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

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

 

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