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Description of Land Sold:

Whereas John Johnson Claus, Warren Claus, and Catherine Clause did purchase from Thomas Douglass, Earl of Selkirk for the sum of five shillings paid in hand, a tract of land as mentioned in a previous indenture dated 1808. John Johnson Claus, Warren Claus and Catherine Claus, do now transfer over to James Baby, John Henry Dunn, and George Herchmer Markland, the piece, parcel or tract of land described as follows: commencing at a white oak tree marked, and standing at the south-west angle of the reserve made by the Indians on the east side of the Grand River, below Dick and Doe Creek; then along the southern boundary of the said reserve, north thirty degrees east eighty chains, to the south-easternmost angle of the said reserve; then north sixty-two degrees thirty minutes west along the easternmost boundary of the said reserve sixty-seven chains, then north thirty degrees east to the easternmost boundary of the Indian lands, four hundred and four chains; then along the said boundary south sixty-two degrees thirty minutes east three hundred and sixty chains; then south thirty degrees east to a basswood tree upon the shore of Lake Erie, near the mouth of a small creek, five hundred and fourteen chains; then along the shore of Lake Erie towards the mouth of the Grand River to a certain post or picket, one hundred and seventy-two chains, then north fifty-four degrees west one hundred and fifty-two chains; then west one hundred and sixty chains, to a maple tree on a branch of the said Grand River; then following the easternmost shore of the said river against the stream to the place of beginning; containing 30,800 acres, together with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rents, issues and profits thereof, to have and to hold the said parcel of land, and all and singular the hereditaments in the said indenture expressed to be granted and demised, with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said William Claus, his executors, administrators, and assigns, from the day next before the date of the said Indenture, for and during and unto the full end term of one thousand years from thence next ensuing fully to be complete and ended, in trust, nevertheless, for and to the use and benefit of the Indians in the said Indenture mentioned, and their posterity.

Witnesses:

Walter H. Dickson

C. Gamble

Crown Sigatories:

John Claus

W. Claus

C. 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: 152-156.

18 May 1831, Deed of Conveyance Involving Family of William Claus, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT149, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3002, 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).