History of
Macomb County, Michigan
M. A. Leeson & Co., 1882
923 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
Containing
AN ACCOUNT OF ITS SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES; AN EXTENSIVE
AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES— THEIR IMPROVEMENTS,
INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHUKCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES; ITS WAR
RE'ORD, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN
AND EARLY SETTLEHS; THE WHOLE PRECEDED BY A HISTORY
OF MICHIGAN, STATISTICS OF THE STATE, AND AN
ABSTRACT OF ITS LAWS AND CONSTITUTION
AND OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES
- Bonus Book -
Past and Present
of Macomb County, Michigan
TOGETHER WITH
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF MANY OF ITS LEADING AND PROMINENT CITIZENS AND ILLUSTROUS DEAD
By Robert F. Eldredge, 1905
712 pages, Illustrated, Indexed & Searchable
- Bonus Book -
Standard Atlas Of
Macomb County, Michigan
Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities & Townships
Geo. Ogle & Co., 1895
105 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
- Bonus Book -
1860 Federal Census
Macomb County, Michigan
Photo copies of original handwritten pages
592 pages
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The Ojibwa lived in the area centuries before European contact. The first European explorers arrived in the area during the 17th century. A Moravian colony
was established in the county in the late 18th century. They included French fur trappers and missionaries. In addition to the original French and English,
later settlers included Germans, Belgians and others who came directly from Europe. In the 19th century the county received many American migrants from
New York and New England who were attracted to the area for land and booming jobs.
Macomb County was formally organized on January 15, 1818 as the third county in the Michigan territory. At that time, it covered a much larger area than
it does today. In 1819 and 1820, large portions of the county were removed to form the counties of Oakland, Lapeer, Genesee and St. Clair. The county was
named in honor of General Alexander Macomb, a highly decorated veteran of the War of 1812.
Scanned copies of the original hand-written census.
Legibility of census
records varies, depending on handwriting of census taker, quality of ink used,
paper damage over the years, quality of the scanning process.
Different from transcribed census records, these contain all information collected by the
census taker.
These also give a sense of relatives and neighbors living nearby.
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