Original Land Owners of
Van Buren Township
Wayne County, Michigan
Each Township/Village/or City is divided into 36 square sections. Each of those sections were sold by acreage plats. Reading this image from left to right, this is the following Section Number Order:
Sections: 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
Sections: 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12
Sections: 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13
Sections: 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24
Sections: 30 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 25
Sections: 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36
Below are the names and dates of the landowners, and the year they purchased their acreage.
Section 1:
John BURGESS - 1835
Section 1:
William E. PETERS - 1835
Section 1:
Alexander MCFARRIN - 1835
Section 1:
Josiah GIBBS - 1836
Section 1:
Hepburn McCLURE - 1836
Section 2:
Alexander McFARRIN - 1835
Section 2:
John CRAWFORD - 1835
Section 2:
Horace HEATH - 1835
Section 2:
Archibald McKINSTRY - 1834
Section 2:
Hugh TOWNSEND - 1834
Section 2:
Hugh FALCONER - 1835
Section 2:
Seth PUFFER - 1835
Section 2:
James DAWSON - 1835
Section 3:
Hugh McKINSTRY - 1834
Section 3:
Silas CARPENTER - 1835
Section 3:
John HUFFMAN - 1833
Section 3:
Albert HIMENOVER - 1834
Section 3:
Hugh TOWNSEND - 1834
Section 3:
James ADAMS Jr - 1834
Section 3:
Solomon FRAIN - 1833
Section 3:
William FRAIN - 1833
Section 4:
Ephriam SHAW - 1833
Section 4:
William H. PERRY - 1834
Section 4:
Charles CLARK - 1835
Section 4:
Simeon BROWN - 1834
Section 4:
Buell HUTCHINS - 1835
Section 4:
Thomas COOPER - 1835
Section 4:
William GIBBS - 1835
Section 4:
Sarah STERLIN - 1835
Section 4:
Ashel CHAPPELL - 1835
Section 5:
Darius HINKLEY - 1835
Section 5:
Seth PUFFER - 1832
Section 5:
William SHELDON - 1827
Section 5:
Horace HEATH - 1835
Section 5:
Arden BALLARD - 1835
Section 5:
James M. SANDFORD - 1832
Section 5:
Sarah STERLING - 1835
Section 6:
Jacob LARZALGRE - 1827
Section 6:
Jesse H. HORNER - 1832
Section 6:
MERRILL - 1832
Section 6:
?? ??des - 1836
Section 6:
Ira MERRILL - 1832
Section 7:
Henry BUSENBARK - 1830
Section 7:
Barrtlett COMBS - 1827
Section 7:
Thomas COMBS - 1827
Section 7:
Russell HODGES - 1833
Section 7:
Michael FRAIN - 1833
Section 7:
Archy McMATH - 1826
Section 8:
Arden BALLARD - 1834
Section 8:
Marcia BARBER - 1832
Section 8:
Clark HORNER - 1831
Section 8:
Stewart C. MOON - 1835
Section 8:
Anson HORNER - 1833
Section 8:
William GRIFFIN - 1833
Section 8:
Clement LOUDER - 1833
Section 8 is current location of Willow Run Airport
Section 9:
Nelson BARNUM - 1833
Section 9:
Arden BALLARD 1834
Section 9:
Ebenezer EATON - 1832
Section 9:
Thadeus O. MARTIN - 1836
Section 9:
Hiram TILLSPAUGH - 1835
Section 10:
Samuel ROBBS 183?
Section 10:
Margaret PUNCHES - 1832
Section 10:
Perez ST. JOHN - 1832
Section 10:
Jesse W. TYLER - 1835
Section 10:
L. TILLSPAUGH - 1834
Section 10:
Charles BARNUM - 1836
Section 10:
Henry ROBSON - 1832
Section 10:
Ebenezer EATON - 1832
Section 10:
Isaac BUSH - 1832
Section 11:
Josiah GIBBS - 1836
Section 11:
Henry C. POST - 1836
Section 11:
Seth PUFFER - 1835
Section 11:
Silas FARR - 1835
Section 11:
Phillip REYNOLDS - 1835
Section 11:
Edward St.JOHN - 1836
Section 11:
Jason TYLER - 1832
Section 11:
Thomas ROBINSON - 1831
Section 11:
Warriner CORKING
Section 11:
Henry C. POST - 1835
Section 11:
Isaac CHAPMAN - 1834 <
Section 11:
Richard BUGBEE - 1833
Section 12:
Josiah GIBBS - 1836
Section 12:
Nels G. SUNDERGERG - 1830
Section 12:
Jason TYLER - 1832
Section 12:
Samuel BALDWIN - 1831 (or 1836)
Section 12:
William FINEHONDT - 1834
Section: 13
Isaac CHAPMAN - 1834
Section 13:
Able AUSTIN - 1834
Section 13:
Jason TYLER - 1832
Section 13:
William FRAIN - 1834
Section 13:
Truman ELLSTON - 1834
Section 13:
Allan BUDD - 1835
Section 13:
Woodman MAXON - 1835
Section 13:
John DIDERUK - 1834
Section 13:
Abraham ELLSTON - 1834
Section 13:
Oliver GLESSON - 1834
Section 14:
Jason TYLER - 1832
Section 14:
John ALLEN - 1831
Section 14:
Henry FRAIN - 1831
Section 14:
John BRAS - 1826
Section 14:
Henry BURLINGAME - ?
Section 14:
David DALRYMPLE - 1831
Section 14:
Stephen RANDOLPH - 1831
Section 15:
Henry FRAIN - 1831
Section 15:
John VanGELDER - 1836
Section 15:
William CRAWFORD - 1831
Section 15:
Harvey & Daniel DOUGLASS - 1831
Section 15:
Henry FRAIN - 1831
Section 16:
Frederick SPAWN - 1838
Section 16:
E. FAIRCHILD - 1835
Section 16:
L.B. DALRYMPLE - ?
Section 16:
Lewis SPAWN - 1841
Section 16:
Thomas W. HEWITT - 1842
Section 16:
Frederick SPAWN - 1838
Section 16:
Chandler EASTON - 1831
Section 16:
L.B. DALRYMPLE - ?
Section 16:
Charles CLARK - 1835
Section 16:
Thomas LEONARD - 1845
Section: 17:
Abraham SOOP - 1831 (entire section)
Section 18:
Fleming McMATH - 1826
Section 18:
Archy McMATH - 1826
Section 18:
Macy McMATH - 1826
Section 18:
Samuel McMATH - 1826
Section 18:
Nelson COLE - 1829
Section 18:
Stewart C. MOON - 1834
Section 18:
Clement LOVEDER - 1826
Section 19:
Robert FLEMING - 1823
Section 19:
John S. BROWN - 1825
Section 19:
Henry SNOW - 1823
Section 19:
Jacob VanDERHEYDEN - 1826
Section 19:
Charles FERGUSON - 1833
Section 19:
Joseph MOSS - 1826
Section 20:
Thomas ROWLAND - 1826
Section 20:
Scott VINING - 1831
Section 20:
Robert FLEMING - 1823
Section 20:
Jacob VanDERHEYDEN - 1826
Section 20 is current location of Belleville Lake
Section 21:
Perez ST JOHN - 1824
Section 21:
Caleb MARSCH - 1826
Section 21:
William H. CANNON - 1827
Section 21:
Thomas ROWLAND - ?
Section 21:
Samuel STERNS - 1825
Section 21:
Samuel STERNS - 1825
Section 21:
STEPHEN SIMMONS - 1825
Section 22:
Robert FLEMING - 1823
Section 22:
Peter VOORHEIS - 1825
Location of current day Belleville
Section 23:
Henry BURLINGAME - 1828
Section 23:
Robert FLEMING - 1823
Section 23:
Samuel ROBBE - 1831
Section 23:
Henry BURLINGAME - 1828
Section 23:
Abrahm CLAWSON - 1828
current location of Belleville
Section 24:
John FARNSWORTH - 1831
Section 24:
Jason TYLER - 1832
Section 24:
Samuel WING - 1826
Section 24:
Henry BURLINGAME -1825
Section 24:
Edmond COON - 1825
Section 24:
Abner JOHNSON - 1825
Section 24:
Elias VREELANDT - 1833
Section 24:
John HAYDEN - 1825
Section 25:
M. WILCOX - 1824
Section 25:
Peter VOORHEIS - 1825
Section 25:
Elias VREELANDT - 1833
Section 25:
Heriah BISHOP - 1831
Section 25:
Yarenes CORKINS - 1824
Section 25:
William GIBSON - 1825
Section 25:
Marvin WILCOX - 1832
Section 26:
Lewis STOFLETT - 1833
Section 26:
Alfred COLLINS - 1833
Section 26:
John GRAHAM - 1835
Section 26:
Abrahm CLARK - 1832
Section 26:
Mosses DURELL - 1832
Section 26:
Nathaniel ATHERTON - 1833
Section 26:
Woodman MASON - ?
Section 26:
John GRAHAM - 1835
Section 27:
John CLARK - 1832
Section 27:
James B. CAMBURN - 1833
Section 27:
Arba. ASH - 1833
Section 27:
Ansel ST JOHN - 1835
Section 27:
John GRAHAM - 1835
Section 27:
Henry BOWERS - 1834
Section 27:
David McFARLANE - 1835
Section 27:
Henry R. HUBBARD - 1834
Section 27:
Oliver MORTON - 1833
Section 28:
William JENKINS ?
Section 28:
Alexander BUCANUM - 1833
Section 28:
Samuel STERNS - 1825
Section 28:
John GRAHAM - 1835
Section 28:
Simeon A. DUNN - 1832
Section 28:
Abrahm CANNIFF & James WILLIAMS - 1826
Section 28:
Sally KIPP - 1836
Section 28:
John GRAHAM - 1835
Section 28:
George JEWITT - 1833
Section 29:
George EARING - 1831
Section 29:
Roswell PRATT - 1836
Section 29:
Charles RUSSELL - 1831
Section 29:
Jerimiah NOTTINGHAM - 1831
Section 29:
James McINTOSH - 1833
Section 29:
John BUCHANAN - 1833
Section 29:
William CASE - 1834
Section 29:
Asnel BAXTER - 1833
Section 29:
Eliza SMITH - 1835
Section 29:
Charles FERGUSON - 1833
Section 30:
Chauncy CROUSE - 1831
Section 30:
David FERGUSON - 1833
Section 30:
Charles S???? - 1827
Section 30:
Jesse JONES - 1827
Section 30:
Benjamin BREARLY - 1831
Section 30:
John BAXTER - 1833
Section 30:
Joseph STANDLEY - 1833
Section 30:
Asa BALLARD - 1827
Section 31:
Ashel BAXTER - 1833
Section 31:
Martin ECKERT - 1835
Section 31:
Joseph BULLOCK - 1831
Section 31:
Edward Brooks - ?
Section 31:
Jos. WING - 1835
Section 31:
Edward POST ?
Section 31:
John TERREBERY - 1834
Section 31:
Jos. WING - 1835
Section 31:
Richard WILLETS - 1832
Section 31:
Amos WILLETS - 1833
Section 31:
Ameria RAWSON - 1825
Section 32:
Eliza SMITH - 1835
Section 32:
Andrew LAYTON - 1832
Section 32:
Samuel WHITTAKER - 1833
Section 32:
Andrew SQUIRE - 1833
Section 32:
John HEANEY - 1835
Section 32:
Luther THROOP - 1833
Section 32:
John TERREBERY - 1834
Section 32:
Luther THROOP - 1833
Section 32:
Helen FERGUSON - 1835
Section 32:
Robert HOWELL - 1835
Section 33:
Zacharia C. ADAMS - 1837
Section 33:
Thomas McINTOSH - 1833
Section 33:
Wilkenson DEAN - 1833
Section 33:
James McINTOSH - 1833
Section 33:
Joseph STONE - 1835
Section 33:
James McINTOSH - 1833
Section 33:
Luther THROOP - 1833
Section 34:
Dexter CARLTON - 1833
Section 34:
Harvey A. HUBBARD - 1833
Section 34:
Ansel ST JOHN - 1835
Section 34:
W. SMITH - 1833
Section 34:
Alexander ROBBE - 1831
Section 35:
John LICKISS - 1833
Section 35:
William ATKINSON - 1835
Section 35:
Jehiel BURT - 1833
Section 35:
Harlow STEWART - 1833
Section 35:
Dexter CARLTON - 1833
Section 35:
Ambrose ALEXANDER - 1833
Section 35:
Jehiel BURT - 1833
Section 35:
Spencer DRIGGS - 1836
Section 35:
Abel CRAIN Jr - 1833
Section 36:
Varenes CORKINS - 1823
Section 36:
Mossess DURELL - 1827
Section 36:
M. WILCOX - 1832
Section 36:
Amos HOWE - 1825
Section 36:
Abner JOHNSON - 1825
Section 36:
Mathew WOODS - 1835
Section 36:
Thomas ROBINSON - 1833
Section 36:
Gilmon McALLIST -?
Contributed by Linda Ball