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

CHAPTER XI.
LESLIE TOWNSHIP.
History of township and village by Elijah Grout, D. A. R.; Township Iistorical
society gives history by school districts; pioneer sketches by Mrs. Ella IIaltz.
The following facts concerning Leslie history were gleaned from
a little book published by Elijah Grout Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, in 1914, in their desire to preserve some
of the early data. The Government survey recognizes this township as Township No. 1 North, Range No. 1 West. It was in 1824
when Joseph Wampler surveyed the eastern and southern boundaries, while the northern and western lines were surveyed by John
Mullett in 1824-25, and the township was subdivided by IIervey
Parke in 1826.
From that time until 1837 Leslie Township was a part of the
township of Aurelius, when on December 30 of that year it was
organized as a separate township and given its present name, for
which Dr. J. A. Cornell, of Spring Arbor, stands sponsor, in
honor of a family he knew by that name in eastern New York.
When the formal act of organization passed in March, 1838, it
received its legislative baptism and has since been known as Leslie.
Previous to that time the settlement, where is now the village of
Leslie, was known as "Meekersville," a family by the name of
Meeker being among the very first to settle there, and one of
their number, Dr. Valorous Meeker, was the first physician to
settle in Ingham county.
The first town meeting in Leslie was held at the home of Henry
Fiske on the first Monday in April, 1838. This house stood near
the present site of the Allen House, and Henry Fiske presided as
moderator and Benjamin Davis was elected supervisor.
Leslie Township is one of the southern townships in Ingham
county. It has a slightly rolling surface with natural water
courses fitting it for general agriculture.
Huntoon Creek runs across the township from north to south,
and its sources are found in Mud Lake on sections 3 and 10, and