A LITTLE HISTORY......                                    

THE LAND IN THIS AREA WAS INHABITED BY THE HOURON-POTAWATOMIES INDIANS IN THE EARLY 1800'S AND PRIOR AND WAS THE LAST INDIANS TO LEAVE THE AREA IN 1840. THEIR LAST INCAMPMENT WAS AT THE CORNER OF SQUAWFIELD AND WALDEN ROADS WHICH IS 3.5 MILES WEST OF OUR HOME. THERE IS A MONUMENT TO CHIEF BAW-BEES AND HIS TRIBE THERE. BURT ROAD WAS PART OF AN INDIAN TRAIL THAT PASSED BY OUR HOME.

THE FIRST SETTLERS IN THIS AREA CAME TO JONESVILLE IN THE LATE 1830'S.

 THIS HOUSE WAS ORGINALLY BUILT BY THE BRITTONS SOME TIME BETWEEN 1850-59. THEY HAD COME HERE FROM VERMONT IN THE 1840'S AND THEN WENT BACK TO VERMONT FOR A BREIF STAY AND THE CAME BACK HERE TO SETTLE IN THIS AREA AND THIS HOME IN THE 1850'S. THE HOME WAS A MICHIGAN CENTINIAL FARM UNTIL 1977 WHEN IT WAS SOLD. WE ARE THE THIRD FAMILY TO LIVE HERE. THE HOUSE HAS HAD TWO ADDITIONS ADDED. ONE BETWEEN 1900-15 AND ONE IN 1978. THE DINING ROOM AND PART OF THE LIVING ROOM ARE THE ORIGINAL SECTIONS OF THE HOUSE.  THE BRITTONS RAN A VERY SUCESSSFUL DAIRY FARM AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA. THE SIGN ON THE SIDE OR OUR BARN SAYS "BRITTONS GRAY GABLES". IT IS A MARKER WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA. 

AS FOR US, WE CAME FROM THE DETROIT AREA IN OCT OF 2002.  WE WERE LOOKING FOR NOT ONLY LAND BUT IT HAD BEEN MY DREAM TO HAVE A BED AND BREAKFAST FOR OVER 12 YEARS.  WE FELT THIS HOUSE HAD GOOD ASSETS AND THE LAND TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS FROM OUR WINDOWS.  FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE WORKED ON OUR HOUSE PUTTING IN WALLS, CLOSETS DOORS,NEW STAIRWAY,NEW  BATHROOM, 8 NEW WINDOWS, REPAIRING OF PORCH,ADDING GARAGE DOORS, PUTTING IN STAIRAILS,  BUILDING AROUND THE JACUZZI, DECORATING, WALLPAPERING AND PAINTING EVERTHING IN SIGHT.  MY HUSBAND AND I WERE NOVICES BUT WE LEARNED MUCH.  IT HAS BEEN WORTH IT TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BE SO NEAR 2 OTHER STATES.