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      This item is a loan agreement between Eleanor Flock of Burford Township and the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada. The agreement is dated January 8th, 1862 and was for the sum of $1400 to be paid by April 1st 1867. If the amount was not paid in full …

      This item is a mortgage agreement for land in Burford Township (210 acres consisting of parts of lots 4, 5, and 6 Concession 11 and parts of lots 4 and 5 Concession 12) from the Canada Landed Credit Company to John and Mary Jane Smith. The agreement is dated February …

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (50 acres consisting of part of lot 3 concession 12) from John Vivyan to Philip Flock. The deed is dated October 23, 1855 and the land was purchased for 300 pounds.

      This item is a note written by William Smith acknowledging payment by John Smith of a loan for the sum of 200 pounds which he had provided in late April or Early May 1846. The note is dated September 18, 1852.

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (210 acres consisting of parts of lots 4, 5, and 6 Concession 11 and parts of lots 4 and 5 Concession 12) from William Smith and his wife, Charity, of Ancaster Township and John Smith of Burford Township. The …

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (50 acres on part of lot 3 concession 12) from Philip Flock to John Smith. The deed is dated January 11, 1856 and the land was purchased for the sum of 450 pounds.

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (the northern 50 acres of lot 3 concession 12) from John Paul Smith and his wife, Sarah Esther, to John Smith. The deed is dated June 22, 1847 and the land was purchased for the sum of 275 pounds.

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (89 acres of lot 3, concession 12 and the southwest quarter of lot 6, concession 12) from Eleanor Flock and her late husband, Philip Flock, to Thomas [Perrin] of Brantford Township. The deed is dated December 18, 1858 and …

      This item is a letter addressed to members of the Public Library Board from artist Paul Wickson, a former resident of Hamilton Place. In the letter Mr. Wickson requests that the Board repay a loan that he provided them. The letter is dated June 15th, 1913 and includes a "Hamilton …

      This item is the first page of a letter addressed to Thomas McCosh, the Town Clerk for Paris, from Franklin Smoke on behalf of Paul Wickson, a former resident of Hamilton Place. In the letter Mr. Wickson takes exception to the possibility of a sidewalk being laid any further south …

      Summary Located in Burford Township, John Fowler purchased the parcel of Crown land this farm is located on in 1803 and the plot stayed in his family until it was purchased in 1861 by William Bonney. The farm was purchased from a trust by Bruce Innes in 1940 after the …

      This item is an aerial photograph of the Bonney/Innes farm in Burford Township. The photo was taken in 1948.

      This item is a photograph of the Jull House and former Robinson funeral home located in Burford. The date this photo was taken is unknown.

      Summary The Wills house is located in Onondaga Township. Adam Butter, a Scottish immigrant, constructed the home in 1849 with the help of his brothers, and finished construction in 1855. Arches are found on either side of the driveway with the names Frank and Adam Butter inscribed, which were built …

      Summary The Van Sickle house is located in Onondaga Township. Construction of the house began in 1894 for Charles Edwards and his family. The house was rented by Tom and Dorothy Van Sickle in 1948 and purchased three years later for $7,000. Timeline 1894 – Construction Begins Charles Edwards family. …

      Summary This house is located in Onondaga Township. Of note is the design in the walls made by alternating red and yellow bricks. Architectural Features This building is a single detached, two storey house with a high gable roof. Designs have been created in the stretcher bond brick walls by …

      Summary Bruce's School was named for James Bruce, a graduate of Dublin University who taught in the County of Brant for ten years. The first schoolhouse was a log cabin on Concession 5 near the Beverly Township line, in David Cope's field about three quarters of a mile east of …

      Summary Originally located in the Cainsville area on what is now Colborne Street, the Thomas House was constructed in 1835 for John Thomas by William Abbot. Peanut butter was manufactured at the house by the Taylor family from 1920 until the middle of the Second World War when it became …

      Summary Two miles east of St. George is the Nixon Homestead, built by Charles Nixon in 1853. The house has remained in the family to the present day. Timeline 1853 – Construction Begins Under Charles Nixon, grandfather of Harry C Nixon. 1 1880 – Brick House Built Henry (the oldest …

      Summary Located in South Dumfries Township, this house was built in approximately 1888. County of Brant Mayor Ron Eddy currently resides in this home. The original home on this property was built in 1820. The County of Brant Public Library thanks Mayor Eddy for inviting us to his home in …