If anyone can identify the Stephen V. R. YORK mentioned in this
land sale certificate, or offer any information on the
names the letters
V and R stand for, could they please contact me at bmartin@tbaytel.net.
We are trying to connect this man to our Ontario YORK lines. In 1814 a Stephen
YORK was involved in the War of 1812, but left Ontario for New York. We think
this
is that man. We would also like to know if he is connected in any way to Silas
YORK,
who is shown in Mormon Church records to be resident in Michigan, but born in
Ontario. We would
like to connect these men to our ancestor Silas Vandervere YORK.
The Land Sale Certificate is for the West Half of Section Twenty Eight, and the
East Half of
Section Twenty Nine, in Township One North, of Range Eight West, and containing
a total of Six
Hundred and Forty Acres.
There are also a lot of YORK(E) records that are found
in the various sources for Michigan.
Some of these are shown here, as portions of emails we have exchanged.