Port Molyneux : the story of Maori and pakeha in South Otago : a centennial history : commemorating the landing of George Willsher and his companions at Willsher Bay, June 28, 1840 : with a programme for the unveiling of the centennial cairn, erected by the Clutha County Council, June 28, 1940
Grants of Land Made
Grants of Land Made.
Although Willsher and Russell settled on their areas in 1840, and Tuckett in June, 1844, records them as having built houses, it was not till September, 1844, that Willsher's claim is recommended by Symonds.
Eventually Willsher's grant is dated February 10, 1854, ten years after the recommendation, while Russell's grant is dated 1867, and documents in Wellington show that by this time Russell's was a deceased's estate.
page 21In the old files of the “Bruce Herald” appears a Death Notice: “Thomas Russell, died at Dowling Street, Dunedin, on September 10, 1866; aged 78.”