Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The Durant Roll Payments




Horace Durant was the man tasked with taking a census of all the living descendants from the 1870 annuity for the purpose of paying a judgement of $131,188.94 awarded by the Court of Claims in 1907. 

Larry Wyckoff has transcribed the following:








The actual Durant roll pages are available at FamilySearch.org. A free account is necessary to view it. After creating your account, click on Search (upper left), then catalog. Put 2229933 in the box for Film/Fiche/Image Group Number and enter. Then click on the result. On the next page, 2229933 is the payroll, 2229934 is pages 1 thru 25 of the Durant Roll, 2229935 is pages 26 thru 57, and 2229936 is pages 58 thru 65 plus the correspondence. Click on the camera image to the right of each film number.



Traverse City Evening Record - 17 Nov 1908










Traverse City Evening Record - 23 Jul 1910










Traverse City Evening Record - 26 Jul 1910




Traverse City Evening Record - 28 Jul 1910







Brothers Jerry and Simon/John Paul sons of Peter Paul and Mary Manitou died on 26 Jul 1910 in Emmet county.





James Paul, son of Paul Penasewageshik and Ellen Ahgosa died 27 Jul 1910 in Leelanau county.





Traverse City Evening Record - 2 Aug 1910












Charlevoix Courier 3 Aug 1910





Cheboygan Democrate 12 Aug 1910









Traverse City Evening Record - 17 Aug 1910
Twelve saloon owners arrested and charged.






Photos taken in Traverse City July 1910




Copyright (c) 2026 Vicki Wilson

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