St. Clair County, Michigan, Its History and Its People: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1 |
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Page 84
... paid for in state swamp land , it was customary for the state to issue scrip , with which swamp land in any part of the state could be taken up . This scrip was generally on the market at a considerable discount . Many fortunes were ...
... paid for in state swamp land , it was customary for the state to issue scrip , with which swamp land in any part of the state could be taken up . This scrip was generally on the market at a considerable discount . Many fortunes were ...
Page 101
... paid so liberally that at the end of the day she had received seventy - two dollars . During the period from 1828 to 1837 Captains Thomas J. Beall , Waddy V. Cobbs , Levi Whiting and Owen Ransom - who died after a short service here ...
... paid so liberally that at the end of the day she had received seventy - two dollars . During the period from 1828 to 1837 Captains Thomas J. Beall , Waddy V. Cobbs , Levi Whiting and Owen Ransom - who died after a short service here ...
Page 107
... paid over thirteen thousand dollars , was confiscated by the British government . He had at that time a large family of twelve or thirteen children , and after the war , came up the St. Clair river in 1815 and purchased two private ...
... paid over thirteen thousand dollars , was confiscated by the British government . He had at that time a large family of twelve or thirteen children , and after the war , came up the St. Clair river in 1815 and purchased two private ...
Page 112
... paid $ 3,000 down , and as within a year the panic of 1837 came on , they were unable to pay more and deeded back the land shortly after . Duthan Northup came to the county as the representative of the purchasers , and through their ...
... paid $ 3,000 down , and as within a year the panic of 1837 came on , they were unable to pay more and deeded back the land shortly after . Duthan Northup came to the county as the representative of the purchasers , and through their ...
Page 118
... paid to Harmon Chamberlin , but the character of the services rendered is not stated . This is the first appearance on the official records of old Doctor Chamberlin , as he was familiarly called for many years . Born in Ver- mont in ...
... paid to Harmon Chamberlin , but the character of the services rendered is not stated . This is the first appearance on the official records of old Doctor Chamberlin , as he was familiarly called for many years . Born in Ver- mont in ...
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33rd Inf acres Algonac Andrew Westbrook appointed April became Belle river Black river building built Bunce Captain Charles church Clair county Clair river commissioners Company G Corporal Cottrell Cottrellville county seat court creek Deserted Detroit Died east Eighth Cavalry Enlisted in Battery Enlisted in Company father feet Fifteenth Infantry Fifth Infantry Fort Gratiot Fourth Infantry French Fulton George governor Gratiot H reorganized Harsen Henry Indians James John Joseph Judge July June Lake Huron Lake St land Macomb county March Marine City Michigan mill organized Palmer pany E pany H Pine river plat Port Huron railroad Removed resident road Samuel Samuel Ward Schooner Second Cavalry second lieutenant Sept Sergeant Sixth Cavalry Smith society Steamer supervisors Tenth Infantry territory Third Infantry Thomas tons township Twenty-second Infantry Twenty-seventh Infantry Veteran village Ward Wesbrook William
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Page 18 - Cataraquy ; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Page 82 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.
Page 353 - Any corporation, society, order or voluntary association, without capital stock, organized and carried on solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit...
Page 62 - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of land and all and singular other the premises hereby granted and released and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances...
Page 17 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page 64 - America, and to their successors and assigns for ever, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to forty-eight degrees of the said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea...
Page 64 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 63 - Florida, do presume, upon any pretence whatever, to grant warrants of survey, or pass any patents for lands beyond the bounds of their respective governments, as described in their commissions...
Page 19 - Clair ; thence through the middle of said lake, in a direction to enter that mouth or channel of the river St. Clair, which is usually denominated the Old Ship Channel...
Page 63 - Part thereof by from or under him them or any of them Shall and will WARRANT and for Ever Defend by these Presents. IN WITNESS Whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals Dated the Day and Year first above Written.