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Lenawee County By John J. Adam, February 7th, 1878.
The east half of northwest quarter, section thirty-three, (now the Stacy farm), was taken up by Joseph Folsom, May 18, and the west half of the northwest quarter, (long known as the Bacon farm and lately owned by A. B. Ward, and now owned and occupied by Robert Cairns), was entered by Henry Bacon, May 27, 1824. The northeast quarter of section thirty-three, now embraced in the village of Tecumseh, was taken up May 24—the east half by Peter Lowe and the west half by John Hollister.
In letters written by Musgrove Evans to Gen. Brown, in the summer of 1824, whilst the latter was back in the state of New York, having returned there in order to bring on his family in the fall, he mentioned the rapidity with which lots were being taken up in the vicinity of the village and mill site, and expressed regret that Geo. Spofford had not come on in the spring with the rest of the party, as he feared that soon he would not be able to secure as good a location as they desired him to have. On August 27, 1824, he however entered the west half of south east quarter, section thirty-three, being the west half of what has long been known as the Dr. Patterson farm, the east half of the same having ¦ been entered the month previous by Abner Spofford.
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