- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5L3F5
- Category:
- Ontario
- Creator:
- Upper Canada. Land Records.
- Material Description:
- 2 microfilm textual records (6 volumes) ; 35 mm
- Background:
In 1798 the Executive Council of Upper Canada ruled that all grants of land made after December 22, 1792, would be subject to a fee of sixpence per acre except for certain privileged persons. United Empire Loyalists, their Sons and Daughters, and Military Claimants were excused from payment of the fee.
- Contents:
The Registers of Fiats and Warrants U.E. and M.C. are arranged in numerical order which follows a chronological sequence. The information that is given for each person's name includes the following: place of residence; status (yeoman spinster, etc.); son or daughter of a Loyalist including the name of the Loyalist parent; the Order in Council date; number of acres granted; location (lot, concession, township); date of location; and description. A married woman is listed under her married name, but her husband's first name is given, as is the name of her Loyalist father, his place of residence, and usually whether he is living or deceased.
- Originals:
- The original documents are held by the Archives of Ontario.
- Archival Ref. No.:
- AO RG 1, Series C-I-3, vols. 80-85, MS 243.
- Finding Aids:
- A nominal index, with number references to the Register, and a brief table of contents for each volume, are located at the beginning of the reel.
The Table of Contents is available in print and as a PDF in the electronic finding aids section.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- UC Land Records Registers of Fiats and Warrants Shelf List.pdf Finding-Aid_Registers-Fiats-Warrants-Loyalist-Military-Grants_UC-Land-Records.pdf
- Notes:
- Numbered references refer to the page numbers and not to the warrant number.