Description at 002, consisting of brief case summaries and judgements for various minor infractions.

Including entries for school and road taxes paid; Clay Township (St. Joseph Co.) school district #3 records, 1840, consisting of meeting minutes, lists of residents and voters, acceptance of a donation of land for a school house; Portage Township (St. Joseph Co.) school district records 1837-64, index at 010, includes election returns, divisions into electoral districts, lists of elected officials; directory of further Portage Twp. school records (many with typescript copies), 1839-1851, at 018, including citizen petitions on school matters, meeting minutes; Portage Twp. school district enumerations, 1843-53, includes names of heads of households and number of children in each (some with names of children), list of books used in 1851? school term, lists of students and number of days attended.

Includes list of St. Joseph County cemeteries at 001, also includes grave and lot numbers and notation of military service, typescript cemetery histories precede some of the lists, and directions to the sites precede most listings.

Following 080 is a copy of the instructions for the graves registration project, forms to be used and work procedures; list of workers at 087.