The following entries of land are taken from the abstract books of Richardson & Wheat, at Caro:

Section 1: James L. Ketchum, December 17, 1857; James L. Ketchum, December 26, 1853; James L. Ketchum, April 12, 1858; James L. Ketchum, December 7, 1858; James L. Ketchum, August 10, 1858; James L. Ketchum, December 11, 1858; Appleton Stevens, January 2, 1863; A. Welch and A. Weldon, June 12, 1863; James L. Ketchum, March 19, 1864.

Section 2: D. and S. Johnson, September 14, 1847; Paschal Richardson, February 21, 1848; Abijah H. Thompson, Thomas Whitney and Frank E. Coit, October 12, 1850; James L. Ketchum, June 25, 1852; Henry P. Roberts, June 25, 1852; Henry P. Roberts, et al., June 25, 1852; James L. Ketchum November 30, 1853; Robert Law, May 1, 1856; Aaron D. Emory, December 26, 1855; Townsend North, April 8, 1861; H. C. Ripley, September 25, 1869.

Section 3: D. and S. Johnson, September 14, 1847; Paschal Richardson February 21, 1848; Samuel P. Sherman, September 8, 1852; Samuel P. Sherman, December 1, 1852; Edwin Anderson, April 30, 1852; Abner Randall, October 30, 1854.

Section 4: Samuel P. Sherman, September 9, 1852; Samuel P. Sherman, January 5, 1853; Charles H. P. Maxwell, September 1, 1851; Samuel Goes, September 14, 1852; Edgar Sheldon, October 22, 1852; Aaron Dickinson, November 9, 1852; Augustus Neers, December 13, 1852; Aaron Dickinson, Jr., July 8, 1853.

Section 5: Samuel Gunsolly, June 30, 1851; Matthew S. Dickinson, April 19, 1853; William A. Heartt, June 23, 1853; Hiram Allen, July 9, 1853; Lucius S. Marvin, July 13, 1853; Hiram Allen, July 13, 1853; John N. Brock, December 24, 1853; William A. Heartt, July 11, 1854.

Section 6: Augustus Howell, August 3, 1852; Abraham Van Gieson, August 24, 1852; Daniel Dunn, October 6, 1852; Chester Miller, October 7, 1851; Daniel Dunn, September 4, 1852; Abram Van Gieson, September 14, 1852; Amos Andrews, Jr., November 2, 1858; Abram Van Gieson, July 6, 1854.

Section 7: Edward Howell, April 31, 1851 (date given in book); David Foote, June 16, 1851; Franklin Fairman, February 19, 1853; Franklin Fairman, April 11, 1852;

Section 8: Edward Howell, April 30, 1851; Martin Watrous, August 16, 1852; John T. Law, February 3, 1853; Jacob Gould, May 10, 1852; Jacob Gould, September 10, 1852; Samuel F. Dickinson, April 19, 1853; Hannah E. Dickinson, April 19, 1853.

Section 9: Michael Bloomsberg, January 1, 1852; Abel Snyder, March 6, 1852; Oliver A. Dickinson, June 24, 1852; Isaac N. Crane, August 25, 1852; Isaac N. Crane, October 8, 1852; James L. Ketchum, April 28, 1853; Walter M. Holmes, June 8, 1853; David G. Slafter, September 13, 1853.

Section 10: James Eldridge and Curtis Emerson, April 2, 1847; Richard Guest, January 31, 1852; James L. Ketchum, April 28, 1853; Samuel T. Atwater, July 1, 1854; Gardner D. Williams, September 4, 1854; Aaron D. Emory, December 27, 1855;

Section 11: Thompson, Whitney and Coit, October 12, 1850; Thomas Whitney, March 20, 1852; Gardner D. Williams, February 24, 1854; Edmund H. Hazelton, July 7, 1856; Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856; Leonard Grade, September 28, 1872.

Section 12: Edmund H. Hazelton, July 7, 1856; Melvin Gibbs, September 29, 1859; A. H. and S. Gates and Joshua D. Smith, March 19, 1860; James Tolbert, May 8, 1867; Appleton Stevens, January 2, 1863; William W. Delling, September 28, 1863; Edmund Hall, November 16, 1877.

Section 13: Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, April 24, 1856; Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, May 1, 1856; James McLaughlin, March 1, 1858; Charles Merrill, March 8, 1858; Frederick Dunn, August 25, 1858; Gates and Smith, March 19, 1860; M. Watrous and D. G. Slafter, November 17, 1869.

Section 14: Gardner D. Williams, February 24, 1854; Gardner D. Williams, May 10, 1854; Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, April 24, 1856; Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, May 1, 1856; Herman Camp, August 4, 1856; Charles D. Farlin, October 29, 1858; Gates and Smith, March 19, 1860.

Section 15: David and Sol. Johnson, September 4, 1847; David and Sol. Johnson, September 29, 1847; Eleazar T. Pettis, December 6, 1850; Volney Chapin and Francis Andrews, January 3, 1851; Eleazar T. Pettis, February 4, 1851; Eleazar T. Pettis, March 14, 1851; William H. Green, June 19, 1850; Curtis Emerson, February 23, 1851; Emily M. Ingersoll, July 29, 1856; Lewis Van Winkle, October 19, 1871.

Section 16: Jacob Gould, April 23, 1856; Joseph Gamble, March 17, 1859; James W. Spencer, May 9, 1861; Lewis Van Voinde, January 20, 1873; William Tilly, July 31, 1865; Lincoln R. Spencer, October 16, 1865; Jesse Wilson, March 9, 1871; Lewis Van Voinde, November 17, 1871; Charles Montague, November 19, 1877.

Section 17: Curtis Emerson, February 5, 1850; William A. Heartt, July 15, 1852; Daniel D. Dopking, June 17, 1852; William Wilkins, September 30, 1851; Edward Phelps, September 30, 1851; Charles Stuck, July 15, 1852; William A. Heartt, November 13, 1852; William A. Heartt, July 11, 1854; William A. Heartt, September 14, 1855; Ezra G. Goddard, May 30, 1864.

Section 18: D. and S. Johnson, September 29, 1847; Amos Andrews, June 18, 1851; Richard D. Slitor, September 19, 1851; John C. Rowland, January 2, 1852; William A. Heartt, November 13, 1852; Townsend North, December 1, 1852.

Section 19: Jacob Light, September 30, 1851; Abraham Clawson, September 30, 1851; William A. Heartt, July 11, 1854; William A. Heartt, September 14, 1855; Henry D. Braddock, November 14, 1855; Herman Camp, August 4, 1856; Herman Camp, August 9, 1856; Townsend North, May 18, 1861; Lorenzo Mosher, September 25, 1865; William A. Heartt, April 26, 1869.

Section 20: Charles Stuck, June 6, 1851; Charles Stuck, May 17, 1851; William A. Heartt, July 15, 1852; Charles Stuck, July 15, 1852; Barney Harper, October 18, 1854; William A. Heartt, March 14, 1856; Joseph Colman, June 6, 1859; Joshua D. Smith, March 19, 1860; Joseph Colman, March 19, 1860; Townsend North, April 8, 1861; William Fenner, October 21, 1863.

Section 21: Charles Stuck, January 6, 1851; James Vanderbilt, January 6, 1851;Barney Harper, October 18, 1854; Martin Watrous, June 9, 1858; Reuben A. Miller, December 25, 1858; Darius Hodges, May 5, 1859; Reuben A. Miller, December 30, 1858; Amasa Rust, March 19, 1860; R. A. Miller, March 19, 1860; William R. Newkirk, March 14, 1871; Henry C. Ripley, November 15, 1871; William A. Heartt, March 10, 1860; William A. Heartt, July 21, 1869; T. North, January 28, 1864;

Section 22: Gardner D. Williams, May 10, 1854; Hezekiah W. Whitney, July 7, 1856; Hezekiah W. Whitney, July 10, 1856; Herman Camp, August 4, 1856; Charles Merrill, March 8, 1858; Darius Hodges, May 5, 1859; William Fenner, October 27, 1862; William M. Canfield, May 21, 1863; Henry C. Ripley, November 15, 1871; T. North, January 28, 1864.

Section 23: Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, April 24, 1856; Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, May 1, 1856; Moses Sutton and James A. Bailey, July 12, 1856; Herman Camp, August 4, 1856; William M. Canfield, May 21, 1863; William M. Canfield, August 3, 1863.

Section 24: Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, April 24, 1856; Charles Merrill, July 14, 1856; Archibald H. Gates, September 28, 1859; Gates and Smith, March 19, 1860; William M. Canfield, August 3, 1863; James Tolbert, October 22, 1868; Oscar and Lafayette Wilder, December 24, 1863; John Stuart, September 16, 1875.

Section 25: James A. Bailey and Moses Sutton, December 8, 1855; Charles Merrill and Charles D. Farlin, April 24, 1856; Moses Sutton and James A. Bailey, April 28, 1856; Gates and Smith, March 19, 1860; William A. Heartt, June 15, 1868.

Section 26: Amy Fuller, January 15, 1857; James McLaughlin, March 8, 1858; William M. Hayford, January 24, 1859; Archibald H. Gates, September 28, 1859; Sault Saint Marie Canal Co, May 25, 1855; Charles Montague, November 19, 1879.

Section 27: Hezekiah W. Whitney, July 7, 1856; Hezekiah W. Whitney, July 10, 1856; Amy Fuller, January 15, 1857; Archibald H. Gates, July 5, 1859; Gates & Smith, March 19, 1860; S. Gibbs, November 26, 1868; William R. and L. N. Newkirk, April 20, 1869.

Section 28: William A. Heartt, July 15, 1852; Hezekiah W. Whitney, January 14, 1857; John Johnson, May 24, 1860; Joseph Colman, March 19, 1860; William A. Heartt, February 14, 1865; Reuben Miller, January 31, 1865; Oscar and L. Wilder, December 2, 1865; William A. Heartt, June 15, 1868; Henry C. Ripley, November 15, 1871.

Section 29: John Johnson, May 24, 1860; Lorenzo Mosher, September 25, 1865; Samuel Townsend, November 19, 1869; William A. Heartt, June 15, 1868; Alson Greenfield, November 13, 1863; William A. Heartt, July 15, 1852.

Section 30: Elijah Smith, December 8, 1851; Lorenzo Mosher, September 25, 1865; John T. Chambers, November 9, 1865; W. H. Raymond, May 13, 1867; Dennis Murphy, October 17, 1870; Samuel L. Jones, November 19, 1870.

Section 31: William Fenner, May 10, 1864; William Fenner, January 18, 1866; Peter Donnelly, November 7, 1868; William R. Newkirk, March 15, 1871.

Section 32: John Johnson, May 24, 1859; Joshua D. Smith, December 8, 1860; Edgar W. Allen, December 7, 1871; Wesley G. Wilber, December 28, 1868; William A. Heath, June 15, 1868; David T. Davis, March 9, 1872.

Section 33: Hezekiah W. Whitney, January 14, 1857; Gates & South, March 19, 1860; William M. Canfield, February 26, 1866; W. N. Canfield, January 5, 1867; William Fenner, June 18, 1866.

Section 34: Hezekiah W. Whitney, January 14, 1857; Gates & Smith, March 19, 1860; James Tolbert, May 8, 1867.

Section 35: William J. Cornell, September 25, 1852; James McLaughlin, March 8, 1858; Charles Merrill, March 8, 1858; Gates & Smith, March 19, 1860; Jane Wells, August 10, 1866; Lewis Van Winkle, December 12, 1866; Wills & Green, January 10, 1868;

S. Gibbs, November 26, 1868.

Section 36: James McLaughin, March 8, 1858; Joshua Witherald, December 9, 1858; Jane Wells, January 25, 1865; James G. McCormick, June 23, 1866; William A. Heartt, April 4, 1867; Sault Saint Marie Canal Company, May 25, 1855; T. North, June 28, 1866.

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