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: | 4 April 1882 |
| Liber: | 34 |
| Page: | 288 |
| Location: | Newaygo Co., MI |
| Grantor: | Henry H. Fellows and Melissa J. Fellows his wife of Ashland, Newaygo, MI |
| Grantee: | Henry H. Fellows Jr., of the same place |
| Witnesses: | John Newman, Joel B. Fellows |
| Type of deed: | Warranty |
| Rec’d and recording: | 1 June 1882 |
| Clerk/registrar: | Geo. E. Taylor |
| Location of land: | Grant Township, Newaygo Co., MI |
| Consideration: | $800 |
| Notes: | |
| Description: | E1/2 of the NE 1/4 Sec 7 T11N R12W |
I have not discovered the deed which shows Henry H. (b ca 1839) purchasing this land. However, on the 1880 atlas he si shown as the owner of the SW 1/4 of the piece. Once again, Henry’s nephew is listed as, Henry H. Fellows, Jr.”.
The location of this land is illustrated on the Ashland Township map from the old Newaygo County Atlas1, you may click to enlarge the thumbnail and see a larger view.
- 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 41, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3927793.0001.001 : accessed 15 February 2010.
