Recently researched & metal detected this property. Oldest item found was an 1830s flat button. Original setter was Micah Porter settled here approximately 1832. Many stone outbuildings including the 1853 barn which still stands. His history includes erecting Arsenal Building, Rome NY around 1813, first parliamentary building in Toronto, CA. 1829-1832 an the congregational church of sharon, MI. Appointed by Territorial Govenor of Michigan as Justice of Peace, served in state legislature, town supervisor for Sharon, MI. He was born in 1793, lived here until 1863, eventually moved to nearby Manchester and passed away in 1870