Pinehill/Fruitport Cemetery
Pontaluna Road
Fruitport, Michigan
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History
Fruitport Township Cemetery, formally called Pine Hill Cemetery, is located in Section 36 at Brooks and Pontaluna Roads.
On December 21, 1837 Ottawa County was organized with three towns, Talmadge, Ottawa (changed to Grand Haven in 1963) and Muskegon.
Seth H. Norris came to what was later Fruitport Township in the fall of 1836. Samuel Torrans, a native of Ireland, settled in the winter of 1837 on land that is now in the present Village of Fruitport.
Fruitport Township was a part of Norton Township until it was separated and organized under the name of Lovell on January 7, 1867. On March 31, 1837 the name was changed from Lovell Township to Fruitport Township.
The Village of Fruitport was originally known as Crawville, named after Captain Edward L. Craw, who bought several hundred acres of land in 1866. The village area was laid out at the head of Spring Lake in 1868. On March 30, 1869 the name was changed from the village of Crawville to that of Fruitport. The Village of Fruitport was incorporated on March 21, 1891.
On October 15, 1878 lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the Block #1 were deeded to the Board of Health of the Township of Fruitport by Thomas Smalley and his wife, Ellen B. Smalley.
Flora Barnes purchased lots #9, 10, 11 and 12 on August 18, 1868 from Edward L. Craw and his wife Julia A. Craw. This land eventually went to Warren Barnes and parts of it were reverted back to the Auditor—General of the State of Michigan for unpaid taxes. Parts of it were then deeded to the Township of Fruitport in 1882.
In April, 1926 Jesse H. Cooley and his wife Emma B. Cooley deeded to the Township of Fruitport, 2 rods of the south side of lot 5 and entire lots 6, 7 and 8 of Block 1.
Local legend says that the Indians had a burial ground above the bayou near Bridge Street and Brooks Road. Some copper artifacts were found at one time but this information is not documented and the exact location is unknown.
The cemetery also had a Potters field but there is no record of this nor are any of these burials recorded.
Edward L. Craw died June 18, 1912 at Grand Rapids.
Samuel Torrans died April 2, 1882 in Muskegon County.
(Researched and written by Jane Hagen Gates)
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