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It was about 22 by 24 feet square, with 15-foot sides. The boards for floors, gables, etc., were procured at the Thread River saw-mill, then being run by George Oliver. Into this house Luman Beach, with his wife and one child (a daughter), is supposed to have moved in May or June, 1833. In the month of August or early in September, John Pratt and Benjamin Pearson returned from the East with their families, and moved on to their farms in the present town of Mount Morris. September 29th, Lewis Buckingham and Isaae N. Robinson arrived. Pearson had then got to living in a log house he had built, and Pratt was living with Beach. Pratt had a house under way, and Buckingham had a house (put up during his absence) with- out doors or windows. For two days and nights the four families were domiciled in Beach's house, the men finding sleeping apartments in the unfinished house belonging to Mr. Pratt. At the expiration of that time' Buckingham and Robinson moved into the former's house, and the latter began work on a house of his own, which had progressed sufficiently in two weeks to allow of his moving his family into it.
In the time intervening between Beach's settlement and the return of the Mount Morris people from the East, Addi- son Stewart had entered the west part of the southwest fractional quarter of seetion 31, and about the Ist of August moved into a small board cabin or shanty he had erected there. He lived in it while he was building a more substantial and comfortable log house for a winter residenee, which he moved into about the Ist of Novem- ber.
That same season Asahel Beach, Luther and Alanson Dickinson, and a Mr. Ballard had also come on from the East and joined the settlement along the Saginaw road. They were all on the west side of the road, iu the present town of Mount Morris, and their houses were built by Mr. Stewart, who contraeted to build four houses for $400.
The settlement, thus begun, grew a little from time to time, and the settlers were all people of exemplary liabits and irreproachable character. In the matter of the use of intoxicating drinks they all took a very advanced ground for the times: they were all total abstainers. This absti- nence not only gave to the settlement the name of " The Coldwater Settlement," but it also left the system strong and healthy to resist the attacks of the malarial diseases so prevalent at that time. Good health gave them good appe- tites, and their less abstemious and more afflicted neighbors conferred on the settlement the name of " Hungry Hill."
During the time that intervened between the arrival of the emigrants and the spring of 1834, work was pushed in the clearings, and the mighty monarchs of the forest were laid low by the sturdy blows of the settlers' axes, wielded by arms whose sinews were toughened by constant exereise and strengthened by the thoughts of future competenee and comfort. When the spring opened, small fields of eorn, potatoes, and oats were planted and sowed, and garden veg- etables were planted by all of the pioneers. No wheat was sown, however, until the fall of 1834, when several small fields were sown, Mr. Buckingham putting in about five aeres. This erop, harvested in the summer of 1835, was a good one for the times, considering the state of the soil and the
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MRS. W. S. PIERSON.
W. S. PIERSON.
WILLIAM S. PIERSON.
The name of Pierson, though worn with becoming modesty by the present generation, is one that traces its ancestry back for nearly two and a half centuries, where we find the family in Yorkshire, England. In the mother-country their surroundings were such as to endear them to the associations of their native country; but in the large family circle were some ambitious spirits who desired to explore the wilds of the western world, and, in 1639, Rev. Abram Pierson came as the pioneer of the family, and forty years after died in Newark, N. J. Later came a second Rev. Abram Pierson, who settled in Connecticut, and was a man of scholarly attainments. To him belongs the proud distinction of having been the first president of Yale College. For a period of years the family continned to reside in Connecticut until later generations lett New England and located in the Middle and Western States. The branch of the family whose biography is embraced in this brief sketch are de- scendants of the Yorkshire stock, though it is not our purpose to trace them in the direct line of descent for want of space.
William S. was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Pierson, and was born April 21, 1806, in Hartford, Ontario Co .. N. Y. He came from Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1839, and purchased six hundred acres of laud in Genesee township, Genesee Co., Mich., desiring to
make of it a home farm, though he had other land in the county. Having permanently established himself, he returned the following year and brought his family to their Western home. The large tract of land Mr. Pierson purchased required much labor and judgment to cultivate successfully, and he devoted himself ex- clusively to the pursuits of a farmer.
He was never ambitious for political honors, and ac- cepted few offices, desiring rather to lead a quiet life. He enjoyed an enviable reputation as a neighbor and citizen, and his opinions were held in esteem not less for the sound judgment than for the fairness which inspired them. After a long life of industry he died, April 14, 1878, aged seventy-two years, having been twice married ; first to Fanny M. Arthur, Oct. 12, 1829, and second to Fanny Ladd, Dec. 2, 1834. By the first marriage he had one child, and by the second six. His sou, Her- man L., is one of the proprietors of the thread-mills in Flint.
Mrs. Fanny Ladd Pierson, the second wife of William S., whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was married in Avon, N. Y., and resided during the greater portion of her life in Michigan. She was a native of the Green Mountain State, and removed very early in life to Liv- ingston Co., N. Y. Her death occurred Oet. 15. 1876. in Genesee township.
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facilities for cultivating it, the yield averaging about 25 bushels to the aere.
From this beginning the settlement extended to other parts of the town, and in the space of seven years, or pre- vious to 1840, settlements had been begun in many places. We have uot the space to spare to enable us to give a de- tailed personal sketch of all of the pioneers, but we will give a brief mention of the individual history of these first and consequently most prominent ones, tracing their subse- quent lives.
Lewis Buckingham remained on his place three years. In the fall of 1836 he was elected sheriff of the county, and in February, 1837, removed to Flint. After serving four years in that office, he purchased a farm in the town of Flint, and moved on to it and remained until he was again chosen to the office of sheriff, in 1858, when he moved to the city of Flint, where he still resides. ITis wife is also still living, and looks back upon the experiences of their pioneer days with pleasure and satisfaction.
Luman Beach remained a resident of Genesee for several years, then removed to Wisconsin, where both he and his wife died,-he in 1870, and she some time previous.
Isaac N. Robinson was a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y., his family being from Connecticut. His childhood and youth were spent in Greene County. From there he went to Genesec County, where he met, wooed, won, and married Eliza Buckingham, in the year 1837. Miss Buckingham was a sister of Lewis Buckingham. In 1833 he came to Michigan, as has been related. He lost his wife in 1839, was subsequently married again, and in 1855 removed from his farm to his present home in the city of Flint. He came of a good family,-genuine Puritan stoek,-and boasts some illustrious relatives, Hon. Lucius Robinson, the pres- ent Governor of the Empire State, being his nephew. IIc has always been prominent in religious circles, laboring with all his powers to promote the interests of his Master's king- dom.
Addison Stewart was born in Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y. Educated for a teacher, he came West to Genesee Co., N. Y., in search of employment. He there met Miss Lucy Tilden, and a mutual attachment sprang up between them, which led to their marriage on the 22d of April, 1833, he being then twenty-one and she twenty years of age. They immediately started on a bridal-tour to the wilds of Michigan, traveling in a covered lumber-wagon to Buffalo, where they took boat for Detroit, it being the first boat up the lake that season. Reaching Detroit, they learned that the cholera was raging there; so that, stopping only to get dinner, they at once started on and came to Grand Blanc, where they remained over the Sabbath at the house of a friend, Judge Riggs. They then came on to Flint, and about the Ist of August moved on to their farm. They lived on this place until 1843, when they moved to Flint, where Mr. Stewart died on the Sth of March, 1848. Mrs. Stewart is still residing there.
Norman and Francis Cone, from East Haddam, Middle- sex Co., Conn., settled in this town on section 20, in June, 1835. Norman Cone made the journey from Connecticut on foot, following the canal through the State of New York, and bought his land. Hle then returned to Connectient,
was married, and in June became a permanent settler on the farm he is now residing on.
The Stanley settlement, deriving its name from Sherman Stanley, the most prominent settler there, was begun in 1835. It is located at the corners of sections 8, 9, 16, and 17. In the summer of 1835, Mr. Stanley left his former home in Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., and came to Michigan in search of land. During the month of May he entered 640 acres of land on sections 3, S, and 9. He then returned to New York, and in the early part of Sep- tember started with his wife and five children, and in com- pany with Albert T. Stevens, with his wife and two children. Stanley gave Stevens the description of some land which he thought was desirable, and, while passing through De- troit, he entered 40 acres, it being the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 17. They arrived in this town Sept. 17, 1835, and both families moved into a vacant house belonging to Luman Beach, which stood on section 17, and lived there nearly a month, while they were build- ing their houses. Stanley's house stood about one hundred rods east of the southwest corner of section 9, and Stevens' on the site of his present residence, near the northeast corner of section 17.
About the 1st of October, Cyrenus Lake, with his wife and five children, came and settled on seetion 9, adjoining Stanley on the east. A month later Joseph Simons, with his mother, two sisters, and three brothers, settled on seetion 17, west of Stevens.
During the winter of 1835-36, Stanley cleared about ten acres of ground and Stevens about five acres. Lake did not elear much, as he, heing a carpenter, had plenty of work at his trade, building several barns in the Coldwater settle- ment, and Simons, being a poor man, did uo elearing, be- cause he was obliged to work out by the day to get provisions to support the family, which was entirely dependent upon him.
In the spring of 1836, Stanley and Stevens cach sowed a piece of spring wheat, harrowing it into the ground with- out any plowing being done. The yield was only about ten bushels to the acre, but was quite a help towards provision- ing the families.
Ezra Stevens, father of Albert T., with his wife and son Ralsa W., his son Weed II., with his wife, one son, and one daughter, and his son William, with his wife and two sons, came from Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in May, 1837, and settled in Genesee, Weed II. on section 8 and the others on section 9.
Peter Snyder and Henry D. Hunt settled on section 8 in 1838, and Charles R. Cooley and an Irishman named Patrick Daly on section 18.
These families constituted the Stanley settlement. All except Daly and Cooley and the three Stevenses were from Mount Morris, N. Y. Daly was from Ireland, and Cooley from Wayne County, N. Y.
During the first few years the settlers were all more or less dependent upon outside sources for a considerable portion of their provisions, and suffered, as all pioneers, in a tim- bered country, especially, are called upon to do, many hard- ships and privations. Most of the settlers brought iron plows with them,-generally the Livingston County plow,
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which was quite a favorite,-but Mr. Lake manufactured for his own use a wooden plow, which served during one or two scasons.
Sherman Stanley was a very thorough, energetic farmer, a man of the strietest integrity, and a conscientious mem- ber of the Baptist Church. His life in Genesee was a long and useful one, and enabled him to witness many and great changes in this part of the country. Ile died about cighteen or nineteen years ago, at the age of sixty-five years and five months. Ilis wife, who died about one and a half years before, also lived to the same age.
Cyrenus Lake's wife died in 1841, and, soon after, he moved to Grand Rapids, where he died of brain-fever, in 1846.
Joseph Simons subsequently married Miss Eunice Da- mon, of Mount Morris, who was then living with her cousin, IIenry D. Ilunt. They are still residents of the town.
Charles R. Cooley died in this town about the year 1853.
Of the Stevenses, Ezra dicd in 1848; Abigail, his wife, in 1841; Ralsa W., in October, 1875. William remained here only four weeks, and then removed to Ohio. IIc died in New London, Huron Co., Ohio, in 1876. Weed HI. and Albert T. are still residents of this town. To the last named we are indebted for much of the information contained in this sketch.
John Woolfitt, a native of that country on whose do- minions the sun never sets, settled on section 19 in 1835 or 1836. Benjamin F. Robinson also settled on the same section in the latter year.
These are not, by any means, all of the first settlers.
The following list, prepared from the tract-book on file in the register's office, shows the names of some others. It is, however, intended to show the names of all who entered land from the government. The names of those who are known to have actually settled here are printed in italics. The list shows the names, residences, dates of entry, number of acres entered, and the number of the sections on which it was located. We first give a list of those who entered land on more than one section :
Thomas L. L. Brent, of the State of Virginia, March 16, 1836, 259 acres on section 1, 255 acres on section 2, 240 acres on section 13, 320 acres on section 14, 94 aeres on section 15, 120 acres on section 21, 320 acres on section 22, 120 acres on section 27, and 40 acres on section 28; total, 1768 acres.
Ira Davenport, of Steuben Co., N. Y., May 25, 1836, 80 acres on section 1, 80 acres on scetion 2, 351 acres on section 3, 96 acres on section 4, S0 acres on section 6, 161 acres on section 11, 160 aeres on scetion 14, and 160 acres on section 35; total, 1168 acres.
Frederick St. John, of New York City, June 2, 1836, SO acres on section 9; June 9th, 95 acres on section 2, 80 acres on section 4, 349 acres on scetion 5, and 160 acres on sec- tion 9; total, 764 acres.
Sherman Stanley, of Livingston Co., N. Y., May 30, 1835, 80 aeres on section S, 160 acres on section 9; May 18, 1836, 160 acres on seetion 3, 80 acres on section S, and 160 acres on section 9; total, 640 acres.
Charles D. Seymour, of this county, May 26, 1836, 80 acres cach on sections 4 and 5; total, 160 acres.
Ira D. Wright, of this county, Nov. 9, 1836, 80 acres cach on sections 4 and 9; total, 160 acres.
Lewis Buckingham, of Livingston Co., N. Y., May 4, 1833, 137 acres on section 30; June 2, 1836, 240 acres on section 5; total, 377 acres.
Albert II. Hurt, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1835, S0 acres on section 6, 120 aeres on section 7 ; Oct. 29th, 40 acres on section 7; total, 240 acres.
Benjamin Pearson, of Livingston Co., N. Y., May 4, 1833, 299 acres on section 30, 62 acres on section 31; June 23, 1834, 40 acres on section 32; November 4th, 55 acres on section 32; May 22 and Sept. 26, 1835, 164 acres on section 32; September 18th, 122 acres on section 6, 80 acres on section 18, and 40 acres on section 29 ; total, S62 aeres.
David Thompson, of Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 29, 1836, 40 acres on section 7, 80 acres on section 17, and 40 acres on section 32; February 8th, 160 acres on section 6, and 80 acres on section 7; February 19th, 80 acres on sec- tion 21; total, 480 acres.
Allen Peck, Seth Hooker, and Walter Nimocks, of Jef- ferson Co., N. Y., April 22, 1836, 80 acres on section 7, and 160 acres on section S ; total, 240 acres.
Russel S. Parker, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Nov. 3, 1835, 160 acres on section 17; Oct. 25, 1836, 80 acres on section 8; total, 240 acres.
James A. Van Dyke, of Wayne Co., Mich., April 18, 1836, 80 acres on seetion 8, and 45 acres on section 18; total, 125 acres.
Martha. Beach, of this county, Sept. 26, 1835, 80 acres on section 10, and 46 acres on section 15; total, 126 acres.
Lott Clark and Stephen Warren, of the State of New York, Feb. 13, 1836, 72 acres on section 10, 148 acres on section 11, 165 acres on section 12, 65 acres on section 13, and 80 acres on section 15; February 22d, 78 acres on section 11, 79 acres on section 12, 80 aeres on section 15, and 90 acres on section 21; total, 857 acres.
John Clifford, of Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1835, GS acres on section 11, 142 acres on section 13, and 56 acres on section 28; March 16, 1836, 80 acres on section 15; March 17th, 30 acres on section 28; total, 376 acres.
Thomas R. Roby, of Monroe Co., N. Y., March 1, 1836, 160 acres on section 11, 320 acres on section 12, 160 acres on section 33, and 120 acres on section 34; total, 760 aeres.
Henry Dwight, of Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1836, 50 acres on section 12, and 20 acres on section 13; total, 70 acres.
Iliram Lyon, of Wayne Co., Mich., Oct. 2, 1834, 80 acres on section 17, and 80 acres on section 20; total, 160 acres.
Moses Cump, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June 2, 1835, SO acres on section 17, and 80 acres on section 20; total, 160 acres.
James Seymour, of Monroe Co., N. Y., March 1, 1836, 84 acres on seetion 21, and 160 acres on section 28; total, 244 acres.
Francis G. Macy, of Erie Co., N. Y., May 28, 1836, three entire sections, 23, 24, and 25; total, 1920 acres.
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George R. Perkins, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June 22, 1836, 400 aeres on section 27; August 26th, 240 acres on section 22; total, 640 acres.
Ogden M. Willey, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June 13, 1836, 320 acres on section 26, and 320 acres on section 36 ; total, 640 acres.
William Young, of Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1834, 22 acres on seetion 28, and 159 acres on section 29 ; total, 181 acres.
Gilbert Howell, of Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1835, 68 acres on section 29; October 15th, 39 acres on sec- tion 28; total, 107 acres.
Enoch Jones, of Wayne Co., Mich., March 1, 1836, 160 acres on section 28; March 2d, 320 acres on scetion 34; total, 480 acres.
Daniel Curtis, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Sept. G, 1833, 80 acres on section 31; Dec. 17, 1835, 40 acres on sec- tion 32; total, 120 acres.
The remaining entries, for convenience, are classified by sections, the list showing, in addition to the details hereto- fore given, the area of cach section. The reason that so many sections fall short of the full sectional area is that, in addition to the fractional sections on the north and west borders, those scetions through which the river passes have considerable " meandered lands," which are not counted in. The list continues as follows :
Section 1, 677.56 acres : Nov. 9, 1836, Oliver G. Wcs- son, of this county, 80 acres ; Eunice Beach, same county, 160 acres; Nov. 10th, Nathaniel Thurston, same county, 983 acres.
Section 2, 669.05 acres : May 30, 1836, William Devin- ney, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres ; Samuel Devinney, same county, 80 acres; Alva Thayer, same county, 80 acres.
Section 3, 671.04 acres : March 14, 1836, Waldo How- ard, of Monroe Co., N. Y., 160 acres.
Scetion 4, 673.83 acres : March 30, 1836, Aaron Foster, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., 160 acres; May 27th, Peter Richardson, of Oakland Co., Mich., 178 acres.
Section 5, 669.36 acres.
Section 6, 564.38 acres : May 22, 1835, Calista Arthur, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 28 aeres ; June 25, 1836, Thomas M. Howell, of Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., 95 acres.
Section 7, 556.48 acres : Sept. 25, 1834, William Sis- sons, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 40 aeres, and the same party, Oct. 29, 1835, 40 acres; Nov. 15, 1834, Timothy J. Wal- ling, of the same county, 36 acres; Feb. 3, 1836, Loren Parsons, of this county, SO acres.
Section 8, 640 acres : May 30, 1835, Peter Snyder, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 160 acres.
Section 9, 640 acres.
Section 10, 634.16 acres: Feb. 3, 1836, Bradford P. Foster, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., 160 acres; Fcb. 11th, Lansing B. Mizner, of Ontario Co., N. Y., 2} acres ; April 16th, Morgan L. Schemerhorn, of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 160 acres ; May 30th, Harley Thayer, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 160 acres.
Section 11, 615.20 acres : March 30, 1836, Bradford A. Potter, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., 80 acres.
Section 12, 614.29 acres.
Seetion 13: 627 52 acres : March 28, 1836, Douglas Houghton, of Wayne Co., Mich., 160 acres.
Section 1.4, 640 acres : Sept. 16, 1836, Joseph Jones, of this county, 80 acres; Jan. 25, 1851, Peter Kinney, of Ni- agara Co., N. Y., 40 acres ; June 3, 1852, George WV. Good- enough, 40 acres.
Section 15, 610.20 acres: Oct. 13, 1835, Nelson K. Moore, of Wayne Co., Mich., 894 acres, and the same party, October 30th, 59 aeres ; April 9, 1836, Gideon Lec, of New York City, 80 acres.
Section 16, about 625 acres : school land.
Section 17, 650 acres : April 22, 1835, Nathaniel Fisk, of Wayne Co., Mich., 160 acres ; September 26th, Allbert T. Stevens, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 40 acres ; October 20th, Joseph Simons, of the same county, 40 acres.
Section 18, 574.20 acres : June 23, 1834, Fidelia Ar- thur, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 50 acres ; September 25th, John Woolfitt, of the same county, 45 acres ; October 16th, William M. Parker, of Oneida Co., N. Y., 80 acres, and the same party, May 27, 1835, 160 acres ; Dee. 1, 1835, Charles R. Cooley, of Wayne Co., N. Y., 80 aeres ; Feb. 6, 1836, William Smith, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40 aeres.
Section 19, 587.52 acres ; May 4, 1833, Isaac N. Robin- son, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 134 acres, and the same party, July 10, 1835, 80 acres ; June 17, 1833, Benjamin Coy, of the same county, 53 acres; March 30, 1835, Alanson Sheley, of Wayne Co., Mich., 240 acres; October 29th, Benjamin F. Robinson, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres.
Section 20, 640 acres : Oct. 2, 1834, Amos Gillett, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 240 acres ; April 1, 1835, Nelson II. Chittenden, of Wayne Co., Mich., 160 acres ; May 16th, Norman Cone, of Middlesex Co., Conn., 80 acres.
Section 21, 607.94 acres : March 30, 1835, Anson Gil- bert, of Wayne Co., Mich., 197 acres ; Feb. 22, 1836, Joshua Terry, of Oakland Co., Mich., 38 acres.
Scetion 22, 640 acres : Sept. 16, 1836, Amos Jones, of this county, 80 acres.
Section 23, 640 acres. Section 24, 610 acres.
Section 25, 610 acres.
Section 26, 640 aeres : Sept. 14, 1836, Charles Wright, of this county, 160 acres ; Nov. 6, 1851, Alva Rogers, 160 acres.
Section 27, 640 acres : Sept. 7, 1835, Asa Bishop, of this connty, 40 acres; December 3d, Charles D. W. Gib- son, of the same county, 40 acres ; December 30th, Shubael Atherton, of Oakland County, 40 acres.
Section 28, 625.71 acres : May 6, 1834, Burnett Scott, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres ; Feb. 24, 1836, Thomas Hadley, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres.
Section 29, 623.01 acres: July G, 1833, Joshua Young, of Montgomery Co., N. Y., 80 acres ; December 11th, Lu- man Beach, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 40 acres ; June 23, 1834, Bradley Hutchinson, of the same county, 80 acres, and May 16, 1835, the same party, 76 acres; March 30, 1835, Charles Ivison, of Wayne Co., Mich., 80 acres.
Section 30, 595.61 acres : Sept. 28, 1833, Elisha Beach, of Oakland Co., Mich., SO acres; June 10, 1835, Wait Beach, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres.
Section 31, 571 acres : June 22, 1833, Addison Stewart,
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of Lapeer Co., Mich., 42 acres; September 11th, Hiram Brown, of Livingston Co., N. Y., SO acres; November 5th, Thomas W. Mather, of New York City, 80 acres; June 23, 1834, Ransom Stewart, of Chenango Co., N. Y., 68 acres, and the same party, November 4th, 40 acres ; Septem- ber 22d, Constant Terry, of Wayne Co., N. Y., 80 acres ; September 18th, Charles Toogood, of this county, 40 acres.
Section 32, 615.56 acres : Sept. 11, 1833, Daniel Brown, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 52 acres; Jan. 29, 1834, Ilervey Andrews, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 100 acres; Dec. 26, 1835, Seeley Harger, of Oakland Co., Mich., 80 acres; Feb. 1, 1836, Albert J. Smith, of this county, 35 acres.
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