Robert Ballard was granted a publican's license for the Gordon Arms in October 1843[1]
He took out a license for the Wheatsheaf Inn at Morpeth in April 1845.[2]
Peter Grant
Peter Grant was issued with a license for the Gordon Arms in April 1844, 1845 and 1846.[3]
In 1846 he was fined £2 for selling liquor on a Sunday[4]
In 1847 Peter Grant charged neighbours Ann and Samuel Derrington with assaulting his wife Jane after an altercation between the two women. Ann and Samuel Derrington were later fined 60/- and bound over to keep the peace.[5]
James Wolfe
James Wolfe was the next innkeeper at the Gordon Arms. He was granted a publican's license in June 1847. He transferred the license to Thomas Honeysett in March 1848 and was granted a publican's license for the Red Cow Inn in May 1848 [6]
Thomas Honeysett
Thomas Honeysett held the license for the Gordon Arms in 1849 and in October that year transferred the license to William Bartley. [7] Thomas Honeysett was granted a publican's license for the Cricketers Arms in West Maitland in 1851
Peter Grant
Peter Grant was granted a license again in May 1853 [8]
Dennis Toohey
Dennis Toohey was granted the publican's license in April 1854
References
[1] Maitland Mercury 7 October 1843
[2] Maitland Mercury 19 April 1845
[3] Maitland Mercury 22 March1845
[4] Maitland Mercury 27 May 1846
[5] Maitland Mercury 30 June 1847
[6] Maitland Mercury 10 May 1848
[7] Maitland Mercury 17 October 1849
[8] Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Certificates for Publicans' Licences, 1830-1849, 1853-1860