The earliest record found for the family is the 1855 annuity roll.
1855 Annuity Roll - #43, Peter Waw be i can nem quo um, one man, one woman, two children received $33.28 under chief Addison Ah kay o say (Agosa)
1855 land allotment - Peter Waw be skaw naw quo um - lot 2, section 29, T34N R7W, 69.55 acres - under chief Addison Aw ko we say (Agosa)
Chief Agosa and members of his band moved from Old Mission to Omena in Leelanau county. Peter however took his land in what is now Hayes township, Charlevoix county.
The records of the Old Mission/Grove Hill church show Wahbiskahnahqum had a child named Sarah being baptized 19 Oct 1865. Rev. Dougherty noted that Wahbiskahnahqum was a member of Rev. George Smith's church in Northport, Leelanau county.
1858 Annuity Roll - #42 Naw be skaw waw quom, one man, one woman, three children, received $21.05 under chief Aw ko we say
1859 Annuity Roll - #39 Naw be skaw waw quom, one man, one woman, four children, received $29.82 under chief Aw ko we say
Peter Wabishkahnaqua, 40, farmer, real estate valued at $105, personal estate valued at $150
Sarah, 25
Sarah, 13
William, 10
Mary Ann, 8
Paul, 1
1861 Annuity Roll #13 Waw be skaw naw quo um, one man, one woman, five children, received $32.34 under chief Shaw waw day se
1865 Annuity Roll - #5 Waw be skaw naw quo um, one man, one woman, five children, received $28.00 under chief Shaw waw day se
1866 Annuity Roll - #14 Waw be skaw naw guo um, one man, one woman, two children, received $14.96 under chief Shaw waw day se
1867 Annuity Roll - #17 Waw be skaw naw quo um, one man, one woman, one child, received $10.71 under chief Shaw waw day se
1868 Annuity Roll - #18 Waw be skaw naw quo um, one man, one woman, one child, received $47.55 under chief Shaw waw day se
William was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Kin-ne-we-nay-go-zay.
1870 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw waw day se
#18 Waw keskaw waw quo um, one man, one woman, two children, received $61.20
#34 Wm. Waw be skaw naw quo um, one name, one woman, no children, received $30.60 [This is the first annuity roll to list William separately]
1870 Federal Census - Charlevoix township, Charlevoix
Peter Wabishkahnaqum, 50 farmer, personal estate valued at $400, personal estate valued at $250
Eliza, 45
John, 1
[Wonder who gave the information. Wife should be Sarah, family has no son John, (unless a grandson), children Sarah, William, Mary Ann and Paul are missing]
Daughter Sarah was born about 1873.
Daughter Mary Ann was born about 1875
Father Peter received the patent to lot 2, section 29, T34N R7W (Hayes township) on 19 Aug 1875
1877 Property Tax, Hayes township, Charlevoix
Peter Wah be se quon o quam, lot 2 T34N R7W, 69.55 acres, valued as $210. State, 36 cents, county, $2.10, township, $1.47, school $2.94, total $6.87; personal property valued at $30, state, 6 cents, county, 30 cents, township, 21 cents, school, 42 cents, total $1.03. Paid $7.90
Son Paul, was said to be born 10 Jul 1877. Birth record on gives only year.
Father Peter sold lot 2, section 29, T34N R7W (Hayes township) to George Ells on 23 Apr 1878 for $300.
1878 Property Tax, Hayes township, Charlevoix
William Smith, section blank, T34N R7W, acres blank, value $200. State 22 cents, county $1.48, township $1.60, school $2.80, total $6.02 paid; personal property valued at $100, state 11 cents, county 70 cents, township 80 cents, school $1.40, total $3.01 paid.
1878 Property Tax, Hayes township, Charlevoix
Peter Wah bus ka wa qum, lot 1, homestead, section 33 T34N R7W, 30.1 acres, valued at $40; state 4 cents, county 28 cents township 32 cents, school 56 cents - total $1.20. Dog tax $1.00
Son John was born about 1878. Although John's birth was given as 15 Jun 1881 on his death record, he was born prior to the 1880 census.
1880 Property Tax - Hayes township, Charlevoix
Peter Waw bus kanoqum, lot 1 homestead, section 33, T34N R7W, 30 acres, no value or tax; improvements valued at $125, state 5 cents, county 50 cents, township 38 cents, school 81 cents, total $1.74 personal. Personal property valued at $20 state 1 cent, county 8 cents, township 6 cents, school 13 cents, total 28 cents personal.
1880 Federal Census - Hayes, Charlevoix, Michigan
Wabesqonquoum, Peter, 75, farming
Sarah, 65, wife, keeping house
Smith, William, 35, farming
Mary, 25, wife, keeping house
Sarah, 7, daughter
Mary Ann, 5, daughter
Paul, 3, son
John, 1, son
1880 farm schedule
Peter - 10 acres improved/tilled; 3 acres meadow; 27 acres wooded, farm valued at $300; livestock valued at $78, $10 spent on buildings/repairs; $60 value of productions; 1 horse, 1 swine, 6 barnyard poultry, 4 other poultry, 18 dozen eggs produced in 1879
William - acres improved/tilled; 76 acres wooded, farm valued at $400; implements valued at $50; livestock valued at $118; $40 value of productions; 1 horse.
1881 Property Tax - Hayes township, Charlevoix
Peter Wabuskansquom - lot 1, section 33, T34N R7W, 30.1 acres, valued at $270. state, 49 cents, county $1.86, township $1.32, highway 80 cents, school $1.38, dog $1, total $6.85 paid Feb 17. Personal property valued at $40, state 8 cents, county 13 cents, township 19 cents, school 21 cents, total 61 cents paid Fe 17.
Homestead certificate #4459 dated 10 Feb 1881 for Peter Wah-be-skah-ne-quam, SW1/4 of SW1/4 section 33, T34N R7W
On 17 Dec 1881 Peter Wahbeshahnequam and Sarah, his wife, sold 1 acre of land in section 33 to Charles Senyro of Kent County for the sum of $10.
Charlevoix Deeds liber 8, page 634 states Peter Wabasquanoquom and Sarah sold to William Wagasquanoquom for $120 lot 1 section 33 T34N R7W, except for 3 acres sold to Horace Newson. William's purchase was 27 10/100 acres. Liber 8, page 635 records the sale to Horace Newson for $20.
Son James was born 27 Dec 1883.
23 Feb 1886 William Wa ba squaw na quoum and Marion, his wife sold to A. Flena Kane, lot 1, section 33 T34N R7W (excepting the 3 acres previously sold to Horace Newson) for the sum of $50. Recorded in liber 14 page 24 Charlevoix county deeds.
19 Aug 1886 William purchased the S1/2 of the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of section 35, T34N R7W from John Pa she gishick and Susan, his wife, for the sum of $150. Recorded in liber 16, page 13, Charlevoix county deeds.
William died between 1886 and 1894.
Widow Mary was said to be married in 1893/4 to Joseph Jackson. Record has not yet been found.
On 14 Aug 1896 son Paul arrived at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
1900 Federal Census - Hayes township, Charlevoix
Jackson, Joseph, head, born May 1854, 46, married 6 years, day laborer
Jackson, Mary, wife, born Sep 1850, 49, married 6 years, 4 children born, 4 children living
Smith, John, stepson, born Jun 1875, 24, day laborer
Smith, Mitte, stepdaughter, born Jan 1881, 18
Smith, James, stepson, born Dec 1883, 16, day laborer
Daughter Minnie [Mary Ann], 18, married 17 Jul 1900 in Burgess, to John Amos [Amos John], 24, son of Sam John and Mary Sam. Horace S. Newson, Justice of the peace performed the ceremony.
Son Paul, 23, was married on 3 May 1902 to Julia Peters, 16. William Petoskey, minister of the gospel performed the ceremony.
Son James died 30 Nov 1904, His age is given as 17 years 18 months 14 days, occupation as mail carrier, parents as Joseph Jackson and Mary Smith.
Son John, 26, was married on 6 Nov 1905 in Burgess, to Mary Harrington, 19, daughter of Adam Harrington and Susan McMillan. Horace S. Newson, Justice of the Peace performed the ceremony.
1908 Durant Field Notes
18-23 Waw-be-skaw-waw-quoum, dead; wife dead
child 1 - William, dead, see 34/23; wife name not given
Paul Smith, 31, see 25-26 and 34-23
John Smith, 20, see 2-30 and 34-23
child 2 - name not given, dead
34-23 Waw be skaw naw quom, dead;[this is William] wife name not given, dead [She is not dead, she has remarried to Joseph Jackson]
child 1 Paul Smith, 31, see 25-26 and 18-23
child 2 John Smith, 20, see 2-30 and 18-23
25/26 Peter Tay-gwaw-gaw-nay, dead; wife dead [William's son Paul married Peter's granddaughter Julia]
child 1 Mitchell Peter or Mitchell Pesney, Petoskey, see 28/26
child 2 Simon Peters, 47, Bay Shore, see 36/55
wife Angeline Peters, nee Monebahdum, 48, Bay Shore, see 35/26 & 41/26
child - Julia Smith, age 20, Bay Shore, husband Paul Smith, 31, see 18/23
their children: William Smith, 5; Jinnie Smith, 3; Adeline Smith, 6 months, born May 1908
child - Margaret Peters, 16, Bay Shore
adopted child - name not given; parents dead
his/her children George Thompson, 6 and Amos Thompson, 8, see 11/30 & 31/30
child 3 dead
2-30 Paw ke caw naw naw quot - dead; wife name not given, dead
child 1 Jane Shegwajaw
child 2 Joseph Jackson, 54
wife Mary Ann Jackson, nee Smith, 46, see 18-38
their child - name not given, dead; husband Amos John, granddaughter Mabel John, 7, lives with grandfather.
Children of Mary Ann Jackson by 1st husband
1)Paul Smith, 31, wife Julian Smith, nee Peters, 21; William, 6; James, 3; Adeline born May 1908
2) John Smith, 20, wife Mary, nee Harrington, 18, daughter of 7-26
18-38 Kin ne we nay go gay - dead; wife dead, name not given
Child - Mary Jackson, 46
husband Jos Jackson - see 2-30
In 1911 son Paul updated the Carlisle Indian Industrial School on his life.
Mary Ann wife of William Smith and Joseph Jackson, died 8 Sep 1916 in Hayes township.
Son John died 22 Jan 1930. His birth is given as 15 Jun 1881, parents as William Smith born Charlevoix county and Marion born Northport. He was married, buried at Greenwood cemetery in Petoskey.
Petoskey Evening News 23 Jan 1930
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