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\| s our __TOWNSHIP e aaeia ie s | gâ€"a® Parcels of land £ * ' ’ In Zorra had been grartt= gouTH EA?{I\HOZOQA /2 ’W 1E R 4 } peR m W/;f,;,;,\ ed prior to 1820 but the xz /\% \ Y L Lai @ ) | township was not surveyâ€" +\ | | / | | ed until 1820 and two ‘ ‘ "" ‘ 6 i “ C”: years later was organâ€" P4e. \| : , -. * \‘ ‘\‘{u\' L. ized as a munilceipality ad|a 16,,0931, . \ \ _J\\.‘â€";i"-â€"‘“.,' with a clerk, assessor Jopasse NE â€" NA \,v U a \\ \\ and tax collector. _ Pribr | m \â€"/ \€ \ j L x1 : o "\ i uin n â€" to that date. Zorra, .‘o ‘e C A W ga 2e â€" \' wow\t" ./ - $ Nissouri, West and North \ = \ U , f m | Oxford were assessed toâ€" \ sâ€"â€"â€" ‘ gether and their combinâ€" Bro® Be|â€"# « M e \\ \(‘! ed population was 719 0 fp 2 e se 2. .,,//.L souls., ZLortra contained ‘ O Y \/'Af_l zm _-’ J« then about 145 acres of S \\ P cleared land and her I > | oS j settlers had 14 horses,, 3| LÂ¥ __]] ’ ‘ °_2 k W\” 57 ' 2 44 oxen and 84 cows.. In PP _ UA ap | the first assessment of | MAAA * V jr | \ ‘\ -’////.//fl%{'f‘%é% 24 o+ Zorra in 1822, there was S .IC.N.R. \9. only one taxable house in 9 3 21 yA § C___ _',- Ray ® s im C _‘)':\9 i AO\« wQQ.D m IQC P eA arseessss f f the township, a hewed log house belonging to Alexander McGregor, who had 200 acres of land four acres of which was cultivated. He had two oxen and one cow. We do not know his location in the township. The first deed recorded was for Lot 12 concession 15 which was ownâ€" ‘ ed by Stratten and Olive Rowell who had 200 acres. This deed was recorded June 30 , 1822. The second deed was recorded June 11, 1822 to Edwin Secord â€" no doubt some relation to the Secords found in the Lakeside and St. Marys areas and a relative of the Ingersoll family., He never lived here. In 1845 Zorra was divided for municipal purposes into two townships East and West Zorra. ' Among the earliest settlers of Zorra was a colony from New:England States of United Empire Loyalists. During and subsequent to the American Revolution,