. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . er of some prominence. J Information concerning Col. Burchard has been obtained frommany sources. The date of his purchase of land at Lansing wasobtained from the records. His former wife, now Mrs. Frances New- 122 CITy OP LANSING. 123 the first person who erected a dwelling within the limits ofthe city of Lansing with the intention of making a per-manent stay was John Woolsey Burchard. Col. Burchardwas born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1814. Hisfather subsequently removed to the village of Moscow,Livingston Co., N. Y., where he carried on
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . er of some prominence. J Information concerning Col. Burchard has been obtained frommany sources. The date of his purchase of land at Lansing wasobtained from the records. His former wife, now Mrs. Frances New- 122 CITy OP LANSING. 123 the first person who erected a dwelling within the limits ofthe city of Lansing with the intention of making a per-manent stay was John Woolsey Burchard. Col. Burchardwas born in Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1814. Hisfather subsequently removed to the village of Moscow,Livingston Co., N. Y., where he carried on the trade of aharness- and saddle-maker, at which John W. also worked sing is situated, was purchased from the government in1835, and 1836 by William H. Townsend and FrederickBushnell, the latter taking all except the portion of thenorthwest quarter, lying north of Grand River. JamesSeymour, of Rochester, N. Y., also purchased lands onsections 8, 10, 15, and 17, and it was understood that Sey-mour and Bushnell were in company in the purchase. At. PLAT OF SECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LANSING, SHOWING OEIGINAL LAND ENTKIES. in his younger days. The latter began the study of lawabout 1836, and, as his wife recollects, at Rochester, N. Y. In 1839 he removed to Lenawee Co., Mich., where hewas admitted to practice, and in the same year settled asan attorney in Mason, Ingham Co. On the 7th of April, 1841, he married Miss FrancesHaynes. He continued in practice at Mason until 1843,in August of which year he removed to Lansing. As has been stated, section 9, now wholly included inthe city, and on which the water-power at North Lan- man, of the city of Jackson, has furnished considerable and of coursereliable material, while Daniel L. Case, Samuel L. Kilbourne, JamesTurner, Mrs. Thomas Clark, and others have also supplied manyfacts. any rate, we find by the record that James Seymour, onthe 13th day of October, 1841, sold to John W. Burchardthe southeast fractional quarter of section 9, inclu
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