1837 State Census of Kalamazoo County MI (2024)

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. 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-21 22-30 31-45 46-50 51-60 61-75 76-80 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-21 22-30 31-45 46-50 51-60 61-75 76-80 . Grovenburg, John 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 2 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . Holmes, Richard 1 1 . 4 1 1 . 2 . . . . 2 1 . 1 . . . . Assessed on 60 acres unimproved and 244 acres of improved land and 22 head of stock in 1837. Fuller, Abel 1 . 1 5 2 . . 1 . . . . 1 2 2 . . 1 . . Assessed on 14 head of stock in 1837. Hathaway, William 1 . 1 2 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . Assessed on 40 acres of unimproved land in 1837. Fuller, Jonas . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . Burson, Abner 3 . . 2 . 2 . . . . 1 1 1 . 2 . . . . . Son of Aaron Burson and a native of Loudon Co., Virginia, he came to Kalamazoo County in 1830 from Columbiana County,Ohio. His wife was Agnes Smith, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio, dau. Of William and Alice Smith, Quakers. Hewas a wool carder, weaver, and farmer, and helped to organize the Schoolcraft M. E. Church. Abner and Agnes werethe parents of 7 children. Cobb, Amos B. . 1 1 3 . . 1 . . . 2 4 1 . 1 1 . . . . Assessed on 52 acres improved and 108 acres of unimproved land and 24 head of stock in 1837. Taylor, Alanson 3 1 2 . 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . Blair, Isaac C. 2 2 . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Burson, Isisiah 2 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . Isaiah Burson was assessed on 80 acres of unimproved land and 2 cows in 1837. Hunt, Samuel 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Burson, Taylor . 1 1 . 1 . . . . . 2 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . Burson, Aaron 2 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . Came from Columbiana County, Ohio, a native of Loudon Co., Va., he was assessed, in 1837, on 40 acres improved,80 acres unimproved land and 10 head of stock. Done, Eli 2 2 1 . 3 1 . . . . 1 2 . 1 1 1 . . . . Elisha Doan was a native of Mass., and when he was a small boy his parents moved to Vermont where he lived for15 years, and then moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y. At the age of 18 he went to Huron Co., Ohio where he m. Chloe Miller.He arrived in Prairie Ronde, with his wife and 2 sons and 2 daughters. In 1837 he built a sawmill on Bear Creek.In 1850 he moved to California where he died in 1872. One daughter m. John W. Darling of Brady. Stevens, John 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . Edmund, Joseph 4 1 . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . . Stowel, Turner 2 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . Noyes, John W. 1 1 . . 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 320 acres of land and 11 head of stock in 1837. Fuller, Benjamin 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Conant, William 1 . 2 . . 1 . . . . . 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . Williams, Josiah . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Noys, Otis . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1 3 . 1 . . . . . Moore, William 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . . Uplegrove, Levi 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . . Character, Jonas 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . Stevens, William E. . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Clark, Seron . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . Loren Clark was assessed on three head of stock in 1837. Berson, Isia . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . Isaiah Burson was assessed on 80 acres of unimproved land and 2 cows in 1837. Frakes, Joseph 2 1 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . . J. Frakes was assessed on 20 acres improved and 60 acres unimproved land in 1837. Berson, Aaron . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . Aaron Burson was assessed on 191 acres unimproved land in 1837. Berson, Joseph 1 1 . . . 2 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . Joseph Burson was assessed on 80 acres improved and 120 acres unimproved land and 20 head of stock in 1837. Smith, Harry . 2 2 2 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . Assessed on 200 acres of unimproved and 70 acres improved land and 22 head of stock, in 1837. Vickery, Stephen . . . . 1 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Assessed on 395 improved acres, 285 unimproved acres, 15 head of stock in 1837; Vickery & Co. was assessedon 160 acres of unimproved land in 1837, and Stephen Vickery, Jr., was assessed on 33 head of stock in 1837. Baldwin, Phineas 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . P. H. Baldwin was assessed on 10 head of stock in 1837. Beals, Amplus . 1 . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . Davison, Alexander . . . . 2 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . Assessed on 70 improved acres, 50 unimproved acres and 6 head of stock in 1837. Wilson, Joseph . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Haskins, Abial . 2 . 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . . . Barniba, Stephen . . 1 2 2 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . Stephen Barnabee was assessed, in 1837, on 20 acres of improved and 78 acres of unimproved land and 15 head ofstock. Woodruff, Nathan R. . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Sergean, Nathan . . 1 . 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . Nahum Sargeant was assessed on 15 head of stock, and Nahum, Jr., on 4 head of stock in 1837. Beeby, Daniel . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . Daniel Beebe was assessed on 10 acres improved and 50 acres unimproved land and 4 head of stock in 1837. Beeby, Parley . 1 2 3 1 . . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . Briggs, Isaac . 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . . . 2 2 . . 1 1 . . . Assessed on 80 acres improved, 40 acres unimproved and 46 head of stock in 1837. Thave, Stephen B. . 3 . . 2 1 . . . . 1 1 . 2 . . . . . . Stephen B. Thayer was assessed on one cow in 1837. Howard, Prentiss . 1 1 . . 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . F. Howard was assessed on 118 acres unimproved land in 1837. Briggs, Edmund S. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . Edmund L. Briggs was assessed on 100 acres improved, 60 acres unimproved land and 5 head of stock in 1837. Briggs, S. C. 2 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . . . Francisco, Samuel . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 80 unimproved acres and one village lot in 1837. Hemingway, Seman . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . Sumner Hemenway was assessed on 30 improved, 210 unimproved acres, and 8 head of stock in 1837. Taylor, William . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . Registered stockmarks April 27, 1835 and was assessed on 10 improved acres, 201 unimproved acres and 12 head ofstock in 1837. Slede, Chancey B. 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on two village lots and 1 cow in 1837. Butler, Orland 1 1 2 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . . Oramel Butler was assessed on 3 head of stock in 1837. Butler, Orlando, Jr. . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Mackein, Thomas 1 . . 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . 3 . . 1 . . Thomas McLin was assessed on 120 acres unimproved land and 80 acres improved and 28 head of stock in 1837. Harris, William . 2 . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . . Assessed on 35 improved and 220 unimproved acres and 16 head of stock in 1837.

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. 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-21 22-30 31-45 46-50 51-60 61-75 76-80 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-21 22-30 31-45 46-50 51-60 61-75 76-80 . Hollstin, Justin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . 1 . . . Mr. Halstead was assessed on 5 head of stock in 1837. Weede, James . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . Weed & Goodsell were assessed on 240 unimproved acres and 3 head of stock in 1837. Macklin, Samuel 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Samuel McLin was assessed on 40 unimproved acres and 2 head of stock in 1837. Duglin, Clarence . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . Hall, Oc . . . . . 1 . . . . 2 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Carnage, Isaac I. . 2 . 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . Finley, Hugh . 2 2 3 . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . Assessed on 77 acres of unimproved land in 1837. Jonson, Joseph . 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . . Joseph Johnson was assessed on 400 acres unimproved land in 1837. Ramsey, John . . 3 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . J. D. Rumsey was assessed on 80 acres of unimproved land in 1837. Payne, Ephraim . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . Elsworth, Edward . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Lake, John . 1 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . Bishop, William . 1 1 2 . . 1 . . . 2 . 1 1 . . 1 . . . Assessed on 75 improved acres, 30 unimproved acres and 28 head of stock in 1837. Briggs, Asa . 2 1 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . . Assessed on 424 acres and 68 head of stock in 1837. McUlwain, Graham 2 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . McUlwain, John . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Dunkin, Joshua B. 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registered stockmarks Feb. 17, 1833. Assessed on 160 acres and 16 head of stock, in 1837. Irigce, ? Harris F. . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . Lilly, John . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 4 head of stock in 1837. Allen, David . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 1 2 . . . . . . . Assessed in 1837 on 1 cow and 1 yoke of oxen. Steward, Adam 2 . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . Scott, William 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . Mr. Scott was assessed on 160 acres unimproved land and M. B. Scott on 323 acres in 1837. Church, Eli . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Clayton, Jeremiah . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 3 head of stock in 1837. Williams, Harrison . 1 . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Tutwiler, Joseph . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . Hogshead, Jonas H. . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James N. Hogsett was assessed on 55 improved and 505 unimproved acres and 5 head of stock in 1837. Clais, Thomas . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . Cluce, Levi 1 . torn . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . No Name . . . 2 . . 1 . . 1 2 . 1 . . 1 . . . . . Morehouse, Joseph . 1 . 1 2 . . . . . torn . . . . . . . . . J. B. Morehouse was assessed on 240 acres of unimproved land in 1837. Hathaway, William 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Assessed on 3 head of stock in 1837. McCain, Allen 2 . 1 . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . Allen McLin was assessed on 40 acres unimproved land and 2 head of stock in 1837. Mume, Sullivan 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . Ransom, Alford J. . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Duglas, Richard . . 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . Duglas, Thuyer . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . Morris, Samuel . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Assessed on 130 acres of unimproved land in 1837. Hunt, William 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 17 acres improved, 103 acres unimproved and 27 head of stock in 1837. Elsworth, Joseph 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . Frakes, Robbart 1 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . Robert Frakes was assessed on 18 head of stock in 1837. Tuttle, Joseph . 1 2 . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . Abner Tuttle was assessed on 4 head of stock in 1837. Hefron, Wm. 2 1 . 3 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . William Heffron, one of the first settlers of Brady, was assessed on 12 head of stock in 1837. McUlwain, W. . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . William McElvaine was assessed on 8 head of stock in 1837. Brooks, David C. . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Roberson, W. 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . William Robinson was assessed on 14 head of stock in 1837. Tisdale, Erastus 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . 1 3 . . . 1 . . 1 . Assessed on 80 acres of improved land and 19 head of stock in 1837; recorded stockmarks November 14, 1833. Elory, Elsworth 2 2 . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . Vickery, Joseph . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . . . 2 1 . 1 . . . . . Smith, W. . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 2 . 1 . . . . 1 . William Smith was assessed on 60 acres improved, 100 acres unimproved and 9 head of stock in 1837. Hill, Adam 2 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 2 1 1 1 1 . . . . Assessed on 2 horses in 1837. Kness, Peter 2 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 1 3 . . 1 1 . . . . Recorded stockmark March 21, 1831; assessed on 2 village lots and 80 acres of unimproved land in 1837. Cooper, Justin 1 . . . 2 1 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 51 improved and 29 unimproved acres and 18 head of stock in 1837. Harrison, Ely 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 4 . 1 . . . . Elias S. Harrison recorded stockmark March 7, 1831; Eli Harrison was assessed on 6 head of stock in 1837. Brown, Joseph R. . . 2 4 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . . Strong, Joseph 1 . . 1 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . 2 . . . . . Strong, James . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Digas, James . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . James Dycus was assessed on 28 head of stock in 1837. Hawley, William 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . Assessed on one cow in 1837. Trasy, Charles S. 1 1 . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . John Tracy was assessed on 2 head of stock in 1837. Briggs, Ira C. . . . . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . McComsey, John . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . Assessed on 60 acres improved, 163 acres unimproved, and 24 head of stock in 1837. Brody, Joseph J. . 3 . . . 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . Stewart, George . 2 . . . 1 . . . . 2 1 . . 1 . . . . . Assessed on 40 acres improved, 80 acres unimproved land 5 head of stock in 1837. Marcial, James . 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . . Hawley, Sheldon 2 2 2 . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . Assessed on 30 improved and 90 unimproved acres and 8 head of stock in 1837.