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- Cape Breton Land Petition year 1822
Townsend, Thomas
Petition to Kempt: Petitioner is the son of the late James Townsend who served in the army 23 years, who was at both the first and second sieges of Louisbourg. In 1795 James Townsend asks a licence for 400 acres of land in the Harbour of Louisbourg in lieu of the same quantity which had by error been granted to him in another location, in 1792. The father died eleven years ago, leaving the land to petitioner and his brothers, James, John, and George, who with their families, live upon the land. A brother-in-law, Richard Lorway, lived there during his lifetime. In behalf of himself and brothers, petitioner asks a grant of the lot, so defined as to include a marsh which was not included in the boundaries of the original licence. Petition of November states that an error in the warrant does not allow it to include the marsh, and asks that it be changed so as to read, "about three chains". Note: In April, 1816, Thomas Tutty obtained a warrant for a lot adjoining Townsend's, who, not knowing their boundaries, which seem never to have been correctly certified, suffered the surveyor to run out Tutty's line so when the lines were run out, Tutty's lot took in the most valuable part of Townsend's lot. Tutty, taking advantage of petitioner's absence, removed his house onto a point which would be included in the three chains now petitioned for. Tutty, having no title, Townsend, as the ancient possessor, continue to mow the grass, which it is said has been occupied by the family since the peace of 1763. Warrant to Crawley: 400 acres at the Head of the N.W. Arm of Louisbourg, to include a piece of marsh land ... for which a licence was issued in 1795.
Cape Breton no.: 2906
NSARM microfilm: 15799
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Abt 1784 - 1870 (~ 86 years)