History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Part 95

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott
Number of Pages: 761

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From these bottoms arises, on both sides of the river, a second terrace, narrower than the first, but, like it, irregular in width. It has a soil of sandy loam, and was once

sparsely wooded with oak and hickory. From this grade you ascend a few feet to one that is somewhat broader, with a sandy soil in the eastern part, and in the western part, north of the river, a heavier loam, with gravel, which, on section 21, crops out in beds of small bowlders. Its timber. like the second grade, was oak and hickory. To- land Prairie lies on this plateau, just west of Galesburg. It spreads so far towards the river on the south that it narrows the second terrace, and then broadens out in a circular range to the foot of the uplands on the north, from whence it sweeps back to the village on its eastern side. This prairie, of some 500 acres of land, is nearly oval in shape, and formerly had a wide fringe of burr-oak land extending entirely around it, from which several strips of burr-oak trees were scattered along the low places in the uplands some two miles northward. The soil of the prairie is of a dark vegetable mould, and some 12 inches deep.

The Kalamazoo, in its course from Hillsdale County to Lake Michigan, flows through many picturesque regions, yet in this entire distance it has but this one prairie lying on its banks. The first settlers called it Paragon Prairie, and in the earliest township records it bears that name. This was a most fitting name. For, when they first discov- ered it, was it not a model of beauty ? And there is beauty also in its native Indian name, Notawa-see-pe, a prairie lying by a river.

From this third terrace there is an ascent, varying from 25 to 100 feet, by which you reach the sparsely-wooded and park-like oak openings on the north side. From the brow of these uplands you can look over the beautiful val- ley, some two and a half miles wide, to the parallel range of uplands on the south side of the river, and the geolo- gist, referring to the melting of the ice in the Champlain period, will tell you " these bluffs were the banks of the Kalamazoo, when, with its deep, broad, and mighty cur- rent, filling the entire valley, it flowed on to Lake Michigan. Many ages have passed since it receded from its ancient high-water mark along the upland ridge at your feet, while flood-plain after flood-plain became dry, and terrace after terrace appeared, as the broad current lowered and dwindled to the narrow stream now murmuring along the bottom of the valley."

These oak openings have an undulating surface, which in places breaks into irregular ridges or low, sweeping hills. The soil is a gray loam, with a gravel and clay mixture along the northern border of the township, while sand predomi- nates in the southern portions of these uplands.

On the south side of the river it is by an equal ascent, varying from 25 to 100 feet, that you go from the third terrace to the uplands. With the exception of some 400 acres of openings in the southeast corner of Comstock, all

# By A. D. P. Van Buren, Esq.

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the uplands on the south side, and all the grades west of the Allerton Brook through to the river, were formerly covered with a dense forest of hard-wood timber. This was nearly one-third of the township in area. The soil is of a deep vegetable mould, with sometimes an admixture of heavy clay. The Kalamazoo has only one tributary from the north side. There are several springs on this side close to its banks that flow into it. There are six small streams that empty into it from the south side. The first of these rises in Charleston, and, entering Comstock, unites with a branch there, and, receiving additional supplies from springs on the slopes of the uplands, flows southwest into the Kala- mazoo. Jesse Earl, the old pioneer of 1832, turned this stream from its natural course by a channel dug for that purpose and harnessed it to his saw-mill.

The second stream finds its source in some springs, on section 26, and is now flowing through J. T. Allerton's farm into the Kalamazoo, as lively and prattling as when it first left its upland home. The third, a small brooklet, rises on section 29, and flows north into the Kalamazoo. The fourth, a beautiful meadow-brook, has its source in a spring on section 36, and babbles on, with many curves and crooks, into the larger stream. The fifth flows from its rusty fountain on section 32, and wanders idly about pasture- lands until lost in the Kalamazoo. The sixth arises on section 30, and flows through the level marsh-lands into the same stream.

There are five lakes in the township, all located in its northern and western parts. Campbell's Lake, lying in the middle of section 3, covers about 100 acres of land ; Schoon- hoven's Lake covers an area of 10 acres in the northwest corner of section 9; Clark's Lake, still smaller, lies in the northwest corner of the township ; Lyon Lake, lying be- tween sections 8 and 9, covers near 70 acres ; and a small lake, of 5 or 6 acres of water-surface, lies in the southeast part of section 8. A small stream rises in Richland and flows southeasterly into Campbell's Lake. Comstock Creek finds its source in this lake, and flows westerly between broad, marshy borders through Schoonhoven's Lake, and southwesterly through marsh-land into the smaller lake, and going southerly receives a tributary from Lyon Lake, and, bending south again, flows through Comstock village into the Kalamazoo. Here, in 1831, when a wild, bab- bling stream, it was first captured by the founders of the village, and its water-power utilized in making lumber and flour for the entire region about it ; and to-day it turns the mills for the people in the same village.

From the north part of section 2 nearly to the village of Comstock there is a strip of marsh-land bordering both sides of this stream, averaging from a quarter to one mile in width.

As will be seen, the drainage of the township is natu- rally good, and the spade, in localities where marsh or sloughs occur, has opened drains and reclaimed many acres of otherwise useless land. There are about 22,604 acres of land and 436 acres of water-surface in the township. There is a bed of clay on J. C. Blake's farm, section 36, which Mr. Pray some thirty years ago utilized in making pottery on a small scale. Large beds are supposed to be there yet. From another bed on Mr. Franklin's farm, sec-

tion 32, Mr. Clark found clay to manufacture brick for his dwelling-house (now Mr. Franklin's), and some for market. This bed is not exhausted. From a large clay deposit on J. R. Comings' farm, section 23, he made, in 1864-65, brick for his fine residence, and supplied the Galesburg market for a time. An abundance of excellent clay lies there yet A brick-kiln was established a mile north of Comstock village, and brick were made there for several years. Like all the other clay deposits in this township, there is more in this bed for future use.

"The earth," 'tis said, " is an old nurse, whose decrepi- tude everything announces." Yet the growth of forest- trees found in this region is proof alone of the richness of the soil. On one settler's land, some twenty-five years ago, thirty different kinds of forest-trees were counted, besides the various small trees and underwood too numerous in kind to be counted ; then add to this the profuse growth of wild fruit-trees and berry-bushes, from the wild plum to the delicious strawberry that blushed on every hillside, forest, and plain ; add also the rank, luxuriant growth of grapes and wild-flowers that covered opening, prairie, and forest-land, growing so high that they overtopped your shoulder when on horseback, and you have some evidence that the soil of the wild territory of Michigan was not worn out and exhausted. The north and south portions of the township contain the best land.

FIRST SETTLERS.

The most important part of the history of this township is to be found in the biographies of its early settlers, for their histories embrace what has been called the heroic age, or the pioneer's battle in reclaiming the savage wilderness. It began one-half century after our national independence was declared. When, the East becoming populous and lands dearer, a new emigration took up its line of march still farther westward, to spy out favorable locations and plant new homes,-

"Lo! the flash of his eye, as it kindles his track, With the wild at his front and the world at his back.

I beg you to list to the pioneer's stroke,- The sleep of the wilderness lazily broke.

The blow of that axe was the beat of the clock That timed the whole route from Plymouth's gray rock."

Fifty-one years ago this year (1880) Isaac Toland left his home in Ypsilanti, and, threading his way westward through the wilderness, discovered this beautiful region, then untouched by the hand of civilization, and was so pleased with it that he decided to fix his home here. This was in August or September of 1829. Having selected the west half of the northeast quarter of section 23 of prairie-land, which extended south to the river, he, with Josiah Rosencrans, of Prairie Ronde, broke up 18 acres on the north part of his claim. This he sowed with wheat, and in a short time afterwards, with the aid of the Indians, erected a large log house. He hewed the logs of the build- ing on both sides. This was called for many years the best log house in the county.

It is an historical fact that, outside of the settlement on Prairie Ronde, this was the first plowing done, the first wheat sown, and the first substantial log house built in the county of Kalamazoo. Having made these betterments he

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returned to Ypsilanti, where he spent the winter, and in the early spring came with his family to his new home. Thus the history of Comstock begins with Isaac Toland's settle- ment here ; for all that this flourishing township now has, lay there in the bud. That rude log house and rough log stable were the beginning of our present handsome resi- dences and commodious barns ; in those scanty betterments lay the germ of the smiling farm-lands, the thrifty or- chards, the flocks and herds, the productive wealth and prosperity of the Comstock of to-day.

Isaac Toland's name does not appear on the records at the land-office, but in its stead the name of Calvin C. White. It appears that Mr. White entered the land for Toland, and that the title was never in the latter's name. In the spring of 1831, Mr. Toland sold his land to Roswell Ransom and Cyrus Lovell, and removed to the township of Milton, now Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., where he bought and improved a farm, and where he died some ten years later. He came, in 1824 or 1825, from near Brantford, Upper Canada, with his father-in-law, John Stewart, and with him settled at Ypsilanti. Mr. Stewart was one of the earliest settlers on Goguac Prairie, Calhoun Co. He had reared a family of twenty-one children. He had three wives. Mrs. Toland (Sally Stewart) was a daughter by the first wife. Mr. Toland was an honest, industrious man, and always had the confidence and respect of the people where he lived.

The next settlers who came to this township were Ralph Tuttle and family, with his father-in-law, Nathaniel Mat- thews. His sons Gideon and Alonzo, and their families, came a little later. They came from Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio, arriving on Toland Prairie May 20, 1830. Mr. Tuttle located on the east half of the southwest quarter of section 13, and his father-in-law on the southeast quarter of the same section. Mr. Matthews improved his farm, and lived to see the region he had found a wilderness set- tled by an enterprising class of people. He died in Gales- burg. His sons, after living here many years, went West.

Mr. Tuttle's log house for many years was the noted re- sort where the weary emigrant passing through this region found rest and food, with genuine hospitality.

" His house was made of whitewood split logs, with the flat side inward," and in 1831 "was unchinked and un- plastered." And yet his name was known throughout the entire border for his kindness in entertaining the wayfarer, and few of the early settlers in this part of the county but sojourned with him till they could build houses or get a place of their own. In a late letter to the writer, Mr. Tuttle says, " I could relate many trials and hardships of our pioneer life, as going fifty miles to get milling done, carrying a plowshare twenty miles to get it sharpened, and many other experiences of early life in Comstock, but they . are common to my neighbors."

Mr. Tuttle sold his farm to Dr. U. Upjohn in 1870, and removed to Chicago, where he and his faithful wife are spending the declining years of a well-spent life.

James Noyes came in October of 1830 from Ann Arbor, and settled on the east half of northwest quarter of section 23, where he built a log house and made improvements. He in 1831 sold his land to John Moore, who, on taking

possession of it, turned landlord, and his log house on the south side of the old Territorial road was long known as the " White Cottage." James Noyes bought new lands in the township of Brady, on which he erected a saw-mill, which, with his farm, he put into the Alphadelphia Society. On the disbanding of the society, in 1848, he retained his property. He died at his home in Brady many years since.

In the summer of 1830, Judge Caleb Eldred, of Otsego Co., N. Y., with his guide, Ruel Starr, made a claim to lands on the creek in the west part of the township. He hired Ralph Tuttle to build him a log house, and returned East for his family.

Sherman Comings and his family left their home in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vt., for Michigan in October, 1830. Arriving at Detroit, he met his son-in-law, George Townshend and wife, who had preceded him to that city some three months. At Detroit, Mr. Comings engaged Josiah Goddard, with his " Conestoga team," to carry his family and household goods into the interior of the State. The large Pennsylvania wagon, inclosed like a tent on wheels, with two span of horses harnessed to it, was soon ready for the journey. The mother, with six children, and all the household goods that could be stowed in it, were put aboard this inland " schooner." An ox-team, loaded with family stores, provisions, and a cook-stove, was driven in turn by Mr. Comings and Mr. Townshend. Goddard, taking the old Chicago turnpike, led the way. On arriving at Bronson's Prairie, Mr. Comings left his family there, while he and Mr. Goddard went forward by way of Not- tawa-see-pe, Prairie Ronde, and then to Toland Prairie. But finding that the settlers already here, Toland, Tuttle, and Noyes, claimed all the prairie-land as theirs, Mr. Comings retraced his steps to his family at Bronson Prairie. Mr. Goddard went back by way of Goguac Prairie, Calhoun County, on which he selected a beautiful farm, and finally located.

Mr. Comings, determining to have prairie-land, if any, started with his family in the ox-team for Kalamazoo County again. He stopped one night with Roswell Shellhouse, on Nottawa-see-pe, one night with Harry Smith, on Prairie Ronde, and the next night with Benjamin Drake, on Grand Prairie. While at Drake's he heard from Toland, Tuttle, and Noyes that if he would come back they would find prairie-land for him ; which report he, on reaching Toland Prairie, found to be true. He selected the east half of the southeast quarter of section 14, and went back to Grand Prairie for his family ; and on his return with them to Toland Prairie he found the logs for a house drawn on the land he had selected. They arrived here on the third day of December, 1830,* and moved into the new house before Christmas. The true history of their early life here would be as interesting as a romance.

Mr. J. R. Comings, now living in his fine brick residence on the land his father located fifty years ago, has the tin grater which they used to grate the corn for making johnny- cakes, the only food they had for a whole season. For milling and blacksmithing, Flowerfield was the only resort.

# During the winter of 1830-31 it did not thaw for forty days, and snowed every day during that time.

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They went to Detroit for their letters and to mail them, and for all the groceries they needed. Mr. Comings had seven children, who came with him to Michigan.

Mr. J. R. Comings has three children,-Flora B. (Mrs. Frank Hodgman, of Climax) ; Sherman, and Catherine S., the youngest, who live at home. Their mother is dead. Mr. Comings has a second wife, who is the daughter of Deacon W. Mills.

LAND-ENTRIES.

The following is a list of the original land-entries in town 2 south, of range 10 west (Comstock), showing each sec- tion, number of acres, month and year of entry, name and residence of the parties. This is from the tract-book in the register's office at Kalamazoo :

SECTION 1.

Acres.

Stephen Warren, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., October, 1835. 172.57 George Green, Monroe Co., N. Y., October, 1835 80 John D. Rosbrook, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., April, 1836 120

Benjamin J. Martindale, Cayuga Co., N. Y., April, 1836 120

William B. Barber, Cayuga Co., N. Y., April, 1836 80

Cicero Webster, Washtenaw Co., Mich., April, 1836. 88.94

SECTION 2.

Horace H. Comstock, Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., Sep- tember, 1835

160

George Green, Monroe Co., N. Y., October, 1835. 467.64

Thomas Sutton, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., December, 1836. 40

SECTION 3.

Augustus H. Ward, New York City, November, 1834 84.50

Samuel Hubbard and Isaac Parker, Boston, Mass., September,

1835, and July, 1836. 159.40 Horace H. Comstock, Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., Septem- 136.2

ber, 1836.

Ambrose Cock, Cayuga Co., N. Y., December, 1836. 170.97

SECTION 4.

Albert E. Bull. St. Joseph Co., Mich., February, 1833. 96.64 Augustus H. Ward, New York City, November, 1834 78.69 Samuel W. Caldwell, Philadelphia, Pa., September, 1835. 391.58

Jonathan Babcock, Williamstown, Mass., April, 1836. 95.89

SECTION 5.

Elijah Lamb, Berkshire Co., Mass., June, 1833 .. 96.82 William Pickett, Fairfield, Conn., June, 1834. 80

Samuel Hubbard and Isaac Parker (Boston Company), Mass., September, 1835. 96.66

Samuel W. Caldwell, Philadelphia, Pa., September, 1835. 240

John W. Kean, New Jersey, September, 1835. 160

SECTION 6.

James Shea, England, August, 1833. 151.36

William Hook and John Miller, Scotland, June, 1836 .. 514.24

SECTION 7.

Wolcott Botsford, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., December, 1833 80

Hiram Joachim, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., May, 1834 139.32

Louis Bohne, England, May, 1834. 80

William Hook and John Miller, Scotland, June, 1834. 160

H. H. Comstock, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1834. 80

Elizabeth Gelston, New York City, September, 1835. 80

SECTION 8.

Andrew Baxter, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., October, 1834 80

Daniel Plumley, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., February, 1835 40

Benjamin Depew, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1835 .. 40

Samuel Percival and Charles Andrews, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., November, 1835. 80

Solomon Kingsley, Orleans Co., N. Y., November, 1835 40 Benjamin Depew, Niagara Co., N. Y., December, 1835 80

Silas Joy, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., July, 1836 40

H. H. Comstock, Otsego Co., N. Y., June, 1836. 160 Charles Andrews, February, 1837. 40

John Lyons, Otsego Co., N. Y., April, 1853 40

SECTION 9.

William A. Ward, New York City, November, 1834. 40 Andrew McNitt, Niagara Co., N. Y., May, 1835. 80 Benjamin Depew, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1835. 240 Samuel E. Hollister, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., November, 1835 ... 40 William A. Ward, New York City, November, 1835 40 Benjamin Burnett, Niagara Co., N. Y., December, 1835, and

January, 1836. 80 Henry Sheldon, Niagara Co., N. Y., December, 1836. 120

SECTION 10. Acres.

Augustus H. Ward, New York City, November, 1834 160

Clark Hall, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1835. 160 Henry Barnard, Windsor Co., Vt., July, 1835 80 Festus Hall, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1835. 80 H. H. Comstock, Otsego Co., N. Y., September, 1835. 160

SECTION 11.

Hugh M. Shafter, Windham Co., Vt., June, 1833. 40 Lyman and Calvin F. Beebe, Monroe Co., N. Y., September, 1835. 160

H. H. Comstock, Otsego Co., N. Y., September, 1835. 160 Jason Winslow, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., September, 1835, and October, 1835. 200

Stephen Warren, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., October, 1835. 80

SECTION 12.

Nathaniel Cothren, Wayne Co., Mich., April, 1835 160

Jacob Flanders, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1835. 80

William A. Goodrich, June, 1835. 120 Stephen Warren, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., October, 1835. 80 Manasseh Bixby, Windham Co., Vt., October, 1835. 80

Veron D. Taylor, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, November, 1835, and March, 1836 120

SECTION 13.

Major G. Van Duzer, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., September, 1830. 80 Ralph Tuttle, Lake Co., Ohio, June, 1831 80

Mumford Eldred, Vermont, June, 1832 80

William R. Shafter, Windham Co., Vt., June, 1833.

Nathaniel E. Mathews, September, 1833, and March, 1834 80

Mathias Sumner, Windham Co., Vt., June, 1835 80

Hugh M. Shafter, Windham Co., Vt., June, 1835. 40

Manasseh Bixby, Windham Co., Vt., October, 1835. 40

Roswell Ransom, Windham Co., Vt., October, 1835. 80

SECTION 14.

John J. Gurnsey, Dutchess Co., N. Y., June, 1831 160 Lovell and Hiram Moore, Caledonia Co., Vt., June, 1831. 80

John F. Gilkey, Vermont, September, 1831. 80 Mumford Eldred, Caledonia, Vt., January, 1842 80 Elizabeth Gelston, New York City, September, 1835 160 Lyman and C. F. Beebe, Monroe Co., N. Y., September, 1835. 40 Caleb Smart, New Hampshire, September, 1835. 40

SECTION 15.

David A. McCollum, Ann Arbor, Mich., June, 1831 80

James Burnett, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1832. 80

Lanckford Burdick, Otsego Co., N. Y., May, 1833. 80 Thomas W. Merrill, Sedgwick, Me., January, July, and October, 1835. 320

Joseph Merrill, Sedgwick, Me., June, 1835 80

SECTION 17.

William Harris, Kalamazoo, Mich., November, 1830. 80

H. H. Comstock, June, 1831 80

Hiram Hoore and Caleb Eldred, June, 1831 80 H. H. Comstock, July, 1832. 200 Salmon King, Oxford, U. C., June, 1834. 80 Samuel Percival, Carlton, Orleans Co., N. Y., November, 1834. 40

Montgomery Percival, Carlton, Orleans Co., N. Y., November,

1834 80

SECTION 18.

Leland Lane, June, 1831 76.43 Lovell Moore and H. H. Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., June, 1831. 80

Linus Ellison, June, 1833.

79.87

Demeit Davis, Caledonia, Vt., October, 1833. 80 Augustus Porter, Wayne Co., Mich., December, 1833 80

Salmon King, Oxford, U. C., June, 1834. 223.72

SECTION 19.

H. H. Comstock, June, 1831 45.20 Lovell Moore and H. H. Comstock, June, 1831. 23.37 Thomas W. Merrill, September, 1832 .. 49

Linus Ellison, Windsor Co., Vt., June, 1833

73.17

John McAllister and Wilbur Stetson, June, 1834 94.84

Oliver C. Gregg, February, 1852 40

State swamp lands, in 1850 271.24

SECTION 20.

H. H. Comstock, June, 1831 102.90 Stephen Eldred, June, 1831. 79.30

Thos. W. Merrill, November, 1832 70.70

H. H. Comstock, July, 1834 42.60

Chas. V. Morris, June, 1836 .. 80

Samuel D. Wells, December, 1845 40

State swamp lands, in 1850.

200

SECTION 21.

H. H. Comstock, June, 1831 .. 74 Willard Richards, Allegany Co., N. Y., September, 1831. 101.30

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Acres.

Henry Little, St. Johnsbury, Vt., November, 1831. 105.06 James Burnett, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1832 94.25

H. H. Comstock, July, 1834 .. 124.34

Moses Merrill, Hancock, Me., November, 1835 .. 96.13 Alexander Buell and Marcellus C. Churchill, island in Kalama- zoo River, sections 21 and 22, August, 1851 40.41

SECTION 22.

H. H. Comstock, June, 1831 1.46

Thos. W. Merrill, June, 1831. 72.80

Cyrus Lovell, June, 1831. 201.21

D. A. McCollum, June, 1831 80

Jas. Burnett, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1832 78.86

Benjamin Burnett, June, 1835. 43.51

H. H. Comstock, December, 1836 73.06

SECTION 23.

Lovell and Hiram Moore, Caledonia Co., Vt., June, 1831. 248.70 Linus Ellison, June, 1831. 80

Calvin C. White, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., June, 1831. 80

Hiram Moore, Caledonia Co., Vt., June, 1831 105.45

Lyman Tubbs, Yates Co., N. Y., April, 1833 48.66

Martin Turner, Niagara Co., N. Y., May, 1834 35.78

SECTION 24.

H. H. Comstock, June, 1831 ... 333.49 Alvah and Jesse Earl, Niagara Co., N. Y., September, 1831 ... 122.31

Wm. Earl, September, 1831. 41.43

Jesse W. Turner, February, 1835. 89.30

SECTION 25.

Ethan Bradley, Genesee Co., N. Y., October, 1833. 80

Luke Keith, May, 1834 40

Warren Wilcutt, Niagara Co., N. Y., May, 1835 80

Eli Clinton, Tioga Co., N. Y., June, 1835 .. 120

Ralph Tuttle, Lake Co., Ohio, April, 1836 40

Orilla J. Matthews, Geauga Co., Ohio, May, 1836 80

Ephraim S. Whipple, May, 1836. 80

Luke Keith, June, 1836 40

Elizabeth Clapp, December, 1836 40

Ambrose Cock, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1837 40

SECTION 26.

Alvira Tubbs, Yates Co., N. Y., April, 1833 200

Lyman Tubbs, Yates Co., N. Y., April, 1833 159.20

Harvey Keith, Genesee Co., N. Y., July, 1833 77.86 Martin Turner, Niagara Co., N. Y., May, 1834. 80

Amos Whitcomb, Niagara Co., N. Y., June and Nov., 1835 120

SECTION 27.

Wm. Earl and Alonzo A. Matthews, November, 1832 133.03 Wm. Earl, Niagara Co., N. Y., November, 1832 80

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History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Part 95

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott Number of Pages: 761

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott
Number of Pages: 761