Did a Sawpit start the Legend?

[Armchair detective]

Another
Page 3, "Borehole C", #4
"Machinery sent from New York, and from Halifax..." 1909

So the bottom line is no one has any sources that will "testify" to events between 1795 and say 1840 other than newspapers of about 1850? relating recollections from a suspect source.

Gloom. Had my hopes up there for a bit.

Got four stories about the ownership of the MP lot (John Smith bought it 1795, John Smith's father John Smith bought it 1795,
John Smith leased it for Onslow co, John Smith bought it 1809. Which story is true can be determined through the research.

The existence of the Onslow co can maybe be proven through government records.

Genealogy records show the existence of the players in this story.

Can you think of any other resources to try?

Think a teardown of the legend and a rebuilding of the history.

 

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Another
Page 3, "Borehole C", #4
"Machinery sent from New York, and from Halifax..." 1909

So the bottom line is no one has any sources that will "testify" to events between 1795 and say 1840 other than newspapers of about 1850? relating recollections from a suspect source.

Gloom. Had my hopes up there for a bit.

Got four stories about the ownership of the MP lot (John Smith bought it 1795, John Smith's father John Smith bought it 1795,
John Smith leased it for Onslow co, John Smith bought it 1809. Which story is true can be determined through the research.

The existence of the Onslow co can maybe be proven through government records.

Genealogy records show the existence of the players in this story.

Can you think of any other resources to try?

Think a teardown of the legend and a rebuilding of the history.

John Smith's father was named Duncan Smith. He died ca. 1784. John's mother married another man, Neil McMullen, and they lived on lot 11. They subsequently purchased lots 9,10 and 17. John Smith (the man in question) was born in 1775. He acquired lot 18 in 1795 (age 20) from Casper Wollenhaupt, a Lunenburg textile merchant who owned the business end of that island (Smith's cove area). This land was immediately adjacent to the family lots. There's no magical jaunt to an island with 2 other boys where they discovered some depression under a tree. That's a detail from another story.

There aren't any records of the alleged early company. None have ever surfaced or been produced.