Interest in Jamestown Township had its beginning when Grandville on the east and Holland on the west was being settled.

Rix Robinson induced people of the east to come this way and the area was covered with a fine forest.

Grandville was the central point of settlement and land offices were established there.

Monsur Brown, parents of Mrs. Gitchel, followed in 1846 settling in the SE corner of Sec.

Evidently there were no printed blanks, for tax receipts were written out in full.

In April, Mrs. Cronkright prepared a dinner for the men and spent the day with her mother.

Twelve men attended and were assisted by a Mr. James Scott from Grandville.

It is believed that four men from the western part of the township could not yet speak English.

[7] Before the vote, fewer than 50 township residents had complained about the presence of three books discussing the life stories of LGBT people: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable, and Spinning by Tillie Walden.

[8] Community members also sent the library director angry messages on Facebook, attempted to film her without her permission, and accused her of not being of Christian faith; as a result of this treatment, the library director resigned.

[9] A second director and two staff members have also quit during the year due to harassment.

[10][11] The library board stood firm saying they would not participate in banning books.

[7] Due to the books not being banned the activist group, Jamestown Conservatives, advocated for removing the operating funds of the library.

[13] The November millage ended up being modified slightly for the special election.

[16] In the November election, the millage was again defeated; this time by 55% of township voters.