This township has but little history that is not included in that of Cherry Grove settlement. Owen’s Point, as it was called, where John C. Owen resided, was in the limits of Freedom; as were the the farms of the Moffetts, Marks and Lairds. The Indians were numerous for several years after the Black Hawk War, and as late as 1835—6 a trading post was maintained at Owen’s Point, where guns, ammunition, calico, blankets, whisky, red handkerchiefs, beads, etc., were exchanged to the Indians for peltries, etc. The Indians were a source of annoyance and fear, especially to the women and children.

From the History of Carroll County Ketts 1878