HISTORY OF TUSCOLA COUNTY

TOWN OF KOYLTON

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     Koylton was organized by the board of supervisors at a meeting held October 11, 1859.  The territory comprised township 11 north, of range 11 east.  The first annual meeting was ordered held at the house of William Allen.
     The names of freeholders in the township to be organized, who signed the application are as follows:  James L. Hitchcock, Allen Hubel, James McAdam, James A. Cross, Levy Koyl, Donald McKenzie, James McKenzie, John McKenzie, Joseph Morris, John Cameron, Jr.  Thomas Jeffrey, John Cameron, Sr., Thomas McAdam, Anthony McMangle, Peter Koyl, Sr., A Ducoln, Henry Murdick and Orvil Koyl.
     This town occupies the southeastern corner of the county, and is bounded north by Kingston, east and south by the county line, and west by Dayton.
     In 1860 the population of the town was 60, and in 1880, 869.
     In 1864 the population was 142, and the number of acres of taxable land, 3,846,: number of acres improved, 276; 320 bushels of corn, and 637 bushels of wheat were raised.
     In 1874 the population was 580; number of horses, 64; number of cows, 180; bushels of wheat raised, 4,497; bushels of corn raised, 4,615; bushels of potatoes, 4,064; tons of hay cut, 588.
     Population in 1880, 869.  In 1882 the number of acres assessed was 22, 185; total equalized valuation of real and personal property,,$288,890.  Number of farms in 1881, 74; acres of improved land, 4,095.  Bushels of wheat raised in 1880, 17,291; of corn, 17,727; tons of hay, 818.

LAND ENTRIES PRIOR TO 1860.

TOWNSHIP  11 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST.

SECTION 1     Zimri Warner, February 4, 1857
                        William Callis, October 15, 1857
                        Robert Johnston, June 1, 1858

SECTION 2    James McTavish, April 25, 1857
                        Kas-re-wah, April 25, 1857
                        John Deo, July 13, 1857
                        John Richardsonn, August 22, 1857
                        Abram Backus, June 16, 1858

SECITON 3    Lorenzo Swartwout, July 28, 1857
                        Lorenzo Swartwout, October 15, 1857
                        Willard Cole, November 23, 1857
                        Seth Pettibone, November 23, 1857
                        John Veit, November 9, 1858

SECTION 4    Hezekiah W. Whitney, March 17, 1857
                        Robert W. King, November 5, 1859

SECTION 5    Adam Schneider, July 6, 1857
                        Norman Barrows, November 16, 1858
                        Robert W. King, November 5, 1859

SECTION 6    Daniel D. Dewey, April 23, 1853
                        Patrick McKeon, May 26, 1857
                        James L. Hitchcock, October 7, 1858

SECTION 7    Charles Merrill, October 30, 1856

SECTION 8    Charles Merrill, October 30, 1856
                        Sault St. Marie Canal Co, May 25, 1855

SECTION 9    Hezekiah W. Whitney, March 17, 1857
                        Sault St. Marie Canal Co, May 25, 1855

SECTION 11    John Cameron, November 23, 1858
                         John McKenzie, January 5, 1859

SECTION 12    Erwin H. Bartholf, October 28, 1857
                         Donald McKenzie, January 5, 1859

SECTION 13    Catacoba, October 6, 1856
                           Henry Cergill, November 7, 1856
                          Joseph Morris, August 22, 1857
                          Thomas Murray, September 8, 1857

SECTION 14    Oph-toh-no-quam, July 27, 1857
                          Thomas Jeffrey, December 14, 1857
                          John Squanow, February 22, 1858
                          James Scott, February 1, 1858
                           John McKenzie, January 5, 1859

SECTION 15    James Ogemas, February 22, 1858
                          Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856

SECTION 17    Charles Merrill, November 22, 1856
                           Sault Canal Co., May 25, 1855

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SECTION 18    Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856
                          Charles Merrill, October 30, 1856
                          Charles Merrill, November 22, 1856

SECTION 19    Charles Merrill, November, 22, 1856
                          John Henry Abbott, July 1, 1857
                          James McAdam, November 27, 1857
                          John Hart, November, 14, 1859
                          Louis F. Fritz, November 14, 1859
                          John Hart, October 25, 1860

SECTION 20    Charles Merrill, November 22, 1856
                          Archibald W. Corkindale, May 30, 1857

SECTION 22    Hermon Camp, August 4, 1856

SECTION 23    James Scott, April 1, 1858

SECTION 24    Ma-ma-Quige-wonk, May 6, 1858
                          Arnold B. Clark, October 3, 1857
                          Robert A. Dowling, December 17, 1857

SECTION 25    John Miller, July 7, 1856
                          Lorenzo Swartwout, March 14, 1857

SECTION 26    Samuel Nicholl, February 17, 1857
                          Horace D. Bronson, December 16, 1859

SECTION 27    Horace D. Bronson, December 16, 1859
                         
SECTION 28    Archibald W. McCorkindale, May 30, 1857
                          Elijah Hubel, April 15, 1858

SECTION 29    Luke Peaslee, April 17, 1856
                          Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1856
                          Orville Koyl, May 13, 1857
                          Archibald W. McCorkindale, May 30, 1857
                          Willard Blodgett, September 4, 1857

SECTION 30    Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1856
                          Orville Koyl, May 13, 1857
                          Willard Blodgett, September 4, 1857
                          Thomas McAdam, November 27, 1857
                          William Teller, December 16, 1859

SECTION 31    Franklin K. Beck, September 21, 1855
                          Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1855
                         Allen Hubel, November 2, 1856

SECTION 32    Almon Blodgett, September 3, 1856
                          Peter Koyl, October 13, 1856
                          Lyman H. Gearfield, May 11, 1858
                          James A. Cross, January 12, 1859

SECTION 33.    Luke Peaslee, April 17, 1856
                           Francis Keene, April 17, 1856
                          Elijah Hubel, April 15, 1858

SECTION 34    Caleb Hayes, October 22, 1858

SECTION 35    John Miller, July 11, 1856
                          Lorenzo Swartwout, March 14, 1857
                          Henry L. Jones, September 2, 1857
                          Elisha W. Gearfield, October 15, 1857

SCHOOL MATTERS

     From the annual school report of the town of Koylton, for the year ending September 4, 1882, the following facts are obtained.  Directors for the ensuing year, James M. Whittaker, Judson Van Sicklen, Clark Harris and John B. Curtis.  There are three whole and one fractional school districts, with four frame school-houses.  Number of children of school age, 364; attending school during the year, 222.

BIOGRAPHICAL

     LEWIS LANWAY was born January 29, 1843, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and came to the township of Koylton in 1867, and settled on section 29, where he has since resided.  he has cleared seventy acres of his farm during the past fifteen years, besides spending thirteen winters at work in the lumber woods.  He enlisted in September, 1861, in the Sixtieth New York Infantry, and served three years and nine months.  Was with the Army of the Potomac till after the battle of Gettysburg, and subsequently was under General Hooker in the Western Army, and was wounded twice at Atlanta.  In 1866 he married Miss Rachael Harrington and has five children.

     CYRUS HENRICK was born in Colden , Erie County, N. Y., in 1845, moved with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1854. Came to Koylton in 1868, and settled on section 30, where he now resides.  In 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac, being in all the battles of his regiment.  Was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and was discharged in the fall of 1863.  He was married in 1870 to Miss Eliza Campbell and has  five children.