Showing posts with label Van Buren Co.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Van Buren Co.. Show all posts

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Van Buren County In A New York Deed


New York, Land Records, Livingston Deeds 1841-1842...:


Image 141
6 September 1841
Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan
William Bridges came before the J.P. 
Bridges witnessed the conveyance by
Elijah and Eliza Knowles

...parallel to Lot #224
James Wadsworth mentioned regarding lots he conveyed to Benjamin Deming by deed dated 21st April 1810 in [then] Ontario County, New York [Liber 22, Folio 70]

Witnesses: John Barrow, Lyman Loomis and William Bridges

Signed By: Elijah Knowles, Eliza Knowles, William Bridges and Almena Bridges

According to Ancestry.com, Almena Bridges was the daughter of Benjamin Deming and Fanny Tilden.  This Family Tree included Eliza Knowles as a Deming daughter, too.


Friday, February 19, 2010

MSU Maps Including Van Buren Co. Plat Maps

The Michigan State University site has:

The Van Buren County, Michigan, plat maps are either circa 1895 or 1906 (probably 1906; the explanation is that the maps were pasted into an 1895 atlas).