North Cumberland Historical Society
Original Grantees of North Cumberland County
In the 1730's, Governor Cornwallis was instructed to grant full title of land to settlers. Generally, an individual or group petitioned for land, and if they met certain criteria, they were granted the land without taxation for three years. If they met the specified conditons, they then received full title to the land after those three years.
Detailed maps were drawn up and grants were recorded. The overall Nova Scotia map can be viewed by clicking on the map on the right.
Land grant maps are an important tool when searching for the genealogy and history of Nova Scotia. But finding an individual's name can be somewhat frustrating.The maps which have grantees from North Cumberland County are 69, 70, 77 and 78. Click below to see an index of the original grantees on each of these maps, the number of acres they received, and, if known, the year the grant was made. Then click on the NS map and search in that area to find their land.
Map # 69 – This map has the names of those who had grants in the villages of Riverview, Carrington, Port Howe, Port Philip, Pugwash River, Upper Pugwash, Conn’s Mills, Victoria, South Victoria, Hartford, Pugwash Junction, North Middleboro, Upper Middleboro, Middleboro, Wallace Bay and Pugwash
Map # 70 – This map has the name of those who had grants in the area of the villages of Leroy, Henderson Settlement, Wentworth Centre, Lower Greenville, and Wentworth Station checked
Map # 77 - This map has the names of those who had grants in the area comprising Gulf Shore, Lower Gulf Shore, Stone House, Wallace Bay, Fox Harbour, Head of Wallace Bay, Wallace Bridge, North Wallace, Oak Island, Docherty Point, Wallace Station, Wallace, Six Mile Road, East Wallace, Wallace Ridge, North Shore
