John Grant was living around Canowindra area. He is my paternal great grand father. Louise Taylor. Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Apr 2015, at 10:27 pm, Tony Moore via <aus-nsw@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > Great grandfather's birth (W R MOORE), is shown as Glen Logan in 1841 (Glen > Logan civil parish is north west of modern Cowra.) WR's father's > occupation is given as "merchant" on the 1843 baptism record of then young > Colin Stewart, Presbyterian Minister . An earlier family researcher (now > deceased) put his birth at Merriganowry. Possibly family tradition, but > cannot be sure. > > The family arrived from Co. Cavan, Ireland in 1840 as bounty passengers, he > a shepherd and wife Sarah a house servant. They were sponsored through A.B. > Smith & Co. Both stated that they could read and write. > > I suspect because they could read and write the "merchant" meant that he > managed the "store / shop" for one of the squatters. > > The prominent initial squatters in that region were Grant, Ranken, Redfern > and Sloan. I suspect there were little or no fences. > > My understanding of the land issues in that region suggests that the > squatters runs seemed to have "very flexible" boundaries and descriptions > may even have overlapped. The Lachlan River was the "limits of location" or > "boundaries of settlement" of the colony. If you crossed the Lachlan to the > south-west, you were outside these limits. Cowra as a village didn't exist > at that time. > > The book "Cowra on the Lachlan" by J Marriott, which I own, is very light > on details for that period. Wm MOORE is mentioned pg 27, but that is 1854 > in Cowra village. > > Question 1: are there any MAPS, SKETCHES, DESCRIPTIONS etc because all this > region was officially unsurveyed until well into the 1850's??? > The earliest Civil parish map I can locate dated as 1884. > > Question 2: WR's father, William, probably overseer and/or store-keeper > and or manager for one of the squatters but WHICH ONE??? Where do I start > looking ?? I favour John Grant, an Irishman, from Merriganowry Run, but no > proof. There is also the possibility that it was on Arthur Ranken's > squatters run. > > > Any ideas and suggestions please. > > Thanks in anticipation, > > Tony Moore > (Castle Hill, NSW) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message