"History of Livingston Co., Michigan"
Everts & Abbott
1880


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Hamburg received its first settler in the person of Jesse Hall, who located
there with his family in October, 1831.  In November of the same year Heman
Lake settled in the same town, near its southeastern corner.



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At the annual meeting of the Board, held at the Register's office in Howell,
October 2, 1838, all but one of the present townships of the county were
represented, the following-named Supervisors being present
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Rial Lake, from Howell.
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MEMBERS OF THE NINTH INFANTRY FROM LIVINGSTON COUNTY.

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Privates.
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Charles P. Lake, enlisted October 16, 1861; veteran, December
7, 1863; mustered out September 15, 1865.

Henry Lake, enlisted October 16, 1861; veteran, December
7, 1863; discharged by order, September 28, 1865.
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Company D.
John Lake, Howell, enlisted February 10, 1863; died of disease
at Camp Sherman, September 2, 1863.
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Company H.
Corporal Henry F. Lake, Marion, enlisted August 9, 1862; mustered out June
9, 1865.
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Company E.
Privates.
George W.  Lake, Howell, enlisted August 8, 1862; died at City
Point, Virginia, September 8, 1864, of wounds received at
Ream's Station, Virginia, August 25, 1864.

 

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Livingston County Agricultural Society

The Executive Committee of the Livingston County Agricultural Society for
1843 held their first meeting, on call of the president, at the school-house,
in the village of Howell, on the second day of May.  Present: Rial Lake,
Esq., president of the society, ...



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LIVINGSTON COUNTY COUNCIL, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

The following Is a list of the officers of the council, elected in succeeding
years, to the present time:
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1875
Executive Committee, William Fishbeck, Charles Curtis, Henry Lake.



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HOWELL TOWNSHIP.

LAND-ENTRIES.

SECTION 32.

Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 12, 1835.  Southeast quarter.

SECTION 33.

Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 12, 1835.  West half of south- west
quarter.



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ERECTION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP. (Howell)

1838.  — Supervisor, Rial Lake; Town Clerk, John W. Smith Justices of
the Peace, John T. Watson, Odell Smith, J.Wellington A. Glover.

1844.  — Supervisor, Rial Lake; Town Clerk, Gardner Wheeler; Justice of
the Peace, James H. Ackerson; Treasurer, William McPherson; School Inspector,
Edward E. Gregory; Directors of the Poor, Derastus Hinman, Victory Curtis.

1872.  — Supervisor, Calvin Wilcox; Clerk, William H. Wells; Treasurer,
Orrin Wells; Justice of the Peace, Charles P. Lake (full term), Edward
B. Gregory (to fill vacancy) School Inspector, John McWhorter.

1878.— Supervisor, William B. Smith; Clerk, William F. Griffith; Treasurer,
Homer N. Beach Justices of the Peace, Isaac W. Bush (full term), Neil O'Hearn
(to fill vacancy); Township Superintendent of Schools, Thomas Gordon, Jr.;
School Inspector, Patrick Hammell; Highway Commissioner, David P. Lake.


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Hamburg Township.

LAND-ENTRIES.

Section 35.  — 1831, Heman Lake; 1833, Abner Butterfield, Cornelius
Olsaver; 1834, Hiram Mason, William H. Twichell; 1836, George W.  Case,
John A. Bothwell, Samuel Vanderford, Elizabeth Hall; 1837, Richard E. Butler.

Section 36.  — 1831, Cornelius W.  Miller, Heman Lake; 1832, Augustus Hall;
1833, Jesse Hall, Philemon H. Hills; 1836, Thomas J. Rice, Samuel Gardner;
1838, Thomas J. Rice.


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And on or about the 1st of November of that year, Mr. Heman Lake, who
followed close after Mr. Hall, planted himself and family upon the east
half of the southeast quarter of section 35.
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That Elizabeth Lake, daughter of Heman Lake, born some time in the summer
of 1832 (the exact date I cannot give), was the first white child born in
Hamburg, admits not of a doubt, but whether or not she was the first one
born in the county I am not prepared to say.
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Following is an alphabetical list of the resident tax-payers in the township
of Hamburg in the year 1844:

Lake, Truman.


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Marion Township.

Those denominated resident tax-payers in 1844, and their location by sections,
were as follows

            Sec.
Lake, Rial 6, 8, 9


LAND-ENTRIES.

The following is a complete list of those who purchased of the government
lands situated in this township.  Those marked with a star (*) became
actual residents.

SECTION 4.

Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 12, 1835.
Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 4, 1836.

SECTION 5.

Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., June 15, 1837.
Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 4, 1836.

SECTION 6.

Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., June 15, 1837.
Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., June 28, 1837.
Rial Lake, Livingston Co., Mich., April 6, 1838.

SECTION 8.

Rial Lake, Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 28, 1836.

SECTION 9.

Rial Lake, Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 28, 1836.

SECTION 30.

Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., June 15, 1837.



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Hartland Township.

The following is an alphabetical list of the resident tax-payers in the
township of Hartland in 1844:

Lake, Warner.



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COHOCTAH Township

Section 31.                                        Acres
Warner Lake, Livingston Co., Mich., May 5, 1836... 158.20