 1792 | Martin Bent
John Atkinson Jun. |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Fort Lawrence 1792 | Jesse Bent |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Fort Lawrence 1792 | Jesse Bent |
Hogreaves | Fort Lawrence 1792 | John Newton |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Fort Lawrence 1792 | Jesse Bent |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Fort Lawrence 1792 | Thos Chapman |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
Fort Lawrence 1792 | Jesse Converse |
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Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 |
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Town Clerk | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Peter Angevine |
Constables & Collectors | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | W. Tuttle
Ephm Peers |
Assessors | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | P. Angevine
Stephen Canfield John Roblie |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Stephen Canfield
James Dotten |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Saml Williams
Jor Train |
Surveyors of Rivers | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Alex. Peers |
Surveyors of Highways | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Stephen Canfield
Andw Forshner |
Hogreaves | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Ch. Jennings |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | James Dotten |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1792 | Stephen Canfield
Solomon Horton |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
*** END 1792