Ontario Government Record Sub-Series RG 1-160-2

Registers of warrants for land grants - military

About these records

Title
Registers of warrants for land grants - military
Dates of Creation
1799, 1818-1869
Physical Description

70 centimetres of textual records (2 volumes)

Sub-series forms part of

RG 1-160 Warrants for land grants - military

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of registers to the warrants for land grants to discharged soldiers.

Volume RG 1-160-2-1: This volume, entitled "Warrants of reduced officers and discharged soldiers and seamen since 1814," covers the period 1799 (Warrant # A) to 1832 (Warrant # Z65). Entries record: the warrant number; the name, place of residence, and military rank and regiment of the grantee; the authority under which the grant was given; the order-in-council number (and, in some cases, the regulation applying to the grant); the acreage and location (township, concession and lot) of the land granted; the date the ticket of location was issued; the Attorney General's fiat number; and a description number. Some entries contain later information relating to the issuance of scrip certificates, rulings by the Heir and Devisee Commission, etc.

Bound into the front of the volume is a copy of the General Orders issued by John Harvey, Deputy Adjutant General's Office, Quebec, 18 May 1816, concerning the "reduction" of regiments in Canada and the allotment of land to discharged soldiers and seamen and reduced officers. Copies of other relevant general orders and orders from the Prince Regent and the War Office are also bound into the volume.

An alphabetical index to grantees is found at the front of the volume.

Volume RG 1-160-2-2: This volume, a continuation of Volume RG 1-160-2-1, covers the period 1832 (Warrant # A66) to March 1869 (Warrant # L140)

Restrictions on Access
Original records are closed for conservation reasons.
Terms For Use and Reproduction
Copyright is primarily held by the Crown. No restrictions on reproduction. Permission of the Archives of Ontario is required for publication; submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast Form.
Availability of Other Formats

These records are also available on microfilm.
Notes

Information found in Volume RG 1-160-2-1 to Volume RG 1-160-2-2 is abstracted in the Ontario Land Records Index, available in the Archives' Main Reading Room. Copies of this Index have been distributed on microfiche to archives and libraries across Canada, the United States, and overseas.

Former Codes

Volume RG 1-160-2-1 formerly was RG 1 C-I-3, volume 124.

Volume RG 1-160-2-2 formerly was RG 1 C-I-3, volume 125.

Finding Aid
No list is available for this sub-series.

How to order these records

From our Reading Rooms

Volumes RG 1-160-2-1 and RG 1-160-2-2 are available on self-service microfilm MS 693, reel 139.

Please note that microfilmed records are identified by their former reference codes.

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By Microfilm Interloan
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