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                              INDEX TO
                RAVENNA TOWNSHIP TAX ASSESSMENT ROLLS

The first tax assessment rolls book for the township of Ravenna, (then)
Ottawa County, Michigan is held at the Ravenna Historical Society in the
Ravenna Museum.  The rolls list resident land owners first.  No names are
shown for non-resident land owners.  The land descriptions show Towns 9 &
10, Range 14. (Ravenna & Moorland Twps.)

Names preceded by *  marks are found on the Federal Census for Ravenna Twp.
* indicates 1850 Census (Ottawa County)
** indicates person is found on the 1850 & 1860 Federal Census
+ indicates person is first found on the 1860 Federal Census
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1856:
  Barr, George
  Barr, William
  Batson, William
 +Bell, Jonathan
 +Bliss, William C.
 +Brillhart, Jacob 
 +Bucher, Levi (BUSHER on 1860 Census)
  Burling, Sands
 +Chatterson, Cornelius
 +Chittester, John F. (CHIDESTER on 1860 Census)
 +Conklin, Peter
 +Cook, Warren
 +Crotty, John
 +Cryderman, Henry
 +Davenport, William
  Doty, James
 +Eadie, Elizabeth (prob. widow of John. - Spelled EDDY on 1860 Census)
  Fiske, John L.
 +Fitchett, Joseph (FIDGET on 1860 Census)
  Goen, Benjamin H.
 +Green, Esic (ESICK Green on 1860 Census)
**Hoogstraat, H. F.
 +Knowles, Roswell
 +Maghan, David (McGehan on 1860 Census)
 +Maghan, Silas (McGehan on 1860 Census)
  Moyer, John
  Patterson, James (only 9yr old James on 1860 Census)
 +Patterson, William
  Pease, Norton
  Pierce, Joel C.
 *Plune, Adrienne
**Rogers, William
 +Sipes, John
  Smith & Fletcher 
**Smith, James M.  
**Smith, Thomas D. 
 +Sorrick, David T.
**Spencer, Elmer
 +Stafford, David T.
 +Stafford, Edward
  Stanton, Dennis
  Stanton, Marion
 +Stanton, William M.
 +Stroble, Benjamin
  Thatcher, William
 +Thompson, John
  Thurber, Luther T.
 +Tibbitts, John W. (spelled TIBBETTS on 1860 Census)
  Wilkinson, Hiram A. (1850 - Kalamazoo Co. - Not in Muskegon on 1860)
  Wilkinson, Lafayette (1850 - Orangeville, Barry Co.-Not in Musk. on 1860)
  
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1857:
  Barr, William
  Batson, William
 +Bell, Jonathan
 +Bliss, William C.
 +Brillhart, Jacob 
 +Bucher, Levi
  Burling, Sands  
  Busch, R. C. (this is very faded and best guess at name)
 +Chatterson, Cornelius
 +Chittester, John F. (CHIDESTER on 1860 Census)
 +Conklin, Peter 
 +Cook, Warren
 +Crotty, John 
 +Cryderman, Henry
 +Davenport, William
  Doty, James
 +Eadie, Elizabeth (prob. widow of John. - Spelled EDDY on 1860 Census)
 +Eckley, A.S. (ECKLER on 1860 Census)
 +Eckley, W.R. (ECKLER on 1860 Census)
  Fiske, John L.
 +Fitchett, Joseph (FIDGET on 1860 Census)
  Goen, Benjamin H. 
 +Goodridge, William (GOODRICH on 1860 Census)
 +Green, Esic (ESICK Green on 1860 Census) 
 +Gregory, Edmund
**Hoogstraat, Hendrick F.
 +Hancock, Lewis F.
  Kettles, F. (Only F. Kettles on the 1860 Census is 7 mo. old infant)
 +Knowles, Roswell
 +Lyons, Robert (LYON on 1860 Census)
 +Maghan, David (McGehan on 1860 Census)
 +Martin, Luther
 *Maycroft, Antony
  Moyer, John 
  Patterson, James (only 9yr old James on 1860 Census)
 +Patterson, William
  Pease, Norton
  Pierce, Joel C.
 *Pleune, Adrienne
**Rogers, William
 +Rosel, George
 +Sipps, Asa
 +Smith, Alvin
**Smith, James M.  
**Smith, Thomas D. 
 +Sorrick, David T.
**Spencer, Elmer
 +Stafford, David T.
  Staunton, Dennis
  Staunton, Mariver
 +Staunton, Wm. M. (STANTON on 1860 Census)
 +Stroble, Benjamin
 +Sullivan, John
  Thatcher, William
 +Thompson, John
  Thurber, Luther T.
 +Tibbitts, John W. (spelled TIBBETTS on 1860 Census)
  Wilkinson, Harvey T.
  Wilkinson, Lafayette (1850 - Orangeville, Barry Co.-Not in Musk. on 1860)
 +Williams, Oliver B. 
  
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