Bennington Township
Shiawassee County, Michigan
1875
Land Owners
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The following persons were land owners in Bennington Township in 1875. The names were extracted from an 1875 Plat map. Some of the names were unreadable. All others have been transcribed as best possible. These names may include errors in spelling as the map is very hard to read.
1875
Bennington Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan
Township VI North, Range II East
Section 1:
J. Loop, 40 acres
W.D. Voorheis, 106.48 acres
G.A. Cooper, 40 acres
A.C. Cooper, 160 acres
T. Wetmore Estate, 80 acres
H.D. Payne, 40 acres
L. Wetmore 40 acres
D. Colby 80 acres
E. Cook, 160 acres
Section 2:
J. Markham, 58.94 acres
L.C. Cooper, 78.36 acres
C.F. Packer, 77.37 acres
H. Dinchert, unknown
H. Parsons, 58.72 acres
O.C. Waugh, 90 acres
N. Waugh, 50 acres
W.F. Waugh, 80 acres
E. Curtiss, 80 acres
M.D. Brow, 120 acres
Section 3:
Mrs. S. Cook
Gould
J.H. Gillett, 84.79 acres
I.W. Rush, 123.42 acres
D. Castle, 211 acres
D. Castle 40 acres
C.A. Vanderhoof, 80 acres
G. Goodwin, 120 acres
Julia A. Jones, 40 acres
O.C. Waugh, 80 acres
Section 4:
D. Salisbury, 100 acres
Mrs. B. Doris, 47.88 acres
C. Hibbard, 31.18 acres
J. Salisbury, 100 acres
B. Osborn, 148.95 acres
J.S. McCoon, 40 acres
D. Dutcher, 72 1/2 acres
G. Howell, 80 acres
L.E. Pope, 40 acres
M.E. Fisher, 74 acres
A. V. - illegible
C. Beeby, 16 acres
Section 5:
W. Meredith, 115 3/4 acres
M. Oday, 114 acres
W.T. Harrison, 80 acres
J.W. Burk, 60 acres
F. Cline, 120 acres
S. A. Yerkes, 40 acres
Maple Grove, 15 acres
J.S. McCoon, 40 acres
M. Henspeter, 40 acres
C. Henspeter, 40 acres
S.A. Yerkes, 157 1/2 acres
Section 6:
A. Rood, 100 acres
Nancy Rood, 185 acres
W.H. Vogler, 70 acres
F. Shuknecht, 156 acres
H. Wintz, 64.12 acres
C.A. Watkins, 64.12 acres
J. Storer, 80 acres
C. Dench, 80 acres
P. & M. Cavenaugh, 80 acres
Section 7:
J. Hagan, 40 acres
B. Goodwin, 40 acres
H. Wintz, 40 acres
B. Morton, 20 acres
Doyle, 20 acres
F. Schultz, 40 acres
P. O'Neal, 72acres
J. Evans, 40 acres
H. Powers, 50 acres
P. O'Neal, 32 acres
W. R. Drury, 80 acres
F. Praiar, 56 acres
M. Cavanaugh, 40 acres
Section 8:
G. Merkle, 50 acres
W. R. Drury, 40 acres
2 small tracts are illegible
Doyle Whalan, 30 acres
S. Decker Estate, 779 acres
E. W. Kuehn, 25 acres
C. Hagan, 80 acres
B. Hurst, 35 acres
A. Hurst, 35 acres
O. Creadner, 40 acres
J. Walsh, 160 acres
Section 9:
D. Dutcher, 240 acres
W.W. Byerly, 156 acres
J. Hagan, 40 acres
D.D. Williams, 116 acres
O.H. Rathbun Estate, 40 acres
H.W. (initials only), 4 acres
J. Rathbun, 40 acres
Section 10:
P. Howe, 40 acres
N. Howe, 40 acres
W.H. Warner, 80 acres
J. Brant, 80 acres
Y. B. Tiffany, 40 acres
W.F. Payne, 120 acres
D.D. Williams, 160 acres
B.W. Brewer, 80 acres
A. Bemiss, 80 acres
F.N. Waugh, 80 acres
Section 11:
E.N. Waugh, 80 acres
N.C. Payne, 80 acres
J. Payne, 100 acres
S.S. Boyd, 80 acres
H. Leffingwell, 104 acres
A. Black, 35 acres
Section 12:
W. Lewis, 80 acres
M.D. Grow, 80 acres
A.E. Hartshorn, 110 acres
A. Purdy, 110 acres
A. Black, 80 acres
G.F. Martin, 80 acres
W. Jones, 50 acres
G.E. Martin, 55 acres
Section 13:
B.B. Hardy, 160 acres
J. Beemis, 80 acres
J.M. Hartwell, 80 acres
O. Flint, 40 acres
L. Hickey, 27 acres
J. Colf, 20 acres
G. Punches, 20 acres
S. Punches, 38 acres
J.K. Penney, 40 acres
H. Hartwell, 40 acres
H. E. Greenman, 80 acres
Section 14:
R. H. Root Estate, 120 acres
F. Houghton, 80 acres
G. Hibbard, 40 acres
B.B. Hardy, 40 acres
T. Johnson, 40 acres
H. Johnson, 40 acres
J. Stewart, 120 acres
J. T. House, 20 acres
P. Punches 40 acres
J. Punches, 60 acres
J.H. Howe, 20 acres
N. Howe Estate, 20 acres
H. Thomas, 40 acres
Section 15:
W.P. Van Liew, 40 acres
H. Colf, 40 acres
E. I. Brewer, 30 acres
D.D. Williams, 120 acres
J. Byrne, 40 acres
R.C. Opie, 40 acres
A. Hutchings, 40 acres
J. Place, 40 acres
R. Bartholomew, 40 acres
B. W. Brewer, 70 acres
Illegible, 10 acres
J.H. Howe, 80 acres
Section 16:
Non Res., 320 acres
A. Colf Estate, 30 acres
Illegible, 10 acres
O.H. Rathbun Estate, 40 acres
J. Rathbun, 40 acres
W.P. Van Lieu, 40 acres
H. Pierson, 80 acres
F. Baese, 80 acres
Section 17:
C. Freigle, 120 acres
G. Comstock, 40 acres
W. H. Green, 20 acres
Illegible
Illegible
W. Green, 40 acres
J. & E. Breaugh, 40 acres
A. Hagan, 40 acres
J. N. Marshall, 40 acres
E. McKuen, 35 acres
C. Lemunyon, 80 acres
J. G. Hathaway, 80 acres
R. H. Goble, 80 acres
Section 18:
J. Benton, 55 acres
E. D. Wheaton, 30 acres
G. Ruess, 120 acres
W. Burgess, 144 acres
W. Johnson, 80 acres
A. Lemunyon, 40 acres
J. Taylor, 60 acres
Section 19:
G. R. Warren, 40 acres
M. C. Kimball, 123 acres
F. H. Bugbee, 60 acres
E. S. Woodbury, 40 acres
H. Thompson, 80 acres
J. H. Woodbury, 40 acres
E. S. Woodbury, 80 acres
NOTE: One parcel says: This farm was first settled by H. S. Bugbee in 1837.
Mr. Bugbee was one of the first settlers in this county. 34.68 acres
Section 20:
M. C. Kimball, 40 acres
Non Res. 80 acres
B. L. Curtis, 80 acres
J. P. Hathaway, 40 acres
F. Burnett, 40 acres
A. Catchings, 40 acres
E. Woodbury, 40 acres
S. Dean, 80 acres
B. Hickey, 40 acres
D. B. Lewis, 80 acres
W. M. House, 80 acres
Section 21:
A. Buck, 40 acres
A. W. Williams, 40 acres
B. C. Chittenden, 73 acres
E. Pasco, 70 acres
E. Burnett, 40 acres
A. Hutchings, 120 acres
Illegible, 10 acres
Stanten Estate, 40 acres
S. Pitts, 77 1/2 acres
N. Mitchell, 80 acres
Section 22:
J. Place, 20 acres
J. A. Chapin, 139 1/2 acres
J. L. Olcott, 160 acres
C. Stuart, 120 acres
A. Gillitt, 200 acres
Section 23:
A. Gillitt, 39 acres
H. N. Miller, 140 acres
H. Merrill, 20 acres
J. T. House, 120 acres
H. Thomas, 40 acres
C. Stuart, 80 acres
N. Merrill, 58 acres
J. K. Penney, 80 acres
J. H. Howe, 87 1/2 acres
N. Howe Estate, 40 acres
Section 24:
C. H. Thomas, 40 acres
W. Loomis, 118 acres
H. Hartwell, 40 acres
J. M. Hartwell, 205 acres
L. Hickey, 87 acres (Note: This farm was first settled by S. Nichols in
1824)
E. Eddy, 50 acres
J. Sells, 20 acres
H. Hartwell, 20 acres
E. B. Hartwell, 45 1/2 acres
Section 25:
I. Gale, 367 acres
W. Frain, 103 acres
L. H. Chaffin, 40 acres
P. H. Smith, 120 acres
Section 26:
I. Stewart, 80 acres
A. B. Bugbee, 20 acres
L. H. Chaffin, 77 acres
C. W. Sager, illegible acreage
S. E. Bugbee, 80 acres
S. B. Bugbee, 100 acres
H. Bugbee, 80 acres
Herrington & Dickey, 160 acres
Section 27:
S. Pitts, 80 acres
J. A. Chapin, 80 acres
J. Place, 120 acres
H. Bartholemew, 40 acres
A. Beers, 280 acres
H. Cook, 40 acres
Section 28:
A. Hutching, 80 acres
N. Mitchell, 190 acres
Stanten Estate, 50 acres
E. H. and N. Hutchings, 80 acres
M. Nunn Estate, 40 acres
Illegible
N. Cook, 40 acres
N. W. Hutchings, 80 acres
S. Pitts, 40 acres
Section 29:
H. Lewis, 137 1/2 acres
D. B. Lewis, 20 acres
L. Jobes, 86 1/2 acres
A. Hunt, 144 acres
A. W. Bugbee, 80 acres
Non Res, 80 acres
M. Nunn Estate, 80 acres
Section 30:
Bugbee, 25 acres
I. Lewis, 70 acres
L. Harman, 20 acres
H. Thompson, 40 acres
F. Woodbury, 40 acres
O. Sandiford, 40 acres
J. M. Beardslee, 80 acres
J. Harmon, 80 acres
G. Sandford, 65 acres
W. Claucherty, 25 acres
L. Baker, 40 acres
Section 31:
J. M. Beardslee, 60 acres
R. S. Beardslee, 80 acres
H. T. Beardslee, 20 acres
C. Knapp, 40 acres
P. M., 78 acres
R. Marsh, 17 acres
H. T. B., 3 acres
Nancy Beardslee, 83 acres
H. T. Beardslee, 131 acres
W. Knapp, 20 acres
Section 32:
M. Claugherty, 35 acres
C. Knapp, 20 acres
W. Stevens, 33 acres
R. Marsh, 75 acres
B. P. Ray, 60 acres
N. Conrad, 40 acres
C. L. Bean, 80 acres
W. Knapp, 80 acres
P. Beardslee, 80 acres
W. Claucherty, 80 acres
D. L. Brown, 80 acres
Section 33:
C. L. Bean, 80 acres
W. M. Barnes, 80 acres
B. M. Marsh, 93 acres
A. Bennett, 50 acres
L. J. Whitford, 60 acres
F. G. Marrice, 80 acres
S. Pitts, 40 acres
Sally Pitts, 40 acres
W. Pitts, 80 acres
Section 34:
N. Cook, 120 acres
H. Bentley, 120 acres
W. H. C. Bentley, 40 acres
L. Crouse, 126 acres
M. C. Phoenix, 80 acres
F. Miller, 40 acres
F. G. Marrice, 80 acres
Section 35:
C. W. Sager, 40 acres
W. F. Horton, 115 acres
Martha Wagoner, 42 1/2 acres
J. Hare, 40 acres
W. H. Simons, 40 acres
Illegible
J. Innes, 115 acres
A. R. Clark, 239 acres
Section 36:
M. P. Andrews, 80 acres
A. M. Howard, 159 1/2 acres
P. O. Howard, 79 acres
A. M. Howard, Illegible acreage
J. A. Howard, 120 acres
R. Sawtelle, 79 acres
C. Buck, 80 acres
L. Kellogg, 140 acres
Transcribed by Judy Breedlove 1999. Copyright © 1999-2001.