HISTORY OF TUSCOLA COUNTY

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THE TOWN OF ALMER

     Almer embraces township 13 north, of range 9 east, and is bounded north by Columbia east by Ellington, south by Indian Fields, and west by Fair Grove and Akron.  The first settlers found a township of comparatively high land having an undulating surface, and covered for the most part with beech, maple, ash and oak timber.  The soil is mostly clay loam.

     Caro is the market place of the town.  This village is situated so near the south line of the township that all the people of the town are at a convenient distance; consequently, since the fall of Richland, no business center has ever sprung up with the township.

 

ENTRIES OF LAND PRIOR TO 1850

TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST.

SECTION 1.          Derias H. Gould, February 26, 1855.
               John Patterson, November 1, 1855
               Daniel Pattison, August 12, 1857
                Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855

SECTION 2           Wm. W. Sherman, July 5, 1855
                David McMichael, August 12, 1856
                Philip Chant, September 19, 1856
                T. North, no date

SECTION 3           Jas. Cleaver, November 26, 1854
                David Plewes, November 20, 1854
                Jas. Cleaves, July 26, 1855

SECTION 4           Wm. Griggs, June 10, 1854
                Thos. Coverdale, November 20, 1854
                Jacob D. Klein, May 30, 1855
                Geo. Smith, December 20, 1855
                Geo. Smith, December 19, 1855
                Geo. L. Klein, June 23, 1856

SECTION 5           Jonas Hayman, May 30, 1855
                John B. Edgar, May 30, 1855
                Geo. L. Klein May 30, 1855
                John Hate, October 3, 1855
                Geo. L. Klein, June 23, 1856

SECTION 6           Hermon Camp, June 9, 1854
                Daniel Marvin, August 26, 1854
                Stott E. Colley, May 1, 1855
                Levi Fritz, April 28, 1856

SECTION 7           Oscar W. Corbin, April 26, 1854
                Hermon Camp, June 9, 1854
                Jesse Westfall, December 20, 1854
                Alfred S. Richards, September 22, 1855

SECTION 8           Thomas Chapman, May 4, 1855
                John Hate, October 3, 1855

SECTION 10         James H. C. Blades, August 18, 1853
                John L. Ireland, August 13, 1856

SECTION 11         James Cleaver, June 15, 1853
                Owen Simmerson, December 12, 1854
                Laurence Roelofson, November 10, 1856
                Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855

SECTION 12         David H. Andrews, April 28, 1853
                Wm. Richards, Jr., and John Richards, 1853
                John Richards, August 22, 1853
                Jas. Andrews. January 20, 1854
                David H. Andrews, April 7, 1854
                Derias H. Gould, November 25, 1854
                David H. Andrew, December 11, 1854

SECTION 13         William McPhail, November 15, 1852
                William W. Wilber, April 28, 1853
                Benjamin W. and John A. White, May 2, 1853
                William A. Heartt, January 13, 1853
                James Andrews, April 28, 1853
                George Brownell, April 23, 1853
                George Brownell, May 5, 1853
                Ralph C. Smith, June 20, 1850
                John Richards, August 22, 1853
                William E. Sherman, October 13, 1853

SECTION 14         William McPail, November 15, 1852
                George Cleaver, June 15, 1853
                Ralph C. Smith, June 20, 1853
                James H. C. Blades, August 18, 1853

SECTION 15         Joseph A. Hamilton, December 30, 1854
                James Ennis, September 26, 1855
                William S. Belden, September 25, 1855
                Harvey Belden, May 2, 1856
                William S. Belden, May 2, 1856
                James Ennis, May 15, 1856
                Isaac J. Hartshorn, May 26, 1856

SECTION 17         Calvin Gallop, October 3,1855
                John Clobridge December 14, 1857

SECTION 18         David J. Pulsipher, April 11 1854
                Hermon Camp, June 9, 1854
                Calvin Gallop, October 3, 1855
                Edmund Dolton, May 3, 1856

SECTION 19         Edmund Dolton, May 3, 1856

SECTION 20         Alfred Harrison, June 14, 1856

SECTION 21         Polly Ann Court, February 6, 1857
                C. M. Cameron, April 13, 1859
                C. M. Cameron, March 22, 1859

SECTION 22         Sylvester Smith, May 15, 1854
                William Delling, October 7, 1854
                Travis Leech, October 20, 1854
                Samuel P. Shearman, May 29, 1856
                Ransom L. Feerin, September 27, 1859
                C. M. Cameron, April 13, 1859
                Jared R. Lathrop, June 4, 1856
                Samuel P. Shearman, December 2, 1856
                C. M. Cameron, March 29 1859
                John C. Cameron, November 21, 1859

SECTION 23         Peter Davis, November 15, 1852
                William E. Sherman, December 3, 1852
                Jacob Eshleman, January 24,
                Ralph C. Smith, August 15, 1853
                Samuel P. Shearman, December 24, 1853
                William E. Sherman, May 3, 1854
                Inman J. B. McKinney, June 5, 1854
                Reuben Hitchcock, July 6, 1854
                Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855

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SECTION 24         Henry Parks, September 8, 1851
                Jacob Sherman, September 8, 1851
                Samuel R. Dudley, September 8, 1851
                Richard H. Speed, September 8, 1851
                Christopher Callan, November 15, 1852
                William W.Wilber, April 28, 1853
                Sumon Wittum, August 18, 1853
                William Richards, Jr., August 22, 1853

SECTION 25         Pachal Richardson, September 7, 1847
                J. Eldridge and C. Emerson November 11, 1847
                Paschal Richardson, February 21, 1848
                Granville Nichols, April 26, 1852
                George M. Dewey, March 14, 1853
                George M. Dewey, March 19, 1853

SECTION 26         Paschal Richardson, February 21, 1848
                Artemas Knowles, November 11, 1851
                Benjamin Rynders, September 8, 1851
                Clark Waring, September 8, 1851
                Joseph Tibbits, September 8, 1851
                Christian Shadley, April 17, 1852
                Granville Nichols, June 2, 1852
                Edgar Sheldon, October 20, 1852

SECTION 27         Cladius S. Roberson, August 17, 1852
                Christopher Howard, April 21, 1852
                Charles M. Delling, September 17, 1852
                Samuel P. Shearman, August 26, 1854
                Peter Fox, December 12, 1854
                Solon Burgess, January 13, 1855

SECTION 28         Charles M. Delling, September 7, 1853
                Edward Belmer, November 1, 1853
                Samuel Lake, January 24, 1854
                John Beach, February 11, 1854
                John Beach, March 1, 1854
                William Palmer, April 6, 1854
                Silas S. Bliss, May 22, 1854
                Lewis Richards, November 16, 1854
                Alexander Belmer, August 31, 1855
                A. Trumbull, March 19, 1859
                C. Dean, March 19 1859

SECTION 29         Peter Raymer, July 23, 1855

SECTION 31         David H. Andrews, November 2, 1853
                John L. Ireland, August 13, 1856
                Burton Tillotson, August 13, 1858

SECTION 32         Edgar Sheldon, October 20, 1852
                Edgar Sheldon, December 13, 1852
                Lucious Marvin, July 13, 1853
                Lucius Marvin, June 6, 1854
                James Dorr, July 25, 1855
                John H. Richardson, October 19, 1855
                Peter D. Bush, July 5, 1856

SECTION 33         Edgar Sheldon, September 27, 1852
                Patrick Archer, September 23, 1852
                Aaron Dickinson, November 1, 1852
                William E. Sherman, December 3, 1852
                Samuel P. Shearman, December 24, 1852
                Samuel Lake, January 24, 1854

SECTION 34         Levi A.Rapplege, March 20, 1850
                Josiah Taylor, January 10, 1851
                Leonard L. Witbeck, September 27, 1852
                Isaac N. Craine, October 8, 1852

SECTION 35         Lorenzo B. Curtis, and Samuel Hubbard, June t, 1847
                Paschal Richardson, September 7, 1847
                D. & S. Johnson, September 1

SECTION 35         Lorenzo B. Curtis, and Samuel Hubbard, June t, 1847
                Paschal Richardson, September 7, 1847
                D. & S. Johnson, September 14, 1847
                Pachal Richardson, October 14, 1847
                Daniel and Solomon Johnson, February 18, 1851
                Artemas Knowles, November 6, 1851
                Samuel Ingersoll, April 17, 1852
                Jospeh Roberson, June 30, 1852
                Ken-ne wap-be, March 19, 1855               
                Robert Law, May 1, 1855

SECTION 36         Paschal Richardson, September 7, 1847
                Samuel T. Atwater, July 1, 1854
                Horace T. Parsell, September 8, 1854
                James S. Ketchum, June 23, 1859
                C. M. Cameron, April 13, 1859