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ORGANIC.
The town of Ann Arbor originally comprised that part of Wash- tenaw county included in the surveyed townships 1 and 2, north of the base line, in range 6, and townships 1, 2, 3 and 4, in range 6, and townships 3 and 4, in range 5, south of the base line. The first township meeting was ordered held at the house of John Allen. The limits of the township were abridged from time to time, until finally it only embraced township No. 2 south, of range 6 east.
The first town election was held, according to statute, at the house of John Allen in May, 1827.
Since the organization of the town, it has been represented in an official capacity by the following named:
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HISTORY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY.
SUPERVISORS.
Henry Rumsey. 1827
Orrin White .. 1828
Edwin Lawrence. 1848
Robert Geddes 1829-30
Israel Mowry. 1849
Harvey Chubb. 1831-32
Sumner Hicks 1850
Moses McCollum 1833
H. M. Mowry 1851
Henry Rumsey 1834
A. H. Markham 1852-54
Daniel B. Brown.
1835
Collins B. Cook 1855-57
Wm. R. Thompson 1836
A. H. Markham. 1858-59
Dwight Kellogg. 1837
Orrin White. 1860-61
C. N. Ormsby 1838
H. M. Morey
1862
John Geddes .. 1839-40
John Geddes. 1863-64
D. T. McCollum 1841
Edward Treadwell 1865
Edwin Lawrence
1842-43
John Geddes. 1844
Hiram Becker. 1845
I. N. S. Foster
1878-80
CLERKS.
Jonathan T. Ely 1827-29
W. F. Roath. 1850
James T. Allen.
1830
L. B. Simmons 1851
Thomas Brown. .
1831-32
John Beasley. 1852
Edward F. Gay 1833
Jonathan Sprague. 1853
Edward Clarke. 1834
A. M. Doty 1854
L. W. Guiteau 1835
L. B. Walker 1855
David Godfrey 1836
A. M. Doty.
1856-57
W. A. Abel.
1838
B. H. Deming
1839
R. Newton.
1861
W. A. Abel. 1840
James B. Gott.
1841
J. M. Wilcoxson 1842-43
John Howard. 1844
H. Bosomback 1868
Tracy W. Root.
1845
Philip Bach.
1846
I. N. S. Foster
1870-71
H. M. Thompson 1847
Fred. B. Braun. 1872-73
S. S. Schoff 1848
I. N. S. Foster
1874
S. B. McCracken.
1849
L. Davis.
1875-80
COLLECTORS AND TREASURERS.
None elected 1827
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Geo. W. Millen. . 1853-54
Davis Leavenworth. 1855
Andrew Bell.
1856
Loren Mills 1832
Samuel D. Burnett
1857-58
1859-60
Dwight Kellogg. 1834
C. Carter. . 1835
Wesley Hicks. 1863
Orpheus White. 1864
Geo. F. Rash. . 1865-66
None elected. 1838
James T. Allen.
1839
John Kepler.
1868
E. G. Schaffer 1869-70
1871
John Allman.
1872
Gottlieb Mast.
1873
John H. Campbell.
1845
Fred B. Braun ..
1874-75
Nelson Edmunds
1876-77
Fred B. Braun.
1878
A. Hawkins
1849-50
M. C. West.
1851-52
John Gorham. 1828
Orrin Ball. 1829
William McCollum. 1830-31
None elected ..
1833
Daniel F. Allmendinger. S. R. Doty 1861-63
Norton R. Ramsdell. 1836
James G. Rumsey 1837
Charles B. Chapin
1867
John W. Maynard. 1840
Jacob Vandakerker 1841
John Kepler.
Charles Thayer 1842
Geo. Corselius 1843-44
Justus D. Andrus 1846
Jeremiah Peek.
1847-48
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James G. Rash.
1879-80
Samuel Crosman. 1866-68
S. W. Shurtleff. 1869-77
John Geddes 1846
Hiram Becker. 1847
James Love. 1837
John Beasley A. M. Doty. 1859-60
Wm. A. Lovejoy 1862-64
Norman B. Covert. 1865-66
Geo. E. Sperry 1867
C. B. Chapin 1869
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ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP.
The first purchaser of land in what now comprises the town of Ann Arbor was James McCloskey, of Detroit, who purchased all of that part of section 26, south of the Huron river, the 25th day of April, 1823. Orrin White was the next purchaser, July 24, 1823. Robert Fleming next, Sept. 9, 1823. This was all the land purchased during that year.
In 1824, on the 12th day of February, John Allen and Elisha W. Rumsey purchased the site of the present city of Ann Arbor. Nathaniel and Sylvanus Noble, George W. and Ira H. Allen, Asa Bushnell, Titus Bronson, Eber White, Isaac Markham, Thomas Chambers, Seth Markham, Robert Fleming, George W. Noyes, Samuel Camp, J. B. Mason, William Brooks, Samuel D. Wagoner, Jones Noyes, Nathan Thayer, George Rash, Elnathan Botsford and E. Matteson purchased tracts of land. Of the foregoing the most of them settled on the land purchased of the Government, and became identified with the place. The last purchase of Govern- ment land was on June 16, 1835, by Daniel Donelly, who purchased part of the southeast quarter of section 7.
ORIGINAL ENTRIES.
The following comprises a complete list of purchases from Government, with a description of tract:
SECTION 1.
Savage, David, e h ne gr. )wy 27-1836
Botsford, D., w h ne qr. "une 12"1929. Younglove, William, e h se qr. une 18-1930 Campbell, L., w h se qr.
Sutherland, Castle, nw qr.
Nesbit, John, w h sw qr.
SECTION 2.
Campbell, B., e h ne qr.
Carpenter, J. C., w h ne qr.
Botsford, D., s h se qr.
Leland, J. G., w h se qr.
Allen, Moses, e h nw qr.
Hawks, Cephas, e h sw qr.
Sutton, Nathan, w h sw qr.
SECTION 3.
Noyes, James, e h ne qr. Nixon, Sarah, w h ne qr. Vepelius, A., e h se qr. Leland, Zeno, w h se qr and e h sw qr.
Warren, John, e h nw qr.
Riley, James, w h nw qr.
Willcoxson, G., w h sw qr.
SECTION 4. Gilshenan, H., e h ne qr. Sullivan, J., e h se qr. Porial, Michael, w h se qr. Spencer, John, nw qr. Kingsley, James, e h sw qr. Ballentine, P., w h sw qr.
SECTION 5.
Geddes, John, ne qr. May 30 1825/18.84 . Ballentine, P., e h se gr. De/t 137824-80.10 Geddes, Robert, nw qr. Mur 30 1925. 11639 Stubbs, William, w h se qr and sw qr.
SECTION 6.
Geddes, Robert, ne qr. Mar 30-1825:119.84 Crane, M, e h se qr.
Chambers, John, w h se qr, e h sw qr and w h se qr.
Boyden, Pomeroy, nw qr.
SECTION 7.
Connelly, J., e h ne qr.
Lawton, M., w h ne qr.
O'Keefe, G. A., ne frac of se qr.
Donnely, P., nw frac of se qr.
Chubb, Harvey, s frac h s h.
Regan, M. O., e h nw qr and n frac h sw qr. Chandler, J., w h nw qr. SECTION 8.
Fallahee, James, n h.
Ensword, John A., se qr. Daly, John, e h sw qr.
O'Keefe, George A., w frac h sw qr. SECTION 9.
Dexter, Samuel W., e h ne qr. Bell, Charles C. P., w h ne qr. Thayer, John, s h. Sands, John, nw qr.
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SECTION 10.
Camp, N. J., e h ne qr.
Sullivan, William, w h ne qr. Robinson, Seth, e h se qr.
Marble, E. H., w h se qr. Harlem, Anza, w h nw qr. Carpenter, O., e h sw qr. Kingsley, James, w h sw qr.
SECTION 11.
Soree, Joseph, e h ne qr.
Powell, John, w h ne qr.
McIntosh, George, e h se qr.
Sundon, Erastus, w h se qr.
Coyce, Reuben, nw qr.
Harris, Charles L., e h sw qr.
Bunker, William M., w h sw qr.
SECTION 12.
Youngton, William, e h ne qr.
Hudson, Asa, w h ne qr.
Horn, Joseph, e h se qr.
Campbell, C., w h se qr and e h nw qr.
Hurd, David, w h nw qr.
Cowan, l'eter, e h nw qr.
Winslow, Simon, w h nw qr.
SECTION 13.
Kirk, Jonathan, e h ne qr. Cummings, N., w h ne qr, w h se qr and e h sw qr. Mattison, Epaphras, e h se qr.
Smith, Isaac, e h n w qr.
Winslow, S., w h nw qr.
Downer, Lucretia, w h sw qr.
SECTION 14.
Winslow, Simon, ne qr.
Noyes, James, jr., se qr.
Campbell, S., e h nw qr and w h sw qr.
Nowland, David, w h nw qr.
Bunt, Levi, e h sw qr.
SECTION 15.
Sanderson, Lyman, ne qr.
Campbell, S., e h se qr. Gott, Charles, w h se qr and e h sw qr.
Allen, Moses, e h nw qr.
Walsh, Keziah, w h nw qr.
Tuttle, William G., w h sw qr.
SECTION 17.
Ensworth, John A., ne qr and e frac h nw qr.
Markham, Seth, n frac pt se qr and ne frac sw qr. Sunds, M., s frac pt se frac qr.
Pond, Hiram W., frac pt sw qr.
Abbott, James, w frac h nw qr.
SECTION 18.
Willcoxson, Gideon, ne qr and w h se qr. Slatford, Job, e h se qr.
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Abbott, James, nw qr. Hawks, Jonathan, e h sw qr Zenos, Nash, w h sw qr.
SECTION 19.
Osborn, Isher P., ne qr.
Stoddard N., e h se qr.
Bradish, Carran, w h sw qr.
Alexander, Thomas, nw qr. Porter, Norton, sw qr.
SECTION 20.
Noble, E. J. S., n frac h ne qr.
Markham, S., s frac h ne qr.
Morton J. G., n frac h se qr.
Allen & Rumsey, s frac h se qr.
Hiscock, James, nw qr.
Silsby, Phineas, e h sw qr.
Brooks, William, w h sw qr.
SECTION 21.
West, E., e h ne qr.
Hendree, John, w h ne qr.
Brown & Fuller, n h se qr.
Nowland, A., ne frac qr of se qr.
Allen & Rumsey sw frac qr of se qr and sw frac qr of sw qr.
Hull, Isaac, n frac h nw qr.
Strong, T. C., s frac h nw qr.
Noyes, G. W., e frac h sw qr.
Chambers, Thomas, nw qr of sw qr and frac pt of sw qr.
SECTION 22.
Gott, N., e h ne qr. Leland, Nathan, w h ne qr.
Glasier, Richard B., e h se qr and w h se qr.
Glasier, R. B., e h nw qr.
Kingsley, James, w h nw qr.
Ira Parker & Thomas Brownell, sw qr.
SECTION 23.
Wood, Ira, e h ne qr.
Campbell, Lewis, w h ne qr.
Reddes, Jane, e h se qr.
Craft, Thomas, w h se qr
Lathrop, George C., e h nw qr.
Gott, N., w h nw qr.
White, Orrin, e h sw qr.
Glasier, R. B., w h sw qr.
SECTION 24.
Behan, James, ne qr.
Richardson, Nicholas, se qr.
Bush, Henry G., e h nw qr.
Lindsey, J. M., w h nw qr.
Geddes, W. & J., e h sw qr. Geddes, Jane, w h sw qr.
SECTION 25.
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Rash, George, ne qr. Fleming, Robert, se qr.
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Geddes, Robert, e h nw qr. Lindsey J. M., w h nw qr. Burlingame, H., e h sw qr. Botsford, E., w h sw qr. SECTION 26.
Clark, P. P., e h ne qr. Love, James, w h ne qr.
Moses Clark & Amos Hawks, se frac qr.
Hays, L. C., e h nw qr.
Botsford & Hawks, w h nw qr.
White, Orrin, n frac h sw qr.
McCloskey, J., s frac h sw qr.
SECTION 27.
Clark & Kirby, e h ne qr. Counbe, Peter, w frac h ne qr. White, Orrin, ne frac qr of ne qr. Halley & Davis, frac pt of se qr. Parker & Brownell, n frac h nw frac. Arnold, Hiram, s frac h nw frac. Ramsay, Henry, e h sw qr. Howe, Harley, w h sw qr.
SECTION 28.
Moss, J., ne frac qr of ne qr. Rumsey, Elisha, frac pt of ne qr.
Austin, Harvey, e h se qr. Stickney, H., w h se qr. Allen, James T., w h nw qr. Chambers, Thomas, w h nw qr. Clark, C. S., e h sw qr.
Noyes, James, w h sw qr.
SECTION 29.
Allen, John, n h and sw qr. Rumsey, Elisha W., se qr. SECTION 30. Allen, George W. & J., e h ne qr. Markham, Isaac, w h and w h ne qr. SECTION 31.
Markham, Isaac.
SECTION 32.
Bushnell, A., e h ne qr.
Bronson, Titus, w h ne qr and eh nw qr. Markham, Isaac, se qr. Moss, James, w h nw qr. Stratton, J. F., e h sw qr. Lane, Isaac, w h sw qr.
SECTION 33.
Prusia, George, e h ne qr.
Wagoner, D., w h ne qr.
Rolands, George, e h se qr.
Casterhout, C., w h se qr.
Britton, R., e h nw qr and w h sw q1.
Clark & Mason. w h nw qr.
Farrand, B., e h sw qr.
SECTION 34.
McFarland, Joseph, ne qr.
Branch, Israel, e h se qr.
Burr, Lewis, w h se qr.
Mills, A., e h nw qr.
Mills, Simon, w h nw qr.
Clark, Jason, sw qr.
SECTION 35.
Geddes, Robert, ne frac qr.
Clark, M., frac pt of ne qr.
Sturgis, Matthew, e h sw qr. Wickham, B. C., w h se qr. Rumsey & Farrand, e h nw qr. Ewers, Alvish, w h nw qr. Burney, Hunt, e h sw qr. Branch, C., w h sw qr. SECTION 36. Fleming, Robert, n frac h ne qr. Geddes, Robert, se qr and s frac h ne qr. Botsford, E., n frac h nw qr. Burney, W., e h sw qr. Uttinger, M., w h sw qr.
EARLY SETTLERS.
The following is an extract from a paper prepared by John Geddes, which deals with the early settlement of that portion of the township known as "School District No. 8:"
Orrin White, his wife Ann, and three children were the first settlers. They moved into a shanty on the northwest fractional quarter of section 26, July 4, 1824. They came from Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y., near where Mr. White was born. Mrs. White was born at Tioga Point, Pa., and her maiden name was Thayer. Next was George Rash, his wife Fanny and five children, and a bound boy, Levi Bunt. They settled on the northeast quarter of section 25, in September or October, 1824. Mr. Rash was born in Massachusetts; his wife, whose maiden name was Galloway, was born in Pennsyl- vania. They came from Perry, Genesee Co., N. Y.
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Elnathan Botsford and his wife Eliza came in May, 1825, and settled on the north part of the northwest fractional quarter of section 36. In 1827 they moved upon the west half of the south- west quarter of section 25. They were a newly married couple. Mr. Botsford was born in Milford, New Haven Co., Conn .; his wife, whose former name was Smith, was born in the State of New York. They came from Perry, Genesee Co., N. Y.
Robert and John Geddes came June 14, 1825, and settled on the south part of the northeast fractional quarter of section 36. They were unmarried. Robert came from Romulus, Seneca Co., N. Y., and John from Londonderry township, Chester Co., Pa., where they were both born and raised.
Amos Hicks and Mary his wife moved into the district in October, 1825. They had sevea children. They finally settled on the east half of the southeast quarter of section 26. Mr. Hicks was born in Massachusetts; his wife, whose maiden name was Love, was born in Ireland. They came from Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y.
Moses Clark, his wife and family of seven children came and settled down on the northeast part of the northeast fractional quarter of section 35. Mr. Clark was a Baptist minister, and was born in the State of New York. Mr. Clark sold out to Elnathan Botsford in the spring of 1832, and with his family left the township. Two of his children died before he left. Mr. Clark was 48 years old when he came here in 1825.
Amos Hicks died April 16, 1835, aged 59 years. Eliza Botsford died Dec. 24, 1847, aged 44 years and 25 days, of consumption. Elnathan Botsford died Jan. 6, 1853, of congestion of the lungs, aged 53 years and eight months. George Rash died Oct. 9, 1855, of paralysis, aged 67 years. Fanny Rash died May 31, 1859, of liver complaint, aged 71 years, 7 months and 26 days. Orrin White died Feb. 18, 1864, aged 69 years, 3 months and 24 days. Robert Geddes died March 11, 1866, aged 68 years and three months, of typhoid pneumonia. Mary Hicks died Oct. 6, 1868, aged 76 years, 5 months and 9 days, of old age and paralysis. Ann White died Dec. 1, 1871, of inflammation of the lungs, aged 71 years and 8 months. Elnathan Botsford died in the fourth ward of Ann Arbor, and Orrin and Ann White in the fifth ward. The others died in school district No. 8. They were all buried in said district, except Orrin and Ann White, whose remains lie in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor. The first adult person that died in the district was Prosper Paine Clark, a son of Rev. Moses Clark. He went out one morning to chop rail-cuts, and not coming home to dinner, he was found by his father lying on his face, on the ground, with a rail-cut on the back of his neck, dead. This was in March, 1828. He was about 25 years old. Levi Bunt enlisted in the Mexican war, and died in New Orleans on his way to Mexico.
The history of the city of Ann Arbor is given in full, and as the history of the town is so interwoven with that, it necessarily embraces the town history. The first births, deaths, and other
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matters of interest transpired within the city limits. The reader's attention is therefore called to the city's history.
ANN ARBOR CITY.
From that day in February, 1824, when Allen and Rumsey arrived on the spot where the city now stands, progress has been made, unequaled in some respects, and exceeded only in a few instances. The locality has had every advantage; nature made it beautiful, the American pioneer made it useful. The former con- ferred upon it a rich soil and a great water-power; the latter utilized each, transforming the soil into weil ordered gardens, and turning the waters of the river into channels of industry. The change, which has marked the years of progress, is one in which the people must take an especial pride. Few of the early occupiers live to realize this change; the greater number of the old settlers do not regret it; but there are yet among them men and women who look back to the never-forgotten past, and mourn the by-gone times, when contentment waited on the workers of the cradle, plow and spade, when pastoral industry was rewarded by peace and plenty, and primitive happiness ruled within the rude but comfortable log- houses of the pioneers. Old-time manners and customs have been revolutionized, a new order established, and the labor of the modernizers made to manifest itself in everything.
The citizens have, from the earliest period, paid much attention to educational matters. From the pioneer era to the present time the school has been the theme of gossip and inquiry. A love of education formed the leading characteristic of the people; it has always been fostered and cherished by them. It has been raised up from a very humble beginning to the greatest heights, until at length the establishments devoted to it, the number and high order of its teachers and the multitude of its votaries render the name of Ann Arbor synonymous with learning and culture.
The varied forms of Christianity have steadily advanced, churches have multiplied until their spires are now seen in every quarter of the city. Their bells do not continue to ring out peals of discord, for the intellectual world, which they summon to prayer, has abolished religious bigotry, leaving nature to act the despot in winning the minds of men to the first truths of the Christian Church.
The literary circles of the city compare in membership and intellectual excellence with those of the great literary centers of the Union. Perfect in organization, they awaken in the minds of those who read the reports of their meeting, or who attend their literary and social reunions, a sense of what study is capable of accomplishing. They afford many instances of the dignity which attaches itself to cultivated nature in its highest form, and thus pre- pare the way, by precedent, for others to follow.
The Students' Lecture Association is among the first of the liter- ary circles. In the announcement of the society for 1880-'81 such 52
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subjects as the "Landmarks of Scott," "Position of the Novel in Literature," " Alexander Hamilton," have been treated. The names of Wallace Bruce, Prof. Swing, John Clarke Redpath, Archibald Forbes and Henry Ward Beecher were given as lecturers. The Marie Litta Concert Co., Helen Potter, Bernard Listermann, Edouard Remenyi, Laura E. Dainty, and Madam Rive King per- formed in the University hall under the auspices of this society. The other collegiate associations, with the circles of the city, present equally entertaining programmes, so that scarcely a week passes without a literary reunion of a high order. Among those of espe- cial note are the lectures of the Ann Arbor Reform Club.
The press of the city is well conducted. It is the exponent of American ideas, and the faithful guardian of American interests. The writers are evidently of that class who have risen above flunkey- ism and deal justly by the time in which they live. They oppose their journals to innovation, when such does not give promise of good results; they stigmatize moral cowardice, and teach that from the village council room to the chambers of the National Govern- ment virtue should be doubly cherished and vice subjected to rebuke and punishment.
Ann Arbor is beautifully situated on the Huron. The river enters the city on the north and flows southeast, again northeast to the city limits. The valley of the Huron at this point presents a scene of beauty that cannot be surpassed. Throughout its tortuous course the swift current rushes forward, as it were, to mingle with the waters of Erie. On the left bank are the immense hills which lend to the northern portion of the city that physical picturesque- ness so much admired. The city proper is situated on the right bank, covering that beautiful land on which the pioneers of Ann Arbor settled 57 years ago. In the valley, and running almost parallel with the Huron, is the Michigan Central railroad. At a point opposite the Chubb road is the crossing of the A. A., T. & G. T. R. R. Here also the river is spanned by the railroad bridge built in 1880 for the A. A. & T. Railroad Co .; while eastward are Pontiac and Wall street bridges.
The county court-house is located in the heart of the city; the University buildings are located southeast of the business center. The observatory is situated on the heights, overlooking the valley, northeast of the University, while on the east is the beautiful cemetery of Forest Hill.
The northern portion of the city may be called the village of the Seven Hills. There are many neat residences. together with numerous commercial buildings, combining to render it a most im - portant section of the city.
The streets and avenues of the city are graded, shaded by a double line of thrifty trees, while ranked on each side are the neat and, in many instances, elegant residences of the citizens. Many of the churches are magnificent edifices, the school buildings are classed with the finest in the State, while the business blocks are metro-
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politan in character. With the exception of the M. C. R. R. depot and the hotels, the utmost effort of good taste is displayed through- out, so that it may now be classed as the neatest little city of the Union.
The original plat of Ann Arbor was acknowledged May 25, 1824, before Richard Smith, a justice both in Canada and this State at the time, whose whereabouts and commission were so wrapt in mystery that the plat is not received in evidence. Philo A. Judd made the survey and plat for Allen & Rumsey. The land platted in 1824 comprised all that tract between Allen's creek and Division, and from Jefferson street to the north line of block 4, north of Huron street.
The first addition was made by Anson Brown and Edward L. Fuller, June 25, 1832. This addition lies north of the river.
Mr. Brown came to Ann Arbor in 1827, and was a merchant and occupied a general retail store on Main street, at or near the loca- tion of Wines & Worden's store. He was one of the most energetic and thorough business men of the village, and if his life had been spared, the development and history of Ann Arbor would proba- bly have been different in some respects from what it actually has been. He was determined the future city of Ann Arbor should be on the north side of the Huron river, and at one time he seemed likely to succeed.
The second addition-the Ann Arbor Land Co.'s plat-was made in July, 1836, by Jonathan Stratton. The tract so platted is east of State street and south of the continuation of Washington to the south line of the section. The company's land contained 330 acres, a portion of which was platted. The eastern addition was platted in 1839 on the north part of section 28. In 1836 this company set apart 10 acres, now comprised in the University grounds, for the purpose of a State-House.
The third addition was made by Caleb Ormsby and David Page in July, 1838. It extended from the river south to Fuller street.
The fourth addition was made by Davidson and Gentean, July 6, 1838.
The eastern addition was platted in 1839 and recorded in August of that year. Wm. R. Thompson, Wm. S. Maynard, Chester In- galls and E. W. Morgan bought the land from Nowland, who sold half his interest to Thayer, who sold to Pitcher, of Detroit. The property was vested in E. W. Morgan, who directed John Farns- worth to make a survey of the tract. The old cemetery formed a part of the plat. West of this was the private cemetery, a corner of which forms the Hebrew burial ground.
Wm. P. Maynard platted a part of northwest quarter of section 29, forming a portion of his land on the Gorham railroad, Dec. 20, 1839.
Bowers' addition is bounded by Huron and North streets, and Division and State streets. The tract contains 10 acres, the survey of which was made in June, 1844.
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HISTORY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY.
John H. Carnish platted a small tract Nov. 25, 1845.
Danforth and Wilson's addition, block 2 south, range 8 east, was platted Oct. 18, 1845.
Wm. S. Maynard's second addition was platted April 20, 1846. It extended north from Madison to Eber White road, or Liberty street.
Lawrence and Maynard's addition, as made Aug. 25, 1848, ex- tended north from the north line of the eastern addition to the face of the southern plateau.
Solomon Mann's addition was platted Nov. 25, 1849.
Benham's addition was made November, 1853, north of Huron street.
Travers directed the survey of a tract, west of the Huron and south of Travers' brook, Jan. 15, 1856. He platted another piece of land Oct. 20, 1857.
R. S. Smith's first addition was made in August, 1867, contain- ing 87 lots.
J. B. Crane platted a sub-division of block 1, north, of range 12, Feb. 27, 1858.
The Wilcoxson land, north of the Huron and east of Division street, was platted for W. S. Maynard, June 16, 1858.
W. S. Maynard's second addition was made July 18, 1858, on the tract lying west and south of his first plat.
Wm. A. Benedict's addition, surveyed March 11, 1859, was lo- cated north of Brown's.
#Hiscock's improved plat extended north from High street to Chubb road, and west from Spring street. It was made in May, 1859.
Hiscock's first addition, May 10, 1859, is bounded on the south by Felch street, north by Chubb road, west by J. B. Gott's addi- tion and on the east by Grove street, with a small extension to the Plank road.
Felch's addition was surveyed May 7, 1859.
Baldwin's addition, known as the picnic grove, was made July 5, 1859.
James H. Brown's addition, made March 17, 1860, north of Brown & Bach's addition, and east of the Saline road.
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