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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley
Description From Owner:
- The name is taken from Rawdon Township, which was set up in 1784 and the district includes Centre Rawdon, Upper Rawdon and Rawdon Gold Mines.
- The area was first settled by Loyalist soldiers and their dependants who served under Lord Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (1754–1826), during the American Revolution.
- Lord Rawdon was commander of the British Army in the American South during the siege of Fort Ninety Six in SC and was responsible for the rescue of those inside the fort.
- The soldiers, who had been drawn largely from this immediate area, were evacuated to Charleston and quartered in a temporary camp named Rawdon.
- Later they were conveyed to their lands in Nova Scotia and the Crown grant for the Township of Rawdon was registered in 1784.
- John Bond was one of the principal early settlers. He came in 1788, cleared 50 acres and built two gristmills. The first school was built in 1812, followed by a new school in 1868, which burned in 1878.
- Another school was built in 1880 and burned the following year. Yet another school was burned in 1890. Gold was mined briefly here before the deposits were depleted.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
Address of this page: http://ns.ruralroutes.com/RawdonNS