louisg

Gordon, Thanks for the reply and your research. My ancestor Henry Stine was granted 1/2 lot at Port Mouton, Queens Co. NS. His name does not appear in any of the muster rolls of the British Legion, but a Lewis William Stine in on the muster rolls as a prisoner Feb 1781. The Legion was at the battle of Cowpens in mid Jan 1781 and most of the soldiers were taken prisoners. The said henry Stine got only 1/2 a lot of land and not a lot like most other soldiers on the grant list. I think it could be an indication that Henri was not a soldier but a parent of a soldier. Also found a widow of another deceased soldier on the grand list of Port Mouton and found the document of sale of that land that she owned in the settlement of Guysborough (settlement founded by the soldiers of the British Legion) which also indicate to me that the direct families of soldiers were probably granted the land that should have been awarded to the soldier. Thanks again, louisg

My ancestor was granted land in Nova Scotia as part of the British Legion grant in 1784. His name does not appear in the muster rolls of the Legion but there is someone with the same last name in the said muster rolls of the Legion. That someone is recorded as a prisoner early in the war and most likely died with other in his group. Were the family of deceased soldier of the British Military granted the land that would have been granted to the said deceased soldier? Would a son have been recorded in the grant list in place of his father the deceased soldier?