Early Wisner Land Entries |
Taken from The History of Tuscola County, Biographical Sketches and Illustrations, H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. Thanks to Bonnie Petee.
Land Entries Prior to 1865
Location: Township 14 North, Range 7 East
Section 1: Townsend North, November 15, 1861.
Section 11: Augustus Lull, July 25, 1861; Harvey Dunham, February 19, 1862
Section 12: W. P. Jewell, ________, 1860; Townsend North, November 15, 1861; William
Jewell, August 25, 1864; William P. Jewell, July 31, 1862; Charles G. Learned, December 2,
1863.
Section 13: Archibald Black, January 9, 1855; Joshua Terry, July 10, 1855; Elijah Gibbs,
December 3, 1858; Townsend North, September 17, 1862; Henry Beebe, December 11, 1863.
Section 14: Joshua Terry, July 10, 1855; Townsend North, July 20, 1861; Henry B.
Shurtleff, February 3, 1863; Augustus Lull, June 19, 1861.
Section 15: Grannis and Clark Moulthrop, April 7, 1859; Grannis and Clark Moulthrop, July
30, 1858; Townsend North, December 8, 1860; Townsend North, July 20, 1861.
Section 21: Green bird, July 24, 1854; Townsend North, February 4, 1862.
Section 22: Hiram Thomas, May 5, 1862; Townsend North, December 8, 1860;
Townsend North, September 17, 1862.
Section 23: Russell Lapree, June 4, 1860; Hiram Thomas, May 5, 1862.
Section 24: Simeon S. Carson, September 29, 1863.
Section 25: Henry Beebe, August 24, 1860; Alexander Borland, April 19, 1862;
Townsend North, January 28, 1864.
Section 27: Isaiah Jester, May 15, 1855; Isaiah Jester, September 12, 1855; John Rees,
October 7, 1864.
Section 28: Joshua S. Briggs, May 7, 1855; Joshua Terry, October 11, 1853;
Joshua Terry, September 17, 1853; Townsend North, July 20, 1861; Townsend North, December
8, 1860; William B. Ormsbee, January 1, 1862.
Section 32: Nathan H. Hewitt, August 16, 1855; Matthew Little, January 22, 1863.
Section 33: Almon McTerry, March 19, 1859; Townsend North, July 20, 1861;
Matthew Little, February 8, 1863.
TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST.
Section 36: Townsend North, February 4, 1862; Harriet S. Gibbs, May 31, 1865.
Note: The shape of Wisner Township is irregular because of the shore line of Saginaw Bay.
Copyright March 1998 Bonnie Petee