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Otsego County, Michigan

Early pioneers in Otsego county received homestead patents signed by President Cleveland. These pioneers are listed below under the township they settled in.


Dover Charlton Elmira Chester Otsego Hayes Livingston Corwith Bagley

Township of Dover

Section 4:

  • Sarah McClelland
  • George McGregor
  • Cyrus Sheerman

Section 6:

  • James Farrand
  • Ole Olson

Section 18:

  • Thomas Hawkins
  • William Purvis
  • Margaret Robinson

Section 20:

  • George Howlett
  • Dan Marquette

Section 22:

  • Andrew Matelski

Section 30

  • John Echman
  • Christopher Hinke
  • John Jolson
  • Jacob Koblynski
  • John Strzynynski

Section 32

  • John Ruger
  • Frank Wright

Section 34

  • William Wilkinson

Charlton Township - Range 30 North 1 West

Section 8

  • James Dowker

Section 18

  • Otis Carpenter

Section 24

  • Alonzo Welch
  • George Welch

Section 38

  • Bert F Brigham

Elmira Township:

Section 2

  • Henry Bassett

Section 12:

  • Edward C. Bassett
  • William Carmichael
  • William F. Parmeter

Section 14:

  • Milton Davis
  • William W. Green
  • David Helm

Section 22:

  • Benjamin Halloch
  • Culivell Martin
  • George Tice

Section 24

  • Harrison
  • John W. Green

Section 26:

  • William Lambert
  • John Lowry
  • George Teeter

Section 34:

  • George Franks

Section 36:

  • Patrick Ferrigan
  • Robert Islam
  • Nelson Islam
  • Charles Webster

Chester Township

Section 4

  • John Covert
  • John Cumiford
  • Daniel Darling
  • William Darling
  • Caleb Howell
  • George Peacock

Section 12:

  • Charles Merry

Section 8:

  • Alfred T. Savage

Otsego Lake Township

NONE

Hayes Township

Section 2:

  • James Ireland
  • John O'Brein
  • J.B. Van Tile

Section 10:

  • Thomas Carney
  • Sarah C. Comer
  • Chellis Hooker
  • Judson Hooker
  • Edwin Richardson

Section 26:

  • Abram Burlew
  • Rodney Waller

Section 34:

  • John H. Fisher
  • Samuel S. Fisher
  • Franz Kulka
  • Hans Ras Mussew

Livingston Township:

Section 2:

  • Andrew Youngman

Section 4:

  • Chester C. Mitchell

Section 6:

  • Charles Burdick
  • James Hunter
  • Samual Pyke

Section 8:

  • Samual Crowe
  • Andrew Pyke
  • Henry Pyke
  • Albert Ranson
  • John Wilbur

Section 12:

  • Arthur Kimberly
  • Edward Kimberly

Section 18:

  • Nathaniel L. Parmeter

Section 20:

  • James Gibbons
  • Robert Williams

Section 22:

  • George Congdon

Section 34:

  • William Bedford
  • John Squilch

Section 36:

  • Stephen Brightman
  • David Dunn
  • Haliver Olson

Bagley Township:

Section 8:

  • George Statt

Section 18

  • John Gurrivill
  • F. C. Knolton

Section 24

  • William H. Smith

Corwith Township:

Corwith Township was organized by a special act of the legislature in 1877, as was Hayes Township. The original townships in the county were Elmira, Otsego Lake, Charlton and Livingston.C. F. Frencl .was the first supervisor, Thomas C. Woodin the first treasurer, W. B. Gillette the first clerk.

Section 4:

  • Albin Vickers

Section 6:

  • Con Darcy
  • Peter Martin

Section 8:

  • Patrick Cody
  • Charles Warner

Section 10:

  • Nathan C. Ashley
  • John Fleming
  • Israel Watson

Section 18:

  • Isabel Chatfield
  • Lorenzo Parker
  • Benjamin Marlette
  • Ira Treese

Section 20:

  • John Cullberg platted the original plat of the village of Vanderbilt
  • O.F. French
  • Augustus Nears
  • Levi Sawyer
  • John Warner

Section 24:

  • William R. Sowers
  • George Woodin

Section 26:

  • James Berry
  • Frank Randolph

Section 28:

  • Fillmore Broner
  • John Mc Queen
  • Archibald Menzies
  • Robert Menzies
  • John Nichols

Section 30:

  • Thomas Trumley
  • Thomas C. Woodin

Section 30, 32 North, Range 2 West

  • Franz Krajinski
  • Royal Stone

Section 32

  • NellieC. Colborn
  • Peter Gibbons
  • Lewis Sweet

    Section 34:

    • Thomas Connor
    • Thomas Galloway
    • Gerret King
    • Alphonse Mack

    Section 36:

    • Benjamin Corless
    • John Willif.
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