History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

Solomon Sibley, John L. Whiting, Austin E. Wing, David C. McKinstry,
Benjamin Stead, Henry I. Hunt, Abraham Edwards, Alex. Macomb,
Archibald Darraugh, and A. G. Whitney of Detroit, and William Thompson, Daniel LeRoy and James Fulton, of Macomb.
COUNTY SEAT FIXED
On the I2th of February, 18I9, a letter was addressed to the commissioners appointed to examine the county and report the most eligible place
for the seat of justice, making overtures on the part of the company, to
give to the county certain lots of land and some money, if the seat of
justice should be established at Pontiac.
On the 15th of December, I819, a road was laid out and established
from the city of Detroit to the village of Pontiac.
On the 28th day of March, I820, the governor, Lewis Cass, by proclamation limited and determined the proclamation of the I2th of January, I819, and declared the inhabitants of the county of Oakland, entitled to all the privileges to which the inhabitants of other counties were
entitled; and by the same proclamation, the seat of justice was established at Pontiac.
ORIGINAL TWO TOWNSHIPS
On the 28th of June, I820, the governor by proclamation, divided the
county of Oakland into two townships called Oakland and Bloomfield.
On the 17th of July, I820, a county court assembled at Pontiac.
William Thompson, Esq., had been appointed chief justice, and Daniel
Bronson and Amasa Bagley, associate justices. William Morris had been
appointed sheriff of the county, and Sidney Dole clerk. On that day, a
grand jury was organized, consisting of Elijah Willett, Ziba Swan, John
Hamilton, Elisha Hunter, William Thurber, Ezra Baldwin, Asa Castle,
Elijah S. Fish, Alpheus Williams, Oliver Williams, Alex. Galloway, H. O.
Bronson, Nathan I. Fowler, Josiah Goddard, James Graham, Enoch
Hotchkiss, and Calvin Hotchkiss. Spencer Coleman and Daniel LeRoy
were admitted to practice, as attorneys.
Of the men who participated in the proceedings of that day, but few
remain.
At an early day, commissioners were appointed by the governor.
Ziba Swan, Enoch Hotchkiss and Jonathan Perrin were appointed and
remained in that office until the 31st day of December, 1825, at which
time the term of office of the justice of the county court, judge of probate, county clerk, county registers, treasurers, sheriffs, justices of the
peace and clerk of the supreme court were made to expire by an act of
the legislative council approved March 30, 1825.
PRESENT BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED
On the 20th day of September, 1822, a proclamation was issued by
the governor, altering and defining the boundaries of counties and establishing new ones. By that proclamation the boundaries of Oakland
were established as they are now.