HISTORY OF TUSCOLA COUNTY
TOWN OF KOYLTON
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Koylton was organized by the board of supervisors at
a meeting held October 11, 1859. The territory comprised township 11
north, of range 11 east. The first annual meeting was ordered held at the
house of William Allen.
The names of freeholders in the township to be
organized, who signed the application are as follows: James L. Hitchcock,
Allen Hubel, James McAdam, James A. Cross, Levy Koyl, Donald McKenzie, James
McKenzie, John McKenzie, Joseph Morris, John Cameron, Jr. Thomas Jeffrey,
John Cameron, Sr., Thomas McAdam, Anthony McMangle, Peter Koyl, Sr., A Ducoln,
Henry Murdick and Orvil Koyl.
This town occupies the southeastern corner of the
county, and is bounded north by Kingston, east and south by the county line, and
west by Dayton.
In 1860 the population of the town was 60, and in 1880,
869.
In 1864 the population was 142, and the number of acres
of taxable land, 3,846,: number of acres improved, 276; 320 bushels of corn, and
637 bushels of wheat were raised.
In 1874 the population was 580; number of horses, 64;
number of cows, 180; bushels of wheat raised, 4,497; bushels of corn raised,
4,615; bushels of potatoes, 4,064; tons of hay cut, 588.
Population in 1880, 869. In 1882 the number of
acres assessed was 22, 185; total equalized valuation of real and personal
property,,$288,890. Number of farms in 1881, 74; acres of improved land,
4,095. Bushels of wheat raised in 1880, 17,291; of corn, 17,727; tons of
hay, 818.
LAND ENTRIES PRIOR TO 1860.
TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST.
SECTION 1 Zimri Warner, February 4, 1857
William Callis, October 15, 1857
Robert Johnston, June 1, 1858
SECTION 2 James McTavish, April 25, 1857
Kas-re-wah, April 25, 1857
John Deo, July 13, 1857
John Richardsonn, August 22, 1857
Abram Backus, June 16, 1858
SECITON 3 Lorenzo Swartwout, July 28, 1857
Lorenzo Swartwout, October 15, 1857
Willard Cole, November 23, 1857
Seth Pettibone, November 23, 1857
John Veit, November 9, 1858
SECTION 4 Hezekiah W. Whitney, March 17, 1857
Robert W. King, November 5, 1859
SECTION 5 Adam Schneider, July 6, 1857
Norman Barrows, November 16, 1858
Robert W. King, November 5, 1859
SECTION 6 Daniel D. Dewey, April 23, 1853
Patrick McKeon, May 26, 1857
James L. Hitchcock, October 7, 1858
SECTION 7 Charles Merrill, October 30, 1856
SECTION 8 Charles Merrill, October 30, 1856
Sault St. Marie Canal Co, May 25, 1855
SECTION 9 Hezekiah W. Whitney, March 17, 1857
Sault St. Marie Canal Co, May 25, 1855
SECTION 11 John Cameron, November 23, 1858
John McKenzie, January 5, 1859
SECTION 12 Erwin H. Bartholf, October 28, 1857
Donald McKenzie, January 5, 1859
SECTION 13 Catacoba, October 6, 1856
Henry Cergill, November 7, 1856
Joseph Morris, August 22, 1857
Thomas Murray, September 8, 1857
SECTION 14 Oph-toh-no-quam, July 27, 1857
Thomas Jeffrey, December 14, 1857
John Squanow, February 22, 1858
James Scott, February 1, 1858
John McKenzie, January 5, 1859
SECTION 15 James Ogemas, February 22, 1858
Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856
SECTION 17 Charles Merrill, November 22, 1856
Sault Canal Co., May 25, 1855
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SECTION 18 Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856
Charles Merrill, October 30, 1856
Charles Merrill, November 22, 1856
SECTION 19 Charles Merrill, November, 22, 1856
John Henry Abbott, July 1, 1857
James McAdam, November 27, 1857
John Hart, November, 14, 1859
Louis F. Fritz, November 14, 1859
John Hart, October 25, 1860
SECTION 20 Charles Merrill, November 22, 1856
Archibald W. Corkindale, May 30, 1857
SECTION 22 Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856
SECTION 23 James Scott, April 1, 1858
SECTION 24 Ma-ma-Quige-wonk, May 6, 1858
Arnold B. Clark, October 3, 1857
Robert A. Dowling, December 17, 1857
SECTION 25 John Miller, July 7, 1856
Lorenzo Swartwout, March 14, 1857
SECTION 26 Samuel Nicholl, February 17, 1857
Horace D. Bronson, December 16, 1859
SECTION 27 Horace D. Bronson, December 16, 1859
SECTION 28 Archibald W. McCorkindale, May 30, 1857
Elijah Hubel, April 15, 1858
SECTION 29 Luke Peaslee, April 17, 1856
Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1856
Orville Koyl, May 13, 1857
Archibald W. McCorkindale, May 30, 1857
Willard Blodgett, September 4, 1857
SECTION 30 Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1856
Orville Koyl, May 13, 1857
Willard Blodgett, September 4, 1857
Thomas McAdam, November 27, 1857
William Teller, December 16, 1859
SECTION 31 Franklin K. Beck, September 21, 1855
Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1855
Allen Hubel, November 2, 1856
SECTION 32 Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1856
Peter Koyl, October 13, 1856
Lyman H. Gearfield, May 11, 1858
James A. Cross, January 12, 1859
SECTION 33. Luke Peaslee, April 17, 1856
Francis Keene, April 17, 1856
Elijah Hubel, April 15, 1858
SECTION 34 Caleb Hayes, October 22, 1858
SECTION 35 John Miller, July 11, 1856
Lorenzo Swartwout, March 14, 1857
Henry L. Jones, September 2, 1857
Elisha W. Gearfield, October 15, 1857
SCHOOL MATTERS
From the annual school report of the town of Koylton, for the year ending September 4, 1882, the following facts are obtained. Directors for the ensuing year, James M. Whittaker, Judson Van Sicklen, Clark Harris and John B. Curtis. There are three whole and one fractional school districts, with four frame school-houses. Number of children of school age, 364; attending school during the year, 222.
BIOGRAPHICAL
LEWIS LANWAY was born January 29, 1843, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and came to the township of Koylton in 1867, and settled on section 29, where he has since resided. he has cleared seventy acres of his farm during the past fifteen years, besides spending thirteen winters at work in the lumber woods. He enlisted in September, 1861, in the Sixtieth New York Infantry, and served three years and nine months. Was with the Army of the Potomac till after the battle of Gettysburg, and subsequently was under General Hooker in the Western Army, and was wounded twice at Atlanta. In 1866 he married Miss Rachael Harrington and has five children.
CYRUS HENRICK was born in Colden , Erie
County, N. Y., in 1845, moved with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, in
1854. Came to Koylton in 1868, and settled on section 30, where he now resides.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served in the Army of
the Potomac, being in all the battles of his regiment. Was wounded at the
battle of Gettysburg, and was discharged in the fall of 1863. He was
married in 1870 to Miss Eliza Campbell and has five children.