LANSING TOWNSHIP
Land Entries
From History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan
By Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D.W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia
NOTE:
No specific purchase dates are listed in Lansing Township
| SECTION | NAME | DATE |
| 1 | Fractional Section: 629 acres total | |
| 1 | James C. ALLEN | 1837 |
| 1 | Rosalvo F. GRIFFIN | 1837 |
| 1 | Joel HAYFORD | 1851 |
| 1 | Ephraim BIXBY | 1851 |
| 1 | Henry STOEL (STOWELL) | 1852 |
| 1 | Jacob B. BENNETT | 1852 |
| 1 | Shepard BEMIS | 1854 |
| 1 | Stephen W. DOWNER | 1863 |
| 2 | Fractional Section: 630.46 acres total | |
| 2 | Richard LEWIS | 1836 |
| 2 | Benjamin EARLE | 1846 |
| 2 | Isaiah G. FROST | 1847 |
| 2 | James C. ALLEN | 1847 |
| 2 | John C. BALL | 1847 |
| 2 | James SHAW | 1847 |
| 2 | Edward THORNBERRY | 1852 |
| 3 | Fractional Section: 630.24 acres total | |
| 3 | Nathan H. DELANO | 1836 |
| 3 | Henry WHIPPLE | 1836 |
| 3 | George LEWIS | 1836 |
| 4 | Fractional Section: 617.36 acres total | |
| 4 | William H. TOWNSEND | 1835 |
| 4 | William R. WATSON | 1836 |
| 4 | Verdine ELLSWORTH | 1836 |
| 4 | Alexander HUTCHINS | 1836 |
| 4 | John G. SNIDER | 1837 |
| 4 | C.G. JONES | 1837 |
| 5 | Fractional Section: 592.42 acres total | |
| 5 | William H. TOWNSEND | 1835 |
| 5 | Isaac N. HEDDEN | 1835 |
| 5 | Horace H. COMSTOCK | 1836 |
| 5 | John R. JEWETT | 1836 |
| 5 | Samuel G. BLISS | 1836 |
| 5 | George SMITH | 1837 |
| 5 | Rosanna BACON | 1837 |
| 6 | Fractional Section: 666.38 acres total | |
| 6 | Catharine N. FORBES | 1835 |
| 6 | Thomas STEVENS | 1835 |
| 6 | David FRINK | 1835 |
| 6 | Gerardus CLARK | 1836 |
| 6 | Samuel MARKS | 1836 |
| 7 | Fractional Section: 644.61 acres total | |
| 7 | David MEECH | 1835-36 |
| 7 | Richmond WHITEMARSH | 1836 |
| 7 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 8 | Fractional Section: 632.88 acres total Partly in city of Lansing |
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| 8 | William H. TOWNSEND | 1835 |
| 8 | Frederick BUSHNELL | 1836 |
| 8 | Richmond WHITEMARSH | 1836 |
| 8 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 9 | Fractional Section: 600.09 acres total In city of Lansing |
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| 9 | William H. TOWNSEND | 1835 |
| 9 | Frederick BUSHNELL | 1836 |
| 10 | Full Section: 640 acres Now in city of Lansing |
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| 10 | Horace H. COMSTOCK | 1836 |
| 10 | Leland GREEN | 1836 |
| 10 | Robert G.L. PEYSTER | 1836 |
| 10 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 11 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 11 | Mortimer B. MARTIN | 1836 |
| 11 | Richard LEWIS | 1836 |
| 11 | Miles N. STANLEY | 1837 |
| 11 | William HOGLE | 1837 |
| 11 | John C. BALL | 1847 |
| 11 | George T. CLARK | 1847 |
| 12 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 12 | Adam L. ROOF | 1847 |
| 12 | Robert TOAN | 1847 |
| 12 | Hezekiah SMITH | 1847 |
| 12 | Daniel NICHOLSON | 1847 |
| 12 | Simeon DEARIN | 1848 |
| 12 | Sherman BEMIS | 1853 |
| 13 | Fractional Section: 620.28 acres total | |
| 13 | Horace H. COMSTOCK | 1836 |
| 13 | George W. WRIGHT | 1836 |
| 13 | John F. LAWRENCE | 1836 |
| 14 | Fractional Section: 631.85 acres total | |
| 14 | Horace H. COMSTOCK | 1836 |
| 14 | George M. MILLS | 1836 |
| 14 | Mortimer B. MARTIN | 1836 |
| 14 | Henry OLMSTEAD | 1836 |
| 14 | Gerardus CLARK | 1837 |
| 15 | Full Section: 640 acres In city of Lansing |
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| 15 | Oliver JOHNSON | 1836 |
| 15 | Thomas LAWRENCE | 1836 |
| 15 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 15 | E.J. PENNIMAM | 1837 |
| 16 | Fractional Section: 607.04 acres total Laid out by the State as the town of Michigan, now Lansing |
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| 17 | Full Section: 640 acres. East half in city of Lansing |
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| 17 | Frederick BUSHNELL | 1836 |
| 17 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 18 | Fractional Section: 676.68 acres total | |
| 18 | Frederick BUSHNELL | 1836 |
| 18 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 19 | Fractional Section: 646.68 acres total | |
| 19 | Frederick BUSHNELL | 1836 |
| 19 | James SEYMOUR | 1836 |
| 19 | Horatio J. LAWRENCE | 1836 |
| 20 | Fractional Section: 607.65 acres total East half in city of Lansing |
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| 20 | William H. TOWNSEND | 1835 |
| 21 | Fractional Section: 591.96 acres total In city of Lansing |
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| 21 | William H. TOWNSEND | 1835 |
| 21 | Jerry FORD and William FORD | 1836 |
| 22 | Fractional Section: 619.36 acres total In city of Lansing |
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| 22 | Horace H. COMSTOCK | 1836 |
| 22 | H. MORGAN and J. ALLEN | 1836 |
| 22 | Thomas LAWRENCE | 1836 |
| 23 | Fractional Section: 616.66 acres total | |
| 23 | A.A. WILLIAMS and T.A.H. EDWARDS | 1836 |
| 23 | Mortimer E. MARTIN | 1836 |
| 23 | Hampton RICH | 1847 |
| 24 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 24 | John F. LAWRENCE | 1836 |
| 24 | John R. JEWETT | 1847 |
| 24 | Frederick HALL | 1847 |
| 24 | Aaron M. HEWES | 1848 |
| 25 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 25 | Norman CARRIER | 1847 |
| 25 | Frederick HALL | 1847 |
| 25 | Donald McINTYRE | 1847 |
| 25 | Samuel MOSHER | 1855 |
| 26 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 26 | Julius CHAMBERLAIN | 1837 |
| 26 | Jesse CROWELL | 1837 |
| 26 | B.F. HINMAN | 1837 |
| 26 | Hampton RICH and Benjamin HARTER heirs of Calvin WHEATON |
1847 |
| 27 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 27 | H. MORGAN and J. ALLEN | 1836 |
| 27 | James CRANE | 1836 |
| 27 | Lewis RAYNER | 1836 |
| 27 | Alanson SUMNER | 1836 |
| 27 | Alfred A. WILLIAMS | 1837 |
| 28 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 28 | Oliver JOHNSON | 1836 |
| 28 | James CRANE | 1836 |
| 28 | Lewis RAYNER | 1836 |
| 28 | Alanson SUMNER | 1836 |
| 29 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 29 | Oliver JOHNSON | 1836 |
| 29 | Joseph W. BROWN | 1836 |
| 29 | Elihu ELWOOD | 1844, 1846 |
| 29 | Hampton RICH | 1847 |
| 30 | Fractional Section: 667.81 acres total | |
| 30 | Horatio J. LAWRENCE | 1836 |
| 30 | Joseph W. BROWN | 1836 |
| 30 | Jacob F. COOLEY | 1837 |
| 30 | Warren PARSONS | 1839 |
| 31 | Fractional Section: 674.76 acres total | |
| 31 | Daniel BUCK | 1837 |
| 31 | Jacob VanDOREN | 1837 |
| 31 | Abram VanDOREN | 1837 |
| 31 | Hampton RICH | 1847 |
| 31 | Julia M. WILLIAMS | 1847 |
| 32 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 32 | Hezekiah FERGUSON | 1837 |
| 33 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 33 | Warren M. OLMSTEAD | 1837 |
| 33 | Joseph E. NORTH | 1837-38 |
| 33 | Stephen F. DEXTER | 1847 |
| 34 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 34 | George B. WARREN | 1836 |
| 35 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 35 | Albert ANDERSON | 1836 |
| 35 | Gerardus CLARK | 1837 |
| 35 | Louisa BUCK | 1847 |
| 35 | Marvin COLE | 1847 |
| 35 | Champlin HAVENS | 1847 |
| 35 | E.H. WHITNEY | 1853 |
| 35 | Samuel S. CORYELL | 1854 |
| 35 | Sylvanus LUDDEN | 1854 |
| 36 | Full Section: 640 acres | |
| 36 | John R. JEWETT | 1847 |
| 36 | Cassius SMITH | 1847 |
| 36 | Donald McINTYRE | 1847 |
| 36 | Jacob STAHLMAKER | 1851 |
| 36 | Freeborn GREEN | 1851 |