The settlement of Brant County began around 1793, in what is now Burford Township. The latest settled township was Onondaga, where first settlement began in 1836.
In 1851 the County of Brant was established consisting of townships if Brantford, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Oakland, South Dumfries, and Burford. Brantford and Paris were the largest towns.
Towns and villages in Brant County include Brantford, Langford, Northfield Centre, Falkland, Harrisburg, Hatchley Station, Mt.Vernon, Paris Station, Scotland, Burford, St.George, Cainsville, Fairfield Plain, Onondaga, Glen Morris, Harley, Burtch, Paris, New Durham, Mohawk, Rosebank, Oakland, Newpoet, Conboyville, Ohsweken, Cathcart and Tuscarora.
Prominent among early settlers were Alexander and John Westbrook, who were first captured in the USA by Mohawks, and brought to the Brant area, then exchanged for prisoners, and subsequently returned to settle near Brantford.
Other early settlers included John File, William Reynolds, W.K. Smith, Wheeler Douglas, Mordecai Westbrook, Eliakim Malcolm, Henry Ellis, Allin Ellis, Amos Sturgis, Thomas Sturgis, Malcolm Brown, Thomas Perrin, Hiram Westbrook, Haggai Westbrook, Ezra Hawley, Isaac Winegarden, Findlay Malcolm, John Oles, Jacob A. Smith, George Cunningham, Matthew Messecar, Stephen Burtch, Lawrence Davis, Wellington McAllister, David Burtch, Robert Biggar, James Biggar, Hamilton Biggar, Herbert Biggar, James Lacey, Constan Eddy, Daniel Southwick, Thomas Armstrong, John Rosebaugh, Adam Elliott, Jonathon Thomas, Henry Cunningham, Zacharia Clump, Andrew Vanevery, Lewis German, Francis Fairchild, Jacob Bonham, Peter Malcolm, Edwin Sayler, Jonah Howell and Nathaniel Mainwaring.
Most of these pioneer families and many other later arrivals may be located on the settlement maps below.
Click below to see some fine old residences of Brant County
Brant County Residences Lewis Burwell, Thomas Botham, Mrs. M. Charlton
Brant County Residences, Buildings, Businesses William Kerby and William Ewing, Butler-Jackson Warehouse, Brantford Court House and Town Hall
Brant County Residences, Buildings, Businesses R.R. Brown, A.Bunnell and C.R.Wilkes of Brantford, Hiram Capron of Paris, Canson-Waterhouse Warehouse Brantford
Brant County Residences, Buildings, Businesses A.B.Bennett, Job Tripp, Mrs. Lovejoy, R.R.Strobridge of Brantford; Joseph Smith, John Vivyan of Oakland; Thomas Perrin, Thomas Perrin, William Miles of Mount Vernon; Charles Perley, Aaron McWilliams, Russell Smith, John Brown of Burford; Asa Wolverton and D.M. Cosh of Paris; Charles Nixon of South Dumfries; The Gore Hotel by W.Kerby
See names and locations of Prominent Brant County Pioneer settlers at this link
Brant County Ontario Settlement Map 1906 Towns and villages, many which are now ghost-towns
Brant County Ontario Settlement Map 1921 Great map showing townships, towns, villages, railroad stations, roads, schools, rivers, streams, elevation
Brant County Ontario Settlement Map 1899 Great map showing townships, towns and villages
Tuscarora Township Pioneer Settler Map 1858 Tuscarora township pioneer family names and locations, roads, railroads
South Dumfries Township Pioneer Settler Map 1858 South Dumfries township pioneer family names and locations, roads, railroads
Oakland Township Pioneer Settler Map 1858 Oakland township pioneer family names and locations, roads, railroads
Brantford Township Pioneer Settler Map 1858 Brantford township pioneer family names and locations, roads, railroads
Onondaga Township Pioneer Settler Map 1858 Onondaga township pioneer family names and locations, roads, railroads
Burford Township Pioneer Settler Map 1858 Burford township pioneer family names and locations, roads, railroads
Tuscarora Township Pioneer Settler Property Map Tuscarora Township pioneer family land grants, patents and locations
Onondaga Township Pioneer Settler Property Map Onondaga Township pioneer family land grants, patents and locations
Burford Township Pioneer Settler Property Map Burford Township pioneer family land grants, patents and locations
South Dumfries Township Pioneer Settler Property Map South Dumfries Township pioneer family land grants, patents and locations
Onondaga Township Martin's Bend Pioneer Settler Property Map Martin's Bend Village pioneer family land grants, patents and locations
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