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Richard Alcorn
who arrived on
the convict
ship
Glatton in
1803 , was listed as
a farmer at Falbrook in 1828. By 1833 he was
the Proprietor of the Greyhound Inn at Falbrook.
In
August 1833, he was required to travel to Sydney to
testify as a witness in a court case involving
bushrangers Henry
Beard and John Richardson. The previous June,
Beard and Richardson had robbed Alcorn's dray being driven by his servant
John Quantrell
Quandrell
was returning from Maitland, a trip of 41 miles, with a load of goods he
had purchased from the
St. Michael
Store ship. He was stopped on the road at Anvil Creek at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon and robbed at gunpoint of goods such as tea and blankets, glassware a
hogshead of rum, a keg of brandy, vinegar, pickles and a bag of salt.
Beard and
Richardson were later
executed.
In 1838
Richard Alcorn built the
Queen Victoria Inn
at Jerry's Plains
History
of the British Colonies - Robert Montgomery Martin
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