Global Heritage Press

HARDCOVER EDITION

A History of the County of Pictou, Nova Scotia
By Rev George Patterson, D. D.

Originally published by The Pictou Advocate, Pictou, 1877

This book is a wonderful old history of Pictou County that includes lists of early settlers, sorted in a variety of ways. By ship; by area that they came from; by area where they settled; by military regiment; by land grant acreage; etc... See the following list of chapter topics. Pay particular attention to the list of resources included in the Appendix items.

Chapters include:

• Introduction
• Pictou in the Prehistoric Period
• The French in Pictou
• First English Settlement of Pictou - 1769-1773
• Arrival of the Hector and Settlement of her Passengers 1773-1776
• Pictou During the American Revolutionary War
• From the Close of the War to the Arrival of Dr. McGregor 1783-1786
• Dr. McGregor's Early Labours 1786-1789
• From Commencement of the Town till the French War 1789-1793
• From the Commencement of the War till the Wallace Election 1793-1799
• County and Court Business
• Immigration at the Beginning of the Cenury (1800)
• From the Beginning of the Century till the Peace 1800-1815
• Immigration and New Settlements at the Close of the War
• From the Peace till the Financial Crisis of 1825-6. 1815 - 1826
• Dr McCulloch and the Pictou Academy
• From Financial Crisis 1825-6 to Division of County 1826-36
• Mines and Mining Industries of the County
• From the Division of the County to the Present Time 1836-1876
• Appendix
  • List of Grantees, by Grant 26th, August 1783, With the number of Acres Received and Notices of the Situation of Their Lots
  • List of the Number of Families in the District of Pictou
  • List of Passengers in the Ship Hector with Notices of their History and Settlement, so far as known.
  • List of Dumfries Settlers, with Places of Settlement
  • A Roll (list) of Inhabitants of Pictou or Tinmouth Capable to Bear Arms
  • List of (land) Grantees of the 82nd Regiment
  • List of (land) Grantees of the 84th Regiment on East Branch
  • List of (land) Grantees at West Branch and Other Places on the East River, 18th Dec 1797
  • List of Highland (Scotland) Emigrants by Halifax in 1784
  • List of Ministers from Pictou County 
  • List of Members of the Legislature from Pictou County

Note: The Index is not comprehesive, including only subjects and prominent persons. The original Index does not include all persons who appear in lists or otherwise.