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CHAPTER XXXI.
BURNS TOWNSHIP .*
Boundaries and Natural Features-Settlement of the Township- Schools -- Early Roads-Civil History of the Township-Byron Vil- lage-Church History-Societies and Orders.
BURNS, the southeast corner township of Shiawassee County, described as town 5 north, of range 4 west, is bounded on the north by Vernon, on the east by Genesce County, on the south by Livingston County, and on the west by Antrim. The surface, though in places level, and inclined to be wet and swampy, is generally undulating, and is well drained by the Shiawassee and its branches, as well as by several large artificial water-ways. The stream usually known as the East Branch unites with the Shiawas- see River at Byron village, forming an excellent water-power at that village. There are two small lakes in the township, both of which have small outlets that unite and flow into the river. The soil is very fertile, and the township is justly considered one of the best in Shiawassee County. Until September, 1850, parts of sections 5, 7, and 8, and all of section 6, were held as an Indian reservation,t but at that time it was opened for settlement.
SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP.
Although Whitmore Knaggs came to what is now the township of Burns and opened a trading-station here as early as the year 1820, and was succeeded by the traders Grant, Godfroy, and John Knaggs, the last mentioned of whom (a son of Whitmore Knaggs) commenced trade on the Indian reservation in or about 1832, the actual settle- ment of the township by immigrant farmers intending to become permanent residents did not begin until 1835. In the summer of that year (in July as near as can be aseer- tained) Dyer Rathburn, with a wife and seven children, reached the township, and located the southeast quarter of seetion 20. With the help of Rufus, his eldest son, then about twenty-one years of age, he immediately built a log
* By G. A. MeAlpine.
+ The reservation of Kechewondaugoning, granted to the Shiawas-
see Chippewas in the Saginaw treaty of September, 1819.
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cabin dwelling, which, after the settlement of the township fairly commeneed, was used also as a tavern.
Mr. Rathburn seems to have had some idea of the diffi- culties to be encountered, for he came well prepared to meet them. He brought two yokes of' oxen and a span of horses, with wagons, farming implements, and household goods. In the fall he sowed a small piece of wheat, and in the spring planted corn. For nearly a year the family lived in solitude, with no neighbors but Indians, many hundreds of whom at times passed along the trail east of the cabin on their way southeast to the Detroit River, and on their return thenee to their homes and hunting-grounds in the northwest.
The first knowledge the family had of other settlers being in the township was brought about accidentally. Some members of the family being in the woods at a con- siderable distance from home heard the cackling of chickens on the north side of the Shiawassee River, and on search- ing for new-comers they found the family of Robert Craw- ford comfortably located in a cabin, near the north bank of the river, on section 15. Mr. Crawford came to Oakland Co., Mich., in 1826, from Canada, having gone there from New York in 1820. He came to Burns in March, 1836, and located as above stated. As soon as his cabin was completed, Joseph Leonard (his son-in-law ) and wife came to the new home of her father. IJer younger brother and sister came at the same time, and the rest of the family came in June.
The first white child born in the township was Adelaide Crawford, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crawford, the date of her birth being Nov. 2, 1836. Wallace Goodin, who with F. J. Prevost was striving to make a city of the village of Byron, deeded this child (in commemoration of the event) two lots now owned by Nicholas Gulick. She. subsequently became the wife of Rev. Mr. Sprague, a Methodist minister, and now lives in Galesburg, Kalamazoo Co., Mich. Robert Crawford is still living, at the age of eighty-six years. His wife died in January, 1880, aged eighty-one.
The next settler was John Burgess, who located the southwest quarter of section 23. He brought a wife and one daughter, named Lauretta. After building a log house he sold to Capt. John Laurie, and then located a part of the farm now owned by William Chaffee. Mrs. Burgess died soon after, and was buried on this farm. Her coffin was made of walnut boards taken from the floor of John B. Barnum's cabin, and was nailed together and polished with beeswax. Her remains have not been removed, though the plow has passed over them many times, and no trace of her grave is now visible.
John B. Barnum, who, on June 22, 1836, settled ou the northwest quarter of section 28, was probably the next settler in Burns. He built a log honse on this farm, and after the expiration of a year and a half' he traded it to William Bauleh for part of the southeast quarter of see- tion 26. The farm first entered by Mr. Barnum is now owned by S. S. Wiltsie, who purchased it in 1843. Mr. Barnum built on his new farm a house and barn, which are still standing. His family at the time of settlement consisted of a wife and four children, and a half-brother,
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familiarly known in the early days as Unele Tommy. John B. Barnum died Feb. 5, 1865. Ilis wife, Urena, died May 24, 1848. His second wife died in February, 1880. His son, Isaac S. Barnum, married Amelia, the daughter of Robert Crawford. They live on section 26, near the site of the old homestead.
Peter Kanonse came to Burns with his family in the summer of 1836. He was a blacksmith, and brought a kit of tools with him. He settled on the south tine of section 27, built a cabin, and was ready for business, for which he did not long have to wait, as the township filled up very rapidly from this time on. Flis was the first black- smith-shop in the township. The next was started at Byron by Joseph Layton. The same month Ezra D. Barnes, from Tioga Co., N. Y., settled on section 27. He brought a wife and two boys, one of whom was killed by falling from a fence. Mr. Barnes died in 1876.
Thomas P. Green reached Burns township in August, 1836, after a trip of twenty-one days. He stopped in Livingston County, where he met D. F. Rockwell, who had located land on sections 32, 33. Of him Mr. Green bought one hundred acres, where he still lives, being one of the few survivors of those who came to the township in 1836. Mr. Green helped locate many of the first roads in the south part of the county. The Indians called him " Che-Shemokeman," meaning big white man. At the same time that he purchased his land, Bright L. Clement, then a young man, bought sixty acres in the same locality.
In September, Amos Foster, with his wife, came to the township, and settled on the southwest quarter of seetion 22. Mr. Foster had been here and located forty aeres of this quarter in the May previous. He also bought eighty acres for William Chaffee. During the summer of 1836 Mr. Foster acted as guide to the numerous land- seekers who at that time began to flock into the township. He then returned and brought his wife as stated. fle built a log cabin on his farm, in which Andrew Huggins is supposed to have taught the first school in the township in the winter of 1838-39, while Mr. Foster and wife were absent on a trip to the East. Mr. Foster afterwards sold the forty acres on section 22, and bought eighty acres on section 20, now owned by George Rogers, who purchased it in 1846. Ile afterwards purchased the land on the school section now owned by Albert Rowley.
Among the names of the early settlers of Burns that of Nicholas Braden should be included, who reached the township in 1836. He was born in Germany, but left home when a mere youth, and finally, after residing in England and in New York, settled in the woods of Michi- gan. He hought the northwest quarter of section 32, and built a log cabin, where he lived alone for eighteen months and shook with the ague the greater part of the time. One day, while lying sick on his bed, an Indian came and sat down on a log near the house. Mr. Braden, hearing the dogs bark, looked through the window, when the Indian opened the conversation with the single word-" Sick ?" Mr. Braden replied that he was. " No squaw ?" said the Indian. Mr. Braden replied he had none. This to the Indian seemed to be the very extremity of misfortune, and he went away, groaning in sympathy for the sick man.
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HISTORY OF SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Aaron Wellman reached Burns probably in 1836, although there is a difference of opinion in regard to the exact date. He bought a large tract of land on sections 10 and 14, part of which he sold to Ramah Cole, it being the same now occupied by his son, Jason Cole. Aaron Wellman died in 1851.
Ramah Cole, with his wife and three children, came to Burns in 1837.
Gideon Drake and Oliver Wolcott were also pioneers of Burns who settled in 1837.
Daniel Kitson was the next settler north of the river. He was a shoemaker by trade, and remained at the house of Aaron Wellman until his cabin was completed on the southeast quarter of section 11. The southeast quarter of section 2 was entered by Roger Haviland in 1838, but he did not settle permanently in the township until 1840. After locating his land he returned to the south part of the State, and worked in various places until 1839, when he returned to Burns, and built a cabin on his land. Mr. and Mrs. Haviland are now the only couple living north of the river in Burns township who came in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Barnum and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Foster are the oldest residents south of the river.
J. J. Gaylord was the first settler on the Indian reserva- tion. He was followed soon after by J. E. Martenus.
William Walworth reached the township about 1840. Robert Fox was also a pioneer. Among those of a more recent date, but still old settlers, are to be mentioned S. R. Swick and W. W. Smith.
The first death in the township was probably that of the daughter of Robert Crawford, which occurred in the winter or early spring of 1837. She was the first per- son buried in the cemetery at Byron .* There could have been but few days, or weeks at most, between the death re- ferred to and that of the son of F. J. Prevost, which is spoken of in the history of Byron.
It is difficult to decide who the contracting parties were in the first marriage. The most authentic accounts point to a double wedding which took place on the 17th day of December, 1840, at which time Elder Brigham united in marriage Jacob Kanouse to Miss Mabel Drake, and John P. Drake to Miss Agnes Kanouse.
SCHOOLS.
The first school in the township of Burns was held in the unoccupied log cabin built by Amos Foster, near the road on the top of the hill, on the southwest quarter of sec- tion 22. This school was taught in the winter of 1838-39 by Andrew Huggins, who is now a resident of Corunna. During the following summer several schools were taught in the township, although no school district was regularly organized until 1843. It is held by some that a lady, who afterwards married a Mr. McColin of Fentonville, taught the first school in Byron in the summer of 1838. School was taught at an early day also in the log house built by Robert Crawford near the river. When the road was established in 1837, Mr. Crawford put up a more preten-
tious dwelling, after which his cabin was used both as a church and school-room. The next school was taught by Miss Jane Duncan, in a log house which stood on the north- east quarter of section 20. This was in 1840. Several terms of school had already been taught just across the line in Livingston County, which gave the south western part of the township better school facilities.
Schools were held in the cabins above referred to or in other private dwellings until the regular organization of the several districts, which occurred as has been stated. Though the town board of school inspectors met in the spring of 1840 and divided the entire township into school districts, with the exception of the Indian Reservation, the schools, nevertheless, seem to have gone on in the same old way. There is no record of the first school-meetings in the older districts. This is noticeably the case in district No. 5, the oldest district in the township. The records reach but a few years back, and these are imperfect and unsatisfactory.
In 1842 the board met and apportioned the primary- school money as follows: District No. 3, Byron district, received $8.64; district No. 5, Chaffee district, received $6.72; district No. 4, Green district, received $2.88.
It will be observed that these districts were numbered as at present, and, although they are now somewhat smaller, they have not been materially changed since first organized in 1840.
The first call for a school-meeting north of the river was addressed to Robert Crawford under date of Nov. 14, 1842. This was to have been held at his house, but as Mr. Crawford did not live in district No. 1, for the benefit of which the school-meeting was to have been held, the place of meeting was changed. On the 6th of May, 1843, the school board, seeming not to have forgotten the disre- gard paid to former instructions, addressed Robert Craw- ford as follows : " Mr. Robert Crawford, you are hereby commanded to notify every qualified voter in the above district (No. 2), either personally or by leaving a written notice at his residence, that a school-meeting will be held at the house of Ramah Cole, on the 18th inst., at one o'clock P.M." It, no doubt, required considerable effort to notify every voter in the above district, and perhaps equally as much to leave a written notice at his residence.
The next action of the board was " to examine A. Hug- gins and Sarah E. Stoddard, candidates for teaching," both of whom received certificates. The board then directed Mr. Henry Wiltsie to call a school-meeting in district No. 6 (now No. 10), at the house of Dyer Rathburn, on the 18th of May, 1843.
In district No. 2 a log school-house was built soon after the meeting called by the letter addressed to Robert Craw- ford. It was used until 1856, when the one now standing on the northwest quarter of section 10 was built.
In district No. 1 the first school-mecting was held at the house of Edward Peck, April 24, 1847. R. Haviland was appointed chairman, and the following district officers were elected : R. Hlaviland, Director; Edward Peck, Assessor ; Daniel Kitson, Moderator. The next year the same per- sons were re-elected.
At a school-meeting on the 25th of September, 1848, a motion was carried to raise seventy-five dollars to build a
* Up to this time a large band of Indians had occupied this site, but when this took place they removed their entire village to the ground enst of the river where the upper iron bridge now stands.
Mª, ROGER HAVILAND.
ROGER HAVILAND
TENANT HOUSE.
FIRST HOME.
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RESIDENCE OF ROGER HAVILAND, BURNS SHIAWASSEE , CO. MICH.
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log school-house, which was completed the next year. This one was used until 1870. The new one was then erected, and cost seven hundred and fifty dollars. Miss Marinda Bradley taught the first school in the log house. Miss Acintha Wellman was the first teacher in the frame build- ing.
District No. 8 was organized about the year 1854, being formed from other districts. The first school-meeting was held in a cabin built some years previous for school pur- poses. S. S. Tower was chosen director, and John B. Bar- num assessor. The room was then repaired, and Athenia Morse engaged as teacher. Several terms of private school had already been taught in the district by Miss Eliza Tower. The next teacher was Miss Candace Burgess, during whose term the building took fire and was destroyed. An- other log house was built on the same site soon after. This was used until 1870, when it was removed and another erected in its stead, at a cost of eight hundred dollars.
The following tables may be of interest as showing the apportioumeut of the primary-school fund for the years 1860 and 1879 :
1860.
Districts.
Number of Scholars.
Amount.
No. 1
21
$10.58
51
25.73
3
97 48.95
5
65
32.79
..
6.
20
10,08
6
7
11
20.68
-
S
27
13.61
4
10.
20
10.08
1879.
Districts.
Number of Scholars.
Amount.
No. 1
40
$26.72
40.76
3
147
98.22
5
39
26.06
7.
41
29.40
S
47
31.40
10
27
18.10
The following table shows the total amount of money expended in each school district in the township for the year 1879:
Districts.
Amount.
No. L (fractional) ..
$262.36
1
159.56
?
127.48
802.74
4
100.17
5
216.58
7.
134.73
S
53.96
10 ..
163.14
EARLY ROADS.
May 18, 1837, the minutes of the road from Genesee County entering Burns jast south of the East Branch of the Shiawassee River were entered on the records of the town- ship. It was located a few days previous, as was also the river road, leading northwest from Byron, which was really a continuation of the survey which established the former road. In the same month the road leading north from Livingston County, passing the residence of Thomas P. Green, on section 32, to the northwest corner of the town- ship, was established. On the 9th of Angust the east-and- west road, passing the Moss Hotel and the Chaffee school- house, was established. Then the one passing the school- house in district No. 8 and the residence of Isaac S. Bar-
num was located. These roads were laid out by Thomas P. Green, Wallace Goodin, and Rufus C. Rathburn, com- missioners of highways. In 1840 the State road from Byrou to Owosso was established.
CIVIL HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP.
Burns was set off from the territory of the old township of Shiawassee, and was erected a separate civil township with its present name and limits by act of the Legislature of Michigan, approved March 11, 1837, which also directed the first meeting of the electors of the newly-formed town- ship to be held at the house of Francis J. Prevost. Under this provision of the act the first meeting was held at the office of the Byron Company (which was in the house of Maj. Prevost), on the 3d of April, 1837, on which occasion there were present the following-named electors: Ezra D. Barnes, Thomas P. Green, Amos Foster, Peter Kanouse, Rufus C. Rathburn, Francis J. Prevost, Robert Crawford, John Burgess, Wallace Goodin, Alonzo Woods.
All the voters who attended this meeting received one or more offices. Francis J. Prevost was elected to four, Thomas P. Green and Ezra D. Barnes each to three, while several received two offices cach.
In 1838 it was resolved to pay W. Jackson fifty dollars for building a bridge across the Shiawassee River. This was the first bridge constructed by the township, and crossed the river on the Reservation, near the cabin of John Knaggs. It was very unstable, and lasted but a few years.
April 3, 1843, the township voted to raise one hundred dollars to bridge the river at Byron. This bridge was on the road leading west from the village, and stood near the place where the present one stauds, below the Byron Ilotel. It also was a very frail structure. The upper iron bridge was built at a cost of eleven hundred dollars. The wood bridge now spanning the river in the west part of the vil- lage is to be replaced immediately by an iron one, to eost sixteen hundred dollars.
The following table shows the total amount of tax levied for various purposes for the years 1860, 1870, and 1879, not inelading school tax :
1860.
State tax
$212.22
County tax
1168.18
Township tax.
690.00
llighway tax.
72.28
Total tax levied for all purposes.
2826.87
1870.
State tax
$1395.11
County tax.
1461.00
Rejected tax
36.16
Ditch tax
49.79
Township fax
500.00
By highway commissioner
500.00
Delinquent highway tax
62.19
Total for all purposes.
6535.39
1879.
State tax
$1298.71
County tax
1271.02
Contingent tax.
300.00
Ilighway tax
200.00
Bridge tax
500.00
Total tax levied for all purposes.
6095.92
2.
The following is a list of township officers from its organization to 1880 inclusive :
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HISTORY OF SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
SUPERVISORS.
1837. Ezra D. Barnes.
1838. Francis J. Prevost.
1861-63. Jahez Close.
1839. E. D. Barnes.
1861-65. Ames Foster.
18.40. Franeis J. Prevost.
1866-67. Nelson S. Van Tuyl.
1841. Ezra D. Barnes.
1868. Charles L. Allen.
1842-44. John K. Tyler.
1869-70. Roger Haviland.
1845. S. R. Kelsey. 1871. A. Judson Cole.
1846-48. Nicholas Gnlick. 1872. Roger Hlaviland.
1849. Bowman W. Dennis.
1873-75 Theodore M. Euler.
1850-51. S. R. Kelsey.
1876-77. Norman K. Potter.
1852-53. Roger laviland.
1878. Theodore M. Euler.
1854-58. Sullivan R. Kelsey.
1879. Charles II. Lemon.
1859. Jahez Close.
ISSO. Norman K. Potter.
TOWN CLERKS.
1837. Francis J. Prevost. 1 1856. G. B. Runyan.
IS38. Ames C. Foster.
1857-58. George C. Helmes.
1839. Pierpont L. Smith.
1859. David Dickson.
1840. R. C. Crawford.
1860. Hiram Webster.
1811-42. 1Ienry Rowland. 1861-65. Nicholas Gulick.
1843-44. 11. White. 1866. E. B. Welch.
1845. W. W. Kelsey.
1867. Frank Karrer.
18.16. Holden White.
1868. William F. Close.
1847-48. Francis G. Lee.
1869. llenry M. Billings.
1849. George C. Holmes.
1870. Norman P. Leland.
1850. 11. L. Drake.
1871. E. A. Shellon.
1851-52. George B. Runyan.
1872. Nicholas Guliek.
1853. William S. Joslin.
1873-80. Gilbert S. Lewis.
TREASURERS.
1839-40. Ramah Cele.
1854. William Drake.
1841. Henry Wiltsie.
1855-56. Edward Peck.
1842-44. W. H. Chaffeo.
1857-60. J. P. Gale.
1845. H. White.
1861-66. Isaac S. Barnum.
1816. Henry Rowland.
1867-70. A. Judson Cole.
1847. Roger Hlaviland.
1871. 1Ienry Croopo.
1848-49. Joseph 11. Wendell.
1872-77. John Kitson.
1850-51. Rogor Haviland.
1878-79. George Il. Eddy.
1852. Edward Peck.
1880. H. L. Cook.
1853. Robert Fox.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1837-38. Ezra D. Barnes.
1859. Manning Ilathaway.
Francis J. Prevost.
1860. Nicholas Gulick.
Thomas P. Green. Edmund Kanonse.
Robert Crawford.
1861. William Chaffec.
1839. John K. Tyler.
1840. Thomas P. Green.
1841. Ramah Cole.
1863. Thompson 11. Reeves.
1864. Nicholas Guliek.
Francis J. Provost.
1869. Edwin A. Sheldon.
1843. Abner Sears.
1870. William II. Chaffeo.
William II. Chaffee.
1871. Charles Lancton.
1844. Nicholas Gulick. 1872. E. S. Burnett.
1845. Ahner Sears. 1873. Seward Chaffec.
1846. Nicholas Gulick.
1874. E. S. Burnett.
1847. Abner Sears. 1875-76. Seward Chaffee.
1848. Nathaniel Turner.
1877. A. D. Thompson.
1849. William II. Chaffee. 1878. Elmer F. Joslin.
1850. William 11. Eddy.
1879. George Foster.
1851. Oliver E. Wolcott.
1880. L. W. Barnes.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.
1875-76. E. M. Plunket. 1878. Edward M. Plunket.
1877. William C. Randall. 1879-80. William C. Randall.
1854. Horace B. Southard.
1855. John Davis.
1856. Niebelas Gulick.
1878. Oliver E. Woleott.
1879. Luther Pratt.
1858. J. M. Gorham.
1859. Thomson II. Reeves.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
1837. Thomas P. Green.
1848. William H. Chaffee.
Wallace Goodwin. 1849-50. Edward Peck.
Rufus C. Rathburn.
1851. Truman W. Rowley.
1838. Ramah Cole.
1852. Benjamin Welch.
Aaron Wellman.
1853. Themas Culbert.
John Barnum.
1854. Manning Ilathaway.
1839. Robert Crawford.
1855. Benjamin Welch. Edward Foster.
Peter Kanouse. 1856. Jacob V. Brown. Jehn P. Drake. John K. Tyler. Roger Haviland.
1841. John K. Tyler.
1857. J. J. Gaylord.
Ezra D. Barnes.
1858. Edward Ernich.
Roger Haviland.
1842. Edward Peck.
1860. John G. Gaylord.
Ezra P. Barnes.
1861. Benjamin Ilulitt.
David Sherwood.
1862. Isaac S. Barnum.
1843. John Burgess.
1863. John E. Martenis.
C. D. Fox.
1864. Truman W. Rowly.
Edward Peck.
1865. Ilenry S. Redman.
1844. Robert Crawford.
1866. D. Euler.
John G. Drake.
1867. Ira Merlin.
William C. Richards.
1868. Ilenry Croope.
1845. John P. Drake.
1869. S. K. Swick.
Roger Hlaviland.
1870. Richard Wellman.
Edward Peck.
1871. George S. Devore.
1846. William II. Chaffee.
1872. N. K. Potter.
Edward Foster.
1873. George G. Foster.
Benjamin Welch.
1874. George S. Devorc.
1847. Allen Davis.
1875. N. K. Potter.
William H. Chaffee.
1876-77. George Eddy.
Benjamin Welch.
1878-79. Orlando Leo.
1848. Roger Haviland.
1880. Perry Hadsall.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1837. Ezra D. Barnes. 1852. Andrew Iluggins.
Francis J. Prevost. 1853. Edward A. Sheldon.
Wallace Goodwin. 1854. Jabez Close.
1838. Gideon Drake. 1855. Oscar P. Green.
O. E. Wolcott. 1856. O. E. Wolcott.
Robert Crawford.
1857. James Sleeth.
1839. Francis J. Provost. 1858. Judson Cole.
G. A. Brown. 1859. William R. Sellon.
Allen Davis. 1860. William H. Chaffec.
1840. G. A. Brown.
1861. Andrew Iluggins.
Ezra D. Barnes. 1862. William H. Chaffee.
Francis J. Prevost.
1863. Amos Fester.
1841. Abner Sears.
1864. William HI. Chaffee.
John G. Tyler.
1865. Charles E. Jacobs.
Ahner C. Botsford.
1866. William F. Close.
1842. William II. Chaffeo.
1867. J. L. Cook.
Thomas P. Green.
1868. William Merlin.
1842. Francis J. Prevost.
1843. John K. Tyler.
1865. John P. Davis.
1844. Nicholas Gulick.
1866. Henry S. Ridman.
1845. S. R. Kelsey.
1867. James Sleeth.
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