History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers.

ANTRIM TOWNSHIP.

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March 6, 1838. The act provided that the first township
election should be held at the house of Almon S. Harmon,
and in pursuance of this provision it was held at the place
designated on the 2d of April, 1838. Noyes P. Chapman
was chosen moderator, Almon S. Harmon clerk, and Alanson Ailing and Charles Locke assistant judges of election.
As is usually the case at the first election in a township,
the number present was so limited that nearly every voter
received one or more offices. The number in this case was
twelve, their names being as follows: Almoh S. Harmon,
Noyes P. Chapman, Alanson Alling, Charles Locke, John
Ward, Philander T. Main, Horace B. Flint, Allen Beard,
Lyman Melvin. Hiram Van Natter, Harvey Harmon, and
Peter Cook.
A township-meeting was held at the house of Lyman
Melvin on the 8th of June of the same year, at which
meeting another full list of officers were elected, none of
those elected at the first election having qualified. We
therefore give the results in the following list, the names of
the officers chosen at the election of June 8th as the actual
township officers for 1838. The list here given includes
the names of the principal officers of Antrim township
from 1837 to 1880 inclusive, viz.:
1838.-Supervisor, Thomas B. Flint; Clerk, Charles
Locke; Assessors, John Ward, Allen Beard,
Henry Harmon; Highway Commissioners,
Horace B. Flint, Lyman Melvin, Henry Harmon; Collector, Lyman Melvin; Constables,
Charles Locke, Lyman Melvin, Hiram Van
Natter; Overseers of the Poor, Peter Cook,
Chauncey Harmon.
1839.-Supervisor, Ichabond Kneeland; Town Clerk,
Charles Locke; Treasurer, Harvey Harmon;
Justices, John Ward, John Culver; Highway
Commissioners, Isaac Colborn, Simon S. Sheldon, David B. Harmon; Assessors, Hiram Van
Natter, John Ward; School Inspectors, Allen
Beard, Chauncey Harmon; Directors of the
Poor, Peter Cook, Hiram Van Natter; Constables; Nicholas Walbarer, Amos Colborn.
1840.-Supervisor, Harvey Harmon; Clerk, Charles
Locke; Assessors, D. B. Harmon, Allen Beard;
School Inspectors, John C. Culver, Charles
Locke; Commissioners of Highways, John
Ward, Alanson Alling, D. B. Harmon; Treasurer, Lyman Melvin; Collector, Chauncey Harmon; Constables, Lyman Melvin, Lewis Ward,
Chauncey Harmon, G. Merrill; Justice, M. B.
Martin.
1841.-Supervisor, Harvey Harmon; Clerk, Peter Cook;
Treasurer, Horace B. Flint; Commissioners of
Highways, Hiram Van Natter, Mortimer B.
Martin, Amos Colborn; Justices, Horace B.
Flint, M. B. Martin; Constables, Guy Lyons,
Isaac Colborn, Lyman Melvin, Hiram Van
Natter.
1842.-Supervisor, Mortimer B. Martin; Clerk, Charles

Locke; Treasurer, Nathaniel Durfee; Justices,
Mortimer B. Martin, Henry Hill; Commissioners of Highways, Guy Lyons, Samuel Bal

com, Simon S. Sheldon; Constables, Guy Lyons,
Don C. Griswold, Stafford Hill.
1843.-Supervisor, Mortimer B. Martin; Clerk, Peter
Cook; Treasurer, Lyman Melvin; Commissioners of Highways, Peter Cook, Samuel Balcom, Charles Locke; Justice, Nathaniel Durfee;
Constables, D. B. Harmon, Samuel Balcom,
Hiram Van Natter, Guy Lyons.
1844.-Supervisor, Mortimer B. Martin; Clerk, John
Hill; Treasurer, Guy Lyons; Justice, Lyman
Melvin; Highway Commissioners, D. B. Harmon, Samuel Balcom, John Dippy; Constables,
Alanson Alling, James Colborn, Hiram Van
Natter.
1845.-Supervisor, Timothy M. Fuller; Clerk, John Hill;
Treasurer, Samuel Balcom; Justice, Peter Cook;
Highway Commissioners, John Dippy, Alanson
Alling, Nicholas Walbarer; Constables, Jabez
Cook, Martin H. Smith, Timothy R. Bennett,
D. D. Sias.
1846.-Supervisor, T. M. Fuller; Clerk, John Hill;
Treasurer, Samuel Balcom; Justices, H. B.
Flint, James Beal; Commissioners of Highways, John Dippy, T. R. Bennett, M. H. Smith;
Constables, Sylvanus Sias, S. V. Sherlock.
1847.-Supervisor, H. B. Flint; Clerk, John Hill; Treasurer, Samuel Balcom; Justice, Ichabod W.
Munger; Commissioners of Highways, George
W. Lamb, Guy Lyons, Hiram G. Heminway;
Constables, A. M. Grosvenor, George S. Lamb,
Sylvanus Sias.
1848.-Supervisor, E. Gould; Clerk, Timothy M. Fuller;
Treasurer, John Near; Justices, Peter Cook,
William H. Eddy; Highway Commissioner,
Harvey G. Thomas; Constables, William H.
Blake, Ely Stone, George S. Lamb.
1849.-Supervisor, Mortimer B. Martin; Clerk, John W.
Wright; Treasurer, John Near; Justice, E.
Gould; Commissioners of Highways, Stephen
V. Sherlock, Timothy R. Bennett; Constables,
Augustus M. Grosvenor, T. Monger, William
Rust.
1850.-Supervisor, Peter Cook; Clerk, Timothy M. Fuller; Treasurer, John Near; Justices, Stephen
V. Sherlock, Evan Roberts; Commissioner of
Highways, John Ward; Constables, Thomas
Carlton, Francis McCormick, Otis B. Fuller.
1851.-Supervisor, I. S. A. Wright; Clerk, T. M. Fuller;
Treasurer, John Near; Justice, Horace Flint;
Highway Commissioner, Peter Cook; Constables,
Andrew Shields, Benjamin Eddy, H. F. Sherlock, Ely Stone.
1852.-Supervisor, M. Martin; Clerk, I. S. A. Wright;
Treasurer, H. B. Flint; Justices, D. Summers,
A. Rust; Highway Commissioners, T. R. Bennett, R. Carr; Constables, Calvin Flint, William
Blake.

1853.-Supervisor, L. M. Martin; Clerk, I. S. A. Wright;
Treasurer, H. B. Flint; Justices, Asahel Rust,
D. Summers; Highway Commissioners, T. R.