Deputy Surveyor James Meehan's formal survey of the grants also seems to post-date occupation. Meehan's survey notebook has an entry for 6 February 1817 recording the marking out of for "Pat Pendergast" and an unspecified number of acres for "Cornelius Bryan".SRNSW: Reel 2623 SZ 906 no.88. The original entry is in pencil and has been overwritten in ink, at a later date, as 6 February 1819. The pencil may read 1817 When the grants were issued on 30 June 1823 Bryan's grant was recorded as .
