Military Depot at Perth

Transactions of land grants made at the
Military Depot, Perth, Lanark County
1816 - 1819

These were generously provided by Christine Spencer

Ref: National Archives of Canada
MG9, D8-27, Vol. 1
Microfilm Reel #C-4651

These are the microfilm records of the transaction of land grants made at the Military Depot at Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, from April, 1816 to 1819. The records were kept updated, so you see cross outs, where land was re-granted, with the notation that the family moved somewhere else or that the land had not been settled on. Also, written cross-wise across many sheets are notations on births, deaths or marriages. As time progressed, the information recorded varied somewhat, but basically one finds the following:

The person's name, and the military unit he served in, or if he was an emigrant.

A census of sorts showing how many men and women in the household, how many males over 12, females over 12, and how many males under 12 and females under 12.

A column entitled "Authority for being Received" tells on what authority the settler is being given the grant.
The township, concession, lot number and ticket number of the grant the settler is given
The settler's country of origin.
Sometimes, the name of the ship the settlers came on is mentioned.
A column entitled "Remarks" contains miscellaneous information and is often where the page has been turned cross-wise and birth, death and marriage information recorded.

At some point, because there had been so many cross outs and re-granting, someone took the time to laboriously group each settler by the beginning letter of the last name, on separate sheets, along with the page and line number where their record could be found. Also included are the emigrant/military status that is also found in the body of the work.

Please keep in mind the following as you look for your ancestor. These are not in strict alphabetical order. You may use the search/find feature on your internet browser to find the name for which you are looking.

Many names were completely illegible or only partially readable.

Also, it was extremely difficult to interpret the military information. I am not familiar with the British military system, there were some things I could only guess at. The only time I could be sure was if it was numerical, such as 104th Regiment.

There are "twelve pages" and three "re-grant" and "improvement" pages here:

(you will have to use the "Edit" column Find feature or use the "Search Site" on the main page);

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 : Re-grants pages 1 2 3 : and "Improvements".

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