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Regiment on East Branch & Others on West Branch, ER Pictou County, Nova Scotia GenWeb |
From the book "History of the County of Pictou",
Rev. George Patterson, D.D.
Written in 1877
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Regiment on East Branch & Others on West Branch, ER Pictou County, Nova Scotia GenWeb |
| On the East Side of the River |
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| Donald Cameron | 150 | With his brothers, Finlay and Samuel, afterward mentioned,were natives of the parish of Urquhart. Served 8 years and 4 months. His son, Duncan, long the elder, was a drummer boy in the regiment, having served two years, and being fiftenn years if age at his discharge. |
| Alexander Cameron | 100 | |
| Robert Clark | 100 | |
| Finlay Cameron | 400 | Enlisted in Canada with the view of joining his friends in Nova Scotia. Returned thither to bring his family at the peace. Was drowned shortly after his arrival, along with John Chisholm at the Narrows. |
| Samuel Cameron, jr. | 100 | |
| James Fraser (Big) | 350 | A native of Strathglass. Settled where his grandson Donald, lives, a little below St. Pauls. |
| Peter Grant | The first elder in this settlement. | |
| James McDonald | Long the Elder; said to have been the strongest man in his regiment. Removed to the London district of Ontario. Hon. James McDonald his grandson. | |
| Hugh McDonald | 100 |
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| James Fraser, 2nd | 100 | Usually known as Culloden; farthest-up settler on that side. His descendants there still. Rev. James W. Fraser descended from him. |
| Duncan McDonald | 100 | |
| John McDonald | 250 | Brother of James. |
| Samuel Cameron | 300 | Brother of Donald and Finlay, already mentioned. |
| John Chisholm, Sen. | 300 | A Roman Catholic from Strathglass; drowned with F. Cameron, as mentioned; father of Mrs. John McKenzie, Sen., West River |
| John Chisholm, Jun. | 200 | Son of the last. |
| John McDonald, 2nd. | 250 |
| List of Grantees at West Branch and Other Places on the East River, 18th December, 1797 |
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| William Fraser | 350 acres | From Inverness, land situated at Big Brook, now owned by his grandchildren. |
| John McKay | 300 | |
| John Robertson | 450 | At Churchville. |
| Wm. Robertson | 200 | Son of the last, also near Churchville. |
| John Fraser | 300 | From Inverness, Springville, now occupied by Holmes and others. |
| Thos. Fraser | 200 | From Inverness. An elder and noted for piety. His lot was at the head of the West Branch. |
| Thos. McKenzie | 100 | Settled near Fish Pools. |
| David McLean | 500 | A seargent in the army, or as some say, a petty officer in the navy. Was captured by the Spaniards, and afterward exchanged as a prisoner. He was a better scholar than usually found among the settlers, was a surveyor, a magistrate,an elder in the church, and a leading man in this section of the county. |
| Alex. Cameron | 300 | |
| Hector McLean | 400 | From Inverness. Land still occupied by his descendants. |
| John Forbes | 400 | From Inverness. Land on East River Branch. |
| Alex. McLean | 500 | Brother of Hector. Land opposite Stellarton, part of it is still occupied by his descendants. |
| Thos. Fraser, jr. | 100 | |
| Jas. McLellan | 500 | From Inverness. Land above the Fish Pools, on the opposite of the river, occupied by his descendants. |
| Donald Chisholm | 350 | From Strathglass, originally a Catholic, but became a Presbyterian. St. Columbas Church built on part of his farm.. |
| Robt. Dunbar | 450 | Three brothers from Inverness. All we believe in the |
| Alex. Dunbar | 200 | 84th. Their land still occupied by their |
| Wm. Dunbar | 300 | descendants. |
| James Cameron | 300 | Of the 84th. Land still occupied by his descendants. |
| John McDougall | 250 | In the registrar's book,"J.M. Douglass." |
| John Chisholm | 300 | |
| Donald Chisholm, jr. | 400 | From Inverness. Land occupied by his grandsons. |
| Robert Clark | 150 | Of the 84th, but moved away. Land now occupied by Mr. Thomas Fraser. |
| Donald Shaw | 300 | From Inverness. Land occupied by his grandsons. |
| Alexander McIntosh | 500 | From Inverness. His land now partly occupied by Hopewell Village. |
| John McLellan | 100 | From Inverness. Land occupied by D.H. McLean and James Fraser. |
| The most of those marked as from Inverness were from the parish of Urquhart, in that county, and served in the 84th. In the record of the grant, dated 1st April, 1793, there are the additional names of Colin Robinson, William Robinson, William McKenzie, William Robertson, heirs of John Forbes, Hugh Dunoon, and Thomas Fraser, but Hector McLean's is omitted. |