Woodland is bounded on the North by Ionia Co., on the East by Eaton Co., on the South by Castleton Twp., and on the West by Carlton Twp.  Chicago, Kalamazoo, and Saginaw RR ran diagonally across the township from section 1 to section 31.  Pere Marquette RR looped through sections 1 and 2.  Part of Jordan Lake takes up about half of section 4.  Little Thornapple River runs from the lake roughly diagonally through sections 4, 9, 8, and 18.  Names of property owners are spelled as they appear on photocopy of map.  Sections are located as follows, each being 1 square mile:

Section 1: 
E. B. Bishop, Beil Shellhorn, H. J. Gerlinger, Christian Eckardt, Jos. Statsick, C. Miller, Fred Eckardt Estate, J. J. Eckhardt, B. R. Schneider, P. Meyers, Dan Smith, J. Kramer Estate, Rick Eckhardt, G. Gerlinger.

Section 2:
Andrew Ream, Warren Meyers, Jesse B. Meyers, Phil. Gerlinger, Jacob Griebel, Frank Smith, John Smith, Wm. Bollman, Henry Gerlinger Estate.

Section 3:
Dayton Jordan, F. Richards, Lydia Scorms, Dora Richards, Geo. Richards, W. L. Schmaltzried, G. D. Roberts, Reuben Gerlinger, Daylon Jordan, D. F. Roberts,  T. and A. A. Pickens, C. Roberts, Geo. Funk.

Section 4:
John Winey, J. Monosmith, B. L. Smith, Willie Smith, Geo. Enz, A. J. Roberts

Section 5:
J. Shellenberger, Mrs. J. Purdun, Mary J. King, Wm. Aiton, F. Branch,  E. C. Houghton, B. F. Dunkin, Geo. Clum, W. F. Eddy, T. Curtis, L. Purdun, B. Cotton

Section 6:
R. R. Curtis, Edward Cunningham, Steven Branch, C. D. Hatton, Geo. Jastefer, Chas. King, H. Anspauger, C. C. Demaray, D. Haskell, Frank Short, Julia Shellenberger.

Section 7:
Dennis Haskell, Leslie N. Rush, Mrs. J. Myers, W. Banta [?], Frank Short, V. C. Lockwood, Abe Haggerty, Norman Barker, J. C. Barker, Wm. Underwood, J. W. Smith, five small plots in SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 with owners' names illegible.
Section 7 contains part of a small lake, perhaps Lawhead Lake.

Section 8:
Geo. Cunning, A.W. Dillenback, Earl Curtis, Geo. Sears, John Springett, H. E. Rising, D. F. Densmore.
Section 8 contains Cat and Duncan Lakes.

Section 9:
William Purdun, Jonathan Smith, Willard Jordan, Mary A. Katherman, P. H. Stowell, J. F. Strinchcomb, A. McMillan, F. B. Parrott, Jasper Jordan, Geo. Enz, Jacob Walter.

Section 10:
Willard Jordan, D. F. Roberts, Geo. Enz, Geo. Funk, Jacob Funk, John J. Reiser, Geo. Niethammer, Simeon Niethammer, J. A. Smith, F. A. Reuther.

Section 11:
Frank Smith, J. J. Eckardt, Mrs. Adam Bailinger Estate, Michael Smith, Conrad Schuler, B. C. Gerlick, R. & G. Born, Fred Wagner, Geo. Funk, John Wagner.

Section 12:
S. C. Schuler, Ernest Dassell, J. J. Eckardt, Emanuel Brodbeck, Emanuel Winter, C. E. Rowlader, Michael Sweitzer.

Section 13:
B. E. Sawdy, John C. Ketchum, Leo Sawdy, H. V. Sweitzer, Jacob Velte, Martin Euper, J. W. Kilpatrick, Peter Fender.

Section 14:
Mrs. Henry Scwartz, W. J. Walker, E. A. Sawdy, John Stairs, F. & A. Reuther, Fred Wagner, Ed Stairs, Geo. Niethamer, S. C. Schuter, O. D. Stevens, J. H. Townsend.

Section 15:
Hannah Reiser, Chris Grozinger Estate, Geo. Burckle, E. A. Sawdy, Eva Parrott, L. Parrott, C. L. Rowlader, Jacob F. Velte, Chas. Velte.
This section includes the NE 1/4 of the Village of Woodland.

Section 16:
H. F. Stowell, Gertrude Stowell, Barney C. Smith, Chris Grozinger Estate, T. E. Waddell & C. Burckle, Jacob Reisinger, Lewis Christian, Reuben Wolcott, G. C. Gorlick, F. Nash.
This section includes the NW 1/4 of the Village of Woodland.

Section 17:
Bernie Jordan, H. E. Rising, P. A. Stowell, D. N. Stowell, Joseph Reesor, J. & A. Palmerton, L. R. Forman.

Section 18:
Bert Valentine, John Geiger, Andrew Geiger, A. R. King, C. Mast Estate, Joseph Reesor, Frank Schaibly, Wm. Hauer.
This section includes part of a lake, probably Lawhead.

Section 19:
Frank Schaibly, Albert Booher, Geo. Hauer, Chas. Heise, Frank Oversmith, J. H. Durree, H. Yerty.  [The name on the NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of this section is illegible on my copy.]

Section 20:
A. F. Geiger, Henry Schaibly, Eliza Palmer, F. P. Palmerton, Della Smith, Geo. Palmerton, C. Center, J. H. Durree, P. R. Holmes, Alex Gavitt, Horace Curtis.

Section 21:
Geo. Leffler, John & Elten Landis, W. J. McArthur, Horace Curtis, Calvin Rairigh, C. F. Grozinger, Hiram Walts.
This section contains the SW 1/4 of Woodland Village.

Section 22:
W. Feinfrock, Mary M. Holly, C. E. Rowlader, Albert Burkle, Alvan D. Miller, Hiram Walts, Carl Walts, Oscar Cooper, Henry Cousins, Mrs. C. Barnum.

Section 23:
Jacob F. Velte, Chas. Velte, H. & F. Bulling, H. Nichols, Mrs. Daisy Tyler, John Tyler, Ira Cotton, Wilbur Hynes, Susan Scofield, Joel St. John, H. Haines.

Section 24:
Geo. Smith, G. Raffle, Frank Smith, J. L. Smith, Chas. Grozinger, Hynes & Parrott & ???, H. Walts, W. E. Bennett, A. C. Kilpatrick, E. A. Sawdy, W. & S. Euper, Chester & Viola Hecker, H. Sawday, Willam Sawdy.  [There are 3 small plots on Saddlebag Lake whose names are illegible on my copy.]
This section contains most of Kilpatrick Lake, half of Saddlebag Lake, part of Carr Lake.

Section 25:
P. Stahler [?], Albert Barry, Homer Hager, Henry Hitt, C. E. Rowlader, O. B. Hager.
This section contains First Lake and Second Lake.

Section 26:
J. Schantz, J. H. Hitt, Emma Barry, Landis Bros., J. D. Bitzer, W. Hitt, W. H. Coons, E. Wheeler, J. W. Guy, Geo. Hitt, John Lehman, O. B. Hager, H. Warner.

Section 27:
A. L. Cooper, F. C. Densmore, Fred Jordan, G. M. & E. D. Davenport, Mrs. C. Barnum, Landis Bros., Ephriam Lucas, Hiram Miller, Edward Fisher.

Section 28:
John Kahler, J. L. Barnum, M. Barnum, Fred Jordan, Chas. Anderson, P. N. Cool, David Landis, Chas. Farley, Ephriam Lucas.

Section 29:
P. R. Holmes, R. Wade, Milton Hebel, T. Townsend, Otto Townsend, Frank Aspinall, I. H. Eddy, Julia Dove, Chas. Stricklen, Isaac Williams, Geo. Spindler.

Section 30:
Edwin Parmalee, Sylvester Oversmith, Fayetta Townsend [?], Jesse Townsend, Mrs. Ida Wood, Wm. Flory.  [The name on the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 is illegible on my copy.]

Section 31:
C. E. Rowlander, Geo. E. Coots, Mrs. Harriet Young, Jerial Wood, M. C. Vilte, O. E. Wood, Jesse Chase, Isaac Pettingill, Olive Sease.  [The names in the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 are illegible on my copy.]

Section 32:
Eugene Hall, Chas. Stricklen, J. L. Hazeldine, Levi Kantner, R. Gill, Jessie Spindler, J. H. Woodman, J. R. Barnum, A. Townsend, Henry Yertie.

Section 33:
Levi Kantner, John Spindler, O. B. Grant Estate, Alice Grant, Jos. D. Wise, F. C. Densmore, Daniel Shopbell, J. J. England, Jerome England, Harrison Blocher.

Section 34:
Lewis Christian, Eugene Davenport, G. W. Peck, Jos. Wagamor, Geo. Culler, Sylvester Hynes, Mary Ayres, Richard Stockdale, Owen Smith, Jacob Mote.

Section 35:
J. W. Guy, J. Fisher, Joel Sease, Jacob Mote, Henry Warner, U. Bailey, John Lehman, Ora Lehman.

Section 36:
C. E. Welch, Bordy Hager, E. T. Cole, Julius Hager, O. B. Hager, M. L. Cole, John Furlong, Henry Hecker, D. S. Sheldon, L. C. Hosmer.

[transcribed by Lynn Kenney from photocopies, Jan. 2002]