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David Palmeter was a farmer in Medford, Kings County. He purchased a farm in 1835 and cleared the land for orchards. After his death, his family continued to farm the land in Medford and the surrounding area. These are records of land transactions chiefly for David Palmeter, financial transactions, and probate records. Related records were likely kept by his son, James Henry Palmeter.

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Title: Daily accounts of David Palmeter
Date Created: 1858-1875
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/13
Description: David Palmeter's daily account of farm business and events in Kings County, Nova Scotia from April 1858 to July 1875.
Type: textual record

Title: Deed
Date Created: 1866
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/11
Description: Indenture from 1866 involving William and Elisa Rogers, Robert Newcomb, James Palmeter, William Hicks of Cornwallis County.
Type: textual record

Title: Deed
Date Created: 1865
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/10
Description: A 1865 deed in which David Palmeter of sold property to David Jess of Cornwallis County, Kings County, Nova Scotia.
Type: textual record

Title: Inventory of estate
Date Created: 1877
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/16
Description: Inventory of the real estate, goods, chattels, and credits of David Palmeter of Medford, Nova Scotia from 1877. Inventory also includes the worth of the real estate and goods listed.
Type: textual record

Title: Ledger page
Date Created: 1880
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/19
Description: A farm balance sheet belonging to James Palmeter of Kingsport, Nova Scotia, listing farm products and their values for the year 1880.
Type: textual record

Title: Ledger page
Date Created: 1876
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/14
Description: A farm balance sheet belonging to David Palmeter, listing farm products and their values for the year 1876.
Type: textual record

Title: Memorandum of agreement
Date Created: 1849
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/7
Description: A property agreement between David Palmeter and George William Witt.
Type: textual record

Title: Memorandum of agreement
Date Created: 1884
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/22
Description: An agreement over the construction of a School House in Medford, Nova Scotia between Elisha Ells, Joseph B. Jackson, James Palmeter and Philip Weaver.
Type: textual record

Title: Mortgage of personal property
Date Created: 1895
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/23
Description: Chattel mortgage papers of personal property belonging to James H. Palmeter.
Type: textual record

Title: Petition to Court of Probate to settle the estate of James H. Palmeter
Date Created: 1878
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/17
Description: A document from the Court of Probate regarding the estate of the deceased farmer James Palmeter of Medford, Nova Scotia from 1878.
Type: textual record

Title: Property survey
Date Created: 1827
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/2
Description: A 1827 land survey in the Township of Cornwallis, along the Minas Basin.
Type: textual record

Title: Property tax bills
Date Created: 1884
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/21
Description: Two receipts belonging to James H. Palmeter from the Medford School Section No. 53 in Medford, Nova Scotia in 1884.
Type: textual record

Title: Will and testament of David Palmeter
Date Created: 1877
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/15
Description: A copy of the last will and testament of farmer David Palmeter of Medford, Kings County, N.S. from 1877.
Type: textual record