History of Livingston County, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 94

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This church was first connected with six other appointments, Oceola being one, and is now a mis- sion of the Fenton Church. In connection with the churches of Fenton and Gaines, they are now building a church in the west part of the town of Cohoctah. The present membership includes 76 families. The pastors have been Revs. Patrick Kelly, Francis X. Vanpalmer, Joseph Lambert, F. X. Pourette, Thomas Rafter, James Wheeler, and William Kilroy.


Although not incorporated,-the priest, accord- ing to the rules of the church, holding the title,- the church is known as "St. Peter's and Paul's Roman Catholic Church of Deerfield."


CEMETERIES.


There are but three burying-grounds in Deer- field, and two of these have been regularly incor- porated. The first is called


THE DEERFIELD CENTRE BURIAL-GROUND.


As has been mentioned, the first death in town, so far as known, was that of Mrs. Achsah (Wood) Bennett, the second wife of Benjamin Bennett, who died in June, 1837. The second is believed to have been that of Mrs. Nancy Faussett, widow of James Faussett, and mother of Thomas and George Faussett : she was the first person buried in this ground. Her death occurred March 6, 1838. Other early deaths were those of Mr. Joseph Wise's father, date unknown; Lydia E. Luce (daughter of Freeborn and Eunice Luce), an in- fant, Aug. 2, 1838; and Mrs. Sarah Boutell, second wife of Lorenzo Boutell, Oct. 9, 1840.


Mrs. Faussett's nephew, Thomas Sharp, was one day talking with her when she broached the subject of death, and said that she would soon be called away, and wanted to select a pleasant place of burial before she died. Mr. Sharp told her that, if she had no objection to being buried upon


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his farm, he would give her an acre on any part of his land she should select, to be used as a burying-ground for the neighborhood. She made her selection, taking a piece near the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 21; and there, within two years' time, she was buried on the very spot selected by herself, where a marble slab marks her resting-place. From time to time other interments have been made, until the original lot became so well filled as to necessitate an addition being made, which was accordingly done. The ground is well kept and contains a number of neat and tasty monuments and tomb- stones.


The first transfer of the title was made Jan. 20, 1855, when the ground was deeded to John Sellers, E. F. Cooley, and Darius Lewis, trustees of the Deerfield Centre Burying-Ground. The formal incorporation took place at a meeting held May 16, 1863. The officers elected were: President, Elhanan F. Cooley; Secretary, Simeon Kittle; Treasurer, John Sellers; Sexton, John Merrill.


At that time, Ira Lamb, A. D. Royce, John F. Topping, William Leonard, E. B. Holcomb, Calvin W. Leonard, John Anderson, Luther V. Field, and Samuel Leonard, in addition to those already named, were members of the association.


The present officers are: President, Elias B. Holcomb; Vice-President, Christopher Nicholson; Secretary, Almeron Holcomb; Treasurer, Mishal Hull; Sexton, John Merrill.


DEER CREEK BURYING-GROUND.


This is located on the northeast quarter of sec- tion 7. It contains about I.I acres. The ground was first opened in 1846, by John How, as a family and neighborhood burial-place, and was finally in- corporated at a meeting held in the Deer Creek school-house, Oct. 30, 1875. After adopting a name, officers were chosen as follows: President, John How; Vice-President, William W. Hender- son ; Secretary, Frederick Bredow; Treasurer, Da- vid B. Bradley ; Sexton, John G. Gibson. These officers hold their position at the pleasure of the association until removed for cause. No change has yet been made in the official board.


CATHOLIC CEMETERY.


Around the Catholic church, on section 25, is located the third burying-ground in Deerfield. It contains nearly two acres, and has numerous graves, over many of which have been erected beautiful and costly monuments. It looks somewhat neg- lected. With a little effort and watchful care, it could very easily be made the prettiest cemetery in the town.


In closing, the writer desires to return grateful thanks to John How, James Cameron, Calvin W. Leonard, Joseph Chamberlin, and others, for cour- tesies extended, facilities afforded, and assistance rendered in this work. Deerfield and its citizens will long be pleasantly remembered.


COHOCTAH TOWNSHIP.


WHEN the rigor of the winter of 1832-33 had been subdued by the ever higher mounting sun of spring, and the soft-falling rains and balmy south- ern breezes began to wake to renewed life the long dormant energies of Nature, an adventurous pio- neer,-one of those genuine videttes of an ad- vancing host, whose energetic, restless, impatient nature forced him to the front in anything he was led to undertake,-made his appearance in that part of the country now known as the township of Cohoctah. That man was an Indian trader, named Gilbert W. Prentiss, and he was the first settler in this township. In the entering of his land he was preceded three days by Lyman Boughton, who made his entry of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and northwest quarter of the


northeast quarter of section 34, on the 6th day of April, while Prentiss made his on the 9th, and a second entry on the 15th. His first entry was 40 acres,-the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 22, and his second was of 80 acres, it being the east half of the same quarter section.


At that time the whole extent of the terri- tory now comprising the town of Cohoctah was an unbroken wilderness, a wild of low-lying marshes, dark, gloomy tamarack swamps, sunny plains, and beautiful openings, with a border- ing of heavier timber, reaching almost entirely around its outskirts. The foot of the wandering Indian hunter, the white hunter, trapper, and trader, the government surveyor, and, perhaps, a


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few land-lookers, had alone trod the mazes of its forest, and forded its water-courses. The wild game wandered at pleasure beneath the inviting shade of its spreading oaks, or fearlessly quenched their thirst from the sparkling waters of its mean- dering streams, not yet having learned to fear the presence of man, as the death-dealing rifles of the pioneers soon taught them to do when the settle- ment began.


Township 4 north, of range 4 east, as this town was designated by the United States survey, comprises a territory nearly six miles wide from east to west, and a little over six and three-eighths miles long from north to south, containing an area of 24,538 acres. It is the west central town on the north line of the county, and centrally distant eight and three-quarters miles from the county-seat. The town of Burns, Shiawassee Co., adjoins it on the north, the town of Deerfield on the east, the town of Howell on the south, and the town of Conway on the west. Its surface is generally quite level, lightly rolling in some parts, and was originally badly cut up by numerous swamps and marshes, many of which have, by the clearing up of the country and the improvements made in the drainage system of the town, been reclaimed and made tillable and productive. Probably from one- seventh to one-twelfth of the township was origi- nally covered with these marshes and swamps. At present the largest marshes are in the south part of section 33, along the course of the outlet of Cook's Lake, and along Teller's Creek in sec- tion 21.


The soil is varied, following very closely the lines that marked the boundaries of the different kinds of lands. In the central part, where were the plains, it is of a very light, sandy nature; to- wards the north line, where were mixed timbered lands and timbered openings, the soil is of a heavier nature, a sort of clayey loam ; in the east- ern part it is made up of mingled sand ridges, and marshes or swamps; in the southeast corner, where the timber on the openings was very heavy, the soil is also heavier and tempered with some clay ; along the south line this continues with in- tervening swamps, till in the southwest part comes a more elevated surface, which was originally tim- bered opening, and where the soil is light, and yet strong and fertile ; and along the west line of the town, where were mixed marshes and openings, the soil is correspondingly varied. The soil is well adapted to the cultivation of general crops, and the real agricultural worth of the township has not been fully developed.


The lakes of Cohoctah number but seven, and are none of them of any considerable size. The


largest of them, on section 32, from the peculiar formation of its bottom, is named Sand-Bottom Lake. It is connected with Cook's Lake, which lies south from it, and which is of nearly the same size. It, however, unlike the former, has a muddy bottom, and a good deal of marsh about its shores. The outlet of both joins the Shiawassee River, on section 34. Another lake of nearly the same size lies on section 19, and is called Devil's Lake. It is surrounded by wide marshes and has a muddy bottom. Its outlet is Sprague's Creek. Lime Lake is a small body of water lying on section 14. It derives its name from the fact that its shores and bottom is composed of a kind of marl that, by burning, can be converted into an indifferent sort of lime. It has a bolder shore than any of the other lakes. Its outlet connects it with Mud Lake, lying a few rods south on the same section. This lake has a muddy bottom, a marshy shore, and its waters have a peculiar turbid look, which gives the lake its name. Its outlet enters the Shiawas- see, near the southwest corner of the section. Thatcher's Lake is a small body of water on sec- tion 4. It covers an area of about four acres, and was named after Michael Thatcher, who settled near it at an early day. Its outlet runs southward into another smaller lake, lying across the south line of the section, which is called Crawford's Lake. It then continues south till it joins Sprague's Creek. There is also one artificial pond at Che- mungville, on section 36, covering several acres, and affording a fine water-power.


The principal stream is the south branch of the Shiawassee River, which enters the town from Howell, about fifty rods east of the southwest cor- ner of section 34, and runs northerly through wide-spreading marshes on sections 34, 27, and the south half of 28, where its banks rise abruptly to a considerable height above the stream, and so con- tinues along its course until it reaches the quarter line of section 21, and again finds a marshy bed, which continues throughout its onward course through the town into Deerfield. Its current in this town is quite sluggish, and its entire course quite tortuous and some nine miles in extent. Its principal tributary is the second stream in import- ance in the town. It is commonly called " Bogue" Creek, a corruption of the Indian name " Bo-bish-e- nung." As to the significance of the name we are not able to speak. It enters this town near the southeast corner, and runs a northerly course of about three miles till it joins the river, in the north part of section 4. At Chemungville it affords a fine water-power. Sprague's Creek, the third stream in importance, is made up of two branches, the principal one being the outlet of Devil's Lake;


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the united streams flow in a variable southeast and east course through sections 9, 10, and 15, and empty into the Shiawassee in section 22. Teller's Creek, on section 21, the outlets of Cook's and Mud Lakes, and a tributary of the " Bogue," on section 25, constitute the remainder of the streams of Cohoctah.


The history of the aboriginal owners and inhab- itants. of the town is hid beneath the shrouding mystery of the past. At the time of settlement no Indians were permanently residing in the township, though many were frequently seen on their way to Detroit, or on hunting excursions. Time was, how- ever, when they had homes, and probably a village here, for traces of their former occupancy were found in abundance by the white settlers. Aside from the usual relics in the form of arrow and spear heads, stone hatchets and knives, there were other and more striking tokens of their presence in the shape of Indian orchards, gardens, cemeteries, and dancing-grounds. On section 22, in the south- east corner of the northwest quarter, was a piece of ground containing about a quarter of an acre, which had been leveled and trod down until the surface was hard and smooth as a floor. It was circular in form, about eight rods in diameter, and surrounded by a ring of earth which was elevated a little above the general surface, and appeared to have been formed from the earth removed in the process of leveling. It was a subject of great curiosity to the early settlers, and they only learned its use when they made inquiries regarding it of the In- dians whom they met. Here the stalwart savages celebrated their "war-dances" before departing on some bloody errand of conquest or revenge; or when returning successful with bloody trophies of their prowess they celebrated the occasion with the riotous "scalp-dance ;" or being unsuccessful, mourned with blackened faces and shrouded forms, and slowly trod the melancholy measures of the " death-dance." The Indian burying-ground was situated on the north bank of the Shiawassee River, near the west line of section 27. It covered one half-acre of ground, and contained some fifty or sixty graves, all marked with two tamarack poles, placed one at the head and the other at the foot, their tops drawn together and crossed, being fast- ened together with strips of bark. The orchards and places bearing marks of cultivation were in different places, but all in that section of the town.


There was but one trail of any prominence through this town. This was a branch of the Detroit and Grand River trail, that left the main trail somewhere in the neighborhood of Howell, and reached this town a quarter of a mile west of the southeast corner of section 34. From that point it followed very nearly the course of the


present road due north to the centre of section IO where it turned towards the northwest, and at the east quarter-post of section 5 turned a little to the northward and ran on till it reached Shiawassee town. On section 5 the trail forked, the other branch leading westward across sections 5 and 6, running to Dewitt, and thence to the Grand River. Neither of these were main trails, but they were frequently used and their courses well defined.


When the territory we have endeavored to de- scribe was thrown upon the market, the lands were bought up by two classes of purchasers. The first, though not the most numerous, were those who bought with the purpose in view of settling on their purchases and assisting in the development of the country; the second class were those men of means who thought that money invested in these lands would eventually pay a larger interest, and would certainly be safer, than if used in the speculations then so rife, and which were driving the financial American world into the current which, in 1837, swept it into the vortex of the panic of that year. The first class steadily pur- sued their purpose, while the others were wary purchasers until the thickening crowd of on-com- ing settlers seemed to assure the success of the undertaking, and then with a grand rush they swooped down upon the country and seized upon all the available and valuable land they could find. This is shown by the fact that three-fourths of the land in this town was taken up within the space of one twelvemonth, beginning with May, 1836, and that more than three-eighths was taken up in the two months of May and June, 1836.


The first entry was made, as before stated, by Lyman Boughton, April 6, 1833, and the next two by Gilbert W. Prentiss, on the 9th and 15th of the same month. These were the only purchasers in that year. The purchasers of the following year, 1834, were Benjamin Crawford, John and James Sanford, and Antony Clark. In 1835 the following persons entered land: John and Mary Sanford, Ezra Sanford, William W. Shutes, William Riker, Ephraim Crawford, Ezra Frisbee, and Dyer Rath- bun. There were one hundred and twenty-one entries in 1836. The year 1837 brought twenty- two purchasers. The other entries were made as follows : one in 1838, four in 1839, one in 1841, one in 1850, two in 1853, one in 1854, five in 1855, one each in 1856, 1857, 1860, 1867, 1869, and 1870, and two without the date being given, making a grand total of one hundred and sixty-eight entries, averaging over 146 acres each. The size of these entries tells a tale of speculative greed, and explains the reason why only fifty-six of these purchasers ever became residents of the town.


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The following list comprises all the entries of land in the town of Cohoctah. First we give a list of the purchasers on more than one section, with their places of residence, description and area of their purchases, and the dates of entry. In both this and the following list the names of actual settlers are marked with an asterisk (*) :


Ezra Sanford,* Oakland Co., Mich., July 4, 1835, 160 acres on section 21 and 80 acres on section 27 ; Nov. 15, 1836, 291.85 acres on section I and 40 acres on section 2.


Flavius J. B. Crane, of this county, July 5, 1836, 240 acres on section 2, 160 acres on section 3, and 80 acres on section II. Alva Preston,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 13, 1836, 144.36 acres on section 2 and 80 acres on section II.


Benjamin B. Kercheval, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 18, 1836, 80 acres on section II and 80 acres on section 18; Dec. 6, 1836, 80 acres on section 12; Dec. 15, 1836, 40 acres on section


2; Feb. 15, 1837, 80 acres on section 30; and Feb. 17, 1837, 80 acres on section 12.


James Waldron, Yates Co., N. Y., May 20, 1836, 160 acres on section 3 and 160 acres on section 10; Sept. 20, 1836, 40 acres on section 9.


Elisha Cross, Wayne Co., Mich., June 4, 1836, 289.10 acres on section 3 and 288.44 acres on section 4; Nov. 18, 1836, 104.70 acres on section 3 and 80 acres on section 5.


George Bisbee, Ottawa Co., Mich., June 6, 1836, 80 acres on sec- tion 3 and 120 acres on section 10.


Simeon Andrews, Wayne Co., Mich., June 17, 1837, 80 acres on section 5; Jan. 18, 1837, 80 acres on section 14 and 80 acres on section 33.


John G. Kanouse, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 10, 1836, 120 acres on section 8 and 120 acres on section 9.


Thomas P. Briggs, Yates Co., N. Y., May 20, 1836, 160 acres on section 4 and 40 acres on section 9.


Aretus G. Smith, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 20, 1836, 80 acres on section 9 and 160 acres on section 10.


Isaac Pratt,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 14, 1836, 320 acres on section 12 and 40 acres on section 13.


William Cooper, New York, Aug. 2, 1836, 160 acres on section 13 and 160 acres on section 14.


Miles P. Lamson, Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1836, 320 acres on section 13, 160 acres on section 14, 160 acres on section 15, and 40 acres on section 22.


Matthew Gooding, Wayne Co., Mich., Dec. 17, 1836, 160 acres on section 17; and Jan. 16, 1837, 80 acres on section 15.


Isaac S. Kidder, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 27, 1836, 160 acres on section 18, 80 acres on section 29, and 160 acres on section 30.


James Grant, Oakland Co., Mich., May 23, 1836, 80 acres on sec- tion 35; and June 21, 1836, 149.88 acres on section 18.


Alvah Ewers, Wayne Co., Mich., May 30, 1836, 160 acres on sec- tion 19 and 240 acres on section 20.


Gottlieb Nieman, New York City, Aug. 2, 1836, 318.96 acres on section 19 and 80 acres on section 20.


Frederick Ring, New York City, Aug. 2, 1836, 158.12 acres on section 19 and 160 acres on section 20.


William Packard,* Wayne Co., Mich., May 10, 1836, 80 acres on section 24; May 12, 1836, 160 acres on section 24, 80 acres on section 25, and 80 acres on section 26; May 16, 1836, 80 acres on section 24; and May 23, 1836, 40 acres on section 23 and 80 acres on section 26.


Daniel Boutell, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1836, 40 acres on section 24 and 80 acres on section 25; March 1, 1837, 40 acres on section 24 and 40 acres on section 25; April 26, 1837, 80 acres on section 24; and Jan. 10, 1839, 40 acres on sec- tion 25.


Chauncey D. Fisher,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 30, 1836, 80


acres on section 25, 80 acres on section 35, and 40 acres on section 36.


Joseph Hosley,* Wayne Co., Mich., June 6, 1836, 40 acres on sec- tion 36; June 9, 1836, 80 acres on section 36; Sept. 23, 1836, 80 acres on section 25; and Dec. 29, 1836, 80 acres on sec- tion 25.


Thomas Goldsmith,* Monroe Co., N. Y., May 13, 1836, 120 acres on section 26 and 80 acres on section 27.


Levi and Ambrose Mosher, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 27, 1836, 160 acres on section 26; June 10, 1836, 40 acres on section 26 and 120 acres on section 36.


John Sanford,* Oakland Co., Mich., July 8, 1834, 80 acres on sec- tion 27 and 320 acres on section 34; May 27, 1835, 80 acres on section 27 and 80 acres on section 34.


David W. Sheldon, Ontario Co., N. Y., May 12, 1836, 40 acres on section 28 and 120 acres on section 29.


Horace Heath and Apollos Smith, United States, June 10, 1836, 320 acres on section 35 and 80 acres on section 36.


The remaining entries are, for sake of conveni- ence, classed by sections, as follows :


SECTION I. Acres.


James McGregor and John A. McGan, Boston, Mass., June


4, 1836. 214.38 Philander Bird, Wayne Co., Mich., June 18, 1836 .. 80 Thomas Bussey, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 28, 1836 .. 80 Amos Huff, of this county, Nov. 15, 1836 .. 80 Orrin Cole, Oakland Co., Mich., Dec. 5, 1836. 80 Wm. H. Johnson, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 24, 1836 .. 80


SECTION 2.


Elias Litchfield, Hartford Co., Conn., Dec. 13, 1836 ....... 144.36 80 Isaac Dunn, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Jan. 19, 1837 ... ... George W. Allen,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 10, 1837. 209.64


SECTION 3.


Nelson Coston,* Oakland Co., Mich., Nov. 18, 1836. .. 104.71


SECTION 4.


John F. Maxson, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 25, 1836 ... 240 John Kemp, Levi Bayley,* and Charles George, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 27, 1836. 209.03


SECTION 5.


Dyer Rathbun,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 29, 1835. .. 208.85 Seth Dunbar, Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 8, 1836 ... 289.70 Michael Thatcher,* of this county, July 27, 1837 .. 160


David Sanford,* of this county, Jan. 8, 1838. 40


Michael Downey,* of this county, Nov. 29, 1854. 40


SECTION 6


John Edmonds, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 14, 1836. 101.18 Nehemiah M. Allen, of this county, June 14, 1836. 80 Jedediah D. Commins, Portage Co., Ohio, June 15, 1836. 198.17 Levi Mosher, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 15, 1836 101.18 Mortimer B. Martin, Wayne Co., Mich., Aug. 2, 1836. 153.20 Adolphus Coburn, Albany Co., N. Y., Aug. 6, 1836 .. 160


George P. Tyson, Oakland Co., Mich., Feb. 11, 1837 75.84


SECTION 7.


James B. Cooley, Monroe Co., N. Y., July 5, 1836 .. 160 Levi Cooley, Monroe Co., N. Y., July 5, 1836 .. 153.56


Henry and Van Rensselaer Hawkins, Genesee Co., N. Y .. 312.60


SECTION 8.


Israel V. Harris, Wayne Co., Mich., Oct. 26, 1836. 240 William White, Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 20 and 26, 1837 .. 240 Daniel Sculley,* of this county, Sept. 12, 1837. 40


SECTION 9.


Elam Moe, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 14, 1836. 80 Joseph H. Steele, Wayne Co., Mich., July 5, 1836. ... David Guile,* Oakland Co., Mich., Oct. 26, 1836, and July


80


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SECTION 10.


Acres.


Abram Kanouse,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 25, 1836 .. 40 Josiah Bates, Yates Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1836 I20 George W. Albee, of this county, May 13, 1837 40


SECTION II.


Hosea Root, of this county, June 28, 1836. 80 Thomas M. Howell, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y.,


July 5, 1836. 160 Sarah Stoddard,* Wayne Co., Mich., Aug. 1, 1838. 40 Nathaniel W. Brayton,* of this county, Sept. 7, 1855. 120


SECTION 12.


Leavans S. Hutchins, Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 16, 1837 .. 160


SECTION 13.


Harris Hickok, Madison Co., N. Y., March 3, 1837 ........ 120


SECTION 14.


Harrison Cox, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 10, 1836 .. ... 160 Patrick Gallaghan,* of this county, April 8, 1837 .. 80


SECTION 15.


Josiah and Stephen D. Beers, Tompkins Co., N. Y., May 27, 1836 400


SECTION 16.


Elias Sprague,* May 3, 1850, and March 11, 1853 80 R. Grant,* Sept. 12, 1853. 40 J. Ramer,* May 21, 1855, and April 12, 1860. I20


George Palmer,* May 29, 1855. 120


S. Carpenter,* July 7, 1855 40 Peter and William Deane,* March 28, 1856 40 E. C. Sprague,* May 13, 1857 40 Edwin and Delos Alger,* Oct. 1, 1869. 40 Henry Thomas,* Jan. 5, 1870. 40


SECTION 17.


Isaac Green, Wayne Co., Mich., July 5, 1836. 160 Gaius Dayton, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 1, 1836. 320


SECTION 18.


Conrad Hayner,* Oakland Co., Mich., Dec. 29, 1836. ..... 160 George C. Hayner,* of this county ... 80


SECTION 20.


Joseph Hines,* Lenawee Co., Mich., June 15, 1836, and


May 16, 1837 160


SECTION 21.


Mary Sanford,* Oakland Co., Mich., May 27, 1835, and June 18, 1836.


80 Cornelius Neafie, Orange Co., N. Y., June 20, 1836 ........ 560




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