File contains a photocopy of a newspaper article, 23 May 1953 concerning the life of Edward Thurlow, 1731-1806, Chancellor of England, in whose honour Thurlow Township was named. Also present is a a newspaper article ca. 1970s concerning prize-winning designs for a new promotional Belleville pennant.
File contains a photocopied manuscript statement sworn before and witnessed by Captain John Meyers, J.P., on June 14, 1797. Also contains a photocopy of the title page of a book entitled The Justice of the Peace and the Parish Officer, 1782, which bears the signature of Capt. Meyers.
File contains a typescript excerpt of The Rambling River, written and compiled by Mary G. Plumption, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow Township from 1784, together with brief biographical information on Lord Thurlow, and Baron Rawdon, Earl of Moira. Also present are four printed lists of Thurlow Township land holders by name and date of patent from 1798-1818.
The file contains a typed copy of Samuel Sherwood's account book. Included is a brief biography as well as a genealogy of Samuel, his wife and children, dated from 1754-1924.
File contains a photocopy from the original of land grants including name of grantee, date, acreage,concession and lot in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
A map of the Township of Thurlow, in 1787. Contains names of local property owners within their respective lots. Surveyed by Deputy Provincial Surveyor Lewis Kotte. Scale: 40 chains : 1 inch.
A land grant map of the Township of Thurlow, in 1787. Contains names of local property owners within their respective lots and concessions 1-4. Footnotes around the waterfront were added c.1960. Dimensions: 22cm x 28cm.
File contains a notebook with manuscript lists compiled by Mary Plumpton c.1960s listing land grants by grantees, date of patent and concession in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains photocopied township maps and directories and manuscript notes compiled and written by Tom Ransom in 1965-1967, concerning the early history and development of Thurlow Township by concession.
File contains a photocopied manuscript petition to Lt. Governor John Graves Simcoe by Captain John W. Meyers for the grant of lot no. 4 in Thurlow Township for the use and improvement by the Meyers family.
File contains manuscript notes by Mary Plumpton including lists of Thurlow Town Clerks, 1798-1846; transcripts of pages from an unidentified diary 1870-1872, and notes on individuals appearing in Plumpton's work, The Rambling River. Also present is a photocopied printed excerpt from the 1879 Hastings County Directory with entries for Canifton[sic] listing residents by name and occupation.
File containing minutes of a meeting of Masons from 5 May 1803, Lodge #06 at Kingston. Also a newspaper clipping on the founding of Lodge 11in Belleville.
This file contains a ledger recording roads passed in the Midland District in the County of Hastings from 1810 to 1830. Allan McLean Esq. was acting as Clerk of the Peace of the District. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_McLean_(Upper_Canada_politician) these were recorded by James Nichollas, Clerk of the Peace, Midland District.
A map of a tract of land known as Lot # 4 in the 1st and 2nd Concessions of the Township of Thurlow in the Midland District of Upper Canada. Part of 428 acres purchased from Mississauga First Nations peoples. The total area was East and West of Moira River extending to the Bay of Quinte. By Grant, Surveyor General's Office York and Jos. Ridout, Surveyor General on September 6th, 1811. Scale: 20 chains to an inch.