Organized as an independent township by the State Legislature of Michigan in 1838 consisting of all the legal township of Township 7-S, Range 9-W

First Township meeting and election was held at the house of Julius A. Thompson April 2, 1838. Alvin Gates served as moderator; James L. Bishop Hiram Draper as clerks; Oliver Raymond served as acting Justice of the Peace.

On September 25, 1839, the Township audit showed that $77.25 had been spent in the first year of operation

SUPERVISORS Marshall Livermore Joseph P. Livermore James L. Bishop Sidney Carpenter William Morris Samuel Needham Harrison Kelley Elizur Lancaster William C. Bryant William H. Cross Clinton Bishop

YEARS SERVED 1838, 1839-1840 1841 1842-1847 1849-1854 1855-1856 1857 1858 1859 1860-1862 1863-1865 1866-1875

CLERKS James L. Bishop Sidney Carpenter William Clark Charles E. Kibbe John H. Clewes John S. Tyler Hiram Betts Allen C. Arnold Lyman F. Hopkins Charles Thornton Bliss N. Stone Walter W. Stone Chester A. Ward James Mills N. H. Soule John H. Phelps N. G. Cooper L. S. Benjamin F. F. Betts

YEARS SERVED 1838 1839-1842 1843-1850 1851-1852 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857-1858 1859 1860 1861-1862 1863-1864 1865-1866 1867-1869 1870-1872 1873-1875

HIGHWAY OVERSEERS Josiah T. Livermore Samuel Needham Ervin K. Weaver Nathaniel Leavitt Casper Reed Phineas H. Sheldon

YEARS SERVED 1838 1838 1838 1838 1838 1839

FENCE VIEWERS Julius A Thompson Warren Norton Benjamin Stocking

YEARS SERVED 1838 1838 1838

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Alvin Gates Marshall Livermore Hiram Draper Oliver Raymond Norman Allen James L. Bishop James P. Allen Richard Houston Harrison Kelley James Sickles Samuel Needham James H. Tisdell Hiram Betts Sidney Carpenter Ira C. Abbott Bracy Toby William Morris J. A. J. Metzer Oscar L. Cowles J. Clinton Bishop Hiram Parker William H. Cross Joseph Annis Bliss N. Stone B. B. Benedict A. B. Mills Reuben W. Trussell Elizur Lancaster

YEARS SERVED 1838 1838 1838 1838 1839 1840 1842 1844 1846 1848 1849 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1860 1861 1862 1864 1875 1875 1877

It appears as though the years are not in alignment, however, they really are equal compared to the names that are listed

Information for this page was taken from the Kalamazoo Valley Family NewsLetter, Vol #2, Summer Quarter, June 1973. A big thank you to Cynthia Duhamel for transcribing this information for the St. Joseph Co., MI USGenWeb site

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