ENTRIES OF LAND PRIOR TO 1860

Transcribed by Bonnie J. Petee. Extracted from, "The History of Tuscola, MI," H. R. Page and Co., Chicago, 1883.

ENTRIES OF LAND PRIOR TO 1860:

Location: township 13 north, range 10 east

Section 1: Martin Watrous, August 2, 1853; George H. Sanford, October 21, 1858; William C. Beach, September 16, 1858; William C. Predmore, November 23, 1859; James L. Travis, November 30, 1859; Martin Watrous, January 30, 1858; George H. Sanford, October 25, 1858.

Section 2: Samuel G. Hathaway, June 14, 1851; William H. Green, August 30, 1850; Stephen D. Sayer, January 28, 1854; Joseph H. Bugbee, April 15, 1854; Charles Pomeroy, June 6, 1854; Anson Rudd, October 29, 1855; Alexander C. Watrous, July 3, 1856; Martin Watrous, February 22, 1869; Martin Watrous, December 22, 1869; Martin Watrous, February 5, 1869.

Section 3: William H. Green, August 30, 1850; William Winspear, June 26, 1852; William E. Shearman, March 24, 1854; Daniel D. Dewey, September 7, 1854; Samuel P. Shearman, October 4, 1854; Anson Rudd, October 29, 1855.

Section 4: Hiram Beach, August 1, 1854;Inman J. B. McKenney, October 12, 1854; Tristam Rogers, November 25, 1854; Riley Nash, February 20, 1855; Joseph White, June 12, 1855.

Section 5: Washington O. Donoughue, July 9, 1853; Joseph Hartman, March 7, 1855; Henry Day, April 1, 1856; William C. Beach, April 10, 1856; Henry A. Frink, February 5, 1859; Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855.

Section 6: Josiah Higley, June 28, 1853; Martin Watrous, April 18, 1854; Martin Watrous, May 5, 1854; Seth Beeman (second), May 7, 1855; James Andrews, July 5, 1855.

Section 7: Eliza Andrews, April 28, 1853; Rachel Andrews, April 28, 1853; William Metcalf, May 23, 1853; William Wilcox, June 27, 1853; James Andrews, November 4, 1854; James Andrews, November 8, 1854; Simeon Botsford, December 26, 1855.

Section 8: Martin Watrous, October 23, 1852; Mary Ann Botsford, March 25, 1854; Marshall N. Robinson, March 25, 1854; George R. Smith, May 15, 1854; Simeon Botsford, March 16, 1855; William R. Robinson, March 16, 1855; William C. Beach, May 12, 1856; Joseph M. Dodge, May 6, 1856.

Section 9: Curtis Emerson, February 5, 1850; Curtis Emerson, June 8, 1850; William H. Green, July 16, 1850; Maurice Moran, January 22, 1852; Loiza Baker, September 10, 1852; Martin Watrous, October 23, 1852; William W. Gorton, July 13, 1853; William W. Gorton, January 28, 1854; David Keslar, April 5, 1854; Martin Watrous, June 14, 1854; Wakeman Goodsell, August 8, 1854; Asahel Disbrow, April 6, 1857.

Section 10: James Morgan Baldwin, May 13, 1851; William Winspear, June 24, 1852; James M. Edmunds, May 22, 1854; Edmund H. Hazelton, February 26, 1857; Martin Watrous, January 30, 1858.

Section 11: William H. Green, June 19, 1850; Martin Watrous, February 5, 1858.

Section 12: John H. Hodges, January 1. 1853; Willard Barker, May 8, 1854; William H. Whitney and Edmund H. McQuigg, October 28, 1854; Henry D. Braddock, November 14, 1855.

Section 13: William F. Whitney and Edmund H. McQuigg, October 28, 1854.

Section 14: James Morgan Baldwin, May 13, 1851; William Winspear, June 26, 1852; Willard Parker, April 24, 1854; William F. Whitney and Edmund H. McQuigg, October 28, 1854; Henry D. Braddock, Nov. 26, 1855; Samuel W. Yawkey, July 9, 1856.

Section 15: Asher Tyler, June 14, 1851; William H. Green, June 19, 1850; Curtis Emerson, February 23, 1851; Stephen D. Sayer, January 28, 1854; Stephen D. Sayer, February 11, 1854.

Section 16: William W. Gorton, December 31, 1856; James Andrews, February 25, 1858.

Section 17: Edgar Sheldon, October 20, 1852; George G. Anderson, May 11, 1853; William W. Gorton, July 12, 1853; William C. Beach, December 12, 1855; Lorenzo D. Welch, December 13, 1855.

Section 18: Edgar Sheldon, October 20, 1852; Myron H. L. Tyrrell, November 27, 1852; Benjamin W. and Jonathan A. White, May 2, 1853.

Section 19: Samuel G. Hathaway, June 14, 1851; James Morgan Baldwin, May 15, 1851; Cyrus Haven, May 11, 1853; William Wilcox, June 25, 1853; William Wilcox, June 27, 1853.

Section 20: D. and S. Johnson, September 14, 1847; Paschal Richardson, October 14, 1847; Thompson, Whitney & Coit, October 12, 1850; Ira Kibbee, October 9, 1851; John C. Casler, April 13, 1854.

Section 21: D.and S. Johnson, September 14, 1847; Paschal Richardson, October 14, 1847; Thompson, Whitney & Coit, February 28, 1851; James Morgan Baldwin, May 13, 1851; Ira Kibbee, October 9, 1851; John H. Richardson, October 19, 1855; Henry A. Bradock, November 14, 1855.

Section 22: Thompson, Whitney & Coit, January 24, 1851; James Morgan Baldwin, May 13, 1851; Lewis J. Davis, September 3, 1856.

Section 23: James Morgan Baldwin, May 3, 1851.

Section 24: Delia A. Baldwin, July 28, 1853; Vallorous A. Paine, July 14, 1859.

Section 25: Martin Watrous, November 16, 1858.

Section 26: Delia A. Baldwin, July 28, 1853; Alfred H. Wright, May 4, 1855; Henry Hayden, February 8, 1858; James L. Ketcham, December 7, 1858.

Section 27: Abijah H. Thompson and Thomas Whitney & Coit, October 12, 1850; James Morgan Baldwin, May 12, 1851; James Morgan Baldwin, December 10, 1852; James M. Baldwin, August 9, 1853; Martin Watrous, May 5, 1854; Alfred H. Wright, May 4, 1855; James J. McCormick, November 17, 1856; Ebenezer A. Higgins, November 28, 1856; Robert H. Weideman, October 26, 1857; Alfred H. Wright, May 26, 1858; Martin Watrous, January 30, 1858.

Section 28: Abijah H. Thompson, October 12, 1850; Thomas Whitney and F. E. Coit, October 12, 1850; Thomas Whitney and F. E. Coit, February 3, 1851; Andrew M. Orvis, October 9, 1851; James Cleaver, November 6, 1854; George Cleaver, February 19, 1856; Ebenezer A. Higgins, November 28, 1856.

Section 29: Artemas Thayer, January 29, 1852; Samuel Lake, June 24, 1852; James M. Baldwin, August 9, 1853; William F. Whitney and Edmund H. Mcquigg, October 28, 1854; George Judson, May 6, 1856; Edmund H. Hazelton, July 7, 1856.

Section 30: Thomas Whitney, June 29, 1852; William Wilcox, June 9, 1854; William Wilcox, October 18, 1854; William Wilcox, December 30, 1854; William Wilcox, January 8, 1855; George Judson, May 6, 1856; William Wilcox, June 18, 1856; William Wilcox, July 4, 1856.

Section 31: Curtis Emerson, February 5, 1850; Samuel T. Atwater, July 1, 1854; Samuel T. Atwater, July 5, 1854; William Wilcox, January 26, 1855; William Wilcox, March 24, 1855.

Section 32: James Morgan Baldwin, May 15, 1851; William F. Whitney and Edmund H. McQuigg, October 28, 1854; William Wilcox, July 4, 1856.

Section 33: James M. Baldwin, May 13, 1851; William F. Whitney and Edmund H. McQuigg, October 28, 1854; James Cleaver, November 6, 1854; Alfred H. Wright, May 4, 1855; Alfred H. Wright, October 3, 1856.

Section 34: Alfred H. Wright, October 3, 1856; Alfred H. Wright, February 1, 1859.

Section 35: James M. Baldwin, April 30, 1853; James M. Baldwin, August 9, 1853; Alfred H. Wright, October 5, 1858; James J. McCormick, February 1, 1859.

Section 36: James M. Baldwin, April 30, 1853; Alfred H. Wright, October 1, 1856; Alfred H. Wright, October 5, 1858.