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Pirate Bill Johnson

Pirate Burns Boat at Newcastle

The War of 1812 touched down at the town of Newcastle, on Presqu'ile Point when the pirate, Bill Johnson, raided George Gibson's boat building enterprise and burned the schooner that stood on the stocks, almost completed. Here is a bit about the story and the pirate.
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  • Home
  • Books
    • Speedy >
      • Buy the Speedy Book
      • Extra Info >
        • Differing Accounts
        • Schooner Days
        • Elegy
        • Farewell Family History
        • Indigenous History
        • Death of a Chief
        • Newcastle
        • Pirate Bill Johnson
      • Event Record
      • Speedy Back Cover
    • 38 Hours to Montreal >
      • Book Reviews
      • Book Events
    • Murder in the Family
  • History Guy Blog
  • History
    • Brighton Digital Archive >
      • BDA Videos
    • Hilton Hall
    • Masonic Lodge
    • Lighthouse
    • Latimer Photos
    • The Tobey Book >
      • The Tobey Book Presentation
    • Presqu'ile
    • Remembrance
    • Museums >
      • Proctor House
      • Memory Junction
    • Dan's History Stories >
      • Old Percy Road
      • The Breakaway
      • Birth of Brighton Township
      • First Settlers of Brighton
      • History of Codrington
      • HMS Speedy
    • History Week >
      • History Week - 2021
      • History Week - 2020
      • History Week - 2019
      • History Week - 2018
      • History Week - 2017
      • History Week - 2016
      • History Week - 2015
      • History Week - 2014
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      • History Open House Beginnings
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  • TB Ch 09
  • TB Ch 11
  • TB Ch 12
  • TB Ch 13