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 . This group pertain to Papa’s Fellows ancestors who resided in Newaygo County, Michigan.
| Date: | 25 Aug 1879 |
| Liber: | 21 |
| Page: | 604 |
| Location: | Newaygo Co., MI |
| Grantor: | Henry H. Fellows & Malissa J. Fellows his wife of Ashland, Newaygo, MI |
| Grantee: | John H. Simmons of the same place |
| Witnesses: | James Barton, Kate E. Clark |
| Type of deed: | Warranty |
| Rec’d and recording: | 25 Aug 1879 |
| Clerk/registrar: | G.E. Taylor |
| Location of land: | Grant Twp., Newaygo Co. |
| Consideration: | $453.33 |
| Notes: | |
| Description: | W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 7 T11H R12W 80 acres |
When I am able to return to the Newaygo County Court House in White Cloud, I will have a goal of getting a more complete picture of the Fellows land transactions in the area. The location of the land Henry and Melissa sold under this deed is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas1.
- C. O. Titus, Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes ; H. H. Avery, assistant, W. B. Patterson, assistant. (Philadelphia, PA : C.O. Titus c1880), page 27, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.
