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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the Province of Upper Canada, paid by James Baby, John Henry Dunn, and George Herchmer Markland, John Johnson Claus agrees to sell the following nine hundred acres of land situated in the Township of Innisfil, in the County of Simcoe. This tract of land was purchased in trust for the sole use of the Six Nation's Indians, settled by King George III upon the Ouse or Grand River in the Province of Upper Canada.

The tract of land sold is composed of the northern halves of lots numbers sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-one in the fourth concession of the said Township of Innisfil. Commencing where a post has been planted at the north-east angle of each of the said north half lots respectively; then south seventy-three degrees thirty minutes west thirty chains, to where a post has been planted at the north-west angle of each of the said half lots; then south nine degrees thirty minutes east thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the centre of the said concession; then north seventy-three degrees thirty minutes east thirty chains, to the eastern limit of each of the said half lots; then north nine degrees thirty minutes west thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the place of beginning in each of the said half lots. Also, commencing where a post has been planted at the south-west angle of each of the said south half lots respectively; then north seventy-three degrees thirty minutes east thirty chains to where a post has been planted at the south-east angle of each of the said half lots; then north nine degrees thirty minutes west thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the centre of the said concession; then south seventy-three degrees thirty minutes west thirty chains, to the western limit of each of the said half lots; then south nine degrees thirty minutes east thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the place of beginning in each of the said half lots.

Witnesses:

Robert Hamilton

Walter H. Dickson

Crown Signatories:

Jno. Claus

J. Baby

John H. Dunn

George H. Markland

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 82-84.

6 June 1831, Buyback of Six Nations Land in Township of Innisfil, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 098, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2808, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled ““Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).