The document provides historical information about the village of Cash, Michigan through maps, census records, land deeds, and business directories from the 1800s and early 1900s. It shows that Edwin Cash was granted land in 1853 which became the site of the first homestead and schoolhouse. Later land purchases expanded the village area. Business directories from the late 1800s list Cash's population fluctuating between 100 and 20 people and local businesses growing over time. Maps and photographs document the layout of the village and families that lived there over its history.

1. Historic
Village of
Cash, MI
Supplemental Material and Images

2. Watertown
Township,
Sanilac County T.
11 N. – R. 14E.
From the 1894 Atlas of
Sanilac County, showing the
position of Cash at the
borders of sections 26, 27,
34, and 35

3. Early Land Deeds
Issued in 1853 granting Edwin Cash the SW ¼ Record of the sale of the SW ¼ of the SE ¼ of
of the NE ¼ of Section 35 section 26 to Edward Cash issued 1858

4. Deed issued in 1859 for the sale of the SW ¼ of the
SW ¼ of section 26 & the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Land patent for the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of section 27
section 35 to Edward Cash. sold to Selah Reeve 1853.

5. Recorded in 1852 granting
the land at the E ½ of the NE
¼ in section 34 to Wellington
Davis.
These land sales included
much of the area that
would be important in the
formation of the
Village, including Edward
Cash’s first homestead and
the schoolhouse in section
35. The general store, post
office and churches would
be located in the land in the
SE corner of section 27 and
NE of section 34

6. Cash in the
Michigan State
Gazetteer and
Business
Directory
Beginning in the 1887 edition
the village of Cash had a
listing in the directory, often
with a brief summary and list
of local businesses.

7. Directory listing in the 1889-1890 edition showing a growth in the size of
the community.

8. Comparison of the listings from 1893 and 1901 show a population decline
in effect. From 100 in 1891 to 50 in 1893 down to only 20 in the 1901
directory. Offset however by the expansion of listed businesses and
occupations in the 1901 edition.

9. The 1905 listing on the left is the last to include the post office in the
village, which was closed later that year. Following directories merely
descripted Cash as a “discontinued post office” like the example of the
right thru to the 1923 edition.

10. Maps from the 1906 Atlas of Sanilac County. Including
Watertown Township & property ownership in Cash, also
the location of the church and schoolhouse. Highlights
the importance of the Cash family to the region.

11. U.S. Census 1850
Port Huron census with
Edwin Cash listed as a
resident before acquiring
and moving to land in
section 35 of Watertown
Township.

12. U.S. Census 1870
The Watertown Township
census showing the Cash
and Codington families. As
well as the school teacher
Sophia Wilson.

13. Historic photographs of Cash from the Township’s website. Image of
the general store on the left is circa 1920, no known date for the aerial
view on the right.

14. Current Photographs of
Cash