Transcribed by T.C. Wyman, December 13, 1999.
(Transcriber's Note: It should be noted that in several published indexes of the 1830 U.S. Census of Michigan, approximately one-half of the names below are mistakenly listed under the township of "Dexter, Cass County, Michigan". In fact, there is no Dexter Township in Cass County, nor was there ever such a township. After having closely examined the film, I am convinced that the enumerator did indeed write a highly ornate "Ontwa" township on the page which some others have identified as "Dexter".)
Division alloted to Enumerator Alexander H. Edwards.
Ages defined by column (both for males and females):
| 1st - Under 5 | 8th - 50-60 |
| 2nd - 5-10 | 9th - 60-70 |
| 3rd - 10-15 | 10th - 70-80 |
| 4th - 15-20 | 11th - 80-90 |
| 5th - 20-30 | 12th - 90-100 |
| 6th - 30-40 | 13th - Over 100 |
| 7th - 40-50 |
| Head of Household | Males | Females | Head of Household | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Adams ** | 0000201000000 | 0100100000000 | Adam Miller | 1102201100000 | 2102001000000 |
| Lathrop Johnson | 0001200000000 | 1000100000000 | Russel Bogart | 0100001000000 | 2110010000000 |
| John Melville | 0002000100000 | 0010001000000 | Othne Beardsley | 1000200000000 | 0000100000000 |
| Abraham Edwards | 0120111000000 | 2121010000000 | William Tibbets | 3001010000000 | 0000100000000 |
| William A. Davis | 2010011000000 | 1100010000010 | John Corkins | 1210001000000 | 2120001000000 |
| John Hudson | 1000110000000 | 0000100000000 | John Baldwin | 1001101000000 | 1110000000000 |
| Willson Blackman | 0120202000000 | 1020010000000 | John Mayville | 0000010000000 | 1000100000000 |
| Sylvester Meachum | 1000110000000 | 0001100000000 | Thomas Purget | 1000010000000 | 0000100000000 |
| Jacob Smith | 0111001000000 | 0221010000000 | Armstrong Davidson | 1111201000000 | 0111201000000 |
| Ezra Beardsley | 1020201000000 | 0011001000000 | Matthew G. Odell | 1000100000000 | 0000100000000 |
| William Bogart | 0010020000000 | 1010000000100 | Aaron Brooks | 0000010000000 | 2100100000000 |
| John Bogart | 0010001000000 | 1201010000000 | Joseph Quimbee | 0000010000000 | 0000001000000 |
| Frederick Garver | 0102100100000 | 0201000100000 | James Odell | 0110111000000 | 2100010000000 |
| Thomas A.H. Edwards | 1001100000000 | 0201000100000 | Cannon Smith | 0210201000000 | 0023001000000 |
| John Silsbee | 0000201000000 | 0011010000000 | Thomas Sullivan | 1000010000000 | 1000200000000 |
| Isaac Hulse | 0022101000000 | 0001000100000 | |||
| George Meachum | 0001100000000 | 0000100000000 |
** Note: One "Free, Colored" Male of less than 10 years of age was living in the Sterling Adams household.
There were a total of 229 persons enumerated in Ontwa Township in the 1830 Census.
