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LandPetition

To His Excellency Major General George Stracy Smythe Equire Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick &c &c &c

The Humble Petition of Solomon Stone, Rufas and Ruben Brockway and Gideon Knight, Sheweth that Your Excellen Petitioners mad application for allotments of Land above the Upper Trout Brook on the River Maguaguadavick Early in the Year of Our Lord 1818. that incouragement was given your Petitioners by the Surveyor General that that there had been no application made Previous and that he believed an Order of Survey would be given which [Indresed] your Petitioners to Improve on the Land applied for and they have now made it from the state of native in a situation to Cut Thirty Tonns of Hay and that your Petitioners have continued this year to make large improvements. That there are Grose impositions practicsed on your Petitioners by Trancient Persons who Alledge that there is no Grant for these Lotts and that they have an Equal Right with your Petitioners on all Crown Land, your Petitioners finding them selves imposed upon are Induced to Petition your Excellency to Order that an order be made by the Surveyor General to have the allotments surveyed in Order That a Grant may be made to your Petition Praying that your Excellency may be Greations by pleased to Protext them after so great an under talomg tp Estebelish a settlement Near forty miles from the settlements – and as in duty Bound Your Excelency Petitioners will Ever Pray –
Saint George Solomon Stone
June 10th 1820 Rufus Brockway
Reuben Brockway Senr
Gideon Knight

I do certify that the severel metters an things here in stated are True that the Petitioners are all Free holders residing within this Parish for Sexteen years past that they are all honest Industrious Persons –
Saint George } Moses Vernon Justice of the Peace
Jun 10th 1820 }

The Land herein applied for is un granted.
A. L[ ]wood
S. G.

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and that your petitioners further states that if the land can't be granted at present that your Excellency will be graciously pleased that there may be a warent of Survey on a letter of ocapation whitch pased the council twenty second of august 1818 So that your petitioners may no where the land is that they may improve and to prevent others trespassing on said land as there has been grait trespassing both in cutting the hay that your petitioners cleared the land and cutting almost all the pine timber there was on the land to the great damage of the land and that your petitioners pray that your Excelency will take into consideration the situation of your petitioners that they have done a great deal of labour on the land by having incouragement that they would have the land and as in duty Bound will pay &c &c &c
Solomon Stone
Rufus Brockway
Reuben Brockway Senr
Gideon Knight
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In Council 22d August 1818 –
Present
His Excellency &c &c

Read Memorial of the following persons. Viz. Solomon Stone, Reuben Brockway, Rufus Brockway, Daniel Brockway, Gideon Knight, Samuel North, Tyler P. Shaw, and Alexander McDonald – applicants for Land on the Magaguadavic River, which were referred until it was ascertained whether they interfere With the Great Reserve, or Military Locations, praying for License of occupation for the purpose of cutting Hay.

Which is complied with.

Extract from the Minutes –

H. H. Carmichael
Dep Clerk of Council

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The Petition of Solomon Stone and 3 Others

This with the original memorial to be considered in Council

2d Oct '20
Recommended if British Subjects or upon becoming such
M
J R
W B

14th June 1820

Census

His occupation is given as farmer.