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1795.
FORT ERIE MILL::::
66 from THF' SIM.COT' PAPERS.
OF TH.T"i'i EXT' CUTI VE COUNCIL OF UPPPP r.�NA Di'.
,�
Council Chambers, Newark,
)
I
Present:
The Eon'ble Peter Russel,
The Hon'ole Alexr. Grant;
Chairman
The Hon'ble
Aup.:u7t
:;_6th.,
l '705
Aeneas Shaw.
The Petition of Wm tunbar.
Stating that
your
of Fort Erie,
a
petioner
bought of John
favour2.ble spot .for
great expence in cutting
Mill.
a
Garner
took from him his
and
expence
,
farm;
left him the Mill an0
far
as
relates
On Feb.
1820:::
Mill had
cut
to
war
a
canal
the Mill
j
now
his
c,..pr�i+-
17-rP:>t l::iho1ir
humbl�r urc=1ys
in0enen0ent of'
t-hRt
thP
gr?nt
some
through
the nrPyer o:f thP Pet:i t:i
thirty years
solid
On
Col
step
a
hef'ore,
rock for
tre
a
riYer.
to nrovj c1e
fro� VilliAm
hy Wm.
for fnbJre
i�nh�r.
nunbP.r �n<'l
consinera.ble rist::q1cP.
,
�hP
r11m1'<r
rnr
It Pscaneci restruct-inn 0uring
Kerby by Cruikshank::::
14th. of Jan 1831 W illiam Jlunrar g::ivp Ki:irhv
interestf
thousand pounds.
nn
� site.
of 1812-14.
deed of his
\
to
at Fort Frie Fanids,
it with water from
Life of hoh.
1831.
rPnri ver your net-
much rebt,
which he
- 1�20 Grant & Kerby too'k
been buj.l t
supplying
the
so
confirm to him,
to His Excellency
purchase of the Grist Mill
had
site,
P
1.
no.
Recommended
so
soon
out in consi�era.tion for hi�
his excellency woulc. be pleaded to
Lot
in
rit
,.1'as
suuuly the �ill wRtPr.
Lhat the unexpected decrease d>f the Lake waters
ors
1 in tl1P to,,,-n�h:in
That your uetjoner
through solid rock to
itioner of his labour, & l e f t him involve<'l
Lot
in tl::e Fort
Erj
e
·l1�iJ ls
for trP
sum
A
nu:! t
of (!)ne
cl
:>j,,.,
�KERHY' S RED HILL: : :
In 1796 a Thomas Clark went into pc:irtnershin -w-ith c
and Robert Nichol. It lasti:>d thrPP. ye<'1rf:, ann thAv
warehouses at Queenston, Chiunewa Pna Fort Erie.
Kerby then vent into partnership on his
Under the firm of Li-rant & Kerby th Py lE•FJ sef
the above locations.
Pc:ir.iuel
built
Pt.,
vi th 'F'obPr+ f�T.,..,..,t
thP Vp rehou sP.s �at
o�,..rn
.•
In 1820 Grelnt & Kerby took_ steps to urovife for future r�,rcr::>se
of the Grist Mill at Fort Erie Hap ids, f-irom Willi2m T'unbPr.
This Mill 'h'Ci s si tua te(1 at the heR_d of the B2-rvids ? bout Jj/ 4 of �
mile upstream from WatE"rloo Ferry 12nrling th..en rit the foot of
Catherine St. A channel vcis 0eeuenen in the 'Rock �long the shOT'P.
line of the River to make the Mill r�ce. The next closP�t Mj11
was at Chippewa so aJl the whent gro"l-rn within ten 1'l1}1P� of' +t->P
village was brought to Fort �rie Mills. In nrrer to keen thP Mill
fully employed it was nece8 �a ry to irrinort grflin frorri_ ntl·'"'T' ;:- r0P f!.
and this entailed a great c Pal of vork for T(erhy ;:inr hj s nP rtner.
f'uring the wj_ntcr the iviill WC'ts oft8n i('le, hecriusc of j ce iR1_'11C: 5n
the River; 2nd F.t tnmes of thP yPCir it ,,,;-:i8 out 0f on('rPtjon for
lack of sufficient 1,1a_ter.Kerby sRught help from the GovernT1'1Pn+ to
have a canal built which would not only rtSSUT'P R nlPt:iful pnrmly
of water , but woulcl also allo'l.-1 sP.fe n<.f':-=age of r"oRt� Jrnc:+rNirr }!Ir
the area of the Fapids. To th11rther this rreRm R co�rni+tPe of n�omÂ
inate men in the village was formPr , 2nn
for �·ei.'P.r8l ,r.:,,�rs ne2T.er
Cliscussions for anc'l agir.nst this venture vere hearr
2rounr. the
village. Finally theic'leP W8S s�elved �ecRuse of financ:iPl r0"snn�,
and lack of interest in the right pl�ces.
Mill
took
In 18?3 Grant & Kerby solcl c:i trd rn of thP.>ir inter0st j-., +1--iP
to _tjen;jamin Harc'lison. He r1iec shortly rifter•1p.rrs :::nfl rrerh"'
over the opera tio1-c of the Mill.
ln 18 31 Grc:i.nt & Kerby broke up their n2 rtnc--rshi p, �nr Verbir
went into the business on his o•.in
In thjs cime yr>Pr FM. nnnb�r
gave Kerby a quit claim fleer=! of rd s interests in tt->e H'ort "'riP
Mills for one thousnna noun�s.
•
•
_
].m, 181+3 '"'PCC'\_use of poor he2l th, en(l thP nre��1E'P of hj �
public 61"f:fces, which rria0.e his Mill unorofi t;:ible; Kerhy soJ_r1
to Huffalo interests.
'Everts from
the Life of Col.
Kerby by A.F-.
�ruik!"ha:rnk.
out
�nenjamin Hardison
1796::;
John Garner sold
(
Bertie)
tonship of
Mill
is to say,
that
:::::
3ite,
occupied
Beginning at
o� the lands
west angle
on
the
Niagara River(not
pos.� I;.arked
reserved for the
of lot no.
1,
in the north
southerly
more
or less,
of
chains
said Mill
site,
:Bands
containing
with an allowanc�
for
one
a
O_riginei;
St.
Ca tharines Museum.
ist.
thence
or less:
more
parrellel to
thence
west
two
era ins
hundred
and
thirty
:road.
George Forsyth
Registered Nbv.
the south
sixty
,
Thorn � ---
(
__
the Mill,
the Military Lands:
t.o
the boundary of the said Military
Wi tneas:
(
1.
seventy four
to the place of the beginning;
acres
no
Cr�wn in Fort Erie,being
the
the
Dunbar).
thence e ast to the site
boundary of
the Niagara River,
includine
fronting the Niagara River:
by Will tam Dubbar,
thence along the
along
of l and in the aforesaidtthe
by Willi'::l.m
a
north twenty chains:
occupied
to Benjamin Hardison:::
lot
a
•
1796.
�1798:::
(
Johr. Garner of Bertie to Benjamin Hardison oF �ertie.
by which the se,id John
leased,
,
his
sold
and
,
confirmed
heirs and assiBns
(iarneY'
have bargained
unto the said aenjamin
forever,
all and
Hardison
sine;ular that
situated in the Township of �ertie in the County
�incol n ,
in the
ment 100
acres
District of
more
or
les s
:
:
beine
lot
and
no.l.,
butted
follows:
l'hat
is to say beginning at the
the
lot,
then north twenty chains,
said
then east
to
in the
and
second
bounded
south east
Thomas
then west twenty chains
the
place
of the
Dickson of Queenston Esquire.
Alexander Douglas of Bertie, Merchant.
negistered
Ezekeil
lo.
Orieinal
St.
13th., day of Aug. 1798.
Woodruff: Deputy
79.
Ca-tba rines Euseum.
as
angle o f
ning.
Witness:
of
containing by admeasureÂ
Niagara
Township,
then south twenty chains,
(
tract
of land,
conces;3ion of the said
(
reÂ
Registrar.
beginÂ
�David Powell,
1801.
·
the sa:id David
released unto
forever;
all that parcel
concession.,
of lots
of the
begrrmning at
from the
con.
,
in l
chain of the
and
al ong the
s
in the
District cf Niaeara;
50, the
and
bounded,
that
thence
east to
top of the bank of the River,
id ri v e r and at
the
distance
front
reserving
WITNESS.
two
or
of the
less,
to
2nd.
withone
3outherly
or less· to
third
to the
con. ,
John· Warren of Bertie Sr.
C'atherines Museum.
lot
one
place of
acres
Alexander Douglas;
Microfilm-St.
2nd.
of one chain from
twenty chaina more
thence west to the
or
is
Niaeara,
thence
more or less�
and twenty six chains more
:
more
north 20 chains,
one,
Original
same
l in the
River;
assigns
ist c oncession & the
butted
and
Township of
of no.
twenty-six chains
beginning;
his heirs and
the north west angle
no.
the
in the
bargained sold
,
situated
in the
Township;
top of the said bank,
and
2
no.
the
hundred
of land
County of Lincoln,
composed
hundred
granted
by admeasurement 200acres &
cfuntaining
;
C:owan have
the said Benjamin Hardison
�ertie in the
say
of Provincial Marines
, Fort 'Erie Rapids.
_:; B\enjamin Hardison
.
lty which
less;
Lieutenant
Merchant.
�
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