the later part of the decade living with his brother on McNutt Island in Rosebay Harbour (near present-day Shelburne) as well as in the Cobequid region where he appeared in the 1771 census. He seems to have supported himself at this time cutting timber. He was elected on October 26, 1767 to the General Assembly of Nova Scotia for Londonderry Township, but his seat was declared vacant on Nov. 8, 1769. He was ordered to pay several debts and forced to sell his land at Port Roseway. Other land he held on the Minas Basin, on Beaver Harbour, and on the eastern coastal boundary of the Philadelphia grant in Pictou were escheated. He left the colony around 1780, returned around 1786, and left for good in 1794 and finally settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1796. McNutt rose to the army rank of colonel. References W. O. Raymond, "Colonel Alexander McNutt and the Pre-Loyalist Settlements of Nova Scotia," Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 1912, 3rd Series, Vol. 5 John Bartlett Brebner, Neutral Yankees of Nova Scotia, (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969) Leonard W. Labaree, ed. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin (American Philosophical Society, 1968) Vol. 12, pp. 345–50 William Otis Sawtelle, "Acadia: The Pre-Loyalist Migration and the Philadelphia Plantation," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 51, 1927 External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography on line McNutt's bio at Blupete.com Colonel Alexander McNutt and the Pre-Loyalist settlements of Nova Scotia by Raymond, W. O. 1911 1725 births 1811 deaths American people of Scotch-Irish descent British colonial army officers People from Colchester County People from County Londonderry People from Londonderry, New Hampshire People from Rockbridge County, Virginia People from Staunton, Virginia Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent Colony of Nova Scotia people Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs