MARION COUNTY 1813 CENSUS

Compiled by Stephenie Flora


It is important to note that this is not an official census, but one that I have compiled from a variety of sources. It does, however, give a feeling for the number of individuals in, what later became, Marion County.

Pacific Fur Company:
On November 23, 1812 a small party of fourteen men, led by two clerks, William Wallace and J.C. Halsey set out to establish a post on the Willamette. On January 15, 1813 an additional party was sent to winter at the new post. During the winter of 1813/1814 the following americans were camped on the Willamette.

BELLEAU, Jean Baptiste: Milieu
BROUSSEAU, Bazile: Milieu
CANNING, William: Millwright
CARSON, Alexander: Gunsmith; Hunter
DUFRESNE, Andre: M.
DAY, John: Hunter
FLANAGAN, Moses: Bookbinder
LA BONTE, Jean Baptiste: Milieu
LAFRAMBOISE, Michel: M.
LUSSIER, Etienne: Hunter
MILLIGAN, Richard: Tailor
MASCON, Alexis: M.
MC GILLIS, Donald: Clerk
MACKAY, Thomas: Clerk and Interpreter
MARTIAL, Francois: M. & Sawyer
PERRAULT, William: (boy)
ST. AMANT, Joseph: G.; hired March 30, 1814 by NW Co as free trapper
ST. MICHEL, Louis: M.
WALLACE, William: Clerk
HARTEAU, Jac.

Northwest Fur Company:
On October 16, 1813, the Pacific Fur Company sold their interests to the North West Fur Company. By November 1813 members of this company were moving into the Willamette to winter. The following were members of the party at The Willamette Post near Champoeg.

BAKER, Micajah: Freeman and Blacksmith
BELLAIRE, Registe: Freeman and Hunter
BELLANT, Alexis: Milieu
BOWITHICK, Joseph: D. & Hunter
CAYALLE, Antoine: D. & Milieu
COTENOIRE, Michel: M.
CIRE, Joseph: M.
GAILLOUX, Joseph: G.
HENRY, William: Clerk
LATOUR, Francois: M.
LANGTIN, Etienne: G.
MAJEAU, Louis: G.
MOINEAU, Antoine: M.
MOCHCOMAU, Joseph: Hunter
OCANASAWARET, Thomas: M.
OWAYAISSA, Etienne: M.
PROVEAU, Jean Baptiste: M.
PICCARD, Maurice: M.
QUESNEL, Amable: M.
SALIOHENI, Ignace: G.
TEWHATTAHEWNIE, George: D. & G.

SOURCES:

List of the First American Settlers of the Oregon County; Extracted from HBC Archives F.4/61, fos. 6-7d. "List of people in the Columbia for Winter 1813-1814".

Champoeg: Place of Transition by J.A. Hussey; Oregon Historical Society Portland 1967

Children of the Fur Trade

Marion County Historical Society Vol II


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