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No. 695 .- Ambroise Tremble's widow and heirs claimed the homestead on which the hus- band and father lived since 1774, until he died in 1805.
No. 668 .- John Askin, for William Ancram, claimed a tract of land on the Huron, which claim was supported by Robert Dowler, who said that in the year 1786, he rented from Askin a part of this tract, and cultivated nearly sixteen acres thereof during the succeeding two years. John Cornwall lived there some time before 1788, as agent for Askin; forty acres were under cultivation by tenants of Askin, and there were a number of cabins erected on the lands by the Movarian ministers and Indians.
Claim No. 736 was granted to Joseph Laurent, in 1810, by a certificate of the Board of Land Commissioners.
NORTHERN CLAIMS.
To render the history of the pioneers of Michigan more complete, the following record of claims at Mackinac, St. Ignace and Sault de Ste. Marie, is given :
No. 101 .- Toussaint Pothier claimed a lot between the lands of Rocheblane and Porlier in his possesssion previous to July, 1796.
No. 102 .- Rosseau and Bailly claimed a lot between the lands of Dousman, Rocheblane and Porlier, originally in possession of Charles Maillet, who sold to the claimants June 26, 1802.
No. 103 .-- Jacob Franks entered a lot of ground at Mackinac December 24, 1805. In prov- ing his claim, he produced John McGulpin, who said that previous to July 1, 1796, Alexis La- framboise was in possession. Josiah Bleakley was appointed Curator, and he sold to Jacob Franks July 17, 1802.
No. 104 .- Dominick Rosseau claimed a lot of land between the lots of Jacques Vasseur, Simon Champaigne and Pierre Lacroix. Joseph Vaillancourt was in possession previous to July, 1796. He sold to Michael Dousman, who sold to Jacques Viaux, who sold to Rosseau.
No. 105 .- Ezekiel Solomon's widow and heirs claimed a lot fifty feet square between the lots of Angus McDonald, Joseph Greville and Andre Sarerre. Solomon was in possession previous to July, 1796.
No. 106 .- Pierre Lacroix claimed a lot between the lots of Simon Champaigne, Joseph Guy and Dominick Rosseau. This lot was in possession of Andrew Roy previous to July, 1796.
No. 107 .-- Robert Dixon claimed a lot between the lots of Lewis Crawford and Jean Bap- tiste Thibault, formerly in possession of Charles Morrison.
No. 108 .- John McDonald claimed a lot held by him since a time previous to July 1, 1796. No. 109 .- Michael Dousman claimed a lot between the lots of Jacob Frank and Joseph Bailly, purchased from Nicholas Marchessaux, the original possessor.
No. 110 .- David Mitchell claimed a piece of land on the island containing about 140 acres, near the farm of Charles Gaulteer. John McGulpin proved possession previous to July 1, 1796.
No. 229 .- Robert Dixon claimed the John Ogilvy lot, located by the latter previous to 1796, sold by him to John Campbell, who sold to Dixon.
No. 280 .- Robert Dixon claimed a lot between the lands of Dr. Mitchell and Gabriel Cote. This lot was in possession of Andrew Todd previous to 1796. He sold to David Mitchell, from whom the title came to Dixon.
No. 281 .- James Aird and the heirs of George Aird claimed the old Myers Michael lot.
No. 282 .- John Ogilvy claimed a lot on the south side of Mr. Davenport's grounds, said to belong to Pierre Grignon previous to July, 1796, and up to the period of its sale to Ogilvy.
No. 283 .- Lewis Crawford claimed a lot on the south side of Adam Laframboise's, east of the Government Field and north of Dr. Mitchell's grounds. It was originally occupied by John Ogilvy.
No. 284. -- Lewis Crawford claimed a lot north of Robert Dixon & Co's land, which be-
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longed to J. B. Thibault in 1796 and until sold to Crawford. The latter sold to George Hoff- man; he sold to Murdoch Cameron, who was the real owner in 1808.
No. 285 .- David Mitchell proved his possession of a lot at Mackinac previous to July, 1796; he also claimed a lot which was in possession of Forsyth, Richardson & Co. in 1796, subsequently in that of Capt. Wiley, from whom Mitchell purchased it. Three other claims of his in the immediate neighborhood were considered.
No. 290 .- Murdoch Cameron claimed a lot originally occupied by Alexis Campion next by Toussaint Pothier, next by Boutheillier, who sold to Cameron, who sold to George Hoffman, who sold to Cameron.
No. 291 .- Toussaint Pothier claimed a lot adjoining Patrick McGulpin's lands, originally occupied by Victor Lagaterie.
No. 292 .- Josiah Bleakley claimed a lot in the village fronting on Lake Huron, extend- ing to Lavictoire's lot, between Market street and Lapoint lot.
No. 293 .- Giasson & Berthelot claimed a lot adjacent to Davenport's, originally belonging to Andre Todd.
No. 294 .- The heirs of Jacques Giasson claimed the old Giasson property, occupied by him until his death, and subsequently by his children.
No. 295. - Toussaint Pothier claimed a lot south of of Samuel Lashley's, north of Adhe- mar St. Martin's, extending from Main street to the Government Field. In July, 1796, William Burnett was in possession of the place and continued occupancy until he sold it to the claimant.
No. 296 .- Charles Chandonet claimed a lot held by Thomas Lisbey in 1796, subsequently by Lacroix, and in 1808, by Chandonet.
No. 297 .- The heirs of John Campbell claimed two lots, one occupied by Gabriel Cote pre- vious to July, 1796, the other by Robert Mckensie.
No. 323 .- Michael Dousman claimed a tract of land on Bois Blanc Island of 640 acres. Daniel Daly proved that this land was in possession of one Lagaree, in July, 1796, that in 1797, when Daly left Mackinac, there were six or eight acres improved.
No. 324. - Michael Dousman claimed 200 acres in the center of Makinac Island. Daly and Thomas Cowles proved Dousman's occupancy since 1803.
No. 325 .- Samuel Abbot claimed the original location of James Aird in 1796, who sold to Bartholomew Noble, who sold to Abbott. He also claimed the old Rene Nadeau place, by right of purchase.
No. 327 .- Ambroise Davenport claimed a lot bounded in front by Main Street, on one side by the Giasson and on the other by the Ogilvy lot originally occupied by David McCrae, in 1796.
No. 329 .- Louis Gravelle claimed a lot extending from the lake to the hill, the same as occupied by Patrick McGulpin in 1796.
No. 330 .-- Gillory & Brisbois claimed a lot running between John McNamara's and John Gregory's lots, proved by Daniel Daly to be in possession of Gillory in July, 1796.
No. 331. - George Shindler claimed 640 acres formerly occupied by one Cadieu, who improved the place previous to 1796.
No. 332 .- Michael Dousman claimed a lot granted to Charles Galtier by Gov. Patrick St. Clair in 1781, ultimately sold to Noel Rocheblave and Jacques Porlier, in 1805, and by him to Dousman August 28, 1807, for the sum of $300.
No. 333 .- Josiah Dunham claimed a lot which formerly belonged to the Aird Brothers, who sold to Forsyth & Richardson, who sold to Rochblave & Porlier. On the death of Rochblave, Porlier sold to Samuel Lashley, who disposed of his interest to Josiah Dunham.
No. 334. - The representatives of Robert Campbell, deceased, claimed 640 acres on the island, said to belong to the deceased previous to July, 1796.
No. 335 .-- Patrick McGulpin claimed 640 acres at Old Michilimackinac, said to be in pos- session of his father from 1796 to the time of his death, 1802.
No. 336 .- Murdoch Cameron, as grantee of George Hoffman, claimed a lot on Water street, south of his own lot, east of Main street and north of R. Dixon & Co's location in the village.
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The claims of the heirs of Adhemar St. Martin, Frederick Graeter, Jean B. Carron, Frot- tier & Lapointe, Buisson & Laroche, Andrew Sarree, Simon Champagne, George Shindler, Daniel Bourassa, Jacob Franks, David Mitchell, the trustees of the widow, Anne Coates, Joseph Guy, Joseph Laframboise, Alexis Laframboise, the heirs of Jacques Giasson and the settlement of the estates of Benjamin Lyons, Eustache Sansquartier and others, were considered during the fall of 1810, and the claims conceded generally.
No. 715 .- Jean Baptiste Nolan claimed 210 acres on the south side of the Sault de Ste. Marie, December 30, 1808. His settlement there before 1796 was proven by George Meldrum, Samuel Abbott and Capt. Jonathan Nelson.
No. 716 .- John Johnston claimed a tract of land at the Sault, where he had a dwelling, store-house and a large and well-cultivated garden previous to 1796.
In the history of Mackinac Island and the Sault de Ste. Marie, full references are made to the early settlers; so, also, with the more recently organized divisions of the Upper Penin- sula.
Aaron Greeley surveyed all those claims, reported to the United States Land Department, and the General Government issued patents in 1812 on the strength of certificates of title, issued by the Land Board of Detroit 1808-10.
The following review refers to the patentees of lands reserved to the Indians in the treaties, and held by them until their purchase immediately after the treaty of Detroit. A few hundred acres of these lands are outside the county line, yet considered in the county records.
LA RIVIERE AU VASES AND MACONCE RESERVES.
Francis Yax, 59.79 acres, Section 13, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; William Darrell, 5.33 acres, Section 14, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Leon C. Rivard, 74.30 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; James H. Cook, 79.40 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Jonathan Kears- ley. 65.35 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Paul Cir. Cayen, 20.13 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Paul Cir. Cayen, 55. 26 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Jonathan Kearsley, 17.90 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; James H. Cook, 48 acres, Section 23, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Joseph Socier, 78.32 acres, Section 24, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Francis Yax, 13.80 acres, Section 24, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; William Darrell, 56.60 acres, Section 24, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Lauring B. Mizner, 31.64 acres, Section 26, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Francois Yax, 30.61 acres, Section 28, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Lansing B. Mizner, 88.70 acres, Section 29, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 13, 1839; Jonathan Kearsley, 33.35 acres, Section 29, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, October 18, 1841; John B. Socier, 56 acres, Section 29, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, January 2, 1841; Jonathan Kearsley, 7.06 acres, Section 32, Township 3 north, Range 14 east, May 14, 1839; Jonathan Kearsley, 38.07 acres, Section 33, Township 3 west, Range 14 east, May 14, 1839.
The patentees of the United States lands of this county, who were settlers here or became settlers after purchase, will be regarded in the pages devoted to township history.
Before closing this chapter, it is deemed advisable to give the following letter, addressed to the United States Land Commissioner. In a measure, it shows the progress made in the set- tlement of this portion of the State between the years 1812 and 1828 :
LAND OFFICE, DETROIT, August 30, 1828.
SIR-In compliance with your letter of the 29th of April last, and the accompanying resolution of the Senate of the 25th of the same month, we have the honor to state that there has been offered for sale within the present limits of this district about 3,500,000 acres; of this quantity 337,073.66 are sold, leaving about 3,162,926.34 acres unsold. In regard to the proportion which the quantities of the different qualities of soil bears to the whole, we could offer nothing but vague conjecture. It possesses, probably, less of what would be considered first-rate land than would be found generally in tracts of similar extent in the country north- west of the Ohio River. Few districts, on the other hand, of the same magnitude, present so little that is unfit for cultivation. There is no part of the district which is either hilly or rocky; nor are there, to our knowledge, any extensive marshes. There are, throughout the tract, numerous "tamarack swamps; " but
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owing to the facility with which these are drained, and their value afterward as grass lands, we do not know that they can be considered as diminishing the aggregate value of the lands. The only tracts which can properly be called refuse are small ones, occasionally occurring where the soil is too sandy to be productive. But we are unable to give even a conjectural estimate of the quantity or proportion of this description of soil.
The public lands in this district were first offered for sale by the United States Government in July, 1818. To the quantity then put into market, additions have been made from time to time.
This Territory, as is well known, came under the jurisdiction of the United States in the year 1796. The few legal titles which existed previously appear to have been grants made by the French or British author- ities. Upon what principle these grants were made, we are not able to say, nor how far the conditions of the grants, which appear to have been held under a species of feudal tenure, would warrant the assumption that the lands were subject to be given away. We have the honor to be, your obedient servants, JOHN BIDDLE, Register. J. KEARSLEY, Receiver.
HON. GEORGE GRAHAM, Commissioner of the G. L. Office.
Many of the descendants of those first settlers are still residents of the county. From that time the county increased in population so rapidly that it will be impossible to mention indi- vidual names without lengthening this sketch to tediousness. Since that time the Indian has disappeared. The land he had inherited from a long line of savage ancestors passed from his possession. Savage and civil life could not exist together. The Darwinian theory of the sur- vival of the fittest prevailed. On every hand were evidences of civilization. On bluff and in valley could be heard the sturdy blows of the pioneer as he felled the huge trees for his rude cabin, cleared the fields for the golden harvest, and thus laid with an honest hand the founda- tion of the present prosperity.
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THE PIONEER SOCIETY.
A MERICAN settlements had grown up in the regions adjoining Detroit at a date anterior to the year 1800, notably at Monroe, Mt. Clemens, St. Clair, Port Huron and other points, which afterward became sources of supplies to pioneer husbandmen and lumberers, who in those early days ran the gauntlet of the pine district. Indeed it would seem strange, but is neverthe- less true, that the settlement of St. Clair by Americans was delayed beyond that of other points possessing no more fruitful sources of wealth or advantages for settlers. Roving traders and agents of fur companies who operated throughout the Northwest could hardly have over- looked the value of sites since fringed with flourishing cities and villages that have been built up and have become the homes of intelligence, enterprise and wealth. They may have come into the wilderness annually, and, remaining long enough to exchange their commodities for furs, returned to their abiding places without leaving any trace of their temporary existence here to guide the historian in his pursuit of facts. Thus far, records of such occupation have been discovered, and positive evidences of settlements are available after decades have elapsed. In this connection the surprise is expressed that among those who came during the first years of the building up of the county, a greater number of them have not put in permanent and endur- ing form a reliable record of events as they transpired here in those days. Possessing leisure which they have justly won, literary tastes and devoted attachments to the county to whose growth and prosperity they have so liberally contributed, familiar with early history, rapidly passing into tradition, it is truly strange that they have not perpetuated the material in historic form which they could successfully command. At the date when the first American settlement of St. Clair was ventured, the present county was almost an uninhabited wilderness, possessing, as would seem from the presumed refusal of traders and strollers to remain within its interior, but few attractions, and those few of the most limited character. The nearest towns were Detroit, Monroe and Mt. Clemens, at that time landings of some importance, but struggling for existence. The population of Chicago was then less than nothing, while Detroit was yet in its infancy, giving few promising indications of what was reserved for the future to disclose. There was little then, as compared with the present, between the flourishing cities of the East, and the impromptu municipal weaklings in the great West, which since reflected back the star of em- pire. The confines of civilization were then limited to the towns and settlements along the lakes of the West, and he who struck out for a home in the Territories was regarded as an ad- venturous soldier of fortune whose return was a question of chance rather than probability. This, then, was the condition of affairs as they existed long years ago, according to sources of information in that behalf, presumably correct. There was little to attract save the intrinsic merit of the location and surroundings, which, combined with the hopes of a future, were suffi- cient to direct the residents of the Eastern States to this Territory. To those at home who were independent, the country furnished inducements that would enable men of means to add to their accumulations; to the imprudent or impoverished, pulling with steady stroke against the current of adversity, both pitiless and uncompromising, a hope for better days; to the speculator, it appeared a field of operations incalculably valuable; to the scientist, an opportu- nity for discovery; to the scholar, the Christian and the husbandman, the occasion for labors that have since returned to bless their inventors. As a consequence the class of people who es- tablished themselves in St. Clair County, and have since been identified with its growth and the development of its wealth, generally were men of rare excellence. Earnest, frank and kind, they made all men friends by being the friends of all men. Illustrating by example rather than pre- cept, they bridged the brief interval between purity and sin, by the power of kindness, and looked with eyes of charity upon the mistakes and failings of their fellows. Brave, but tender, they were, in short, the most generous of men who have ever left " the shore touched by a mysterious
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sea that has never yet borne on any man the image of a homeward sail," their deficiencies made up by the recording angel, from the love they bore humanity. And so, too, the pioneer women, those who braved the absence of home, friends and congenial associations to accompany their fathers, husbands and sons into the trackless waste of the Northwest, and contemplated the present as also the future, the horizon of which was darkened by discouragement and gloom. And yet they faltered not, but sustained their husbands by a trust in the outlook that was con- stant, and bore an abundant harvest. As wives, they were the most agreeable of companions; as friends, the most affectionate; as mothers, gentle as children ever had the misfortune to lose, who corrected the most pernicious of evils by the most tender management. Prudent from af- fection, though most liberal by nature, they practiced economy from the love they bore their husbands, and at critical periods, preserved order in affairs from the care of which those hus. bands were relieved; they reclaimed their husbands from despair, urged their indolence to exer- tion, and constantly admonished them to industry, integrity and manhood. In the accounts fur. nished regarding the first settlements of the county, it is found that the principal events have ever kept pace with the rapid improvements of the age. The site of the city seems to have been a resort for the Indians from time immemorial, and this is said to have induced French traders to meet them there, at an early day, for the purpose of trade. Who they were, where they ob- tained supplies, and other factors of importance, regarding the occupation of the present county, either permanently or as transients, are all noted in a former chapter. The names of those pioneers, and their relation to the county the day it was organized, may be gleaned from the following valuable paper, taken from the public records:
ASSESSMENT ROLL OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY FOR 1821.
NAMES.
IMPROVED
WILD LANDS.
HOUSES.
BARNS.
ORCHARDS.
HORSES UNDER
HORSES OVER
THREE YEARS.
OXEN.
cows.
YOUNG CATTLE.
HOGS.
HOUSE FURNI-
VALUATION.
Hezekiah Adams
2
2
55
Moses Birdsall.
9: 181
1
1
1
2
$ 60: 588
Lambert Beaubien
16 104
1
1
1
2
2
2
20: 563
William Brown.
30
71
1
1
4
5
9
23
100 1225
John Brown .
30
71
1
2
5
4
3
25! 143
Joseph Bourdman
30
71.
1
1
3
5
36
Lovin Blanchard.
30
71:
2
3
2
6
10 111
Z. W. Bunce ..
30
71
1
6
5
1
4
5. 304
Frongois Chortier
55
2
1
3
4
2
3
2
6
50 1722
John Cartwright.
9
111
1
1
1
2
1
10: 224
James Cartwright.
9
120
4
2
2
1
1
12 152
Joseph Chortier.
9
120
1
2
2
4
5 73
John Cottrell
8;
1
1
2
2
1
2
4
10. 689
David Cottrell
20
130
1
1
1}
1
2
5
25' 789
George Cottrell
12
1
1
2
2
3
2
5
25: 781
Henry Cottrell.
28! 129
1
1
2
4
2
6
40.1212
François Chortier, Jr
2
2
3
65
Louis Casehand
2
2
5
10
74
Laba Campau.
120
Peter Dupre
2
2
2
3
2
8 148
William Duvall
2
J. B. Dichard
1
1
5
John Elliott .
2
3
5
25!
150
John Elliott, Jr.
1
2
10
28
John S. Fish
2
2
3
2
5
40
187
John Flynn
1
1
2
3
8 104
N. Frederick
10 210
1
4
1
.
7
8. 580
F. Fleuver
6 154
1
1
1
1
5
12| 285
LANDS.
TURE.
2
$ 24
Joseph Bazenett.
1
1
1
4
2
3
10 300
Louis Chortier
9 120
1
Frangois Dechene
1
1
1
6
68
40
40
3
213!
1
1
150
225
187
THREE YEARS.
HISTORY OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
ASSESSMENT ROLL OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY FOR 1821-CONTINUED.
NAMES.
IMPROVED
WILD LANDS.
HOUSES.
BARNS.
ORCHARDS.
HORSES UNDER
THREE YEARS.
THREE YEARS.
YOUNG CATTLE.
i HOUSE FURNI-
VALUATION.
James Fulton
50 1230
2
1
2020
4
50:2941
Jacob Guy.
10 64
Joseph Gear.
1
3
5
24
Estate of Alexander Harrow
17 1263
1
2
2
1
3
20,2357
William Hill.
16 144
1
1}
1
1
3
3
5. 659
David Hill.
1
2
3
1
2
45
William Harsen
1
1
2
3
2
1
10 120
Jacob Harsen ..
2
2
18
72
Phillip Jarvis.
1
1
1
15|
55
George Little
2
3
8
75
Mariann Minnie.
28. 732
1 : 2
3
4
4
5
3
8
20 1975
Ira Marks ..
12. 163
1
1
1
2
4
1
7
25
766
Augus McDonnall.
1
2
3
3
2
20| 144
Silas Miller
1
2
5
5
104
Archibald McDonnell.
2
4
3
6
20 134
David Meldrum ..
640
800
Park & Meldrum
9: 111
1
1
1
2
5.
43
Anselm Petite
1
2
5
41
18 252
1
1
2
2
3
10
80
Sarah Robertson.
1
4
4
1
2 10. 150
David Robertson.
1
1
22
John Robertson
1
2
6
40
Ekien Russell.
1
4
1
1
100
Peter Rice.
6.
1
2
2
5 183
Oliver Ricard.
20: 127
2
1
3
2
8
2
4
30 1004
John K. Smith
1
2
2.
2
30
89
Richard Sausbury
2
4
4 5
96
Henry Saunders.
12 288
1
1
4
6
5
1
5
5' 871
Louis St. Bernard.
2
1
1
5
5: 100
Seth Tafts
1
2
2
59
William Thorn
255
1
1
1
1
1
4
8
6
8
50 1479
John Thorn
12
107
1
1
1
4
2
2
10 562
Vanwagenan & Jersey
4
1
30;
80
Romulus Van Wagenan
1
10
24
James B. Woolverton
1
4
25
45
Samuel Ward ...
1
1
3
4
4
16
80, 356
Andrew Wesbrook.
100
700
2
1
2
4
8
10
8
8
130 3540
Jean B. Yax ..
3
2
3
3
4
10 173
Harvey Stewart.
1
1
3
9
8
5
28. 315
.i
In addition to the property named and valued in above list, there were four wooden clocks, divided between L. Beaubein, William Brown, John Elliott and Joseph Minnie; William Brown, D. Cottrell, F. Harsen, Mariann Minnie, W. Thorn and Andrew Wesbrook owned each a cariole ; William Brown, Samuel Ward and Harvey Stewart had each a wagon ; J. S. Fish, Samuel Ward and A. Wesbrook had each a silver watch ; F. Chortier, David, George and Henry Cottrell, Mariann Minnie, Joseph Minnie, O. Rickard, Will- iam Thorn and A. Wesbrook owned a pioneer cart each. All these articles were valued and taxed by James Wolverton and Joseph Minnie, the Assessors of the county.
This record of the original property owners in the county has an equally valuable sequel in the transactions of the pioneer society and the varied reminiscences given in this chapter.
ST. CLAIR COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY.
October 14, 1875, was selected as an appropriate day for the meeting of the pioneers of
1
2
13
40 130
Robert Hamilton.
2
2
20
62
Jaques Leeson
1
5
30
Charles Larned
640
300
Joseph Minnie.
2
1600 529
Joseph Pennock
4
1
4
20: 949
Thomas Robertson
1 !
.
1 :
5: 75
1
191
Francis Harsen
LANDS.
TURE.
HORSES OVER
OXEN.
COWS.
HOGS.
1
1
2
90
Louis Thebault .
1
Pascal Podvant.
James Robertson.
0
2
165
2
239
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HISTORY OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
the county for the organization of a county association, because it was thought that it, being the last day of the county fair, would insure a large attendance, but the result showed that though there were a great many old settlers in the city, the fair proved a counter-attraction. At the morn- ing meeting at the court house the attendance of pioneers was very small, and though larger in the afternoon, not as many were present as it had been hoped would turn out. At the morning meeting Samuel Russell, of Algonac, had been chosen temporary chairman, and B. C. Far- rand, of Port Huron, Secretary. When the meeting re-assembled at 1:30, a committee was ap- pointed, of which Col. Wesley Truesdail was chairman, to report permanent officers for the asso- ciation. The committee reported recommended the following as officers of the society:
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