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Burdick Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan, Liber 4 Page 492

November 5th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 4 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: 8 Nov 1876
Liber: 4
Page: 492
Location: Wexford Co. MI
Grantor: William E. Gilbert & Maggie Gilbert his wife of Cedar Creek, Wexford, MI
Grantee: George W. Burdick of the same place
Witnesses: Ezra Harper, Lana Patridge
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: An undivided 1/2 interest in lots 3 & 4 in block B in Seaman & Maqueston Addition to the village of Cedar Creek.

I left the maps here, in case you did not read yesterday’s deed. In the deed recorded on page 491, George Burdick purchased lots 8,9 and 10 and 1/2 interest in lots 3 and 4. The deeds were received in the registrar’s office at the same time, but executed consecutively. I appears that George purchased this 1/2 interest in the two lots on 8 November 1876, and the additional 3 lots and the other half of these lots on 28 Dec.

I have illustrated the location of the property in drawings from an old 1889 atlas1, Here is the overview, it can be enlarged by clicking it.

block B

After both deeds were executed, George Burdick’s holdings in block B of Seaman & Maquestons addition:

block b 8-9-10 3-4

I wonder if this needed to be cleared? Is there some other reason that George may have purchased it?

As I was wondering why George was buying up land, something crossed my mind, the 1860 census for George’s family:

Geo W. Burdick, 33, male, house carpenter, value of real estate not filled in, value of personal estate 50, born New York.
Mary Jane, 23, house labor, born New York
Susan M. 4, female
Rosanna Perkins 69, female, born New York.

Now I really wonder about George W. Burdick. Was he building something? Clearing something? Just investing? Perhaps time will tell.

  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.
  2. 1850 U.S. Census, Allegany County, New York, population schedule, Andover, page 27 (penned) p 985 (stamped), dwelling 203, family 203. Geo W. Burdick: digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2009); from National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 718.

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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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Liber 2 Page 403 What Does the Deed Tell Me?

October 28th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors | Tools and Information - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Land Records

Here are the basic facts from the transcription of the deed recorded in Liber 2 page 403 of Wexford County Deeds.

  1. The Grantor, Erasmus D. Abbott, of Sherman, Wexford, County, Michigan
  2. The Grantee: George W. Burdick of Cedar Creek, Wexford County, Michigan
  3. The witnesses: Oscar Barnes, a justice of the peace and William Briggs
  4. A warranty deed, received by clerk H.B. Sturtevant for recording on 20 May 1874
  5. The land transferred: the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 4, township 23N range 10W, about 80 acres more or less.
  6. The deed was signed, ED Abbott, and the transaction cost George W. Burdick $200.

Since this is not a Weekly Reader test, I will omit the information that is not relevant to my genealogical research. The clerk’s name is not significant, and in this case neither is the name of one of the witnesses. I did notice that the other witness had the last name Barnes, and we do have some Barnes relatives.

I collected the location of this deed because if mentioned the surname BURDICK. At the time I collected the information, I was not researching any Abbott lines. George Washington Burdick was one of Papa’s ancestors, here is what I know about him, much of it from an old, unsourced family history. The highlighted information is the new land transaction:

27 April 1827 Birth: Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY
1850 Census: Andover, Allegany Co., NY
1855 Marriage: Mary Jane Abbott
1850 Census: Andover, Allegany Co., NY
29 March 1856 Daughter: Susie Melissa born, Andover, Allegany Co., NY
1860 Census: Andover Allegany County, New York
24 Oct 1860 Son: Fink Clement born Andover, Allegany Co., NY
24 Oct 1860 – 23 Jn 1868 Migration: New York to Pennsylvania
23 June 1868 Daughter: Mable Genevieve born, Eleven Mile, Potter Co., PA
23 June -May 1870 Migration: Pennsylvania to Michigan
27 Aug 1870 Census: Colfax, Wexford County, Michigan
11 Jan 1871 Daughter: Gertie W. born Colfax, Wexford Co., MI
12 Mar 1874 News item: The Grand Traverse Herald; Boardman, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Listed as arrivals at the Boardman River House for the week ending March 9th: (lengthy list) Geo. W Burdick, Manton.
20 May 1874
 		Land Purchase: E 1/2 of the NE1 /4 Sec. 4 T23N R10W Wexford Co., MI
1880 Census: Colfax Township, Wexford County, Michigan
8 Jan 1885 News item: the Grand Traverse Herald “Geo. W. Burdick will log quite extensively in Colfax this winter.”
1910 Census: Colfax Township, Wexford County, Michigan
24 Oct 1914 Death: Irons, Lake County, Michigan
26 Oct 1914 Burial: Colfax Township, Wexford County, Michigan

What have I learned from this exercise? What can this added information do to help me?

  1. George W. Burdick owned land in Colfax, Wexford, MI in 1874.
  2. The old family history gave the children’s birthplaces is looking better and better.
  3. G.W. Burdick purchased land from a man named Abbott, is he related? My marriage references are a little weak, consisting of an old family history and some obituaries, both constructed long after the date of the marriage. Perhaps there is an association between the Erasmus Abbott, from whom G.W. Burdick purchased this land and Mary Jane Abbott, that might better substantiate the marriage.
  4. Is Oscar Barnes related to the Barnes family which another of our families married into?
  5. Was GW renting land or a home before this purchase? He was on the 1870 census in this township.

In a vacuum, this purchase of 80 acres is not too significant. However, as a piece in the puzzle of the G.W. Burdick family, it can help me to know the family better. Stay tuned!

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