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HISTORY OF SAGINAW CONTY.

THE LAND BUYERS.
For the purpose of the county history proper, the names of those
who patented the lands of the county between the years 1822,
the date of the garrisoning of Fort Saginaw, and 1837, are here
given. Of the entire number of buyers named in this list, only a
few left for other scenes; so it may be stated with a degree of certainty that the men whose names follow were among the old settlers of the county. In the histories of the various townships the
names, locations, and dates of purchase of all lands bought from
the general Government, situated within such township will be
given. This list is confined to the term between 1822 and 1837,
the last 10 years of which may be considered the pioneer period,
as by that time the valley was well known, and the troubles which
usually beset the new settler partially removed.
1822.

Jonathan Kearsley,
Smith Justin,
A. L. Whitney,
Hermann Ladd,
David Stanard,
Henry C. West,
Thomas Simpson,
Gardner D. Williams,
James P. Hayden,
Carolus A. Stebbins,
George Damon,
Abel Miller,
William Cood,
Noah R. Campbell,
Henry Campau,
Joseph Holden,
Francis Anderson,
William Witchell,
William Richards,
Leander Smith,
Lewis Dupratts,
Benedict Tromble,
Thomas Simpson,
Elijah N. Davenport.
Willard B. Bunnell,
Augustus Harrison,
Peter A. Cowdrey,
Abel S. Peters,
Benjamin Clapp,
Thomas H. Newbold,
Sidney S Campbell,
John Neate,

James McCloskey.
1823.
John Biddle.
1824.
Charles Little
T. Chappel,
1830.
Govener Vinton,
Luther Jones.
1831.
Donald Urquhart.
1832.
Ephraim S. Williams,
Eleazer Jewett.

1833.
Andrew Ure,
Lancelot Spare,
Joseph Busby,
Harvey Rumvile,
1834.
John McMillan,
Edward Green,
Hugh McCubberish,
William Draper,
David E. Corbin,
1835.
William Barclay,
Anthony Swarthout,
Charles H. Rodd,
Mary B. Brown,
Cornelius Bergen,
Gardner Mott,
Thomas H. Newbold,
Albert H. Dorr,
Daniel H. Fitzhugh,
James Marsac,
Enoch Olmstead,
Bradley Bunnell,
Trumnble Cary,
Abel Millington,

John Brown,
John Lacy,
John Cameron.
John Thompson,
Robert Thompson,
Phineas Spaulding,
Joseph Pitcairn,
Angus McDonald.
Stephen H. Herrick,
Schuyler Hodges,
Stephen H. Herrich,
Eleazer Mason,
Joseph E. Town,
John Malone,
James R. Slausson,
John S. Le Roy,
Thomas H. Newbold,
Edward A. Leroy,
Duncan McKinzie,
Weston G. Elmer,
Edwin Herrick.