What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Jackson County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1881.
HISTORY
JACKSON COUNTY,
MICHIGAN
TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL HISTORY: PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND BIOGRAPHIES OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
HISTORY OF MICHIGAN,
EMBRACING ACCOUNTS OF THE PRE-HISTORIC RACES, ABORIGINES, FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CONQUESTS, AND A GENERAL REVIEW OF ITS CIVIL, POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY.
ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO:
INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO.
1881
1150 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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HISTORY OF MICHIGAN
Pages 17 - 112 comprise a History of the State of Michigan
HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY
CHAPTER I. - TOPOGRAPHICAL,
CHAPTER II. - EARLY SETTLEMENTS
CHAPTER III. - EXPLORATION AND FURTHER SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER IV. - REMINISCENCES OF EARLY SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER V. – JACKSON PIONEER SOCIETY
CHAPTER VI. - TRANSACTIONS OF THE SUPERVISORS
CHAPTER VII. - THE COURTS OF EARLY TIMES
CHAPTER VIII. - POLITICAL
CHAPTER IX. - THE WAR FOR THE UNION
CHAPTER X. - WAR MEMORIES
CHAPTER XI. – THE PRESS
CHAPTER XII. - A SERIES OF HISTORICAL TRUTHS
CHAPTER XIII. - THE CITY OF JACKSON
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES AND BIOGRAPHIES
Blackman
Columbia
Concord
Grass Lake
Hanover
Henrietta
Leoni
Liberty
Napoleon
Norvell
Parma
Pulaski
Rives
Sandstone
Spring Arbor
Springport
Summit
Tompkins
Waterloo