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- 15 Jun 1872 (Creation)
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1 plan on Mylar (78.5 x 49cm)
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Samuel Manson Benson was born on 23 March 1801 in York, Ontario, Canada, the child of Ezekiel Benson and Ann Manson. He became a surveyor and was active in various townships of the Midland District of Ontario. He served in the militia during the rebellion of 1837-1838. Benson died in Belleville on 28 December 1876 of cancer, at the age of 75.
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Donated by Walter I. Watson, P. L. S.
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A certified reproduction of the "Plan of part of Shannonville laid out in 1839 on part of [the] south half of Lots # 5 & 6 in 1st Concession, south of road in Township of Tyendinaga." Surveyed by Samuel M. Benson P.L.S., and signed June 15, 1872.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #153, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
Donated by Walter I. Watson, O.L.S.
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