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Cessnock, Luskintyre
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John Betridge per 'General Hewitt' employed by Campbell
Place:
Cessnock, Luskintyre
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Peter Clarke per Speke 1821 employed by Campbell
Place:
Cessnock, Luskintyre
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William Collins employed as labourer
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Joseph Hickman per 'Norfolk' assigned servant
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William Huddlestone per 'General Stewart' employed by Campbell
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To let - 'Essnock' at Black Creek. 2560 acres with 50 acres under cultivation
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Campbell's Valley, Port Stephens
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Overseer employed by Robert McKenzie. Described by McKenzie to be a humane kind tempered man of remarkable good character. Charged with the murder of Nicholas Condon. Presented a written defence drawn with great ingenuity and which stated the offence to have been committed in sefl defence and in defence of his master's property
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Indicted for wilful murder of Nicholas Condon. Found guilty of manslaughter. Took aim at Condon and shot the side of his head off
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John McStay (Maxstay) per 'Almorah' assigned servant, labourer
Place:
Cessnock, Luskintyre
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Samuel Pennell per 'Asia' assigned servant, labourer
Place:
2560 acres in County Northumberland, parish of Pokolbin
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Resident in Great Britain, previously living at Hunter's River.Claim for Grant of Land filed by his Attornies.
Place:
Situated on the High Road between Maitland and Wollombi
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Notice of auction of 2560 acres forming the Cessnock estate, property of David Campbell. Being surveyed and subdivided into farms and village allotments.
Place:
Situated on the High Road between Maitland and Wollombi
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Notice of sale by auction of 2560 acres forming the Cessnock estate belonging to David Campbell
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Convicted of manslaughter under aggravated circumstances, sentenced to be transported for Life to a penal settlement
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Insolvency proceedings
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The growth of Cessnock Is so modern, and its progress so rapid, that little thought is given to Its earlier history as an outpost of settlement. Major Morissett s party travelled along practically the same route that the convict-built road followed some years later, towards Wollombi. The first record of Cessnock as a settlement was the promise made In 1826 by Governor Darling to John Campbell, a member of the old mercantile family of The Wharf, Sydney, of four square miles (2560 acres) of territory about what Is now Cessnock. The land was taken possession of almost immediately, but the deed was actually issued in 1834 to David Campbell, son of the promised grantee. Sheep were grazed on the land, convict labour, being used, and the Campbells remained in possession until 1853, when almost the whole of the land was submitted for auction. There were about 27 town allotments of about an acre each, and about the same number of farms, varying from about 10 to 300 acres each. The homestead area, which is now being subdivided at Cessnock, sold as the homestead subdivision," was reserved by the owner. The sale of 13 blocks on each side of the main road-now Vincent-street-bringing from 30/- to 4 pound, was the genesis of the village of Cessnock. This subdivision was advertised at the time as being midway between Maitland and Wollombi, and well known as the "camping ground," where teamsters from Singleton and Maitland used to rest with their teams. Cessnock s name was bestowed by the Camp- bells after their ancestral home In Ayrshire, referred to in one of Robbie Burns s poems By Cessnock s Banks. One of the blocks In the main street sold for 1 pound 1s worth thousands today, as land there has been recently sold up to 76 per foot. In 1855 the original Cessnock Hotel was built by Bernard McGrane
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Obtained Ticket of Leave
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Age 40. Ticket of leave holder
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4011]; Microfiche: 661
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David Campbell age 32. Farmer s man and cork cutter from Fife. Tried at Edinburgh 17 January 1826. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for forgery. Note - drowned in the River Paterson on 30 July 1829
