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.
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.
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.
Map showing a sketch of a plot for a town (eastern Belleville) in front of Thurlow Township as of June 5th, 1812. By J. Ridout. Scale: 4 chains to an inch. Copied from original at the Archives of Ontario. Notation on map "Singleton's River, now the Moira" and location of McNabb's Mills and Myers's Mills shown. The name "Belleville" has been added at a later date.
Map showing townships in the District of Prince Edward County: South Murray, Sidney, Thurlow, Ameliasburgh, Sophiasburgh. See boundary lines on map. Surveyed by Publius Virgillius Elmore, D.L.S. Dated 1835. Map copied from the Archives of Ontario.