Frenchtown / River Raisin

Potawatomie Deeds in present-day Monroe County - the following PDFs summarize the deeds and provide the recorded copies of those deeds for all the recipients who left descendants.

Part 1 - 1779 - 1786

Part 2 - 1787 - 1796

Articles:

Dawn Danowski's series of three articles were chosen as the Best Series of Articles for 2020 and 2021 by the FCHSM Board.

Journey to Discovery: Finding my Unknown French-Canadian Heritage - Part 1 by Dawn Danowski

Journey to Discovery: Finding my Unknown French-Canadian Heritage - Part 2 by Dawn Danowski

Journey to Discovery: Finding my Unknown French-Canadian Heritage - Part 3 - Conclusion by Dawn Danowski

Diane Wolford Sheppard's Profiles of the earliest Frenchtown / River Raisin Families:

Background and Underlying Sources:

See the Military Page on the FCHSM website for links to the War of 1812 Essex and Kent County, Ontario, and Michigan Militia Lists as well as a detailed timeline for the War of 1812 in Southeast Michigan and Southwest Ontario: https://habitantheritage.org/cpage.php?pt=27

Links:

Genealogical Society of Monroe County, MI, Inc.: https://gsmcmi.org/eventListings.php?nm=81

Monroe County Historical Museum: http://www.co.monroe.mi.us/officials_and_departments/departments/museum/index.php

Monroe Country Historical Society: https://www.monroecountyhistoricalsocietymi.org/

Monroe Public Library: http://monroe.lib.mi.us/; Papers and Correspondence of the War of 1812: http://cdm17205.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p17205coll3

Navarre-Anderson Trading Post: Historical Marker: https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27316; Article by Denis Au: http://mlloyd.org/gen/navarre/text/mhnatp.htm

River Raisin Battlefield “Remember the Raisin”: http://www.riverraisinbattlefield.org/

River Raisin National Battlefield Park (National Park Service): http://www.nps.gov/rira/index.htm

FCHSM Members: Log in to access the articles about River Raisin/ Frenchtown and Alan Treppa’s articles about the veterans of the War of 1812.

Diane Sheppard's 17 June 2019 Photo of the Navarre Anderson Trading Post

Loraine DiCerbo's 7 May 2022 photo of the Dining Room at the Navarre Anderson Trading Post

Loraine DiCerbo's 7 May 2022 photo of the recreated Trader's Store at the

River Raisin Battlefield Visitor's Center