The following is a list of those who entered land in what is not Leslie township (town 1 north, range 1 west), showing dates of entry:

Section 1. -- Dorman Felt, May 25, 1837; Francis Curtis, June 7, 1838; Asher Robinson, Nov. 1, 1838; Nathaniel Searl, 1847; Stephen Verrill, William Potter, no date; Augustus Finney, 1857.

Section 2. -- William W. Dewey, July 23, 1836; Stephen Kirby, David Lockwood, April 17, 1837; Joshua Odell, May 11, 1837; Isaac Kirby, May 13, 1837; Dorman Felt, Sept. 20, 1848.

Section 3. -- John sample, Sept. 13, 1848.

Section 4. --Milton B. Adams, May 4, 1836; R. Kirby, July 23, 1836; William Doty, Nov. 1, 1836.

Section 5. -- William Page, entire section, July 23, 1846.

Section 6. -- Henry Finn, Dec. 12, 1836; Runyan Churchward, May 23, 1837; Ira H. Cole, May 24, 1837; William Jones, June 14, 1837; Stephen Edwards, Jan. 15, 1845; Lucretia Davis, no date.

Section 7. -- Nathaniel B. Kingsland, John Jones, William Page, July 23, 1836; Ira Hare, Sept. 23, 1836; Noah Phelps, May 23, 1837; William G. Van Cleef, April 1, 1839; Thomas Dunlap, July 17, 1839.

Section 8. -- James Royston, May 18, 1836; Benjamin Tuttle, James McCrary, July 14, 1836; Thomas Squires, Bethel S. Farr, July 23, 1836; William W. Andrews, Oct. 29, 1838.

Section 9. -- Milton B. Adams, May 4, 1836; James Armstrong, July 14, 1836; Jacob Loomis, April 4, 1837.

Section 10. -- Restecome Kirby, July 23, 1836.

Section 11. -- Benjamin Tuttle, July 14, 1836; S. W. Reed and Elijah Hunt, June 19, 1837; William C. Longyear, July 15, 1837.

Section 12. -- William W. Dewey, July 15 and 23, 1836; Dorman Felt, May 25, 1837.

Section 13. -- John Penson, June 9, 1837; Hiram and Thomas Godfrey, Dec. 26, 1837; Thomas Godfrey, sept. 20, 1838; Samuel H. Kimball, Dec. 21, 1838; John Whiting, March 12, 1842; Henry O. Hodges, no date.

Section 14. -- John Davy, Jr., May 23, 1836; Prentice J. Miner, July 23, 1836.

Section 15. -- Benjamin Damoth, April 27, 1836; Milton B. Adams, May 4, 1836; Abram Kirby, July 23, 1836; William G. Harmon, no date.

Section 16. -- P. H. Davis, William Doty, Walter H. Cheney, Henry Dennis, Amasa Hall, N. B. Backus, M. N. Armstrong, F. Shaver, no dates.

Section 17. -- James Royston, May 18, 1836; Benjamine Tuttle, Elijah Woodworth, July 14, 1836.

Section 18. -- James Royston, May 18, 1836; N. B. Kingsland, no date; Daniel Cook, Sept. 26, 1836.

Section 19. -- George W. Tower, May 12, 1836; John C. Hempsted, May 18, 1836; David Darrah, May 14, 1836; Sidney O. Russell, May 18, 1836; Daniel Cook, Sept. 26, 1836; William O. Longyear, July 15, 1837.

Section 20. -- David Darrah, May 14, 1836; Sidney O. Russell, May 18, 1836; Benjamin Davis, May 20, 1836; Joshua F. Freeman, David F. Dwight, Zadock Washburn, July 23, 1836.

Section 21. -- Amos Wortman, March 11, 1836; Ezekiel T. Critchett, March 18, 1836; John N. and D. F. Dwight, March 21, 1836; Milton B. Adams, May 4, 1836; Amos Wortman, July 23, 1836.

Section 22. -- J. N. and D. F. Dwight, Marcy 21, 1836; Charles Tupper, April 28, 1836; Milton B. Adams, May 4, 1836; Thomas and Dennis McMahon, May 23, 1836; Restecome Kirby, July 23, 1836.

Section 23. -- Jacob F. Cooley, May 16, 1836; William W. Dewey, July 5, 1836; Prentice J. Miner, July 23, 1836; Enoch Scovell, May 7, 1840; Jacob Straight, May 12, 1841.

Section 24, 25, 26, 27 -- John Western, March 30, 1836.

Section 28. -- Den ???? Rice, Feb. 23, 1836; Henry Meeker, Feb. 23, 1836; Jacob Loomis, John C. Burnell, April 18, 1836; Hiram Lane, April 28, 1836; Milton B. Adams, May 4, 1836.

Section 29. -- D. P. Rice, Feb. 23, 1836; John C. Burnell, April 18, 1836; Sidney O. Russell, May 18, 1836; George H. Freeman, May 20 and 23, 1836; Joshua F. Freeman, May 23, 1836; Zadock Washburn, July 23, 1836; Gilbert H. Valentine, Nov. 1, 1836.

Section 30. -- James McCray, April 26, 1836; Joseph Compton, April 26 and July 23, 1836; Ingham County, June 2, 1837.

Section 31. -- Daniel Perry, Jasper S. Wolcott, Joseph Perry, Jan. 21, 1836; Jeduthan Waldo, March 3, 1836; John Eaman, May 6, 1836; Ira Nash, July 13, 1836.

Section 32. -- William W. Harwood, Nov. 3, 1835; Sylvanus P. Jermain, Feb. 23, 1836; Theodore Clark, Jr., Feb. 11, 1836; Austin Church and Frederick Clark, Feb. 11, 1836; Austin Church, March 25, 1836; Thomas Godfrey, Nov. 17, 1838.

Section 33. -- William W. Harwood, Nov. 30, 1835; John Western, March 30, 1836.

Section 34. -- Jeremiah Marvin, Feb. 2, 1836; John Western, March 30, 1836.

Section 35 and 36. -- John Western, March 30, 1836.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the first entries in the township were made by William W. Harwood, Nov. 3, 1835, at which date he purchased the southeast quarter of section 32. On the 30th of the same month he purchased the west half of the southwest quarter of section 33, the balance of the section being taken by John Western, a heavy purchaser.

Taken from:
"History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Michigan, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers", by Samuel W. Durant.
Published by D. W. Ensign & Co., 1880.
Pages 258