> Off list some of us are trying to identify Gavin Smith's surveys of the
> estates of Grenada. We think there are more than one, and would ask
anybody
> with information, to contact us, either on or off list, with details.

> A little snippet for interest:
> - - - - - - -
> Transcript from:
> Source: The Grenada Handbook and Directory 1946
> 1801 [Year]
> Governor Green went on leave of absence on June 8, 1801, and
> Lieutenant-Governor Houston, who was to have relieved him, not having
> arrived, the President of the Council, the Rev. Samuel Dent, assumed the
> Government. York House and the copyright of Mr. Gavin Smith's map of
Grenada
> were purchased in the course of the year; the flaws of the latter purchase
> appear, even at this early date, to have attracted attention, for we find
> complaints that the actual details of some of the properties would not
"fit
> in" with the map.
> - - - - - - -

> We don't need the names or the proprietors. We would just like to nail
down
> the dates of the surveys.

> We hope to expand the information. Pre-1838 locations in Grenada, at least
> in "the country," by which I mean away from St George's, which is pretty
> well everywhere, are all about estates. Even post-1838, the villages took
> the names of the close estates.

> So, we're hoping we can add a little to c1838, and before and after, info
on
> place names and family names.

> Of course, if there is any other relevant info on estate or place names,
> please let us know.

> Dennis, I've not forgotten you.

> David Watson
> family.wat...@utoronto.ca

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