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| Records of the Bay of Quinte Background Sidney Township, Hastings County, was supposed to be fully surveyed in 1795 by the surveyor, Mr Aitkins. By 1831, settlers began settling the back concessions - 7, 8 and 9 - and petitioned for the survey to be completed. The Surveyor General reported that the inhabitants were correct in petitioning that it had never been done and a survey was ordered on 26 Nov 1831. The petition was signed by 60 inhabitants. In 1836 some inhabitants were dissatisfied and 40 inhabitants who liked the survey petitioned to have "the survey of Mr. Rankin established." The Council concluded that it would take a court case to resolve the issue. In all of these survey - boundary issues there were bound to be winners and losers. |
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Signatures can be a challenge to transcribe. Let me know if you think names have been misread. © Randy Saylor, transcribed Jan 2012. Source: Upper Canada Land Petitions, RG1 L3, LAC, 1831, V 466, bundle S 17, #30, film at AO, C-2816 Source: Upper Canada Land Petitions, RG1 L3, LAC, 1836, V 472, bundle S 20, #39, film at AO, C-2819 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1831 PETITION To his Excellency Sir John Colburn KCB Lieutenant governor of the province of Upper
Canada and Major General Commanding His Majesty's Forces there in In Council That the
seventh eighth and ninth concessions of the said township of Sidney have never
been properly surveyed, and that that some of your petitioners reside and own
land in the said concessions, and have made large improvements are therein,
and many others owning land therewith to make improvements on the same, and
many persons are desirous of buying crown and clergy reserves in the said
concessions and become the actual settlers there on, but will not until a
regular survey is made You're
petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Excellency in Council may be
pleased to order to ander point as surveyor to survey the after said
concessions as soon as may be convenient. And you're petitioners in duty bound will ever
pray Sydney July
7 day in the year of our lord 1831 |
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| FOLD NOTES 1831 In Council Order issued
6th Dec 1831
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ORDER GIVEN FOR SURVEY in 1831 Upon the
petition of William H Wallbridge, read at the Board this day. It is ordered
that the Surveyor General be instructed to cause a survey to be made of the
seventh, eighth and nnth (7th, 8th, 9th)
concessions of the Township of Sidney.
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1836 PETITION To His Excellency Sir Francis Bond Head Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada The petition of sundry the Inhabitants of the township of Sidney Humbly sheweth That the lines of the seventh eighth and ninth concessions of the said Township of Sidney were never properly surveyed until they were surveyed by a Mr. Rankin Act Deputy Provincial Surveyor in January 1832 by and order granted by the Government in answer to a petition by the inhabitants of the said concessions. And we your petitioners having understood that some of the Inhabitants are dissatisfied with the said survey and that they have petitioned your Excellency to annul the said survey, we your petitioners Humbly pray that your Excellency do order that the survey of Mr. Rankin be established and as we duty bound your petitioners will forever pray Dated at the township of Sidney this 11th day of July 1836 |
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FOLD NOTES 9 July 1836 The petition of sundry inhabitants of the township of Sidney --------- Referred to the surveyor general to report herein for the information of the honorable the executive council ---------- 17 August 1836 On 26 November 1831 His Excellency the late Governor in Council was pleased to direct the Surveyor General to cause the seven eight and ninth Concessions of Sidney to be surveyed - William H. Walbridge and others having stated by memorial that those concessions had never been surveyed and as no return of such survey was to be found in this office, instructions issued accordingly to the Deputy Surveyor Rankin and to survey the same and made his returns. If therefore no previous survey ever took place, that of Mr. Rankin should govern. It will be for Court of Justice to determine whether those concessions were previously laid out or not SGO ---------- In council 25th of August 1836 It is respectfully submitted that the survey within referred to is either legal or not, as it shall be found original or secondary. The Government have no power to alter original surveys, when reports other than those of the Crown are implicated N. B. Sullivan --------- Communicated to petitioners ? Mr. Joseph B Spragge 12 September 1836 |
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