Prairie Ronde Township 1838 Tax List  
A transcription of a tax list which appears in the “ History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan”, published by Everts and Abbott, in 1880.


Prairie Ronde Township 1838 Tax List


“The following is a list of  the tax-payers in Prairie Ronde township in 1838, with a description of their property, as shown on the assessment-roll for that year:
 

Nathan Levrich, 240 acres, 4 horses, 5 cows, 7 young cattle.

Hector Wagar, 80 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 1 calf.

Asa B. Brown, 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 5 young cattle.

Hector Wagar, 80 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, buildings worth $300.

Asa B. Brown, 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 5 young cattle.

Elijah Reed, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 calf.

Stephen Levrich, 2 horses.

John Smook, 195 acres, 4 horses, 3 cows, 1 calf.

Elias Stillwell, 1 cow, 1 calf.

Thomas Benduer, 29 acres 2 horses, 1 cow.

Ira C. Perrine, 1 cow.

Harrison & Perrine, buildings worth $700.

Henry Keeler, 1 cow, 1 calf.

A. Searle, 2 horses, 3 cows, 2 young cattle, buildings, $650.

George Wood, 1 cow.

George Farley, 15 acres, 2 cows, 1 calf.

Elias S. Harrison, 80 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 3 young cattle.

Alanson Wood, 122 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 calf.

Alexander Patten, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.

Joseph Harrison, 2 horses, 1 cow, 1 calf.

James M. Fellows, 63 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows.

Preston J. Merry, 37 acres, 1 horse, 3 cows.

George Fletcher, 70 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.

E. Williams, 80 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.

Joel Clark, 280 acres, 6 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 10 young cattle.

Justin Clark, 120 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, 8 young cattle.

T. Savage, 80 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 15 young cattle, buildings, $350.

Ormel Butler, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.

Darius Wells, 247 Acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, 7 colts.

Alanson Van Duzer, 160 acres, 6 oxen, 3 cows, 1 calf.

John Nelson, 2 cows.

Josiah Rosencrantz, 160 acres.

Daniel Ingram, 10 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 calf.

Eliakim Laflin, 2 horses.

William Sanderson, 1 cow.

Thomas Nisbett, 7 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cows, 18 young cattle.

George Nisbitt, Jr., 130 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen.

George Nesbitt, Sr., 280 acres, buildings, $500.

Bazel Harrison, Sr., 165 acres, 6 horses, 3 cows, 11 young cattle, buildings, $450.

Nathan Harrison, 120 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 calf.

Abner Mack, 141 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows, 10 young cattle.

Thomas Barber, 160 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 3 young cattle.

Matthew Lewis, 40 acres, 1 cow.

Russell Munger, 180 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.

Anthony Haxtell, 80 acres.

Niles H. Kinney, 270 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 2 colts.

John Knapp, 120 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 5 young cattle.

Wilder B. Mack, 68 acres, 1 cow, 5 young cattle.

John Kelly, 240 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 6 young cattle, buildings, $400.

John Perrine, 7 acres.

William Frazier, 160 acres, 2 horses, building, $450.

Erastus Gilford, 120 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf, buildings, $450.

John M. Fellows, 1 horse, 2 cows.

George Fields, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 calf.

Timothy H. Fellows, 266 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 2 young cattle, buildings, $350.

H.D. Mungor, 393, acres.

Dorcas Fellows, 348 acres, 2 cows, buildings, $270.

Delamore Duncan, 649 acres, 2 horses, 4 oxen, 3 cows, 12 young cattle, buildings, $750.

John Insley, 200 acres, 5 horses, 6 cows, 10 young cattle.

John Knight, 1060 acres, 13 horses, 5 cows, 10 young cattle, buildings, $750.

James Knight, 560 acres.

L. Fields, 200 acres, 8 horses2 oxen, 5 cows, 11 young cattle, buildings, $50.

Gideon Morr, 1 horse, 2 cows.

Amos Alexander, 139 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 8 young cattle.

William Blair, 139 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 8 young cattle.

Ransford Hoyt, 170 acres, 7 horses, 6 cows, 6 young cattle, buildings, $350.

John Hoyt, 40 acres, 4 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 3 young cattle.

Parker Gilson, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 3 young cattle.

Jonathon Hoats, 2 cows.

John Young, 1 acre, 2 horses.

Cornelius Hill, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 calf.

Abner Calhoun, 240 acres, 4 horses, 8 oxen, 4 cows, 6 young cattle, buildings, $350.

Reuben Edmonds, 200 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 2 young cattle.

Jeremiah Best, 2 horses, 1 cow.

S. Edwards, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Widow Stanley, 130 acres.

Nathan Pettengill, 1 cow.

John Wadkins, 2 oxen, 1 cow.

Amos Harris, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.

Nelson W. Alexander, 80 acres.

Sameul Corry, 200 acres, 4 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 calf.

Peter Alexander, 80 acres.

James D. Smith, 160 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 4 young, cattle.

Widow Alexander, 40 acres, 1 cow.

William Dowley, 40 acres.

Jesse Sellick, 80 acres, 2 cows.

J.W. Gould, 80 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 3 young cattle.

Hale Bates, 400 acres.

Luke Munger, 40 acres.

Luther King, 83  75/100 acres.

Roswell Kelsey, 200 acres.

Andrus Fellows, 158 acres.

Stephen Baldy, 170 acres.

George Depew, 170 acres.

Moore & Prutsmon (?), 73 ¾  acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf, buildings, $500.

Samuel Stowers, 80 acres.

Richard Knight, 1 cow.

Andrew Scott, 120 acres, 3 horses, 1 cow.

Mary Hoyt, 240 acres, 6 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cows, 9 young cattle.

Abner Dwelly, 2 horses, 1 cow.

Andrew Y. Moore, 60 acres.

William Duncan, 40 acres.

Ira Carpenter, 80 acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 2 young cattle.

Benjamin Fletcher, 80 acres, 4 horses, 2 cows, 3 young cattle.

William Bates, 200 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, 1 calf.

Daniel Bates, 40 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows, 7 young cattle, buildings, $400.

Dennis Bates, 40 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, 2 young cattle.

James S. Cowgill, 80 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, buildings, $350.

John Cowgill, 170 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 5 young cattle, buildings, $350.

Samuel Hacket, 80 acres, 4 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.

Abram I Shaver, 320 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows, 2 young cattle.

Randall Crosby, 80 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.

James Bates, 40 acres, 4 horses, 1 cow.

John Cole, 1 cow.

A. Dodge, 1 cow.

S.R. Washington, 2 horses, 1 cow.

William Fanckboner, 2 horses, 1 ox, 2 cows.

Cross & Gingils, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 oxen, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.

F. & A. Beal, 80 acres.

John V. Buskirk, 90 acres, 1 cow.

Henry Whipple, 160 acres, 2 horses, 4 oxen, 4 cows, 4 young cattle.

John Dix, 40 acres.

Brown & Dix, 80 acres.

E.L. Brown, 80 acres.

N.M. Thomas, 170 acres.

Adam Hill, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.

John C. Beebe, 2 horses, 1 cow, 3 young cattle.

Gurdon R. Beebe, 2 horses, 1 cow, 6 young cattle

Where no figures are given for the value of buildings, it will be understood that their value was $250 or under, only those over that sum being enumerated.”
 


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