Library of Congress Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS MADE BY THE PIONEER SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN INCLUDING REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND PAPERS ROAD AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF 1887 Michigan state Pioneer and historical society VOL. XI SECOND EDITION LANSING WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS 1908 F561 M775 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION—VOL. XI The first edition of Volume XI having becoming exhausted, the Board of Trustees availed themselves of the authority given by Act 62 of the 1907 session of the legislature, and directed the revision and publication of this volume. Great pains have been taken to verify all dates and statements of fact, not of a strictly local nature, and to correct palpable mistakes traceable to printers or copyists,—or obviously due to an author's oversight. No attempt, however, has been made to engraft the editor's ideas of rhetorical propriety or to make changes in diction not necessary for the correction of plain blunders. In the Haldimand papers even this small degree of editorial privilege has Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress not been exercised, so the reader will be amused by the bizarre spelling and capitalization that characterized epistolary English of that period. Brackets have been used to insert suggestions into the text, especially of other ways of spelling names. Explanatory or supplementary notes have been gathered into an appendix, each numbered with the page to which it refers,—footnotes were impracticable because the paging of the first edition had to be preserved or the index would not have been applicable to the second edition. HENRY S. BARTHOLOMEW, Editor Second Edition. State Library, July, 1907. D. of D. FEB 2 1915 PREFACE It is with satisfaction that the Committee of Historians of the Michigan Pioneer Society presents to that society and the public generally the eleventh volume of historical collections, believing that it will be found of unusual interest. It comprises, first, the address of the president, and the reports of the other officers of the society, given at the annual meeting of 1887, from which may be learned the origin, the objects and the progress of the society. Following these are the memorial reports, which embody much of interest in the lives of early pioneers. The papers which succeed these were nearly all read at the same meeting, and such articles as “The Ordinance of 1787,” “The Constitution of the United States,” “Recollections of Early Explorations” and the articles on the boundary disputes, together with the sketches of men who contributed much towards making our commonwealth all that it is at the present time, cannot fail to be of great value as well to all who are interested in “the greatest study of mankind” as to the future historian. Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress The latter half of the volume is occupied by another installment of the “Haldimand Papers,” which contains a wealth of information relative to the very early history of localities now embraced within the boundaries of Michigan and other portions of the Northwest. These papers are already attracting considerable attention from litterateurs in different parts of the country, and those published in Vol. 9, were frequently referred to by William Frederick Poole, L. L. D., librarian of Newberry Library, Chicago, in his article on “The West” in Vol. 6, of the “Narrative and Critical History of America,” edited by Justin Winsor, librarian of Harvard University. They are for the most part arranged chronologically, and reference to any given period is thereby made easy. A part of the papers published under this head, those comprised in the series “Q,” belong strictly to the “Colonial Office Records,” but for convenience in arrangement have been classified with the Haldimand Papers proper. iv Much important material is still on hand awaiting publication, which the committee hopes to issue at no distant day. To all who have in any way contributed to the interest and value of Vol. 11, grateful acknowledgment is hereby tendered. MICHAEL SHOEMAKER, Chairman. OLIVER C. COMSTOCK, RILEY C. CRAWFORD, WYLLYS C. RANSOM, HARRIET A. TENNEY, Committee of Historians . Lansing , Michigan, May 1, 1888. CONTENTS Page. Preface iii Preface to Second Edition i Contents v Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress List of Officers Elected June 2, 1887 vii Address of the President, M. H. Goodrich 1 Report of Recording Secretary, H. A. Tenney 7 Report of Corresponding Secretary, George H. Greene 15 Report of Treasurer, E. Longyear 17 Report of Committee of Historians, M. Shoemaker 18 Report of Memorial Committee: Allegan County, Don. C. Henderson 21 Bay County, W. R. McCormick 22 Berrien County 26 Calhoun County, O. C. Comstock 29 Sketches of Pioneers of Calhoun County, A. D. P. VanBuren 29 Eaton County, D. B. Hale 32 Genesee County, J. W. Begole 34 Hillsdale County, E. O. Grosvenor 37 Ingham County, C. B. Stebbins 43 Ionia County, Hampton Rich 46 Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress Jackson County, H. H. Smith 58 Kalamazoo County, Henry Bishop 73 Sketches of Pioneers of Kalamazoo County, A. D. P. VanBuren 75 Kent County, W. L. Coffinbury 83 Memorials of Old Residents' Association of Grand River Valley 85 Lenawee County, F. A. Dewey 94 Marquette County, Peter White 100 Montcalm County, J. P. Shoemaker 102 Monroe County, J. M. Sterling 105 Oakland County, O. Poppleton 106 Saginaw County, Charles N. Grant 126 Shiawassee County, Alonzo H. Owens 128 St. Joseph County, H. H. Riley 130 Tuscola County, John Baker 134 Washtenaw County, Ezra D. Lay 135 Resolutions, on the death of Rev. Henry M. Joy 139 vi The Ordinance of 1787, Cyrus G. Luce 140 Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress The Constitution of the United States, Daniel P. Markey 144 Disputed Questions in the Early History of Michigan, Edward W. Peck 151 Recollections of Early Explorations on Lake Superior, Philo M. Everett 161 Life in the Copper Mines of Lake Superior, John H. Forster 175 Sketch of Life of Rix Robinson, George H. White 186 Judge Bazil Harrison, J. H. Stone 200 The Michigan and Ohio Boundary Line, Frank E. Robson 216 John S. Barry, H. H. Riley 227 Edwin Howard Lothrop, G. V. N. Lothrop 234 How Lansing Became the Capital, Frank E. Robson 237 Benjamin Oliver Williams, Owosso Weekly Press 243 Augustin S. Gaylord, D. H. Jerome 247 History of Military Reservation at Fort Gratiot, William L. Bancroft 249 Our Pioneer Debating Society, Enos Goodrich 261 The Calhoun and Kalamazoo County Bars, A. D. P. VanBuren 271 Isaac E. Crary 273 James Wright Gordon 274 Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress Edward Bradley 275 Abner Pratt 278 Thomas B. Church 280 John VanArman 281 Henry W. Taylor 286 David L. Johns 286 John S. Chipman 286 Epaphroditus Ransom 290 Charles E. Stuart 292 Nathaniel A. Balch 297 Elisha Belcher 298 Joseph Miller 299 Horace Mower 300 Marsh Giddings 300 A Reminiscence 303 Flavius J. Littlejohn 304 List of Kalamazoo Bar 309 Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress Additional Sketches 314 The Haldimand Papers: Pertaining to the year 1782 319“ “ “ “ 1783 336 “ “ “ “ 1784 406 “ “ “ “ 1785 456 “ “ “ “ 1786 467 “ “ “ “ 1787 490 “ “ “ “ 1788 514–586, 620–656 “ “ “ “ 1790 587—620 OFFICERS OF THE MICHIGAN PIONEER SOCIETY, ELECTED JUNE 2, 1887 PRESIDENT Talcott E. Wing Monroe VICE-PRESIDENTS Allegan Don C. Henderson Allegan Barry David G. Robinson Hastings Bay William R. McCormick Bay City Berrien Thomas Mars Berrien Center Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress Branch Harvey Haynes Coldwater Calhoun John F. Hinman Battle Creek Clare Henry Woodruff Farwell Clinton Samuel S. Walker St. Johns Crawford Melvin D. Osband Fredericville Eaton David B. Hale Eaton Rapids Emmet Issac D. Toll Petoskey Genesee Josiah W. Begole Flint Grand Traverse J. G. Ramsdell Traverse City Hillsdale E. O. Grosvenor Jonesville Houghton J. A. Hubbell Houghton Ingham C. B. Stebbins Lansing Ionia Hampton Rich Ionia Iosco Otis E. M. Cutcheon Oscoda Jackson Hiram H. Smith Jackson Kalamazoo Henry Bishop Kalamazoo Kent Wright L. Coffinbury Grand Rapids Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 11 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.5298d Library of Congress Lapeer Joshua Manwaring Lapeer Lenawee Francis A.