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

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PIONEER HISTORY OF INGHIAM COUNTY

The first official record of what is now District No. 6 is to be
found in the following:
School Inspector's Notice.
Mr. Ephraim Potter,
Sir, you are hereby notified that a school district is formed and
numbered 6, set off of school district number 5 and school district
number 3, and is composed of the following territory: S. E. 1 of
Sec. 10, S. Y of Sec. 11, S. /2 of S. 2 of Sec. 12. All of Sec. 13
except S. W. Y of Sec. 13. All of Sec. 14 except S. 1 of S. W. /,
of Sec. 14 and E. 12 of N. E. 4 of Sec. 15. You are also notified
that you are authorized to notify personally each taxable inhabitant of the above formation and that you are to meet on Saturday, December 26, 1857, for the purpose of electing district officers and to organize your district No. 6 at your cooper shop at 6
O'clock p. m.
You are also required to return the same to this board. Done
by order of the school inspectors of the township of Onondaga.
December 19, 1857.
This is a true copy of the doings of the school inspectors whose
names are appended to the same thus.
J. E. Howlan,
Hilon Osborn,
Inspectors of Primary Schools.
The cooper shop mentioned in this call was located on section
11 and was owned and operated by Ephraim Potter and E. Smith
for several years preceding 1860, and employed four or five men.
All of the meetings regarding the organization of the district and
planning for the building of the school house were held at this
cooper shop. The meeting was held pursuant to the call at the
cooper shop on December 26, 1857, Horace Haynes acting as
chairman. E. Smith was elected director, E. Potter moderator,
Squire Stevens assessor. Horace Haynes, Peter Hunt and E.
Potter were elected to serve on the building committee. The
school board was instructed to procure a site for the school house
at the southwest corner of section 12 at a reasonable rate. It
was voted at this meeting to raise $200 by tax to build a school
house, and that the building committee present a draft or drafts
of a school house at the next meeting, which was to be held two
weeks later at the cooper shop. At a meeting January 16, 1858,