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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 4 Page 491

November 4th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 3 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 elected to post all the deeds related to George W. Burdick and his family first.

Date: 28 Dec 1876
Liber: 4
Page: 491
Location: Wexford Co. MI
Grantor: Warren Seaman & Mary Seaman his wife of Cedar Creek, Wexford, MI
Grantee: George W. Burdick of the same place
Witnesses: Ezra Harper, Meda or Neda Moffit
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 29 Dec 1876, 9 a.m.
Clerk/registrar: Sturtevant
Location of land: Wexford Co. MI
Consideration: $200
Notes:
Description: Lots 8,9,& 10 of block B and an undivided 1/2 interest in lots 3 & 4 block B in Seaman & Maqueston village plot in the NW 1/4 of Section 10 T23N, R9W according to survey on file.

I have used a map from the 1889 Wexford County Atlas1 posted on the Michigan County Histories and Atlases site to illustrate the location of block B in Seaman and Maqueston’s village plot. This is a thumbnail, you may see a larger view by clicking it.

block B

A closer look at block B reveals that lots 8-10 are conveniently located on “Seaman St.”, which is now known as Michigan Avenue. Michigan Avenue is also old US 131; the new expressway named US 131 bypassed Manton. The lots for which Burdick received 1/2 interest are located on First Street. One block north of First Street is the section line, running along the section line is  “Main Street”,  also known as 16 mile road. Until recently this road was known as M-42; but the state of Michigan has turned control back to Wexford County. The corner of Michigan and Main is the “main” downtown corner in Manton.

block b 8-9-10 3-4

  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), 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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Liber 3 page 326 , Wexford County, Michigan

October 31st, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors | Tools and Information - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 1 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.

The names of members of George W. Burdick’s family appear quite often in the Wexford County, Michigan deeds. The next listing for George is recorded in Liber 3 on page 326.

Date: 26 May 1876
Liber: 3
Page: 326
Location: Wexford County, MI
Grantor: Warren Seaman & Mary Seaman his wife
Grantee: George W. Burdick
Witnesses: Ezra Harger, Justice of Peace and Amos Swiger
Type of deed: Quit Claim Deed
Rec’d and recording: 26 May 1876 10 p.m.
Clerk/registrar: H.B. Sturtevant, Registrar
Location of land: Wexford County, MI
Consideration: $50
Notes:
Description: Commencing at the northwest corner of Sec 10 T23N R9W and running east 185 ft., then south 85 ft., then west 185 ft. then north 85 ft to the start.

This land is clearly a rectangle, and it happens to be located in downtown Manton, Michigan. I drew a rectangle outlining the location of the land. The highway running north and south just to the left is old US highway 131, the new divided US 131 bypasses Manton. Note, this is a quit claim deed, in which George is relinquishing his claim to this piece of property. The deed does not tell us what that claim was.

l3p326 burdick

Seaman & Maqueston platted an addition to Manton, sometime after this deed was recorded. The description of the land there is now associated with Lot 1 of that addition, and is: “W 187 FT OF N 220 FT OF LOT 1, BLK. I SEAMAN & MAQUESTON ADDITION CITY OF MANTON”. According to History of Wexford County Michigan, compiled by John Wheeler and published in 1908, Seaman & Maqueston platted the addition to Manton in 1883 in In a closer view you can see the area where the property is located, as it looks today:
liber 3 p 326 close

In atlases of Wexford County published in 1889 and posted on line at the University of Michigan site, Michigan County Histories, the land is still empty, with the area where the lot is situated clearly marked as Lot 1, Block I of Seaman & Maqueston’s addition.

In the relatively current data posted on the Wexford County, Michigan Standard Map site, the property has apparently been consolidated again and looks like this:

liber 3 p326 current

I am not sure if George W. Burdick owned this land, or simply conveyed a certain interest it it to one of the men who eventually platted the addition.

Next: George W. Burdick makes another transaction concerning the same description.

The map views on this page were created from information at the Wexford County, Michigan Standard Maps site.

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