Title
Musgrove Evans
Description
Musgrove Evans, a government surveyor, originally platted Delta Township in 1827. Although it was not until 1835 that the first Township settlers arrived.
Musgrove Evans was born December 17, 1785, in Pennsylvania. He is most well known for his work as a surveyor and pioneering the settlement of one of Michigan's first settlements, which became known as Tecumseh in Lenawee County (1). Evans was a surveyor and civil engineer who first explored the area in 1823 (2) after seeing an advertisement campaign conducted in the East by Michigan's Territorial Governor, Lewis Cass, in hopes of securing contracts to survey military roads that were to be built on routes used by Native Americans.
Evans also helped found the city of Tecumseh, Michigan and there is a historical marker in front of his house, which still stands (3). He built the first grist and saw mill in the town, and established the first mail route between Detroit and Chicago. In 1825 he did the survey of the Chicago Road, which before that was the Sauk Trail, and now is US-12.
After his first wife's death in 1832 Evans began exploration in Texas and by 1834 he had relocated his family to Texas (2). According to Spokesrider.com, "His son, Samuel, was killed at the Alamo in 1836. Evans was a Quaker, as were many other settlers in Lenawee County. But after the Alamo and his son’s death, he got involved in the fighting himself and has been listed as one of the “heroes” of the Battle of San Jacinto (3)"
SOURCES:MORE INFORMATION ON EARLY SURVEYING
Musgrove Evans was born December 17, 1785, in Pennsylvania. He is most well known for his work as a surveyor and pioneering the settlement of one of Michigan's first settlements, which became known as Tecumseh in Lenawee County (1). Evans was a surveyor and civil engineer who first explored the area in 1823 (2) after seeing an advertisement campaign conducted in the East by Michigan's Territorial Governor, Lewis Cass, in hopes of securing contracts to survey military roads that were to be built on routes used by Native Americans.
Evans also helped found the city of Tecumseh, Michigan and there is a historical marker in front of his house, which still stands (3). He built the first grist and saw mill in the town, and established the first mail route between Detroit and Chicago. In 1825 he did the survey of the Chicago Road, which before that was the Sauk Trail, and now is US-12.
After his first wife's death in 1832 Evans began exploration in Texas and by 1834 he had relocated his family to Texas (2). According to Spokesrider.com, "His son, Samuel, was killed at the Alamo in 1836. Evans was a Quaker, as were many other settlers in Lenawee County. But after the Alamo and his son’s death, he got involved in the fighting himself and has been listed as one of the “heroes” of the Battle of San Jacinto (3)"
SOURCES:MORE INFORMATION ON EARLY SURVEYING
Source
Portions copied directly from: https://deltamihistory.org/2016/04/28/musgrove-evans/
Date
1827