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1927 Confirmation Class

Palm Sunday 10 April 1927 St. Jacobi [now St. James U.C.C.] in Casco [St. Clair] Michigan.

A brief history of Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan

The township of Richmond, the most northeasterly of the county, was not settled as early or as thickly at first as were the townships nearer Detroit and the Clinton river. The first entries of lands were made December 1, 1832 in Sec. 30, on which day both Edwin B. Rose of Macomb County and John Hale of Detroit entered a tract in that section. The Goodar farms on 33-Mile Road is the location of the property. Edwin Rose took 40 acres and John Hale took 80 acres on that date. The latest entry for government lands was made April 4, 1884, by Richard Ball in Section 16, which is 52 years after the first entries were made.

The township was organized on March 6, 1838, and the first town meeting was held at the house of George Perkins, located at the intersection of 33-Mile Road and Armada Ridge. Many people attended the meeting and since the house was not large enough to accommodate them, they adjourned to a woodpile for their meeting and elections.

As many of the early settlers had come from New York State, Phillip Cudworth, a former resident of Richmond, Ontario County, New York, suggested naming the township after his place of birth. Most of the land north of 32-Mile Road, also known as Division, was taken up from the Government by Erastus Beebe in 1835. The area where Armada Ridge and Memphis Ridge (M-19) meet was known as Beebe's Corners, a name which it retained until the granting of the village charter in 1879.

RICHMOND TOWNSHIP (Macomb Co.) RESOURCES

Map of Beebe's Corners
1840 Census of Richmond Township
Index to the 1850 Richmond Township Census
1850 Census of Richmond Township
1859 Plat Map of Richmond Township
1890 Census - Civil War Veterans and Widows of Richmond
1916 Property Owners in Richmond Township
Index to the Richmond High School Graduates 1883-1897
Biographies of the Richmond High School Graduates 1883-1897
1932 Richmond High School Graduates - Echo Yearbook
The History of School District No.3 - Richmond Township
The Diaries of Thomas Fanning
The History of VFW Post No. 6802 in Richmond, MI

LENOX TOWNSHIP (Macomb Co.) RESOURCES

1840 Census of Lenox Township
1859  Plat Map of Lenox Township
1890 Census - Civil War Veterans and Widows of New Haven
Lenox Burial Ground - Kuster Road Cemetery Inscriptions
Immanuel Evangelical Association of Ridgeway
Memories of Muttonville

CASCO TOWNSHIP (St. Clair Co.) RESOURCES

1859 Plat Map of Casco Township (St. Clair)
1859 Property Owners in Casco Township (St. Clair)
1890 Census - Civil War Veterans and Widows of Casco
Adair - St. Matthews UCC - Church Records

COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP (St. Clair Co.) RESOURCES

First Landowners of Columbus Township (St. Clair)
1859 Plat Map of Columbus Township
1890 Census - Civil War Veterans and Widows of Columbus
Index to the 1916 Plat Map of Columbus Twp (St. Clair)
Arlington Road Cemetery

OTHER MACOMB & ST. CLAIR CO. RESOURCES

Index to the 1890 Census - Civil War Veterans and Widows
Index to Obituaries from the 1964 Review Newspaper
Index to Old Obituaries and other events (1867-1940s)
Transcription of Old Obituaries and other events (1867-1940s)
Gleanings from various Cemeteries in the Richmond area
German Immigrants to Macomb & St. Clair County

FAMILY HISTORIES AND FAMILY TREES

Index to Family Histories
Grandma's Wedding Day - A Poem
Photo Gallery

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