Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland First Session of the Fourth General Assembly St. John's , E.D.Shea , 1848 Colonial Government Journals ----------------------------------------------------- For the Lands surveyed for Persons who were in possession prior to the passing of the Crown Lands Bill. For the year ending 1st. October , 1848 I will post names and where they were situated with "wh " = where the land was. Anything in these brackets { } are my own. There was a cost for the title for the applicant , so if anyone would like to contact me for the cost which a particular person paid , please drop a line. --------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua Green was the Land Surveyor , Brigus. " The amount for the Deputy Surveyor includes the charge of surveying , plotting, expense of chainmen, and travelling ." All the lands surveyed below were done by Joshua Green. These are for BRIGUS..... Moses Russell wh - Bay Roberts Wm. Parsley wh - Harbor Main J. & B. Parsons wh -Bay Roberts Wm. Littlejohn wh - Bay Roberts George Badcock wh - Bay Roberts E. St.John wh - Cat's Cove P. O'Neil wh - Cat's Cove D. Kennedy wh -North'n Gut , Port de Grave B. Kavanagh wh - North'n Gut, Port de Grave Wm. Tippett wh - Bay Roberts P. Fling & D. Bryan wh - Frog Marsh, Brigus Stephen Sheehan wh - North Pond , Brigus James Brophy wh - North Pond , Brigus A. Murphy wh - North Pond , Brigus James Finn wh - North Pond , Brigus Malcolm Leslie wh - bay Roberts J. Duke Buckingham wh - Long Beach Pond , Port de Grave John Dawe wh - Long Beach Pond , Port de Grave John Kent wh - Southern Gut , Port de Grave R. Tillier wh - Long Beach Pond , Port de Grave Wm. Dawe wh - Long Beach Pond , Port de Grave Patrick Brien wh - Cupids Thomas Keefe wh - Harbor Main E. Flaherty wh- Gasters John Mullowney wh - Harbor Main Ed. Nugent wh - Cat's Cove W. Smith Mills wh - Brigus Francis Grey wh - Bay Roberts Wm. Delaney wh - Bay Roberts Mark Delaney wh - Bay Roberts John Robinson wh - Long Beach Pond , Port de Grave George Thompson wh - Long Beach Pond , Port de Grave William Callanan wh - Bay Roberts W. Anthony wh - Burnt Head, Port de Grave Michael Hartrey wh - Burnt Head ,Port de Grave Edward Terry wh - Harbor Main John Ryall wh - Southern Gut John Shea wh - Brigus Peter Ezekial wh - Harbor Main John Terry wh - Harbor Main William Hodge wh - Salmon Cove Catherine Lahey wh - Southern Gut Thomas McGrath wh - Colliers John Bishop Jr. wh - Burnt Head John Bishop Sr. wh - Burnt Head Patrick Dalton wh - Harbor Main Thomas Curtis wh - Brigus Grace Antle wh - Brigus NFLD Board School wh - Burnt Head , Port de Grave Noah Roberts wh - Brigus Church England S.S. wh - Burnt Head Lord Bishop of NFLD wh - Spaniards Bay , Bay Roberts Ship Cove Bareneed Beauchamps ,Bareneed Dock, Bareneed Burnt Head , Port de Grave Salmon Cove, Port de Grave Brigus W. Dowding wh - Cupids William Phalen wh - Brigus Ambrose Murphy wh - Brigus Patrick Croak wh - Cupids Thomas McGuire wh - Cupids John Murphy wh - Chapells Cove James Dawson wh - Bay Roberts that's it for this posting......here's hoping someone found an ancestor they've been looking for ..... ~ Ann~ Ann { MacDonald } Batten