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The Kalamazoo Valley Family Vol. 2, No. 1 September 1972 Page 20 |
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VALLEY TOWNSHIP
(FORMERLY PINE PLAINS)
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This township was surveyed in 1831, and was
organized as Pine Plains Township in 1850, to include Clyde and Lee.The latter two townships were separated from Pine Plains in 1859, and the portion lying northwest of the river was taken from Heath and annexed to Pine Plain in 1871, giving it its present confines. First settler located here about 1837, and the Allegan to Saugatuck road which crosses this township was surveyed about 1834 or 1835 An early postoffice was established at Mill Grove, later discontinued. The name of the township was changed from Pine Plains to Valley, beginning January 1, 1898, as the name of Pine Plains was suggestive of sandy soil and therefore created little demand for sale of farm land. |
| Supervisor | Clerk | Treasurer |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy S. Coats (1850-3) | Eli Hathaway (1850) | Charles T. Billings (1851) (1858) |
| David Palmer (1854) | G. H. Hill (1851-5) | P. G. Paris (1859-1861) |
| Peter Kunkel (1855) | Peter Kunkel (1856) | John Boylan (1862) |
| Zeba Fisher (1856) | J. P. Paris (1857-9) | P. G. Paris (1863-71 |
| Giles H. Hill (1857) | Peter Kunkel (1860-1) | J. R. LaForce (1879-82) |
| J. L. Hawes (1858) | P. G. Paris (1862) | George Peet (1883) |
| Charles Middaugh (1859-63) | S. A. Paris (1863-4) | Ira Wilcox (1884-5) |
| Peter Kunkel (1864-6) | H. B. McAlister (1865) | George Peet (1886) |
| B. F. Graves (1867) | S. A. Paris (1866-8) | William Peet (1887) |
| John Gilchrist (1868) | G. H. Hill (1869) | Abner Estabrook (1888-9) |
| W. B. Davis (1869) | S. A. Paris (1870) | Judson Peet (1890) |
| G. H. Hill (1870-4) | J. J. Young (1871) | John J. Young (1891) |
| William J. Shirley (1875-8) | J. W. Shirley (1872-4) | M. Culver (1892-3) |
| J. J. Littlejohn (1879-83) | W. H. Ely (1875-6) | A. N. Gardner (1894-5) |
| George Peet (1884) | J. J. Littlejohn (1877-8) | Abraham L. Case (1896) |
| J. J. Littlejohn (1885-8) | George Thorp (1879-82) | Ardie Peet (1897) |
| John Young (1889) | C. L. Barrett (1883-4) | C. A. Harrison (1898-9) |
| William H. Ely (1890-3) | W. J. Messinger (1885) | E. J. Platt (1900) |
| William J. Shirley (1894) | C. L. Barrett (1886) | William Fraser (1901) |
| W. H. Ely (1895-6) | W. H. Shirley (1887) | Ardie Peet (1902-03) |
| Ira Wilcox (1897) | W. H. Ely (1888-9) | E. J. Sharp (1904-5) |
| W. H. Ely (1898) | H. C. Beverly (1890-1) | Lewis H. Hough (1906) |
| Mortimer Culver (1899-1900) | Frank Bowman (1892) | |
| Ira G. Thorp (1901-02) | Frank Fox (1893-5) | 1971 Offcials |
| A. L. Case (1903-04) | George Thorp (1896) | Ralph C. Thorpe, Supervisor |
| William H. Ely (1905-06) | A. L. Case (1897-8) | Anna M. Dell, Clerk |
| Elwin F. Spears (1899) | Earl Phillips, Treasurer | |
| C. A. Harrison (1900) | Harold Allum, Trustee | |
| A. L. Case (1901-02) | Clarence Hiscock, Trustee | |
| C. L. Barrett (1903-06) |
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