From 1830 to 1845, settlers came in rapidly. In 1845, the year thetown ship was organized as a part of Wyandot County, the followingpersons w ere assessed for real and personal estate:
Van Gundy, Joseph, Section 25, 80 acres.
9/6/1850 Monroe Twp, Harrison Co, OH. Apparently the family hadn'tmo ved to the new property before the census taker came around.Counted th ere were Joseph Gundy, 33, Elizabth, 31, Benjamin, 8,Christopher, 6, J ane, 4, and William H, 2, all born in Harrison Co,OH. Joseph was a fa rmer with $400 in real estate. Brothers Michaeland David lived in the s ame township.
There is a guardianship file for his heirs in the Wills & Estates ofEa rly Ohio.
