Location
The County of Norfolk
In Port Ryerse, on the NW corner of King Street and William Street, 1 block east of Commercial Street
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Photographer
Alan L Brown
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Posted
August 24, 2004
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Text from the Plaque
A United Empire Loyalist, Ryerse was commissioned in the 4th New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolution, following which he took refuge in New Brunswick. In 1794 he came to Upper Canada, and the following year received 3000 acres of land in Woodhouse and Charlotteville townships. Settling at the mouth of Young's Creek, he erected a grist-mill around which grew the community of Port Ryerse. As Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk and chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, he took an important part in the early military and civil administration of this area.
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