Entries Containing All of the Phrases «ingham county» AND «michigan»

By Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2013

Ingham County Courthouse Marker • wide view
(Courthouse in background)

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Michigan, Ingham County, Mason — L117 — Ingham County Courthouse — Registered Michigan Historic Site —

Named for Samuel Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson, Ingham County was organized in 1838. In 1840 Mason became the county seat. The town’s wide public square had been designed as the county's political and business center. The . . . — — Map (db m142680) HM

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2 ► Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing — S0629 — Town of Michigan / Lansing —

Town of Michigan In 1847, required by Michigan's 1835 constitution to choose a permanent capital site within the first decade of statehood, the legislature voted to move the capital from Detroit. Convinced that the governmental seat should . . . — — Map (db m182190) HM

3 ► Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing, Downtown — HB1 — Michigan State Capitol / Michigan's Three Capitols —

Michigan State Capitol. Hailed by Michigan citizens as a proud symbol of their young and growing state, this building was dedicated on January 1, 1879. National publications praised its scandal-free construction which took six years, and its . . . — — Map (db m280008) HM

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4 ► Michigan, Eaton County, Eaton Rapids — S0604 — VFW National Home —

In 1923 the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) initiated a plan to build a national home for the families of deceased and disabled American veterans. The following year a Jackson, Michigan, cattleman made his Ingham County ranch available for the site . . . — — Map (db m171836) HM

5 ► Michigan, Jackson County, Pleasant Lake, Henrietta Township — S737 — Meridian-Base Line Initial Point / Meridian-Base Line Dual Initial Points —

Meridian-Base Line Initial Point The 1785 Land Ordinance organized the system of surveying land in regular square six-mile units called townships and square one-mile subunits called sections. Surveyor General Edward Tiffin set the . . . — — Map (db m171910) HM

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6 ► Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing — L1990 — Roswell Everett / Roswell Everett House —

Roswell Everett Roswell Everett, a native of New York State, came to Michigan in 1834. In 1841 he moved to Ingham County and immediately involved himself in public affairs. Everett (1790 - 1871) is credited with naming Delhi Township, which . . . — — Map (db m103501) HM

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7 ► Michigan, Ingham County, Holt — L2328 — John Taylor —

John Taylor was born into slavery in Kentucky and was liberated by Union troops during the Civil War. In August 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Michigan Colored Infantry. After the war, Taylor worked for farmer John Buck in Delhi Township. When . . . — — Map (db m182170) HM

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8 ► Michigan, Ingham County, Stockbridge — Stockbridge —

In early 1834, David and Mary Ann Rogers moved from New Jersey to Michigan. While living with Mary Ann's father in Lima, Washtenaw county, they bought land in Ingham county. By March, Rogers had built the frame for a house. He then moved it and . . . — — Map (db m213473) HM

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9 ► Michigan, Jackson County, Grass Lake — Adam Overacker — Revolutionary War Soldier —

PVT – NY Born 27 June 1761 Died 14 Nov 1842 Grass Lake, Jackson CO., MI — — Map (db m140651) HM WM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.