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- Jones, Augustus
- 1 19, 1794, Deputy Provincial Surveyor Augustus Jones ran the line of the new road from
- 2 Augustus Jones, Deputy Provincial Surveyor, who made the first
- 3 surveyors in Upper Canadian history, Augustus Jones was born about 1757 in the Hudson River
- 4 The governor himself was delighted at Jones's accomplishment. "The Road from York to
- 5 August 3, 1797, Augustus Jones presented "A Report on the Condition of
- 6 all the way north to Stouffville Road, Jones's 1797 report is blank. The following year,
- 7 acres partly cleared. [Next year, Jones noted "a small log house" on this
- 8 Jones gathered data for his report by going along
- 9 Simcoe and William Berczy and Augustus Jones, and long before Yonge Street was
- 10 acres cleared. [The following year, Jones added "a log house" to his description of
- 11 trader south of Lake Simcoe in March 1794, Augustus Jones witnessed an argument between two groups of
- 12 was confirmed in August 1797 when Augustus Jones submitted his "Report on the Condition of
- 13 Street to their land. At about the time Augustus Jones was gathering data for his report on
- 14 1798, de Puisaye and surveyor Augustus Jones headed up Yonge Street to look over
- 15 Augustus Jones Finishes the
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