Population was 259: 156 of these were age 20 and under. Names included Acker, Applegate, Beaudan, Berry, Cataract, Cature, Columb, Coover, Coturo, Cowell, Crow, Davenport, Delong, Dishay, Eddy, Favereau (indexed as Faverson), Leradee, Linsley, McGowan, McNutt, Meeker, Minier, Moore, Navarre, Ogden, Perry, Pickard, Pierson, Richards, Sautrart, Stewart, Stull, Vellicat, Widener, Wormworn, Yeap. Settlers from the east started coming in the 1830's, By 1840, Anglo-Saxon surnames appeared on the census along with the French.
Vigilante settlers turned out 'en masse' with guns and drove the thieves away. They plundered as far away as Toledo, Fremont, and Sandusky. From 1835-1837 a band of thieves lived along the south bank of the Toussaint.
If, as claimed, there ever was a gentleman named "Carroll", he does not appear on the 1820, 1830, or 1840 census. When Ottawa County was formed its boundaries remained unchanged. The township was formed in 1835 from Portage Twp., Sandusky County.
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