Isaac Blanchard, Jr. is buried in the Gros Cap Cemetery and his gravestone bears the inscription, "In Memory of Isaac Blanchard, Jr. Born March 20, 1837 and murdered June 18, 1859"Source: Mrs. Emerson (Margaret) Smith, 1961 - Gros Cap Cemetery Records The story is that fishermen from here went to the fishing grounds near Seul Choix, pronounced Shiss-wa by the French fishermen, as it still is. Seul Choix is located on Lake Michigan. They set up housekeeping in small buildings. During a party some of the younger men drank too much and Isaac Blanchard made trouble at the Pond property. He was ordered off but refused to leave. In the encounter Augustus Pond shot and killed Blanchard. The trial was held in Mackinac County and Augustus Pond was convicted of manslaughter but the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the confiction and ordered a new trial and Augustus Pond was freed, as the ruling was that he had a right to defend his property This story has recently been publicized in news articles and this case set a precedent in law and is often quoted as the People vs Pond.Some time later, presumably after the Supreme Court decision, the word "Murdered" on his tombstone was partially obliterated by a chisel. About 1989 the entire gravestone disappeared but was later returned in November 1994 to the Moran Township Hall ---- no questions asked. It had been broken into four pieces.
(Bio provided by: Betty Joan Cogan)
(Bio provided by: Betty Joan Cogan)
Isaac Blanchard, Jr. is buried in the Gros Cap Cemetery and his gravestone bears the inscription, "In Memory of Isaac Blanchard, Jr. Born March 20, 1837 and murdered June 18, 1859"Source: Mrs. Emerson (Margaret) Smith, 1961 - Gros Cap Cemetery Records The story is that fishermen from here went to the fishing grounds near Seul Choix, pronounced Shiss-wa by the French fishermen, as it still is. Seul Choix is located on Lake Michigan. They set up housekeeping in small buildings. During a party some of the younger men drank too much and Isaac Blanchard made trouble at the Pond property. He was ordered off but refused to leave. In the encounter Augustus Pond shot and killed Blanchard. The trial was held in Mackinac County and Augustus Pond was convicted of manslaughter but the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the confiction and ordered a new trial and Augustus Pond was freed, as the ruling was that he had a right to defend his property This story has recently been publicized in news articles and this case set a precedent in law and is often quoted as the People vs Pond.Some time later, presumably after the Supreme Court decision, the word "Murdered" on his tombstone was partially obliterated by a chisel. About 1989 the entire gravestone disappeared but was later returned in November 1994 to the Moran Township Hall ---- no questions asked. It had been broken into four pieces.
(Bio provided by: Betty Joan Cogan)
(Bio provided by: Betty Joan Cogan)
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