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 , 1847. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- William Sweetland was Deputy Surveyor , Bonavista " 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 William Sweetland These are for BONAVISTA E. Sweetland wh - Bonavista Edward Mackey wh -Bonavista Patrick Keough wh - Bonavista William Walsh wh - Bonavista John Keough wh - Bonavista Henry Powell wh - Bonavista Eleanor Powell wh - Bonavista Rev. M. Scanlan wh - Bonavista Michael Kennedy wh - Bonavista George Brown wh - Bonavista Michael Connell wh - Bonavista Michael Murphy wh - King's Cove Maurice Devine wh - King's Cove Henry Baggs wh - Bonavista Thomas Sweeney wh - Bonavista James Harris wh - Bonavista John Skiffington wh -Bonavista William Tucker wh - Bonavista Thomas Burge wh - Bonavista Richard Abbott wh - Bonavista John Skelton wh - Bonavista , High St. John Goslin wh - Lance Cove Rd. William Paul wh - Catalina Rd. James Stewart wh - King's Cove - 20 miles travel Peter Ward wh - North of Castor St., Bonavista Alexander Strathie wh - Renfrew Farm , East of Bonavista Pond Patrick Cormack wh - Lance Cove Rd. Joseph Rolls wh - Grassy Knap John Mackie wh - Catalina Rd. Henry Wells wh - Catalina Rd. Stephen Sexton wh - South Cannaile 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 Richard Fennell wh - Bonavista Henry House wh - Bonavista Michael Doodey wh - Bonavista Joseph Downey wh - Bonavista John Henry wh - Bonavista R. & F. Fleming wh - Spl's Cove , Bonavista James Coughlan wh - Lance Cove Thomas Lawton wh - Broad Cove Simon Browner wh - Bonavista William Humbey wh - Bonavista R.J. & G. Reader wh - Bonavista William Pearce wh - Spillar's Cove R.F. Fleming wh -Spillar's Cove Joseph Fisher & Wiliam Fitzgerald wh - Villa Verde Thomas Pardy wh - Bonavista C. & J. Saint wh - Bonavista Butler 7 Abbott wh - Villa Verde , Bonavista John Yeatsell wh - Bonavista ~ Ann~ Ann { MacDonald } Batten