Petition of John Eales, 26 September 1881, Charlotte County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of John Eales, 26 September 1881, Charlotte County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F9031, Fredericton, New Brunswick. In "Contested Terrain: Aboriginal Land Petitions in New Brunswick, 1786-1878," Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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This deed must be acknowledged or proven before some
person authorized to take acknowledgment before it can
be recorded yours &c AD Yerxa Reg
person authorized to take acknowledgment before it can
be recorded yours &c AD Yerxa Reg
28/10 81) Recording fee $1.25
Lot No 100 south of
[Digdeguash]. - Approved to
Jno. F Eales
[Digdeguash]. - Approved to
Jno. F Eales
Know all men by these presents
that J John Eales of S t Croix Parish
of Dumfries County of York, Province
of New Brunswick & Dominion of Canada
for a consideration & the sum of one
dollar to me in hand paid, the receipt
whereof I hereby acknowledge to bargain,
sell, transfer & surrender forever to
Thos K Law of Vanceboro County of
Washington & State of Maine & to his
heirs or assigns, all my right title &
interest to a certain lot of land No. 100
situated on Chiputniticook Lake -
bounded foot by said lake - north
by land owned by CM. Hersey, south
by land located by John Comfort &
on the rear by land held by the Crown
together with the improvements I
purchased from Mary Lecoot also of
Vanceboro, State of Maine - as also to the
improvements I made consisting of a new
clearance about three acres of land seeded
down one dwelling 14 X 16 and another
16 X 20 together with everything contained on
said lot including the entire crop of hay
cut & stacked
that J John Eales of S t Croix Parish
of Dumfries County of York, Province
of New Brunswick & Dominion of Canada
for a consideration & the sum of one
dollar to me in hand paid, the receipt
whereof I hereby acknowledge to bargain,
sell, transfer & surrender forever to
Thos K Law of Vanceboro County of
Washington & State of Maine & to his
heirs or assigns, all my right title &
interest to a certain lot of land No. 100
situated on Chiputniticook Lake -
bounded foot by said lake - north
by land owned by CM. Hersey, south
by land located by John Comfort &
on the rear by land held by the Crown
together with the improvements I
purchased from Mary Lecoot also of
Vanceboro, State of Maine - as also to the
improvements I made consisting of a new
clearance about three acres of land seeded
down one dwelling 14 X 16 and another
16 X 20 together with everything contained on
said lot including the entire crop of hay
cut & stacked
That I have not made any other sale or
transfer prior to this -
transfer prior to this -
over
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Witness my hand & seal this day
day of September one thousand
eight hundred & eighty one. -
day of September one thousand
eight hundred & eighty one. -
September 26th 1881
at McAdam Junction
at McAdam Junction
John Eales
in presence of
C Connely J.P
Be it remembered that before me on the
26th day of Sepr 1881 C Connolly one of her Majestys
Justices of the Peace in and for the County of York
Province of New Brunswick personally appeared John
Eales Who declared the above deed with his
name attached with his seal thereto to be his
act for the purposes therein mentioned
26th day of Sepr 1881 C Connolly one of her Majestys
Justices of the Peace in and for the County of York
Province of New Brunswick personally appeared John
Eales Who declared the above deed with his
name attached with his seal thereto to be his
act for the purposes therein mentioned
C Connolly J. P
New Brunswick
York County
York County
No 31844. Registered in Book
Q page 581 & 582, Octr 12 th A.D. 1881.
Q page 581 & 582, Octr 12 th A.D. 1881.
AD Yerxa
Regs
Regs
John Eales [C +]
to
Thos K. Law
Recd 12th Octer 1881
N o . 31844
Paid
to
Thos K. Law
Recd 12th Octer 1881
N o . 31844
Paid