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Copy of receipt signed by Elijah Cook, Jr., supervisor:
Eckfoed, April 10th, 1838.
" Received of Chas. Olin, seventeen dollars, the balance of town money in the superintendent's hands, as appears by book-fifteen dollars on the Bank of Allegan, two dollars on the Clinton Canal Bank at Pontiac."
EMMETT,
Formerly called Casey, was organized in 1838. Some years previous the following lands were located, to-wit:
June 17, 1831, John J. Gurnsey, 404.74 acres; Estes Rich, 160 acres; Jeremiah Gardner, 160 acres; Michael Spencer, 160 acres; Sylvester Sibley, 18.67.
July 27, 1831, John V. Henry, 160 acres.
July 25, 1831, Benj. F. Dwinnell, 322.43 acres.
February 2, 1882, John Bertram, 474.36 acres.
April 10, 1832, Henry L. Dwinnell, 80 acres.
August 6, 1833, Royal Stiles, 259.96 acres.
August 7, 1833, John Harper, 134.09 acres.
June 21, 1834, Robert Wheaton, 149.38 acres.
The purchasers of land in 1833, were Asa and Moses Lowell, Harper, Stiles, Henry, Calkins, Woodward and Warren.
The lands on section six and seven of this town, constitute an important part of the city of Battle Creek. The freight and passenger depot of the Michigan Central Railroad, in the city of Battle Creek, is on section seven of this town. Many of the finest residences of the city are upon the sections before named. The land is elevated and affords a charming prospect. The Dwinnell farm (now owned by Henning), on section twenty-three, was once the site of an Indian village and burying grounds. The mounds and graves were very distinct in 1831. Some of the graves were surrounded with poles and surmounted with rude crosses.
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