Land entries of Indian Fields, Tuscola County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Bonnie Petee. 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. _____________________________________________________________________ Indian Fields Land Entries Taken from The History of Tuscola County,Biographical Sketches and Illustrations, H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. Thanks to Bonnie Petee. The following entries of land are taken from the abstract books of Richardson & Wheat, at Caro: LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST 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. dz