Brownstown Original Land Owners
The image to the right is Brownstown in 1827, to the left is current Brownstown, along with the other Cities, Villages, and Townships, that make up the same bordered area today. (known as Town 1 South Range 12 East)
| Name | Residence | Section | Acres | Date |
| Ross, Dennison R. | Wayne County Michigan | 01 | 80.00 | June 25, 1830 |
| Johnson, John A. | Wayne County, Michigan | 01 | 80.00 | September 10, 1830 |
| Rano, John | Detroit, Michigan | 01 | 80.00 | January 26, 1832 |
| Missel, Jacob | Wayne County, Michigan | 01 | 40.00 | September 14, 1832 |
| Stadler, Dominique | Detroit, Michigan | 01 | 40.00 | August 30, 1832 |
| Johnson, John A. | Wayne County, Michigan | 01 | 160.00 | September 10, 1830 |
| Johnson, John A. | Wayne County, Michigan | 01 | 160.00 | September 10, 1830 |
| Missel, Michael | Wayne County, Michigan | 02 | 80.00 | September 14, 1830 |
| Missel, Michael | Wayne County, Michigan | 02 | 40.00 | November 10, 1832 |
| Beck, Barnard | Wayne County, Michigan | 02 | 40.00 | November 26, 1835 |
| Brown, Cullen & Stuart, Robert | Wayne County, Michigan | 02 | 160.00 | November 30, 1835 |
| Ackerman, George | Genesee County, NY | 02 | 80.00 | July 16, 1832 |
| Keys, John J. | Genesee County, NY | 02 | 80.00 | July 16, 1832 |
| Heiss, Jacob | Detroit, Michigan | 02 | 40.00 | August 14, 1832 |
| Greenbach, Nicholas | Wayne County, Michigan | 02 | 80.00 | July 4, 1832 |
| Clousz, Michael | Wayne County, Michigan | 02 | 40.00 | June 26, 1832 |
| Dunn, Richard | Wayne County, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | June 16, 1834 |
| Hayes, John | Wayne County, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | July 2, 1829 |
| Trowbridge, Charles C. | Detroit, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | December 20, 1829 |
| Dalton, Michael | Detroit, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | June 8, 1830 |
| Stanton, Hugh P. | Wayne County, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | September 3, 1830 |
| Mahony, Margaret | Wayne County, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | October 4, 1830 |
| Ronahan, Thomas | Wayne County, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | June 21, 1838 |
| Lappin, William | Wayne County, Michigan | 03 | 80.00 | June 27, 1829 |
| Dalton, Michael | Detroit, Michigan | 04 | 80.00 | May 28, 1830 |
| Rivard, Antoine | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 80.00 | June 24, 1833 |
| Callahan, Peter | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 40.00 | October 3, 1833 |
| McLaughlin, Thomas | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 80.00 | December 8, 1834 |
| Rivard, Antoine | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 40.00 | February 3, 1835 |
| Bronson, Arthur | New York City, NY | 04 | 80.00 | September 6, 1833 |
| Bronson, Arthur | New York City, NY | 04 | 80.00 | September 24, 1833 |
| Segan, William | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 80.00 | December 3, 1831 |
| Furlong, John | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 40.00 | August 17, 1832 |
| Furlong, George | Wayne County, Michigan | 04 | 40.00 | August 2, 1833 |
| Mahan, Michael | Wayne County, Michigan | 05 | 80.00 | May 25, 1835 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 05 | 560.00 | July 3, 1835 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 06 | 640.00 | July 3, 1835 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 07 | 320.00 | July 3, 1835 |
| Robinson, Hugh | Schenectady County, NY | 07 | 276.11 | July 3, 1835 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 08 | 640.00 | July 3, 1835 |
| Fitzgerald, John | Wayne County, Michigan | 09 | 80.00 | August 3, 1831 |
| McDonnell, Thomas | Wayne County, Michigan | 09 | 80.00 | January 16, 1832 |
| Fransworth, Elam | Detroit, Michigan | 09 | 40.00 | September 24, 1833 |
| Bronson, Arthur | New York City, NY | 09 | 240.00 | September 6, 1833 |
| Furlong, George | Wayne County, Michigan | 09 | 40.00 | August 29, 1832 |
| Fitzgerald, John | Wayne County, Michigan | 09 | 80.00 | July 16, 1831 |
| Furlong, George | Wayne County, Michigan | 09 | 80.00 | August 2, 1833 |
| Lewis, James | Wayne County, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | July 5, 1832 |
| Smith, Bernard | Wayne County, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | January 15, 1829 |
| Leib, John L. | Wayne County, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | January 15, 1827 |
| Hastings, Erastus P. | Detroit, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | June 4, 1832 |
| Bunnell, Moses A. | Wayne County, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | September 28, 1825 |
| Welsh, Thomas | Wayne County, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | December 3, 1830 |
| Merrills, Alonzo | Detroit, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | June 4, 1832 |
| Bolton, Daniel | St Clair County, Michigan | 10 | 80.00 | June 15, 1827 |
| Bour, Joseph | Detroit, Michigan | 11 | 80.00 | May 29, 1832 |
| Goss, Francis | Detroit, Michigan | 11 | 80.00 | May 29, 1830 |
| Lee, Charles | Wayne County, Michigan | 11 | 160.00 | July 10, 1832 |
| Calvert, Thomas | Wayne County, Michigan | 11 | 126.16 | July 11, 1832 |
| Nearsely, Jonathan | Detroit, Michigan | 11 | 95.00 | APril 28, 1831 |
| Cronenweth, Martin | Detroit, Michigan | 12 | 80.00 | July 16, 1832 |
| Girard, Christopher | Erie County, NY | 12 | 80.00 | May 22, 1832 |
| Regan, Mathew & Newman, Ed | Wayne County, Michigan | 12 | 80.00 | June 15, 1829 |
| Dalton, Lamman | Wayne County, Michigan | 12 | 80.00 | June 18, 1829 |
| Young, Joseph | Wayne County, Michigan | 12 | 160.00 | May 23, 1832 |
| Kearsley, Jonahtan | Detroit, Michigan | 12 | 80.00 | April 28, 1831 |
| Dugal, Ludwig & Reichenback, Egelbert F. | Detroit, Michigan | 12 | 80.00 | August 13, 1832 |
| Long, Joseph | Wayne County, Michigan | 13 | 173.99 | August 24, 1833 |
| Kearsley, Johnathan | Detroit, Michigan | 13 | 35.68 | July 7, 1832 |
| Kearsley, Jonathan | Detroit, Michigan | 14 | 3.70 | April 28, 1831 |
| Corby, Daniel | not listed | 14 | 3.46 | not listed |
| Marsac, G. | not listed | 15 | 479.77 | not listed |
| Carrity, John | not listed | 16 | 80.00 | November 16, 1842 |
| Reid, James | not listed | 16 | 80.00 | November 11, 1842 |
| Corey & Eberch | not listed | 16 | 40.00 | September 23, 1847 |
| Bemer, Franz A. | not listed | 16 | 40.00 | November 10, 1853 |
| Corey, George W. | not listed | 16 | 40.00 | September 29, 1847 |
| Kavany, John | not listed | 16 | 40.00 | January 14, 1843 |
| Garrity, James | not listed | 16 | 80.00 | November 11, 1842 |
| Bacon, James | not listed | 16 | 40.00 | November 14, 1842 |
| Kavany, John | not listed | 16 | 40.00 | November 14, 1842 |
| Garrity, Arthur | not listed | 16 | 80.00 | November 11, 1842 |
| Lynch, Peter | not listed | 16 | 80.00 | November 11, 1842 |
| Conant, Shubal | Detroit, Michigan | 17 | 237.40 | July 3, 1835 |
| Mathews, Edward C. | Wayne County, Michigan | 17 | 60.26 | June 29, 1834 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 17 | 140.32 | April 9, 1833 |
| Dunn, James | Wayne County, Michigan | 17 | 80.00 | September 3, 1832 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 18 | 2.11 | July 3, 1835 |
| Robinson, Hugh | Schenectady, NY | 18 | 18.32 | July 2, 1835 |
| Conant, Shubal | Wayne County, Michigan | 20 | 82.20 | February 11, 1833 |
| Conant, Shubal | Detroit, Michigan | 20 | 141.00 | August 23, 1832 |
| Lappin, William | Wayne County, Michigan | 21 | 80.00 | February 9, 1831 |
| Hely, Patrick W. | Wayne County, Michigan | 21 | 80.00 | April 4, 1831 |
| McLee, John | Ireland | 21 | 80.00 | October 24, 1831 |
| Dunn, James | Wayne County, Michigan | 21 | 40.00 | August 25, 1832 |
| Dunn, James | Detroit, Michigan | 21 | 40.00 | August 21, 1832 |
| Dunn, James | Detroit, Michigan | 21 | 160.00 | August 17, 1832 |
| Lappin, Thomas | Detroit, Michigan | 21 | 40.00 | August 18, 1832 |
| Lappin, Thomas | Detroit, Michigan | 21 | 80.00 | March 30, 1831 |
| Dunn, James | Detroit, Michigan | 21 | 40.00 | August 20, 1832 |
| Trumal, Joseph L. | Detroit, Michigan | 22 | 284.47 | not listed |
| Rivard, Francis | Detroit, Michigan | 22 | 318.64 | not listed |
| Remble, Joseph L. | not listed | 23 | 174.71 | not listed |
| Corby, Daniel | Wayne County, Michigan | 24 | 1.59 | March 10, 1866 |
| Aldrich, A. | not listed | 25 | 15.68 | May 20, 1823 |
| Rivard, Edward | Wayne County, Michigan | 27 | 25.28 | January 6, 1830 |
| Strong, John | Wayne County, Michigan | 28 | 193.17 | April 30, 1831 |
| Williams, Abial | Chenango County, NY | 28 | 69.65 | February 21, 1831 |
| Leib, John L. | Wayne County, Michigan | 28 | 100.00 | July 2, 1827 |
| Campau, Joseph | Wyane County, Michigan | 29 | 124.65 | April 30, 1831 |
| Campau, Bar | Wayne County, Michigan | 31 | 133.49 | June 18, 1827 |
| Kearsley, Jonathan | Detroit, Michigan | 31 | 45.64 | June 18, 1827 |
| Campau, Joseph | Wayne County, Michigan | 32 | 142.05 | April 30, 1831 |
Contributed by Linda Ball