Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP AND ITS HISTORY

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The thick woods of the early days of Alaiedon have been cleared
away, the Morse road has given way to well kept highways, the
Indian trail and camp is extinct, and the redman is known no more.
The oxen and horse are replaced by the automobile, and the fine
buildings and well tilled productive farms give evidence of the
thrift and prosperity their present owners have received as an
inheritance from their sturdy, industrious, God-fearing ancestors.
There being no No. 7, Mrs. Jas. True read a history of District
No. 8, as follows (and it would seem that District No. 8 must have
been organized while Alaiedon still inclided the townships of Delhi,
Lansing and Meridian, for the description of the district as found
in the records of 1842 do not coincide with the confines of the
district now known as District No. 8, Alaiedon. This simply
goes to prove how extremely difficult it is to get the early history
exact and accurate. Editor).
A grant from the United States to the State of Michigan by
Act of Congress, approved June 23, 1836, and accepted in the
State convention at Ann Arbor, Dec. 15, 1836:"Every section
16 in every township of public land was granted to the State for
the use of schools." Later the State sold the patent on this land
in Alaiedon to Amos V. Steele, Nov. 28, 1865. No record of any
deed or lease has been found.
At a meeting of the board of school inspectors of the town of
Alaiedon, held the 22nd day of January, A. D. 1842, "Resolved
that a new school district be formed in said township by the name
and style of school district No. 8, and bounded as follows: To
contain the south half of section 27, the southeast quarter of section 28, sections 32, 33 and 24 in town 4 north of range 2 west;
also sections 3, 4 and 5, and the north half of section 8, north half
of section 9 and section 10, in town 3 north range 2 west. The
first district meeting to be held at the house of Henry H. North
on the 26th day of February A. D. 1842 at 3 o'clock.
"W. H. Child,
I. S. Finch,
J. Ferguson,
School Inspectors.
"I certify the above to be a true record,
"W. H. Child, Deputy Town Clerk."