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. --------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Hanrahan was the Land Surveyor , Carbonear. " 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 Edmund Hanrahan. It also states in the lowere corner " Wm. Churchill , cutting boundary lines and acting as chainman." These are for CARBONEAR..... Robert Piercy wh = New Perlican George Hurlihy wh -Bryant's Cove Richard Hopkins wh - Carbonear Edward Dwyer wh - Carbonear James Button wh - Hearts Content Hezekiath Petty wh - Hearts Content James McDonald wh - Carbonear Charles Davis wh - Harbor Grace John McDonald wh - Harbor Grace William Traverse wh - Harbor Grace James Moore wh - Hearts Content Thomas Hopkins wh - Hearts Content George White wh - New Perlican John Kingwell wh - Upper Island Cove Edward Brown wh - Bishop's Cove W. Maher & S. Murphy wh - Carbonear Simon Levi wh - Carbonear Edward Pynn wh - Harbor Grace P. McDonald wh - Carbonear Joseph Hollahan wh - Carbonear J. McDonald wh - Carbonear Stephen Reed wh - Hearts Delight C. McCarthy wh - Carbonear James Farrell wh - Harbor Grace Jacob Barnett wh - Bishop's Cove Edward Aspell wh - Harbor Grace well that's it for Carbonear of this year ~ Ann~ Ann { MacDonald } Batten