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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Greenwood Township Property

November 16th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 11 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

I have noticed that the next four deeds also refer to the same land as the one recorded in liber 9 page 332. This is another circumstance where an illustration will help me, and maybe it will make it easier for you, too.

Recorded in (liber-page) 9-332 9-581 9-582 9-583 9-584
Date signed 4 Feb 1880 6 Dec 1880
Date recorded 23 Nov 1878 17 Dec 1880
Grantor William Backus Auditor General, Michigan State Tax Deed 1874 Taxes Auditor General, Michigan State Tax Deed 1875 Taxes Auditor General, Michigan State Tax Deed 1876 Taxes Auditor General, Michigan State Tax Deed 1876, 1877, 1878 Taxes
Grantee Mary J. Burdick
Land NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 28 & SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 15 all in T24N R10W an undivided half of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 28 all in T24N R10W & SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 15 an undivided half of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 28 all in T24N R10W & SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 15 NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 28 T24N R10W NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec 28 T24N R10W

So, the verdict is (drum roll, please): Mary Jane Burdick purchased whatever interest William Backus had in these two pieces of property. It would appear to have been his initial investment and some property taxes on some pieces. He may have moved on to Chicago, or perhaps never resided in Michigan and purchased the property as an investment. But, for whatever reason, he was behind on his taxes.

All of these deeds must have given Mary a title to the property, since she is shown as an owner in the 1889 Atlas.1 You can see a diagram that I pieced together below, which shows Greenwood Township on the top, and Colfax Township on the bottom of a dashed line. The land marked in Colfax Township is the first land George Burdick purchased in Colfax from Erasmus Abbott. The property in Greenwood is that covered by the deeds listed above.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 13 page 184

November 17th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 12 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

This is another tax deed

Date: 5 May 1882
Liber: 13
Page: 184
Location: Ingham Co MI
Grantor: W. Irving Lattimer, Auditor General, Michigan
Grantee: George W. Burdick of Colfax, Wexford MI
Witnesses: M.M. Brainard, Edith E. Dagne
Type of deed: State Land Tax Deed
Rec’d and recording: 28 Nov 1882 10 a.m.
Clerk/registrar: Thorp
Location of land: Greenwood, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $5.65
Notes:
Description: NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec 23 T24N R10W

This is a tax deed again. Unfortunately, I did not record the year of taxes paid by this deed. I have illustrated the land described in this deed in green. You can click on this thumbnail to see a larger view of the location which was just north of the G.W. Burdick homestead. I have again based my drawing on the old atlas1 of Wexford County.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 14 page 616

November 18th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 13 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 2 May 1885
Liber: 14
Page: 616
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: John P. Fenton & Susie M. Fenton of Colfax Wexford County MI
Grantee: Fink C. Burdick of County & State aforesaid
Witnesses: Charles L. Palmer, George W. Burdick
Type of deed: Quit Claim
Rec’d and recording: 2 May 1885 12 p.m.
Clerk/registrar: Geo A Cummer
Location of land: Wexford Co MI
Consideration: $300.00
Notes: Fink C. Burdick was a son of George Burdick and Susie’s brother
Description: NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 4 T23N R10W 29 97/100 acres more or less according to survey.

On the deed I described in this post, John Fenton purchased this piece of land from George Burdick. I believe that John and Susie may have moved to another location in Colfax, or in to Manton.

In the old 1889 Atlas1, the land is show as owned by George Burdick.

  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 14 page 617

November 19th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 14 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 17 April 1884
Liber: 14
Page: 617
Location: Wexford County, MI
Grantor: W.m W. Lewis of Wexford County MI
Grantee: George W. Burdick & John Fenton of the same place
Witnesses: W.P. Smith, J.P. Martin
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 2 May 1885
Clerk/registrar: Geo W. Cummer
Location of land: Wexford County MI
Consideration: $70.00
Notes:
Description: N1/2 of NE1/4 Sec 22 T24N R10W

This deed transfers another piece in Greenwood township to the Burdick family. Here is my map of the south Greenwood township and north Colfax township, which is based on the old Atlas1 of Wexford County, with the new piece marked in green. You can enlarge the thumbnail by clicking it.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 14 page 633

November 21st, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 15 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 4 Sept 1885
Liber: 14
Page: 633
Location: Wexford Co., MI
Grantor: George W. Burdick of Colfax, Wexford, MI
Grantee: Norman A. Reynolds of State and county aforesaid
Witnesses: Edward Cox, justice of peace; Milton Cox
Type of deed: Quit Claim
Rec’d and recording: 5 Sept 1885
Clerk/registrar: Geo A Cummer
Location of land: Greenwood, Wexford, Michigan
Consideration: $200
Notes: Norman A. Reynolds was a nephew of Mary Jane Abbott Burdick, George’s wife.
Description: NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 33; an undivided half of N 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 22 all T24N R10W

Burdick purchased interest in the first piece of land in a tax sale on the deed I have previously described, which is recorded in Liber 13, page 184 of Wexford County, Michigan deeds. George Burdick and John Fenton purchased the second piece on a deed recorded in Liber 14, Page 617. George only sold 1/2 interest to N. A. Reynolds, since he only owned 1/2 interest. After this transaction, N. A. Reynolds and John Fenton shared interest in that piece.

Here is my doctored diagram based on pages from the old Atlas1, it is a thumbnail, click to enlarge.

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A little more about the relationship between Erasmus Abbott, N.A. Reynolds, George W. Burdick, and Mary Jane Abbott.

Orson Abbott and Nancy Hughson had a family of at least 5 children, of those, these have connections to these land records.

Phoebe, born about 1830-1835 married Norman Reynolds, N. A. Reynolds was their son. Mary Jane, born 1836, married George W. Burdick. Erasmus, born June 1838, married twice and lived for quite some time in Wexford County.

 

  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 16 page 589

November 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 16 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 23 April 1884
Liber: 16
Page: 589
Location: Wexford, MI
Grantor: Mary J. Burdick of Wexford Co MI
Grantee: W.P. Smith of the same place
Witnesses: H.C. Mc Farland, Geo W. Burdick
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 8 May 1884
Clerk/registrar: Thorp
Location of land: Village of Manton
Consideration: $50
Notes:
Description: Lots 8, 9, and 10 block B, Seaman & McQueston’s addition to the village of Manton. Subject to a contract given by the party of the first part to Helena Jane Williams dated Oct 20, 1881 and due Oct 15, 1884.

Once again, I have used the old Atlas1 of Wexford County to illustrate the land transferred in these deeds. Other Burdick deeds related to these lots were recorded in 4-491, 8-167 and 8-168. You can enlarge a thumbnail to see the lots better.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 21; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 19 page 457

November 23rd, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 17 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 24 July 1885
Liber: 19
Page: 457
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: George Burdick
Grantee: Mary J. Burdick
Witnesses: H.B. Sturtevant, W.H. Shaver
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 25 July 1885 1 p.m.
Clerk/registrar: Geo A Cummer
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $700.
Notes:
Description: SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Sec 4 T23N R10W except for a mortgage of $1,200 given 17 Feb 1874

I don’t have a record of how George acquired this land, I just have missed that deed. Another possibility is that it was recorded when Wexford was attached to Brown County, or Missaukee county for administrative purposes.

Once again, I have based my drawing on the old atlas1 of Wexford County; the land transferred is outlined in green.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 24 page 631

November 24th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 18 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 6 Sept 1893
Liber: 24
Page: 631
Location: Wexford Co MI
Grantor: Mary Jane Burdick of the Township of Colfax and county of Wexford, State of Michigan
Grantee: Hiram E. Brittain, Village of Manton, County & State aforesaid
Witnesses: N.A. Reynolds, Linda C. Reynolds
Type of deed: Quit Claim
Rec’d and recording: 9 Sept 1893
Clerk/registrar: Samuel J. Wall, registrar
Location of land: Greenwood, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $50.00
Notes:
Description: NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 Sec 8 T24N R10W

Mary must have had some interest in this land, perhaps a tax deed. The $50 would not be enough to purchase the 40 acres, even at that time.

Back to the old Atlas1. This land is in the second tier of sections in Greenwood township, 8 miles or so from the Burdick residence on the Greenwood/Colfax township line. This map section does not show the land the Burdicks occupied, and the other map sections in the series do not show this land.

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  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 29; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 46 page 590

November 25th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 19 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 24 Feb 1900
Liber: 46
Page: 590
Location: Lake County, Michigan
Grantor: Mary J. Burdick of Lake County, Michigan
Grantee: Perry Clark of Colfax, Wexford, MI
Witnesses: Arthur Irons, Justice of the Peace, Lake County, Michigan; Mrs. Hiram Cronk
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 12 Marcy 1900
Clerk/registrar: Palmer Hi???
Location of land: Colfax Wexford Michigan
Consideration: $600.
Notes:
Description: The SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 4 T23N R10W except a strip of land 4 rods wide off the North side. Containing 38 acres more or less.

This is the home place, but Mary has reserved some of it. Let’s see, a rod is 16.5 feet, so 4 rods is 66 feet (actually, 1 chain). Since and one side of a “square” 40 acre piece of land is 1320 feet (or 20 chains) on one side, that means that Mary kept a piece 66 feet by 1320 feet, or 1 chain by 20 chains.

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I wanted to take a look on the current maps to see how the land is titled now, you can do so on the Wexford County Standard Maps site, if you wish. The entire fractional 80 NE 1/4 is assessed together. The plat says: the northeast 1/4 of the fractional NE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the fractional NE 1/4 T23N R10W 67.45 acres.

If you look at the location using Google Maps today, you can see that the land has few trees. The description covers the corner south of 14 mile road and just to the west (left) of 31 Mile Road. If you click the map and back out slightly, you can see 16 Mile road, which marks south line of Section Four. It is pretty easy to imagine the 1/2 section line just south of the fractional NE 1/4 of the section.


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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 7 page 130

November 26th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 20 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 3 Sept 1877
Liber: 7
Page: 130
Location: Wexford, MI
Grantor: George Burdick Mary J. Burdick his wife of Cedar Creek, Wexford, MI
Grantee: Wm Stobur?
Witnesses: Eliza Thurston, C.A. Lamb, Notary Public
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 25 Sept 1877
Clerk/registrar: Manktelow
Location of land: Wexford Co., MI
Consideration: $250
Notes: Eliza Thurston is Eliza John, who married John Fenton, then Alfred T. Thurston. Her son, John P. Fenton married George & Mary Jane’s daughter Susie.
Description: Lot 4 block B in Seaman & Maquestons village plot in the NW 1/4 Sec 10 T23N R9W Cedar Reek

Sorting through my records, I found a few transcriptions which are a bit out of order. This is why no one in their right mind would ask me to index or alphabetize anything; I might get it right, and I might not. This lot is back to the area that Burdick’s owned in Block B of the first plot of the village of Cedar Creek. In the old 1889 Atlas1, from which I clipped and marked this drawing it looked like this:

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Out of order or not, that is the story of how George Burdick disposed of Lot 4, block B.

 

  1. E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), page 21; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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