SECTION NAME DATE
13 Barney JOHNSTON Dec 12 1836
By an act of Legislature approved March 6, 1836, town 1 north, in range 2 west, then a part of Aurelius, was set off and organized into a seperate township by the name of Onondaga, and the first township-meeting was directed to be held at the house of Barney JOHNSTON. The following account of said meeting is from the township records:
"At a meeting of electors of the township of Onondaga, in the county of Jackson (Ingham), and State of Michigan, held at the house of Barney JOHNSTON, on the first Monday of April, 1838, the following persons were elected officers of said township, -viz.;
"Amos E. STEELE, Supervisor, by a majority of seventeen votes; Josephus TUTTLE, Township Clerk, by a majority of sixteen votes; for Assessors, Peter CRANSON received thirteen votes; Gabriel V.N. HETFIELD and Josephus TUTTLE received each fourteen votes; for Road Commissioners, Gabriel V.N. HETFIELD received fourteen votes, and Jeduthan FRYE received seven votes, John DARLING nine, and Josephus TUTTLE four; for School Inspectors, Amos E. STEELE received ten votes; Josephus TUTTLE and Gabriel V.N. HETFIELD received ten votes each; Silas BOOTH received for Collector fourteen votes; and for Constables, Silas BOOTH received thirteen votes, and Gilbert ROSSMAN, Adna HUNT, and frederick ABBEY received each thirteen votes, and Chauncey DAY received eight votes; and for Justices of the Peace, Josephus TUTTLE received fourteen votes, Amos E. STEELE received fourteen votes, and Gabriel V.N. HETFIELD received the like number of fourteen votes, and for Directors of the Poor (record seems to be imperfect here); Merritt JOHNTON was elected Path Master in road district number five; Amos E. STEELE was elected Path Master in road district number six; Henry ALLEN was elected Path Master; and in road district number seven Gabriel V.N. HETFIELD was elected Path Master.,
"And on motion, it was voted that the Path Masters serve as Fence Viewers; and on motion, it was voted that any resident of the town taking and killing a wolf in said township be entitled to eight dollars as a bounty therefor. ,
"Orris CRANSON was elected Township Treasurer. "It was also voted that the next annual township-meeting of this township to be held at the house of Peter CRANSON, in said town.
"A true copy. "David Lane Inspectors "Merritt Johnston "Peter Cranson "Amos E. Steele Clerks "Josephus Tuttle
4 Children
Yale Phelps: Following is the Surname list for this family..................................................................
Theodore: He was born in 1849. He married Carrie ARLETTE. Date is unknown. They had two
