Abbreviations used
Date September 10 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
St. John River, June 30th, 1783 - Return of Inhabitants of River St. John settled on lands commonly known as Gage Town: Robert LASKY has a wife and 8 children, a log house with 2 rooms. Purchased the improvements of one Elias CLARK for 15, has about 15 acres of land cleared and been on about 2 years. Has been loyal, took arms and helped take a rebel privateer crew and was finally drove off by the rebel privateers from Barring in the Province of Nova Scotia.