The city of Lapeer, which lies mostly in Lapeer Township, is the county seat and largest city in Lapeer County. When Lapeer Township was first organized on 30 Dec 1834, it encompassed most of lapeer County. By the time the county and townships took their final form in 1869, Lapeer Township only contained the 36-square-mile block, T7N-R10E. So the nomenclature can be confusing.

Land speculators began buying property in T7N-R10E, Sections 4 and 5, from the government in the Fall of 1830.

The first white settlers in T7N-R10E came in 1831. Brothers Alvin N. HART and Oliver B. HART, along with J. B. MORSE, came from Utica, NY in the Summer of 1831, to look for suitable land to purchase and settle. In Nov 1831, Alvin N. HART and his family, accompanied by Mr. J. M. PALMER, settled and cut a road from Lapeer to Whittemore Plains, in Oakland County. Then in Dec 1831, J. R. WHITE brought his family from NY. That winter, Dr. Minor Y. TURRILL came with his wife, and his aged parents. In Mar 1832, Oliver B. HART, brother of Alvin, and in May 1832, J. B. MORSE. Also about May 1832, Alvin MCMASTER and his wife. These first families were soon followed by some of their close relatives. The mother and siblings of J. R. WHITE, the sisters of Dr. TURRILL and their families, and the ROOD families.

16 Sep 1830, Daniel LEROY, Section 5
30 Oct 1830, Benjamin TAGGART, Section 5

11 Jul 1831, Oliver B. HART, Section 4
12 Jul 1831, Oliver B. HART, Section 5
12 Oov 1831, Joshua TERRY, Section 5

4 Jan 1832, George F. BALL, Section 4
16 Jan 1832, J. R. WHITE, Section 6
23 Feb 1832, Joe PALMER and Alvin N. HART, Section 4
23 Feb 1832, Alvin N. HART, Section 20
5 Mar 1832, John MCMASTER, Section 9
24 Mar 1832, Walker BOOTH, Section 4
24 Mar 1832, Walker BOOTH, Section 8
28 Apr 1832, Robert GREEN, Section 23
28 Apr 1832, Robert GREENE, Section 26
22 May 1832, Joseph HARRIS Jr, Section 26
23 May 1832, Alvin N. HART, Section 20
9 Jun 1832, Daniel TERRILL, Section 9
2 Jul 1832, Joseph ENGLAND and Jesse FOX, Section 4
2 Jul 1832, George CLARK, Section 32
24 Jul 1832, William T. HIGLEY, Section 9
4 Aug 1832, George CLARK, Section 29
25 Aug 1832, Henry K. AVERY, Section 8
27 Sep 1832, Phineas WHITE, Section 8
27 Oct 1832, Minor Y. TURRILL, Section 6

25 Jan 1833, Jonathan R. WHITE, Section 8
30 Jan 1833, Alvin N. HART, Section 4
13 Mar 1833, George CLARK, Section 29
31 May 1833, Jonathan R. WHITE, Section 8
31 May 1833, Phineas WHITE, Section 10
31 May 1833, Phineas WHITE, Section 11
19 Aug 1833, Asahel HUBBARD, Section 30
28 Oct 1833, Rensselaer CURTIS, Section 18
26 Nov 1833, Nathan WHITE, Section 7
23 Dec 1833, John KIRK, Section 29
23 Dec 1833, Joseph JACKSON, Section 29

3 Mar 1834, Enoch J. WHITE, Section 8
25 Mar 1834, Morris PERRY, Section 8
10 Apr 1834, Isaac L. SMITH, Section 8
19 May 1834, Aaron ROOD, Section 10
24 May 1834, Samuel HEMENWAY, Section 10
2 Jun 1834, Rensselaer CURTIS, Section 18
19 Jun 1834, Nicholas POSS, Section 18
4 Jul 1834, William C. YOUNG, Section 7
14 Jul 1834, Theron SIMES, Section 6
19 Jul 1834, Clark C. CARPENTER, Section 3
4 Sep 1834, Enoch J. WHITE, Section 7
4 Sep 1834, Minor S. TURRILL, Section 8
8 Sep 1834, Harvey GRAY, Section 3
31 Oct 1834, Frank LOMBARD, Section 3
5 Nov 1834, Frank LOMBARD, Section 3
18 Nov 1834, Asael HUBBARD, Section 8
18 Nov 1834, Estes H. HIGLEY, Section 10

9 Jan 1835, James DIXON, Section 2
6 Feb 1835, George CLARK, Section 32
2 May 1835,Estes H. HIGLEY, Section 10
19 May 1835, Harvey GRAY, Section 3
3 Jun 1835, Asael J. GRAY, Section 10
19 Jun 1835, John PETERS, Section 10
24 Jul 1835, Harvey THOMAS, Section 3
27 Jul 1835, Nicholas POSS, Section 18
7 Aug 1835, James DIXON, Section 17
8 Oct 1835, Aaron ROOD, Section 3
8 Oct 1835, Aaron ROOD, Section 9
8 Oct 1835, Aaron ROOD, Section 10
28 Oct 1835, George CLARK, Section 33
29 Oct 1835, Aaron ROOD, Section 3
29 Oct 1835, Trumbull CAREY, Section 19
30 Oct 1835, Ira PECK, Section 11
30 Oct 1835, Nicholas POSS, Section 18
2 Nov 1835, Barnard COOK, Section 28
2 Nov 1835, John VAN ALLSTEINE, Section 33
10 Nov 1835, Isaac GOODALE, Section 15
4 Dec 1835, George GAGE, Section 11
4 Dec 1835, Daniel WOOD, Section 11
18 Dec 1835, John SHAFER, Section 6
21 Dec 1835, George OTTO, Section 7
21 Dec 1835, George OTTO, Section 8