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Michigan Jackson Mi.
William R. DeLand was the first justice of the peace, he having been selected for that office at a public meeting held in October, 1830, his commission bearing date the 8th of February, 1831, signed by Lewis Cass as governor, and attested by John S. Mason as secretary of the territory. Horace. Blackman was the first constable, he having been specially appointed by Justice DeLand. They were officers for Washtenaw county, :as Jackson county was not yet organized.
IMMIGRATION.
The tide of immigration had now fairly set in, and settlements were this year made in most of the present townships in the county, all of which had a most favorable influence on the future of our little hamlet, which was the centre from which supplies were distributed to all parts of the surrounding country.
This question of supplies was one of the most important to all the new settlers, as all articles of clothing and of food, except game, had to be hauled in from Washtenaw and Wayne counties; and it was the usual thing for these hardy pioneers to be on short rations for a goodly portion of the time. Not only food, but seed as well for the expected crop, had all to be procured under the most disadvantageous circumstances.
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