Graf (Krutoyarovka), a German Catholic colony, was established on the "Wiesenseite"  or "meadow side" of the Volga River on the 10th of June 1766. The colony was founded by LeRoy and Picet. 

Population of the Village

YEAR	Households	Total	Male	Female
1766	42	101	101	77
1769	42	152	82	70
1773	40	178	101	77
1788		196
1798		253
1816		363
1834		563
1850		817
1857
1859		1,097
1886		1,374
1891		1,570
1894		1,806
1897
1904		1,871
1910		2009
1912		2,062

1926

1,245

According to researcher, Dr. Igor Pleve, he lists those first settlers in his book "Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit, 1764-1767, Band 2" as:

FIRST SETTLERS LIST - HEADS of FAMILIES: Johannes Graf, Franz Merker, Martin Esslauer, Johann Heidel, Joseph Metzinger, Anton Windholz, Anton Andreas Gerber, Michael Weinberg, Philipp Geiger [Geier}, Peter Walter, Nikolaus Peil, Philipp Hepp, Anna Barbara Hepp, Katharina Wagner, Peter Remus, Friedrich Eckel, Philipp Brant [Brandt], Martin Wolf, Johann Sutner, Adam Zahn, Augustin Schnepp, Johann Gottlieb Janson, Joseph Hein, Jakob Kohlmeier, Valentin Ruebesam [Ruebsam], Martin Vogel, Jakob Gabel, Peter Zimmerman, Joseph Wasinger, Kaspar Tak [Tack, Dack], Georg Her[r]mann, Michael Buchholz, Philipp Buchholz, Lorenz Eckel, Johann Wilhelm Stollmann, Peter Weiss, Johann Adam Hatzer, Friedrich Kunz, Georg Wolf, Pater Haaley, Henrich Wolf, Lukas Weber, Andreas Leisel, Christoph Kellfuss [Hellfuss], Friedrich Laaber [Laber], Michael Glase, Wilhelm Kunz [Kunst], Johann Adam Schmidt, Jacob Mueller, Christian Tonat [Donat], Christina Klepphorn.

1798 HEADS of FAMILIES:  Heile, Buchholz, Brandt, Burgardt, Jakel, Laber, Kohlner, Hoffman, Windholz, Haas, Labere, Reckling, Niederquell, Koerber, Hepp, Tack, Klephahn, Herrman, Graf, Bader, Wagner, Friedrichsen, Vogel, Wilhelm, Ruebsam, Wasinger, Kohlmeier, Wolf, Schmidt, Hein, Schaefer, Fei, Herrheiser, Bollig, Maier, Donald, Hofstetter, Hellfuss, Boes, Esslauer/Leidecker.

1816/1834 HEADS of FAMILIES: Bach, Bader, Beil, Boes, Bollig, Brandt, Buchholz, Dack, Delwa, Donad, Eberle, Geier, Gerber, Graf, Haas, Hartmann, Heckel, Heile, Hekel, Hepp, Hergert, Herrhauser, Herrman, Hoffmann, Hofstetter, Jost, Kenner, Klein, Klephan, Knoll, Kohlmeier, Kruger, Lauber, Leideker, Mai, Meier, Meis, Niedermeier, Oduen, Ortmann, Preuss, Reckling, Remus, Schaefer, Schamne Schmidt, Schuvie, Spies, Streck, Sutner, Utt, Wagner, Wasinger, Wilhelm, Windholz.

1850 HEADS of FAMILIES: Bach, Beil, Boes, Bollig. Brandt, Buchholz, Dack, Donad, Eberle, Frier/Fries, Geier, Gerber, Haas, Heckel, Heile, Hein, Hepp, Hergert, Herrhauser, Herrman, Hoffmann, Jost, Kenner, Klein, Klephan, Knoll, Kruger, Lauber, Leidecker, Mai, Mattern, Meier, Niedermeier, Niederquell, Oduen, Rohleder, Schaefer, Schamne, Streck, Sutner, Wagner, Wasinger, Wilhelm, Windholz.

1857 Index of Surnames from Census: Aselborn, Bach, Bader, Bardes, Becker, Beil, Berg, Bless, Boes, Bolg, Bollig, Brandt, Brandt, Breit, Brungardt, Buchholz, Dack, Dahlheimer, Dechant, Donau, Doppler, Doerfler, Doering, Dreiling, Eberle, Felger, Flehr, Fratz, Geier, Gerber, Gesnitz, Getner, Glocker, Goetz, Graf, Haas, Hardinger, Hartmann, Heckel, Heile, Hepp, Hergert, Herrhauser, Herrman, Hoffman, Hoffstetter, Jost, Kenner, Kinderknecht, Kirchgessner, Klein, Klephan, Knoll, Kohl, Kohlmann, Kraemer, Kreitzer, Krieger, Kuhn, Lauber, Lederhose, Leidecker, Mai, Meier, Meis, Mohr, Muti, Naab, Niedermeier, Niederquell, Niernberger, Orlov, Otue, Otuen, Paul, Post, Reim, Rein, Richmeier, Rohleder, Ruder, Schaefer, Schamne, Schmidt, Schoenberger, Schreiber, Schreiner, Schuld, Schuler, Schuvie, Spiess, Springer, Stork, Strach, Stuertzer, Sutner, There, VonFeldt, Wagner, Walter, Wasinger, Weigel, Wilhelm, Windholz, Wittmann, Zimmerman.

1878 HEADS of FAMILIES from FAMILY LIST: Wasinger, Bach, Bader, Beil, Boes, Bollig, Brandt, Buchholz, Chamine (Shamne), Eberle, Fler, Geier, Haas, Heile, Hein, Hepp, Herber (Gerber), Herrman, Herrhauser, Hoffmann, Hofstetter, Jost, Kemer, Kenner, Klein, Kliphahn, Knoll, Kreiger, Lauber, Leidecker, Mai, Meier, Niedermeier, Otue, Rohleder, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schuvie, Streck, Tack (Dack), Traub, Wagner, Windholz.  

1895 INDEX of SURNAMES from FAMILY LIST: Arzt, Aselborn, Auer, Bach, Bader, Baumann, Bayer, Becker, Befort, Beil, Benz, Bernhard, Bernhard, Berns, Bersch, Bess, Biehn, Billinger, Bollig, Brandt, Braun, Bremm, Brull, Brungardt, Buchholtz, Dack, Dahlheimer, Degenhardt, Delwa, Denning, Dinkel, Dobbler, Doerfler, Dornhof, Dreiling, Eberle, Engel, Enslinger, Frank, Geier, Gerber, Goetz, Glassmann, Glocker, Graf, Grebling, Gref, Haal, Haas, Heckel, Heil, Heile, Hein, Hepp, Hergert, Hermann, Herrhauser, Hess, Hieronime, Hild, Hill, Hoffmann, Hofsteetter, Hunger, Husch, Jost, Junker, Kapp, Kazendorn, Kelbler, Kenner, Kessler, Kinderknecht, Klein, Klemann, Klephahn, Knoll, Kohlmeier, Konradi, Kreutzer, Krieger, Krug, Kuhn, Lauber, Lechleiter, Lederhose, Leidecker, Mai, Maier, Martel, Merker, Miller, Minnich, Niedermeier, Nurnberger, Obholz, Oduen/Odue, Ort, Paul, Pfannenstiel, Pink, Post, Quindt, Reim, Richmeier, Riedel, Rohleder, Rokker, Rome/Romme, Sander, Schaefer, Schamne, Schmidt, Schmidtberger, Schoenberger, Schreiner, Schuvie, Schamne, Spies, Strack, Terre, Vasilieva, Wagner, Wasinger, Weber, Windholz, Wittman, Wolf, Zerfus.