THE MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS OF 1845, Mottville Township St Joseph County, Michigan Copyright © 1997 by Denise Frederick. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. _____________________________________________________________________ THE MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS OF 1845 The following pages contain the abstracted State Census of 1845 for Saint Joseph County. To make proper use of it, one must understand that a 'State' census differs somewhat from the Federal Census which is taken every ten years, and always in years ending in zero. As you go through this census, please bear in mind, that the names were copied from the original census sheets on file in the Western Michigan University Archives. The handwriting is excellent, but it is spencerian, and the difference between captial L, J, I, and sometimes P is often not clear. When initials only were given, we had to make a "wild" guess. This is a list of all free white males over 21, listed by name. The spelling given is exactly as it appears, and not necessarily as you might think it should be read. It was not until 1850 that the Federal census started listing every one by name, before that only heads of households were listed by name. **************************************************** MICHIGAN STATE CENSUS 1845 ST JOSEPH COUNTY MOTTVILLE TOWNSHIP William Ohles Julius J. Bates Aaron Brooks Harvey Cook David Jerome Michael Brown Nancy Odell John Runyan Charles Cook George McGaffrey Charles L. Simmons John Hutchinson Stephen Cleveland William Carmer Lewis Darvean John Barclay John Barker William Barker Alanson C. Stewart Jacob Bennitch Stephen Achenback Salsey Kasky Chauncey May Asahel Clapp George G. Gilbert Philip Hartman Joseph Miller Calvin P. May Daniel Gray Abraham Richard Abram Goble William Engle Augustus Peck Joseph F. Johnson Nathan Odell William R. Marvin Samuel H. Long Orin E. Thomson Samuel L. Willing John Ulick John B. Hitesman Frederick Woods William Cook James Buckner Daniel Osborn Andrew Thompson Daniel Shellhammer Thomas Barker Daniel J. Kushner John Ferguson James Hutchinson Aralsamon Markham John C. Call John Hass John Wills John Early Amos Lindsley Hiram Holibard Alexander Holibard John J. Watt John J. Victor John M. Harrington Jacob Brown William Pierce Francis Nixon Henry Benham Daniel Lynn Hugh H. Van Fleet Nicolas J. Sixbey Daniel Young Sylvester Billings Albert Osborn George Kerstater Andrew Osborn Stephen Watter John Redfern John Hawkins Hugh Ferguson William Watuson Thadeus Call Henry Hass Hiram Wills Daniel Shurtz Robert Ray Stephen Miller S. Gilbert Cook Hamlin Francis F. Philo Robert Cook Arnold Lewis William Coos Benjamin Walworth E. M. Winslow Reuben M. Daniels Cyrus W. Udell John Watuson John Edwards John M. Chase Frederick A. Lony Aaron Schull Christopher Vorhees Nathan Russell Simeon Gilbert Benjamin Barker James Barker Charles Hass Erastus Eggleston Nathan Skinner Andrew Watuson George Smith John Shurtz Seth Hull Thomas Shurtz Henry Boyart Charles Miller Michael Crites Seth Hamlin Albert Miller Sandus Hastings Levi Peck Rufus Ingerson Benjamin Darwin William Marvin Morris Sawyer Isaac Jones George Willing *************************** dz