BlockOverisel Township
The complete chapter on this township from A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan, published 1907. 403 words, covering 3 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
3 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
Settlements in this township
3 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 3 is named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
403 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan, published 1907. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Overisel Township
Overisel, being attached to Fillmore in 1850. took part in the town meetings of the latter until its separate organization in 1856 gave it power to hold town meetings of its own. The first meeting was held at the school house in district No. i, April 6, 1857, when the following were chosen oificers: C. J. Voorhorst, supervisor; Jan Boers, clerk; Hendrick Broiiwers, treasurer; Lucas Daugermond, Hendrick Brouwers, school inspectors: Harm Walters, R. Van Dan, Hendrick Bellman, highway commissioners: Gerret J. Wolterink, Barteld Vredeveld, justices of the peace; Egbert Nykerk. Harm Schepers, directors of the poor; Mannes Hulsman, Albert Woerding, constables.
Lee, at first a portion of Newark, from 1847 to 1850 a part of Manlius. and then until 1859 a part of Pine Plains, contributed its township activity in various directions. At its first township meeting after organization, held April 4. 1859. the officers elected were: Thomas Raplee, supervisor; E. H. Heath, clerk; H. B. Rice, treasurer: H. B. Rice, Henry Davidson. Thomas Raplee. John Orr,* justices of the peace: Michael Hoy. David
W. Matthews, highway commissioners; Henry Davidson, school inspector; David W. Matthews, Winchester Jenkins, Michael Hoy, constables ; H. B. Rice, Winchester Jenkins, Michael Hoy, overseers of highways.
Clyde, detached from Pine Plains in 1859, held its first town election April 2, i860, there being thirteen voters present, who cast their ballots for: Ralph Parrish, supervisor; George G. Smalley, clerk; E. H. Heath, treasurer; C. T. Billings, justice of the peace.
Casco, taken from Ganges in 1854, completed its civil organization at the first town meeting held in April, 1855, when Timothy McDowell was elected supervisor. The records of the meeting and early township affairs were destroyed by fire in 1869.
Saugatuck, really the nucleus of the original Newark, which name it retained imtll 1861, had a continuous civil history from 1836, but the carlv records were destroyed.
Laketown, set off from all that remained of the original Newark, in October, 1858, held the first town meeting April 4. 1859, when the following officers were elected: John Rouse, supervisor; Gerrit Ruttgers, clerk; A. J. Neerken, treasurer; A. J. Neerken, John Rouse, Harm Rouse, Albert Klomparens. school inspectors; Reinderd Boorenkamp, Gerrit Ruttgers, John Lucas, highway commissioners; A, J. Neerken, H. J. Brinkman, John Ruttgers, Harm Klomparens, justices of the peace; Gerrit Heneveld, B. J. Brinkman, Derk Ten Cate, Hendrick Bakker, constables; G. H. Lubbers, Gabriel Rosbach, Harm Bouws, overseers of highways.
Provenance
Text from A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan, published 1907, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.