. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . nd could behad in Lapeer Co., Mich. In company with others he atonce went to that county, where they made selections. Hethen went on foot to Detroit to enter his land, but found thatsome one had got ahead of him. He next selected some landin Shiawassee aud agsiin went to Detroit, again to be dis;»p-pointed,—it was just taken. Nowise daunted, he ag-ainmade a selection,—-this time in Owosso township, now Mid-dlebury, in Shiawassee Co.,—this time successfully. Therehad then been no land entered in Middlebury township,and there was no white
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . nd could behad in Lapeer Co., Mich. In company with others he atonce went to that county, where they made selections. Hethen went on foot to Detroit to enter his land, but found thatsome one had got ahead of him. He next selected some landin Shiawassee aud agsiin went to Detroit, again to be dis;»p-pointed,—it was just taken. Nowise daunted, he ag-ainmade a selection,—-this time in Owosso township, now Mid-dlebury, in Shiawassee Co.,—this time successfully. Therehad then been no land entered in Middlebury township,and there was no white man living within its boundaries,and Mr. Slocum and his fathers family were its first per-manent settlers. His nearest neighbor east was twenty-two miles away. He made his entry June 12, 1S3G, itbeing the soutlieast ((uartcr of section 35, township 7 north,of range 1 east. After entering his land he returned toC)akland County, where for a time he worked by the the summer of 1837 he took a piece of land to clejir MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP, 245. GEORGE W. SLOCUM. and cnip, ?.(jtlin^ five flullarn per ucTc, and tlie fipMt croj) forcleariii;;. In the Call and early winter he worked on (hePontiac and Detroit Ilailroad. In January, IHIJS, he wanjoined hy his parents, and they at once eatue to the landBelected by Mr. Slocuni. A log shanty built, its roofbeing of bark and its floor of split plank, with but onewindow, which they had brought from Pontiac, and forweeks with only a blanket for a door, around which thewolves made night hideous by their bowlings. Theirmeans by this time were all expended, and they saw veryhard times. But by dint of hard work arid the most rigideconomy hunger was avoided until the wlieat he had sownin Oakland County was harvested, when a team, wagon, andcow were bought, and more prosperous days began to the energy and perseverance for which the Americanpioneer is noted, Mr. Slocum applied himself to clearingup and improving his land,
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