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A booklet of rules and regulations governing the Hastings County House of Refuge and Industrial Farm. 12 pages.

This file contains a booklet titled "Over the Hills of Hastings" published in 1923 with the intent to bring attention to the advantages of Hastings County. It contains a brief history of the county, also featuring natural resources in the area, a description of the townships within the county and of Belleville and includes a map of Hasting County .

This file contains a booklet titled "Pier and Neighbourhood - A Brief History; On the shores of the beautiful Bay of Quinte", written by William S. Wills February 1996 and presented to the Hastings County Historical Society.

The file contains 30 documents: deeds, mortgages, insurance certificates and receipts. Names included in the documents are: D.M. Defoe, James Weir, William Vance, Samuel Vance, N.S. Apple, John Goodfellow, Philip Shannon, Joespeh Weir, Alex Roberts, Robert Arkles, Emery Arkles, William Climpson, Peter Merrills, C.J. Pope, J.S. McKeown, Hugh Erwin Weir, Angus Martin, Farley.

Land records relating to the Leavens family.

This file contains newspaper articles about the donation of 358 acres of land to the Crowe Vally Conservation Authority by Jack and Ethel McGeachie in 1995. There is also correspondence between John Brett McGeachie, the Corporation of the Township of Limerick and the Hastings County Historical Society regarding the renaming request (denied) of Steenburg Lake in Tudor Township.

File contains original Land Grant to Daniel Clements dated 15-September-1869 for 31 acres composed of Lot No. 58 on the south west side of the Hastings Road, Township of Tudor, in the County of Hastings.

This file contains original copies of the Holbert Family Papers including: mortgages, deeds, insurance policies, correspondence, extension agreement, Sheriff's notice, indenture and abstract, dating from 1895 to 1925. Names include Phoebe Holbert, William Holbert, James Holbert, J. Wesley Holbert, Mouck and Geen.

The file contains a copy of a letter from The Ontario Heritage Foundation dated 20-February-1992 and addressed to Mrs. Jane Goddard and Captain Christopher Almey. The subject of the letter is with regards to a new plaque to be erected on the site of Captain John Meyers' brick house.

File contains copies of writings donated by W.J. Musgrove:

1. An Outline History of 19th century Belleville; written by Gerald E. Boyce
2. County of Hastings 1860; Published by Hastings County Historical Society
3. The Story of Salem 1962 written by Grace Pleizier
4. Early Days at Ivanhoe 1934; written by Mrs. J. Clements.

This file contains original copies of: the Last Will and Testament of James Merklejohn (21 November 1863) of Rawdon; Crown Grant to James Micklejohn (30 August 1862) and (5) deeds for various family members dating between 1884 and 1914.

This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, titled "Bass Lake - Hastings County"; A history of its settlement and tourist industry.

This file contains a hard cover book, written by John Brett McGeachie, of the Brett Family History & Genealogy. Walter Brett (1836-1917) for whom Brett's Lake, Lots 86-87, East Side, Hastings Road Survey, Tudor Township was named, letters written between 1871-1909. Also letters written from Curtis Brett to his son (1775-1780) and Walter Brett's letters.

This file contains the original Crown Sale Grant No. 526 issued 16 June 1860 from the Crown to The Church Society of the Diocese of Toronto for 100 acres in the township of Tyendinaga for the north half of Lot No. 26 in the first range north of road.

The file contains:

1. an original copy of an indenture made in Whitby, County of York on 11 December 1829 between David Gardiner of Whitby and Thomas Goldsmith Gardiner, £50 received for 200 acres of land situated in the Township of Hungerford, Lot #17, First Concession; 2. an original copy of a Crown Sale Grant to Edmund Murney, of the town of Belleville, dated 23 December 1848 received £80 for 200 Acres in the Township of Elzevir, County Hastings, Lot #2, Second Concession.

The file contains these items:
1) 1830 Indenture - Christopher Lenox to John L.W. Meyers, mortgage to Edward Fidlar - Huntingdon Twp, Con 4., Lot 1, 100 acres
2) 1832 Sale - John L.W. Meyers to Jonathan Horton - Huntingdon Twp, Con 4., Lot 1, 100 acres
3) 1840 Certificate of Jonathan Horton, appointing Hiram Nelson of Belleville as his attorney in seeking a grant of land for his service in the Hastings Militia in the War of 1812
4) 1840 Certificate of Benjamin Ketcheson asserting that Jonathan Horten served in the militia between October 1812 and August 1813
5) 1844 Sale - David Adams to John King Fairfield - Rawdon Twp., Con 4, Lot 3
6) 1855 & 1872 Deed & Release - Paul Kingston, Jonathan & Elijah Horton, Samuel Horton - Rawdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, 100 acres
7) 1894 Declaration - George Allan Kingston of Charles Kingston - Rawdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, 100 acres
8) 1903 Deed - Eliza S. McInroy to Alexander McInroy - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 1, 25 acres
9) 1915 Order & Letter - winding up estate of late Hiram Horton
10) 1944 Deed - Alexander McInroy to John & Eliza Matilda McInroy - Rawdon Twp., Con. 3, Lot 3; Rawdon Twp., Con. 3, Lot 4; Huntingdon Twp., Con. 7, Lot 15
11) 1952 Deed Frederick George Kent & wife Daisy Julia Kent to William F. Maynes - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 7, Lot 15; Stirling Twp., Baker Street lots
12) 1964 Deed - Corporation of Village of Stirling to Florence Laney - Stirling Twp., Emma Street lot
13) 1965 Mortgage - Florence Laney to George & Mary Hicks - Stirling Twp., Emma Street lot
14) 1965-1966 Tax Demands to Florence Laney - Stirling Twp., 30-Emma Street

The file contains the following documents:
1) 1847 Deed - Francis McConnell & Wife to Adam H. Meyers - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, 100 acres
2) 1879 Probate/Will Joseph Donnan (deceased) - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
3) 1879 Deed - Mary Ann Donnan to James Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con 1, Lot 2, part
4) 1879 Mortgage - James Donnan et al. Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
5) 1903 Deed - Bathea Garratt and James Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
6) 1917 Mortgage - Samuel J. Donnan and Jennie Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
7) 1917 Deed - James Donnan and Samuel J. Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
8) 1919 Mortgage - Samuel J. Donnan and James Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
9) 1919 Deed - James Donnan to Samuel J. Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
10) 1923 Mortgage - George M. Wright et al to Blanche Dafoe Marcellus - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 5, Lot 3, part
11) 1951 Mortgage - Jeremiah Ernest Marcellus - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 5, Lot 3, 50 acres
12) 1960 Deed - Samuel J. Donnan to Samuel J. Donnan and William Robin Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 4, Lot 2, part
13) 1962 Deed - Jennie Holgate to William Robin Donnan - Huntingdon Twp., Con. 5, Lot 3, part"

The file contains an essay titled "The Hastings Road, A Story, Road To The Wilderness", found in the home of David and Bernice Fraser in Bancroft. Pages 24 to 32 are missing.

The file contains a letter from Alan Rayburn dated 23 August 2002. Along with the letter there are copies of some responses received by James White, Canada's chief geographer, dated 1905-1909, from postmasters in Hastings County providing information on how and when each place was named.

The file contains a copy of the Deloro Social History Project, by Professor Roy T. Bowles and Professor Prudence Craib, Trent University; the Village of Deloro, Hastings County.