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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Notea  tachniquaa  at  bibliographiquaa 


Tha  Inatituta  haa  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  beat 
original  copy  avaiiabia  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographically  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
reproduction,  or  which  may  aignificantiy  change 
tha  uaual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


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Coloured  covera/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covera  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommag^e 


Covera  reatored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  reataurte  et/ou  pelliculAe 


I      I    Cover  title  miaaing/ 


La  titre  de  couverture  manque 


I      I    Coloured  mapa/ 


Cartea  gAographiquea  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


□   Coloured  plataa  and/or  iliuatrationa/ 
Planchea  et/ou  iliuatrationa  en  couleur 


Bound  with  other  material/ 
ReliA  avec  d'autrea  documenta 

Tight  binding  may  cauae  ahadowa  or  diatortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  liure  aerrie  peut  cauaer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
diatortion  la  long  de  la  marge  in^Arieure 

Blank  laavaa  added  during  reatoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  poaaible.  theae 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  aa  peut  que  certainea  pagea  blanchea  ajouttea 
lore  d'une  reatauration  apparaiaaent  dana  le  texte. 
mala,  loraque  cela  itait  poaaible,  caa  pagea  n'ont 
paa  6tA  fiimtea. 

Additional  commenta:/ 
Commentairea  supplAmentairea: 


L'Inatitut  a  microfilm*  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  4t6  poaaible  de  aa  procurer.  Lea  ditaila 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  aont  paut-Atre  uniquea  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite.  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dana  la  mAthode  normale  de  f ilmage 
aont  indiquta  ci-deaaoua. 


I      I  Coloured  pagea/ 


0 


Thia  item  ia  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  eat  film*  au  taux  de  reduction  indiquA  ci-deaaoua. 

10X  14X  18X  22X 


Pagea  de  couleur 

Pagea  damaged/ 
Pagea  andommagAea 

Pagea  reatored  and/oi 

Pagea  reataurAea  et/ou  pelliculAea 

Pagea  diacoloured.  atainad  or  foxa< 
Pagea  dtcolortea.  tachat^ea  ou  piquAea 

Pagea  detached/ 
Pagea  dAtachiaa 

Showthrough/ 
Tranaparence 

Quality  of  prir 

Qualit^  intgala  de  I'impreaaion 

Includea  aupplementary  materii 
Comprend  du  material  auppl^maniaira 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  diaponible 


I — I  Pagea  damaged/ 

I      I  Pagea  reatored  and/or  laminated/ 

nn  Pagea  diacoloured.  atainad  or  foxed/ 

I      I  Pagea  detached/ 

rrn  showthrough/ 

I      I  Quality  of  print  variea/ 

I      I  Includea  aupplementary  material/ 

r~~]  Only  edition  available/ 


Thi 
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Thi 
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Ori 
bei 
the 
aio 
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fira 
aioi 
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Pagea  wholly  or  partially  obacured  by  errata 
alipa.  tiaa'jaa.  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
enaure  the  beat  poaaible  image/ 
Lea  pagea  totalement  ou  partieilernent 
obacurciaa  par  un  feuillet  d'errata.  una  palure, 
etc.,  ont  M  filmAea  A  nouveau  de  fa^on  A 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  poaaible. 


26X 


30X 


J 


12X 


16X 


aox 


24X 


28X 


32X 


Th« 
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ilmage 


The  copy  filmed  here  has  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

Library  of  the  Public 
Archives  of  Canada 


The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quslity 
possible  considering  the  condition  end  leglbillty 
of  the  original  copy  and  In  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  lest  page  with  a  printed  or  Illustrated  impres 
sion,  or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  originei  copies  ere  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  Illustrated  Impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  laet  page  with  a  printed 
or  Illustrated  Impression. 


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L'exemplaire  film*  fut  reprodult  grAce  A  la 
ginArosltA  de: 

La  bibilothdque  des  Archives 
publiques  du  Canada 

Las  images  suivantes  ont  At*  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
de  la  nettet6  de  l'exemplaire  f  ilm6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
fllmage. 

Les  exemplaires  origlnaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  Imprimte  sont  filmte  en  commen^ant 
par  ie  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  emprelnte 
d'Impresslon  ou  d'iliustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
origlnaux  sont  flim6s  en  commenpant  par  la 
premlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'Impresslon  ou  d'iliustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernldre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
emprelnte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  ^^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED ").  or  the  symbol  ▼  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  sulvants  apparaltra  sur  la 
dernlAre  image  da  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  pletes,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  Included  In  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
fllmte  A  des  taux  de  rMuctlon  diff Arents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trap  grand  pour  Atre 
reprodult  en  un  seul  clichA,  11  est  film*  A  partir 
de  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  drolte, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'Images  r.Icessalre.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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coMi.i.Kii  01'  Tin:  '•cocxTV  waiu>i:x," 

COUNTY  CLKltlv  A-  CKNSIS  COMMISHIONKU,  COVXTV  t)r  OXl'OHl). 


'•  This  oonntryriiiiiKit  rciniiin  in  its  imwiit  st^tc— some  ixrt  at  cliiiiiiri'  >//«.sYsimi1i  takf  iilsicc." 

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iiii'ii  and  Wiinu'ii,  and  tlie  latter  inlDenws  alul  nxen.  We,  also,  expect  to  ^ee  a  conlinualioii  of  Iliii 
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I'vurhifiitlisf. 


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BY     THOMAS    S.    HTIENSTON, 

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AN    ABSTRACT    OF    EACH    CENSUS 

OF    TUB     COUNTT    OF    OXFORD,    AND    OF     THE    T0WN8IIIP8 

COMPRIdlNU  it;    CAKUFULLY  COMPILED  FKOM 

YIIK  UKIUINAL  ABSTRACTS,  d(C. 

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MAP  OF  THE  COUNTY, 


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COMPILED     EXPRESSLY    FOR    THIS    WORK, 
(from  rough   DRAFTBy  TAKEN   BY    TUB   CENSUS   ENUMERATORS,  ON    THE  SPOT.) 

BY    THOMAS    S.    SHENSTON, 

OOUPII.KR  or  THE  "COUNTY  WABDES," 
COUNTY  CLERK  it  CENSUS  COMMISSIONER,  COUNTY  OF  OXFORD. 


"  This  country  cannot  remain  in  Its  present  state,— some  great'chango  miM<  soon  take  place." 

AnneoKitlon  Minifetit-,  Montreal "  Quite  true,  Mr.  Annexationist,  it  cannot  remain  in  its 

presunt  state,  any  more  tlian  our  children  and  calves  can;  we  expect  to  see  tlic  former '  clmnge'  into 
men  and  women,  and  ttio  latter  into  cows  and  oxen.  ArVe,  also,  expect  to  see  n  continuation  of  the 
*ohanKes' which  have  been  goine  on  for  the  last  thirty  years— well-poles  giving  place  to  windlasses, 
and  windlasses  to  pumps ;  log  houses  tu  f>anied,  and  Oamed  to  brick  and  stone ;  oxen  and  sledges 
to  horses  and  waggons,  and  waggons  to  carriages." — Comspondent  T.  S.  S.  toto  t/ie  Hamilton 
jyovinoialist. 


HAMILTON,    C.    W.: 


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The  first  volume  of  the  ^  Gazetteer ^^  (cantaining  160  pages,)  is  confined 
exclusively  to  the  Statistical  and  general  Information  of  the  County  of 
Oxford  as  a  whole,  and  this  volume  to  each  Township  and  Village  therein 
separately,  making  a  very  convenient  and  natural  place  to  divide  the 
work  into  two  volumes. 

The  second  volume,  being  within  itself  a  complete  Gazetteer,  we  have 

had  a  few  hundred  additional  copies  thfireof  printed  separate,  in  order  to 

furnish  a  cheaper  edition  than  the  two  volumes  hound  together.     The 

Map  which  accompanies  this  is  precisely  the  same  as  that  in  the  bound 

edition. 

County  or  Oxford, 
Woodstock,  Nov.  1862. 


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Entered  according  to  an  Act  of  the  Provincial  Parliament,  (4th  k  6th  Vic- 
toria, Chapter  61,)  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
fifty-two,  and  in  the  sixteenth  year  of  Her  Majesty's  reign,  by  Thomas  S. 
Shenstoiv,  of  the  town  of  Woodstock,  in  the  County  of  Oxford,  in  the  office 
of  the  Registrar  of  the  Province  of  Canada. 

September,  1862. 


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PROVINCE  OF  UPPER  CANADA—ITS  CENSUS. 


RBLIOIONS. 


Church  of  England 

"        Scotland 

"        Rome 

Free  Presbyterian  Church . . 

Other  Presbyterians 

Wesleyan  Methodists 

Episcopal  "  

New  Connexion  "  

Other  "  

Baptists 

Lutherans   


NST 


Conffregationalists 
Quucers 


Bible  Christians 

Christian   Church 

Second  Adventists 

Protestants 

Disciples 

Jews 

Menonists  9-ni  Tunkers 

Universalists 

Unitarians    

Mormons     

Creed  not  known 

No  Creed  given 

All  other  Creeds,  not  classed 


223,190 

!  67,642 

!l67,696 

I  66,807 

80,799 

I  96,640 

!  43,884 

7,647 

69,686 

46,363 

12,089 

7,747 

7,460 

6,726 

4,093 

663 

1,733 

2,064 

103 

8,230 

2,684 

834 

247 

6,744 

36,740 

7,806 


Total  Population 962,004 


ORIGINS. 


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'England  and  Wales 

Scotland 

Ireland    

Canada,  French  origin.. 
"    not  of  French  origin 

United  States 

Nova  Scotia  &  Prince  Ed. 

New  Brunswick 

Newfoundland    

West  Indies 

East-  Indies 

Germany   and  Holland.. 

France  and  Belgium 

Italy  and  Greece 

Spain  and  Portugal 

Sweden  and  Norway 

Russia,  Poland,  k  Prussia 

Switzerland 

Austria  and  Hungary  . . . 

Guernsey 

JerseySc  other  Br'tsh  isl'ds 
Other 


Bom  at  Sea 

Birth  place  not  known. 

Total  Population . . . . 


No. 


82,699 

76,811 

176,267 

26,417 

526,093 

43,732 

3,786 

2,634 

79 

346 

106 

9,967 

1,006 

16 

67 

29 

188 

209 

11 

24 

131 

1,361 

168 
889 


962,004 


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AGRICULTURAL  ABSTRACT— UPPER  CANADA. 


Lmndi,  Prodaca,  Live  Stock,  and 
Domeitic  Maauracture. 


occupying 


No.  of  Persons 

Lands 

No.  Acres  held  by  the  above 
Under  cultivation  .  acres 
Crops  in  1851 
Pasture 

Gardens  and  Orchards 
Wild  or  under  wood 
Under  wheat  . 
Barley 
Rye 
Peas 
Oats 

Buckwheat  . 
Maize 
Potatoes 
Turnips 
Other  crops,  fallow  and  idle 
Wheat,  produce  in  bushels 
Barley 
Rye 

Peas  " 

Oats  " 

Buckwheat  *' 

Maite  " 

Potatoes  «' 


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99,860 

9,823,233 

3,697,724 

2,274,687 

1,367,649 

65,489 

6,125,509 

782,115 

29,916 

38,968 

192,109 

421,684 

44,265 

70,571 

77,672 

17,135 

600,151 

12,692,852 

625,875 

479,651 

2,878,894 

11,198,844 

689,384 

1,606,618 

4,987,476 


Landi,  Produce,  Live  Stock,  and 
Domnatic  Manufartiire. 


Turnips,  produce  in  bushels 
Clover  and  Grass  Seeds  " 


Carrots 

<< 

Mangel  Wurzel 

<i 

Beans 

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Hops 

lbs 

Hay 

tons 

Flax  or  Hemp 

lbs 

Tobacco 

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Wool 

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Maple  Sugar 

(( 

Cider 

gaUs 

Fulled  Cloth 

yards 

Linen 

<< 

Flannel 

<< 

Bulls,  Oxen,  aud  Steers  . 

Milch  Cows 

, 

Calves  and  Heifers 

, 

Horses 

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Sheep     . 

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Pigs        .        .        . 

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Butter 

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barrels 

Pork 

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No. 

'8,644,942 

42,460 

174,896 

54,226 

18,109 

113,064 

681,682 

50,650 

764,476 

2,699,764 

3,581,506 

701,612 

527,466 

14,955 

1,169,801 

198,982 

296,924 

254,988 

203,300 

968,022 

569,287 

15,976,816 

2,226,776 

817,746 

628,129 

47,689 


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PROVINCE   OF  CANADA— ITS  CENSUS. 


Oxford,  . . 
Addington .  /. 

Brant  

Bruco 


COUNTIES. 


ACRES. 


Carleton  . 

Dundas  . . 
Durham . . 
Elgin 

Essex 


Frontenac  . 

t^rey 

Glengary 

Grenvillo 

Haldimand  .. 

Halton 

Hastings 

Huron 

Kent 

Lambton    

Lanark 

Leeds  

Lennox  

Lincoln < 

Middlesex . . . 
N'rthumberl'd 

Norfolk 

Ontario 

Peel 

Perth 

Peterboro'  . . 

Prescott 

Pri'ee  Edward 
Renfrew  .. 
Rub'scll  . . . 

Simcoo 

Stormont . . 
Victoria    . . 

Waterloo  . 

Wellington  /. 

Welland  . . 

Wentworth 
York 


457,000 

362,200 

866,004 

634,764 

574,520 

241,200 
396,600 
491,200 

383,700 

875,440 
1,485,906 
288,080 
269,280 
293,624 
232,000 
847,800 
892,769 
606,600 
699,826 
674,000 
614,400 
108,000 

195,700 

660,698 
467,500 
383,200 
464,200 
293,200 
446,728 
643,300 
306,620 
213,900 
671,000 
242,400 
1,160,000 
260,200 
478,200 

328,463 

791,604 

228,000 

273,000 
267,600 


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t 


Woodstock . . 

V  Ingersoll 

V  Bath 

t  Brantford  . . . 

V  Paris 


t  Belleville 
t  Goderich. 
t  Chatham. 


20,374,625 


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1850. 


t  By  town... 
y  Richmond. 


t  Port  Hope 

V  St.  Thomas... 

<,  Sandwich 

t  Amherstburgh. 
c  Kingston 


t  Prescott 


1,664 


2,563 
1,864 


6,616 
422 


2,082 


10,097 


1,828 


185a, 
2,112 
1,190 
700 

3,878 
1,890 


7,760 
434 


2,476 
1,274 


1,880 
11,585 


2,166 


3,326 
1,191 


4,669 
1,329 
2,070 


t  Perth 

t  Brockvillo. 


t  Niagara 

t  St.Catharines 

t  London 

t  Cobojirg 

t  Simcoe I 

«  Oshawa 1,106 


1,581 

2,757 


3,282 
3,538 
5,124 
3,374 


t  Peterboro' . 


1,800 


t  Picton 1,532 


t  Barrie  . . . 
t  Cornwall. 


V  Preston. .. 

vGalt 

t  Guolph  . . . 

V  Chippawa. 

V  Thorold  . . 
c  Hamilton.. 
t  Dundas... 
e  Toronto. . . 


1,506 


1,720 


862 


,10,312 

2,311 

'26,166 


1,916 
3,246 


3,340 
4,368 
7,035 
3,871 
1,452 
1,142 


2,191 


1,669 


1,007 
1,646 


1,180 
2,248 
1,860 
1,193 
1,091 

14,112 
3,617 

30,776 


POPULATION, 


1B50 


27,378 

11,820 

21,554 

376 

20,152 

11,739 
27,250 
27,343 


18.'i2 


32,638 

16,166 

25,426 

2,837 

31,397 

13,811 
30,732 
26,418 


12,292     16,817 

27,011  30,736 

8,324  13,217 

16,920  17,596 

17,236  20,707 

14,749  18,788 

16,858  18,322 

23,454  31,977 

16,488  19,198 

13,067  17,469 

8,620  10,816 

22,901  27,317 

27,203  30,280 

6,412  7,955 

21,807     23,868 

29,018  39,899 
27,183  31,229 
17,869  21,281 
23,773  30,676 
19,996  24,816 
12,061  16,646 
12,589     16,237 

9,487  I  10,487 
18,677  I  18,887 

9,975  !     9,415 

1,847  I  2,870 
23,134  I  27,165 
12,536  ,  14,643 

9,743   11,667 

24,947  '  26,637 
21,341  I  26,796 
16,473  '  20,141 


37,636 


42,619 


36,636*  79,719 


962,004 


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1848. 

1850. 

1852. 

GRAIN 

BUSH. 

ACRES. 

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ACRKS. 

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ACRHS. 

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Peas, 

98,601 
162,219 

87,787 

23,975 
12,013 

325,122 
314,702 

26 

29,743 

15,199 

6,121 

1,176 

1,714 

614 

"1,676 

399,763 

374,866 

92,038 

122,799 

35,972 

6,327 

6,034 

21,097 

131^32,868 
24  J  18,327 
16  i    7-438 

611,262 

640,445 

126,211 

69,863 

69,302 

3,700 

9,278 

18,124 

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263 

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20,411 

3,793 

3,909 

11,601 

1,120 

1,719 

392 

371 

756 

99,609 

42,903 

5,191 

6,80i) 
16,143 

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16,996 
21  261 
28,259 
31,726 

1,939 
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1842 
1  48 
1860 
1862 

18,473 
40,645 
41,236 
51,868 

39,192 
102,467 
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12,280 
22,659 

18,477 
27,908 

15,400 
22,046 

270,382 
366.569 
477,320 
320,952 

27,916 

64,916 
69,861 
33,830 

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WARDENS   AND 
CHAIRMEN. 


Hon.PB.lcIJla(|uire 
Solomon  Lossing, 
Uetij.  VanN^riiwii, 
U.  W.  VVliitulicaJ, 

H  4* 

Jarod  Vining, 
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Wm.  Carroll, 
Bonj.  VaiiNorman, 
John  Scaliherd, 
Donald  Matheaon, 


CI.F.BKS. 


.-^   F.  Rul.iiis.  11. 
VVni.  liaponoliere, 


T.  S.  SliunsloH, 


TRASURERS, 


II.  (J.  Uarwifk. 


SUI'ERINTENDK't 

or  SCHOOLS. 


Rev.N.Bosworth, 

Geo.  HiMidry, 
RevVVilLandon, 


AUDITORS. 


nendry&  Riddell, 

Hendry  &  Mavur, 

Ilcndry  &  Hall, 
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Wilson  &  Ha'l.    . 

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Kintrea  &  Hall, 
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1850  was  the  firet  year  of  the  County  Councils. 


''  In  184'^  no  returns  of  the  number  of  acres  were  made. 

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This  town  was  erected  under  the  authority  of  the  12th  Victoria,  chap.  81, 
Bee.  66,  by  Proclamation,  bearing  date  2 '7th  September,  1850,  to  take  force 
and  effect  on  the  following  Ist  day  of  January.  Its  limits  are  defined  as 
follows : 

"  Commencing  on  the  northerly  limit  of  Dundas  street,  at  a  point  where  a  post 
has  been  planted  at  the  Bouth-trest  angle  of  Lot,  No.  18,  in  the  first  concession  of 
the  township  of  Blandford  ;  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  along  the  Western 
boundary  of  the  said  lot,  to  the  allowance  for  road  between  the  first  and  second 
ooncession  of  the  said  township  of  Blandford ;  thence  continuing  the  same  course 
to  the  northerly  limit  of  the  said  road  allowance  ;  thence  westerly  along  the  said 
northern  limit,  to  the  river  Thames ;  thence  in  continuation  of  the  last  mention- 
ed course,  across  the  said  ri\er  to  the  waters  edge  on  the  westerly  bank  thereof, 
to  a  point  opposite  the  southerly  bank  of  Cedar  Creek;  thence  along  the  waters 
edge  of  Cedar  Creek  on  the  southern  side  thereof  to  the  eastern  limit  of  the  alloTf- 
ance  for  road  between  Lot  No.  21 ,  in  the  Ist  concession  of  the  Township  of  East 
Oxford  and  the  Gore  between  East  and  West  Oxford ;  thence  southerly,  along 
the  said  eastern  limit  to  the  southern  limit  of  the  allowance  for  road  between  the 
first  and  second  concessions  of  the  said  township  of  East  Oxford ;  thence  easterly 
along  the  said  southern  limit,  to  a  point  opposite  to  the  centre  of  Lot  No.  18,  in 
the  first  concession  of  the  said  township ;  thence  on  a  line  equi  distant  troxn  the 
eastern  and  western  side  lines  of  the  said  Lot  No.  18,  on  a  course  rbout  north 
15°  40  m.  west  to  Dundas  street ;  thence  continuing  the  same  course  to  the 
northern  limit  of  Dundas  street ;  and  thence  westerly  along  the  northern  limit  of 
Dundas  street  to  the  place  of  beginning." 

The  town  of  Woodstock  was  long  called  the  "Town  Plot."  How  it  came 
by  that  name  we  have  not  been  able  to  find  out  by  any  official  document 
We  clip  the  following  from  the  Woodstock  Herald  of  January  11, 1844 : 

"  Twelve  years  ago  the  present  site  of  Woodstock  was,  with  tlie  exception  of 
two  or  three  houses,  a  wilderness,  and  two  years  later  than  that  there  was  no 
village,  and  within  the  present  limits  there  was  but  one  ill  supplied  tavern,  and 
one  small  store  similarly  circumstanced.  It  was  the  western  part  of  the  town 
that  was  originally  laid  out  as  the  "  Town  Plot,"  by  Governor  Simcoe,*  many 
years  ago ;  but  Captain  Drew  having  laid  out  his  property  at  what  now  constitutes 
the  east  end,  in  village  lots,  and  built  the  Episcopal  Church,  the  village  hegan  to 
grow  in  that  quarter  first.  At  this  time,  the  County  of  Oxford,  now  constituting 
Uie  Brock  District,  formed  part  of  the  London  District.  The  "Town  Plot,"  how- 
ever, in  course  of  time  also  commenced  growing,  and  in  1835  or  1886  an  applica' 
tion  to  Parliament  to  set  of  the  County  as  a  separate  District  was  made.  Two 
years  ago  the  limits  of  the  town  were  extended,  and  they  now  comprehend  botb 
ends,  east  and  west,  which  are  rapidly  joining  each  other  " 

It  was  partly  surveyed  by  Mr.  Reinham,  in  the  year  1833.  The  "Park 
Lots,"  by  Peter  Carroll,  Esq.,  in  1834,  and  by  Mr.  O.  Bartley  in  1844. 

The  first  town  Lota  sold  hy  the  Government,  were  No,  2,  Winnet  street^ 
and  Nos.  1  &  2,  Givens  street.  They  were  sold  to  Mary  Hallock,  April 
25th,  1836. 

*  Oovtrnor  Simcoe  wm  Governor  of  the  Frovince  from  1793  to  1796. 


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I  to  15  oil  tlic  wi'st  sidi'  of  Vco  slrt'i'l,  Mild  Nos,  1  to  J,  wist  widu  ot'lk'xlcy 
Htrt't't.  Tlio  licv.  Will.  JJftti'i'idgf,  jJ.  D.,  w:i.s  tilt' ]tiiic'liiisor,  on  tlio  .'Hnt 
April,  18M0. 

'i'ho  next  was  |nircli;isci|  hy  Alii.iliMiii  Siidswoitli,  on  tlic  2Ttli  May, 
IH.JU,  l»oiiiy'  No.  1,  Uiddcll  siivci,  and  No.  1.  (iniliaiii  Mn-t't.  On  tlieHanie 
tliiy  Mr.  Nath.  Jlill  puicliascd  NO.  1,  Lij;Iit  istrent,  aiul  No.  1,  V'niisittai-t- 
stic't't,  and  Mr.  Wni.  ('lark,  Xo.  1,  N'ansittart  street,  and  No.  1,  Dt'latre- 
Btri'ct. 

Accoriliiii;  to  the  Assessors  ictiirn  tlirr<'  an'  only  11(57  ncros  of  la'id 
within  tluj  limits  of  Woodstock,  not  includiiijj  the  ]>iiltlic  lands,  (about  20 
acres,)  \vliere;us  aeeordiiii;'  to  our  rotioji  estimate,  it  eoiiijirises  ahout  lOUO 
neres.  Lots  Nos.  21,  20,  l!>,  and  west  half  of  IH  of  the  t«»\vn»hij>  of  Eswt 
Oxfonl,  contain  70»>  acres;  Lots  iNos,  li>,  2<>,  and  21,  of  the  township  of 
HIanilford,  contain  000  acr«'s,  ami  the  piece  of  lanil  lyini?  lietween  Cedar 
creek  and  the  river  Thames,  west  <»f  the  ahove,  ahout  JH)0  acres,  beinj^  433 
acres  moii'.  This  tlisciepancy  we  account  in  part  for  as  follows  :  By  the 
LSth  i\i  14th  Victoria,  chap.  07,  [T//f  ^luscsmnt'iit  Jrf)  sec.  1;{,  it  is  provi- 
ded, "That  the  yearly  value  al'oiosai(l  of  real  ]>roperty  in  towns,  shall  ho  the 
real  rack-rent  or  full  yearly  value  thereof,  for  each  separ;ite  tenement ;  except 
that  if  more  than  a  ^  aere  of  land  he  atlacheil  to  any  house,  the  overplus 
shall  ho  held  to  be  vticaiit  oiound,  iVc."  A  laip'  portion  of  the  houses  in 
Woodstock  have  only,  or  li'ss  than,  a  (juarter  of  an  acre,  consequently  would 
be  assessed  for  no  laud. 

Up  to  1845  the  limits  of  Woodstock  emiiraeod  only  that  portion  of  what 
is  now  the  town,  which  lies  iioiih  of  Duudas  street  and  west  of  Kiddoll  st. — 
the  street  upon  which  Mr  Scartf's  shops  are  built. 

The  town  was  tirst  defined  by  Act  of  Parliament  in  1R4.5,  (4th  <fe  .5tli 
Victoria,  eliap.  70,)  by  which  the  limits  were  detiued  ])recisely  as  they  are 
now,  with  the  exoejition  of  the  southern  half  <)f  the  eastern  boundary. 

At  a  public  meeting'  held  at  the  "  l?oyal  Pavilion"  Hotel,  on  Saturday, 
July  6,  1S50.  It  was,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Shenston,  resolve(l  to  add  the 
west  half  of  Lot  No.  IH,  in  the  1st  (Joncession  of  East  Oxford  to  the  town; 
and  Messrs.  Finklo,  Slienston,  lirown,  Douglas,  Whiteheatl,  drrcy,  and 
Boattio  were  af)pointed  a  connuittee  to  draft  a  petition  in  accordance  with 
such  resolution. 

The  prayer  of  the  petition  wiis  granted,  as  can  be  seen  by  a  glance  at  the 
tnap  or  the  copy  of  proclamation  on  th(i  fore<j--oiug  page. 

In  1812,  Lot  No.  IS,  1st.  Con.  Kast  Oxford,  (the' west  half  of  which 
forms  a  i)art  of  Woodstock)  was  owned  and  occupie<l  by  Mr.  Zacliarias 
Bui-tch*  of  which  30  acres  were  cleared  and  upon  whicli  a  log  house  was 
erected  about  twelve  years  previous — the  first  one  built  in  tlie  neighbor- 
hood of  Woodstock.     Mr.  Burtch  and  sons  cleared  the  lot  themselves. 

In  1812,  Lot  No.  19,  was  owned  and  occupied  by  the  present  occupant 
Arch.  Burtch,  Esq.,  and  of  which  6  acres  were  then  cleared.  Mr.  Burtch, 
cleared  the  remainder  himself,  with  the  exception  of  a  "small  slip  "  at  the 
North  East  Corn.er  of  the  lot  which  was  cleared  by  Mr.  Sam.  Tree,  Senr. 

*  Fulher  »rAri'li.  burtch,  lltq.,  oI'VVuuOiiiOkk. 


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In  1812,  Lot  No.  20,  whh  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Levi  Babbitt  who 
iiiid,  at  that  timo  10  acres  cleared.  He  sold  out  in  lti20,  to  tliH  preiiunt 
owner  and  occupier,  John  Hatch,  KiMj.,  at  which  time  wore  20  ncre»  cleared. 

In  1812,  Lot  No.  21,  was  unoccupied  and  entirely  wild.  In  1817  Mr. 
Wni.  Leeple  "squatted"  upon  it  and  "slasheil"  about  ten  lu'res,  in  the 
ncighbonrliood  of  the  "  Royal  Pavillion  "  and  Mr.  Henry  Chaw)  a  few  acres 
about  the  "  Kisinp;  Sun."  L.  H.  Perry,  Esq.,  the  present  occupier  a  own»'r 
purchased  of  Mr.  Toeple  his  "bettornients"  ami  moved  on  it  in  1819. 

That  portion  of  Woodstock  what  is  in  Blandford  was  dearetl    by  Nath. 

Hill,   Senr.,   Francis   Babbitt, liarrowclougli,  Lanqjort, 

Dibble. 

The  ClciK  of  the  Peace  for  some  roason,  always  made  a  separate  roll  for 
what  he  called  the  ^'town  of  Woodstock,*'  which  embraced  only  the  N(»rth 
of  Dundas  Stre<!t.  The  census  of  1848,  taken  under  him,  were  taken  in  the 
same  manner,  conseqiu^ntly  in  that  year  Woodstock  wjw  represented  with  a 
population  of  only  994,  and  each  ulKcitil  rt'port,  since  issued  by  the  (iovern- 
ment,  gives  the  same  number. 

In  May  1844,  the  late  Mr.  George  Menzies,  editor  of  the  late  Woodstork 
ffercUdy  took  the  census  of  the  towi)  for  the  satisfaction  of  the  readers  of  his 
paper,  by  which  the  pupulation  was  960,  ami  the  number  of  houses  160. 
In  Nov,  1845  the  sjime  gentleman  made  another  return,  in  which  the 
population  was,  males  570,  females  616.  Total  1,086.  And  the  number 
of  houses  200.  And  adds  "  we  may  here  observe,  that  when  we  took  tlie 
census  before,  there  \va«  a  number  of  people  boarding  in  town,  then  engagefl 
on  tlie  Macadamized  Road,  since  finished,  who  do  not  now  live  here  at  all. 
When  we  saw  Woodstock  first,  abttut  ten  yeai-s  ago,  it  was  a  very  paltry 
village  indeed — or  rather  a  few  straggling  houses  at  very  unsocial  intervals.' 

By  the  last  census  return  the  pojndation  was  males  1103,  females  1000. 
Total  2,112.  Married  004,  SingK'  1270.  Widows  44,  widowers  27. 
Births  during  the  year,  males  52,  females  ;}0.  Total  88.  Deaths  during 
the  year,  males  18  females  20.  Total  38,  of  these  27  were  from  diarhoea 
which  prevailed  to  an  ummuat  extent  in  1851.  The  number  of  houses 
were,  framed  240,  Bvick  47,  vacant  8,  incoui-se  of  erection  6.     Total  301. 

Court  House.  The  fii-st  mooting  to  take  the  requisite  step  for  the  ercc- 
of  a  C(Hirt  House,  was  held  at  the  "Royal  Oak"  Inn,*  March  22d  1837. 
Andrew  Drew  Esq.,  in  the  Chair.  W^m.  Lapeniotier,  Esq.,  acted  as  Clerk.  At 
this  meeting  it  was  rcsohed  to  convene  a  public  meeting,  at  the  same  place 
on  the  24th  of  the  following  month.  This  meeting  was  presided  over  by 
Capt.  A.  Drew  and  Wm.  Lapeniotier,  Esq.,  acted  Jis  Secretary,  and  it  was 
decided  to  proceeil  at  once  with  the  erection  of  a  Court  House  and  East 
wing.  John  Aniold,  Peter  (\'irroll,  Capt.  Drew,  Capt.  Graham  &  G.  W. 
Whitehead,  Esqs.,  were  apix)int*»d  a  building  committee  and  authorized  to 
raise  a  loan  of  £3000,  Cajit.  P.  (xraham  appointed  Treasurer. 

The  plan  submitted  by  Mr.  Loighton  was  the  one  adopted. 

Messi-s.  Henry  Bishop  &  .John  Harrison  were  the  contractors  for  £3,700 
Mr.  Leighton  was  employed  to  superintend  its  erection. 


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H.  (.!.  Uai'wick,  E*].,  the  pviwuit  Ti'onMurcv,  wus  n|)poi)it(Hl  tronsiiror  to 
ihti  biiilclin^  cuintnittot!  Au^.  I.'itli,  IH'.iH. 

Nuv.  lull  1831),  Tliti  building  wiih  pronounoeil  Ht  to  Wi  occupied,  nii*l 
Applicatign  whh  iiuidtt  to  tliu  (rovonior  t*)  iwue  tliu  ivnuiHitu  I'rcK'liiinntion, 
wiiiuh  WHM  (lonu  on  tbu  2nrd  Dec.  1830,  uetting  apnrt  tlio  (  outity  of  Oxford 
tut  ft  distinct  DiHtrict  by  the  tiaine  of  the  DiHtrict  of  Brock. 

Tlie  tirHt  catiu  triud  was  on  the  28tb  April  184U,  before  .lud^e  .lohn 
Arnold.* 

The  preHont  judg(t  has  acted  in  tliat  capacity  since  Monday,  June  30, 1845' 

Tfie  Prahyterian  Church  belouj^ing  to  tue  Congregation  in  connection 
with  the  Church  of  Scotland  was  coinnicnced  in  1841  and  finished  as  far 
as  it  now  is  in  1843.  The  contractors  were — for  the  erection  and  enclosing, 
MosHi-8.  White  and  Lewis — for  the  pews  Mr.  David  White — and  for  the 
j^tlastering  Mr.  Alexander  Mc[ntosh.  Cost  £050.  The  minister  at  uceseat 
iu  connection  therewith  is  the  Rev.  V.  P.  Sjms. 

Grammar  School  ffouu.  A  meeting  was  hel<l  at  tlie  "Woodstock  Hotel" 
on  Friday,  April  Vth,  1841,  at  which  R.  R.  Hunter,  Esq.,  presided,  "To 
take  the  necossarry  stejw  to  get  a  Grammar  School  erected  in  the  Town  of 
Woodstoi'k."  At  whicli  meeting  it  was  moved  by  Robt.  Riddell,  Esq., 
,W3condod  by  Mr.  J.  Frazer,  and  lic*solvetl  "  That  a  Committee  be  at  once 
formed  to  raise  subscsriptions  for  the  building  of  a  Grammar  School  in 
Woodstock."  The  Committee  a|>pointed  was  Messrs.  Arnold,  Cameron, 
.Rothwell,  McKenzie,  Geo.  Murray,  Scott,  Ingersoll,  Frazer,  Hook,  Bishop, 
Grey,  McTaggait,  Burnes,  Yale  and  Bailey. 

The  (h'ummnr  School  was  established  in  1843,  iu  wliich  year  the  trus- 
tees  engjii^od  Mr.  Summerville,  their  fii-st  teacher,  who  continued  about 
thirty  mouths.  George  Strachan,  Esq.,  the  gentleman  at  present  teachipg, 
is  the  second  Uvicher,  having  been  employed  sinc^  August  18th,  1846. 
The  s«'h(X)l  lio>\s(^  was  erected  in  1V48.  ()  ijtractoi-s  Mewsi's.  White  <fe  Dix- 
,son.  Cost  'ibout  £.500.  Gm'ernment  ;nd  £195;  th«  remainder  made  up 
;by  subscriptions.  The  number  of  pu}>ils  alt.mding  in  July  last,  was  forty- 
four,  of  which  number,  thirty -foiir  resided  in  town  and  ten  out.  Thenum- 
twr  of  pupils  studying  classics  twenty-niwe.  Assistant  master,  Mr.  William 
jOiiver. 

Baptist  Meeting  Home  was  built  in  1836  and  opened  by  Rev..  W.  H. 
iLandon,  the  first  Sabbath  in  December  of  the  same  year.  Messi-s.  McCal- 
4um  a'  I  Guild  were  t\\9.  contractors.  Mr.  Granson  Swan  put  up  the  frame. 
The  wliole  cost  about  £200.  Archibald  Burtch  Esq.,  gave  the  ground  at' 
tachetl  to  it.  The  niiuistcfr  at  present  connected  therewith  is  the  Rev.  J, 
Winterbottom. 

Knox's  Free  Church  Ls  a  fine  brick  building,  42  X  60  feet,  siU.ated  in 
ft  most  convenient  and  conspicuous  place.    It  was  erectel  in   15-.!^  aud 


*  We  i-iinno;  do  better  thnn  co|iy  the  i'ollawing  paragnph  to  show  why  Mr.  Arnold  wa«  removed,an4 
p.  S.  McOii(>en>  Es'.,,  onr  present  impartiiil  nnrt  imiveitnlly  respected  judge  appointei),  '•  We  iMrn 
Mith  very  ni^h  ositiufn-i^on  that  D.  S.  Mi-Quecn,  Etq.,  Barrister  of  ihia  town  ha*  heen  appointed 
Judge  of'the  Oiii/ict  Court  ul'this  Dl«trict,  in  roum  of  John  Arnold,  removed  by  a  provivion  of  the  new 
iaw^Sth  Virtori:'  i'hnp.  H)  thatmake*  itnereaqar^  thatdistrictjndceaxhall  he  BarriiitPrt  o>'  five  yenm 
jtanding,  we  >>pg  ^^^  t.'r>«ratnlHtc  the  inhabitantii  otthe  Distrirt  on  the  choirA  whirh  haH  heen  made  and 
^he  U6W  Juil'»p  jf  II  io  s;..'")inti-  nt."— [Woodstock  Herald  May  ;jOlh  I Hlfi, 


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pewed  ill  1 850 ;  tlie  former  by  Messrs.  White  &  Dixon,  of  Woodstock,  and 
the  latter  by  Messrs.  Moliisli  «k  Kiiss«.'H,  of  Brantford.  The  whole  cost  of 
thebuildinff  and  lot  i!U70,  uf  \  hicli  amount  the  ladies  raised  by  bazaan 
and  festivals  th o  sum  of  £200.  W.  C.  McLeod,  K(i({,,  of  Woodstock,  gave 
,j  half-acre  lot  Jipon  which  ^t  ii  «>rectod.     To  nit>nti(»n  names  is  generally 

{>ronounced  "  invidious"  but  it  in  n  f  >ct  cowmvu  1  with  the  erection  of  the 
)uilding,  that  ought  to  b(M)ientionod,  thwf  it  is  o  ug  principally  to  the 
untirinff  and  iiuic/atigubtc  (iKv\^'mx\s  oi  S[i. -i()\m  i/ouglas,  of  Woodsl'  \f 
in  contributing,  soliciting,  collecting,  and  «ixpendii(i/  subscriptions,  tliat 
the  house  is  now  erected  and  paid  ft>r.  Wo  tliiiik  none  \ri"  fWI  inclined  t 
question  this  fact,  or  we  would  not  have  muntioin'd  it  at  all.  The  minister 
at  present  connected  therewith  is  the  Rev.  Wm.  Ij  M. 


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tli»>  vrf>*ent  year  ;  cost  about  £75  ;  the  amount  rai  '  by  subscription. — 
I'lrbL  poiinon  preached  therein  was  on  the  first  Sunday  in  June,  by  the  Rev. 
II.  Boyio.  Mr.  P.  C.  Teeplo  gave  the  lot  on  which  it  is  erected,  in  addition 
ii  the  most  liberal  subscription  of  any  of  the  contributions  t'  wards  die  ereo* 
tion  of  the  house. 

Free  Churchy  OaoHc,  is  at  this  time,  Nov.  1st,  nearly  erected  the  work- 
men being  busily  employed  putting  on  the  roof.  Mr.  Danby  ia  the  con- 
tractor for  the  brick  work ;  and  Measrs.  Davidson  and  Sutherlai  1,  the  con- 
tractors for  the  carpenter  work.  Cost  for  enclosing  it,  £000 ;  t  complete 
it,  it  will  cost  £400  more.  The  minister  of  the  Gaelic  congregation,  Kev. 
McDermit. 

The  Brick  Common  School  House  tvas  erected  in  the  year  U  48,  at  A 
cost  of  about  £200.     Messrs  White  and  Dixon,  contractors. 

The  Registrar}/  Office  was  erected  by  the  late  District  Couicil,  on 
motion  of  T.  S.  Shenston,  in  1847.  Contractors,  Messrs.  White  &  Jixon. 
Cost  £250. 

The  Episcopal  Church  was  built  in  1833,  by  Messrs.  Hill  &  Bishop. 
Cost  £1800.  The  bricks  were  made  by  Mr.  Joseph  Peers,  of  which  ihere 
are  120,000.  In  1843  a  Chancel  was  erected,  at  an  expense  of  £250. — 
Messi-s.  White  &  Dixon,  Contractor.  And  in  1851  two  wings  were  added 
at  an  expense  of  about  £1,000.    Messrs.  Mellish  and  Russell,  contractors. 

The  ^^Lectvrt  Room^^  which  used  to  stand  in  the  Churchyard,  was  burn- 
ed down  on  th«  morning  of  April  16,  1852.  It  caught  fire  from  the 
«  Woodstock  Hoteir 

The  first  sermon  preached  in  Woodstock  by  the  present  Rector,  was  in 
the  spring  of  1834,  to  a  congregation  of  eleven  souls,  in  his  own  house^ 
from  the  text,  "  One  thing  is  needfuL" 

The  first  person  buried  in  the  church  yard  was  a  blacksmith,  by  the  nam«r 
of  R.  G.  npenoer,  who  only  came  to  to~wn  the  evening  before  he  died ;  wa* 
only  sick  about  twelve  hours.  He  died  of  cholera.  The  second  pewoit 
buried  there  was  Lieut.  Veitch. 


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New  Methodiat  Chapel  was  built  by  Messrs.  White  &  Dixon,  in  the  year 
1846,  for  £1*72,  and  about  £70  or  £80  additional  for  pewing  it.  The 
ministers  at  present  connected  therewith,  is  the  Rev.  E.  Sheapard  and  Rev. 
Wm.  Evans. 

Old  Methodist  Meeting-House  was  built  by  subscription,  on  or  about  the 
year  1836,  on  the  front  portion  of  the  burying  ground,  and  was  moved 
fix)ra  there  to  the  place  where  it  at  present  stnuds,  in  (or  about)  the  year 
year  1847.    It  is  at  present  occupied  as  a  Connnon  School. 

Goodwin^ s  School  House.  This  house  was  built  by  subscription,  in  the 
year  1839,  "To  be  used  as  a  con;nion  School  House,  and  to  be  open  for 
the  accommo  u\tion  of  the  inhabitants  as  an  occasional  place  of  worship,  for 
such  denomin  ions  of  Christians  as  niaj',  from  time  to  time,  require  it,  and 
for  other  public  purposes  not  iucomiiatible  with  the  primary  object  of  its 
erection."  The  subscribers  of  £l  5s.  and  upwards  wore: — R.  K.  Kunter, 
R.  Riddell,  Henry  Bishop,  Le\i  H.  Pcri}-,  Thomas  Love,  John  Greig, 
Henry  Vansittart,  seur.,  Mis.  East,  James  tjibson,  Col.  Light,  John  Harri- 
son, Elijah  Nellies,  John  Hatch,  Joseph  Poors,  Wm.  Danby,  Hendry  and 
Bain,  George  H.  Elliot,  Thomas  Clioor,  Walter  Jonos,  John  Lockhart,  and 
James  White.  Henry  Bishop  was  the  builder;  and  R.  R.  Hunter,  John 
Greig,  and  Robert  Lynn,  the  first  trustees. 

The  first  brick  house  built  in  Woodstock  was  the  one  situated  im- 
jnediately  west  of  the  Rectory  in  East  Woodstock,  the  bricks  of  which  were 
made  by  Mr.  Joseph  Clark,  of  East  Oxford.  It  was  built  in  1886.  The 
second  brick  house  was  erected  in  the  following  year  by  Mr.  George  Elliott, 
being  the  house  situate^  immediately  opposite  of  Mr.  C.  McLeod's  new 
brick  block.  Mr.  Leighton  was  the  contractor,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Peers  made 
the  brick.  To  William  Grey,  Esq.  is  due  the  great  credit  of  erecting  the 
llrst  three-storey  brick  house,  which  was  the  large  and  commodious  Hotel 
called  the  "  Royal  Pavilion,"  situated  in  front  of  the  Court  House,  West 
Woocistock.  It  was  built  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  £500.  Mr.  Grey  having 
"  bi-oken  the  ice,"  and  shewn  that  large  brick  houses  covld  be  built  in 
Woodstock,  Othera  soon  followed  his  example.  In  1840,  tlic  late  Messrs. 
Love  and  Robinson  erected  the  four  splendid  houses  known  as  the  "  Vic- 
toria Buildings,"  at  a  cost  of  about  £2,800,  and  John  McF.  Wilson,  Esq., 
the  "Albert  House,"  at  a  cost  of  about  £1,600,  both  in  East  Woodstock. 
In  1847,  T.  S.  Shenston  and  Archibald  Burtch,  Esqrs.,  erected  the  "  Elgin 
Buildings,"  at  a  cost  of  about  £2,400,  and  Mr.  Henry  Vansittart,  the  house 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Andrew  Smith,  both  'w\  East  Woodstock.  In  1848, 
Mr.  C.  McLeod's  block  of  two  splendid  buildings  were  erected  at  a  cost  of 
about  £1,600,  and  Mvissrs.  Finkier's  block  of  four  at  a  cost  of  about  £2,000. 
In  1849,  Mr.  Thomas  Scott,  Mr.  Elijah  Hill,  and  Mr.  Robert  Clark,  each 
«rected  fine  three-story  fire-proof  houses,  at  an  average  cost  of  about  £650 
each. 

The  principal  building  erected  this  year  is  the  "Woodstock  Hotel," 
situated  in  East  Woodstock,  comer  of  Huron  and  Dundas  streets,  at  a  cost 
of  upwards  £2,000.    This  is  a  truly  splendid  building,  and  well  arranged 


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for  tho  purpose  for  which  it  was  erected,  and  will  make,  perhaps,  the  most 
complete  and  comfortable  hotel  west  of  Toronto  city.  Messrs.  White  and 
Dixon  were  the  builders. 

The  front  "  5  acres"  was  granted  to  trustees  (viz.  Bishop  of  Quebec, 
Capt.  Drew  and  Maj.  Barwick)  on  the  23rd  May  1833,  for  a  Church, 
Church-yard  and  burying  ground,  for  which  a  patent,  issued  23rd  June 
1834.  It  is  entirely  distinct  from  the  Rectory  Endowments  grants  made 
under  an  order  of  Council  on  January  15tli,  1836,  nor  has  it  ever  been 
surrendered  as  has  been  often  reported. 

The  second  "  5  acres "  is  for  a  Court  House  and  Gaol,  and  Yards  con- 
nected therewith,  iho  prvicijile  object,  we  believe  in  giving  so  large  a  piece 
was  to  prevent  amj  buildings  being  erected  near  the  gaol. 

The  third  "  5  acres "  was  granted  to  the  late  District  Council  of  the 
District  of  Brock  for  the  purpose  of  "  holding  free  fairs  according  to  law." 
Through  the  exertions  of  the  present  President  of  the  Agricultural  Society 
of  the  County  of  Oxford  a  good  fence  has  this  year  been  put  around  the 
whole  at  an  expense  of  £40,  of  which  sum  the  County  Council  contributed 
(by  a  majority  of  one)  i!20,  and  the  Woodstock  Town  Council  £20. 

The  last  agricultural  show  was  held  upon  the  ground,  and  on  the  19th 
of  October  of  this  present  year,  the  first  *'  free  fair"  was  held  there,  which 
proved  to  be  a  most  satisfactory  and  numerous  gathering  of  both  buyers  and 
sellers.  The  Progress  of  tho  21st  Oct.,  says  : — "  Altogether,  the  Fair,  for 
a  beginning,  has  been  quite  as  successful  as  could  have  been  expected,  and 
the  farmera  in  our  neighborhood  have  reason  to  congratulate  themselvea 
upon  the  establishment  amongst  them,  of  an  institution  calculated  to  be  of 
such  permanent  benefit  to  them." 

Woodstock  Post  Office  was  established  October  7th,  1835.  T.  S.  Short 
was  the  first  post  master,  and  the  oflSce  was  first  kept  in  the  old  framed  store 
opposite  the  "  Victoria  Buildings."  Mail  three  times  a  week,  till  some  time 
in  1844,  since  which  period  there  has  been  a  daily,  or  rather,  as  the 
"  Woodstock  Herald  "  of  the  time  said,  a  "  nightly  mail."  On  Oct.  6th, 
1840,  H.  C.  Barwick,  Esq.,  our  present  accommodating  postmaster  was  ap- 
pointed, who  kept  the  office,  until  last  year,  in  a  small  house  on  the  east 
«ide  of  Huron  Street. 

Twenty  years  ago  (1832)  Mr.  Jed.  Jackson  had  the  contract  for  carrying 
the  mail  from  Brautford  to  London,  twice  a  week,  who  carried  it  at  an  average 
rate  of  three  miles  an  hour,  at  which  period  it  was  not  carried  through 
Woodstock,  but  along  the  "  old  stage  road, "  from  which  circumstance  the 
road  is  so  named. 

The  receipts  of  the  Woodstock  office  for  the  quarter  ending  January  6thi 
1838,  were  £28  10s.  Od.,  and  for  the  same  quarter  in  1851,£192  Os.  Od. 
For  the  first  quarter,  after  the  introduction  of  the  3d.  postage,  (ending  July 
5th,  1861),  £115  9s.0d.,  and  for  the  first  quarter  in  the  present  year  (end- 
ing April  5th,  1852),  £138  198.  Od. 


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The  first  store  opened  in  Woodstock,  was  by  Mr.  Patrick  Phelon,* 
in  the  latter  part  of  1833.  This  store  Avas  kept  in  the  building  long  known 
as  "  cheap  side  "  situated  opposite  Mr.  Sudsworth's. 

Steam  JEJngines.-^Mes&rs.  Andrew  Sutherland  <fe  Co.,  were  the  first  to 
introduce  steam  power  in  Woodstock.  They  have  a  14  horse  power  engine 
in  their  mill.  Messi-s.  H.  P.  Brown,  <feCo.,  Founders,  were  the  next;  they 
built  an  8  horse  power  engine  in  their  own  foundry,  to  which  was  connected 
a  lathe  capable  of  turning  castings  of  one  ton  weight.  But  unfortunately 
for  its  owners  and  the  town,  this  engine  and  the  building  in  which  it  was  in, 
was  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  morning  of  8th  Sep.1852.  We  are  most  happy 
to  be  able  to  say  that  the  brick  walls  of  a  new  building  are  now  up(l8t  Nov.) 
Messrs.  Bain  and  Hay  were  the  next  and  last  to  introduce  steam.  They 
have  this  present  year  very  much  enlarged  their  cabinet  and  chair  factory, 
and  erected  a  four  horse-power  engine  to  turn  the  lathe,  saw,  (fee. 


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NEWSPAPERS. 

7%e  Woodstock  Herald  was  the  first  paper  published  in  the  County  of 
Oxford.  It  was  printed  and  published  by  Messrs.  Menziesf  and  Walker, 
and  edited  by  the  former.  The  first  number  was  printed  on  the  3d  of  June, 
1840,  and  the  last  on  the  1st  day  of  January,  1848. 

The  Monarch  was  the  second  paper  published  in  the  county.  It  wai 
commenced  in  September,  1842,  and  continued  till  some  time  in  1847,  w« 
tbink.J 

The  Oxford  Star  was  the  third  one.  The  first  number  of  it  appeared 
January  15th,  1848 ;  and  continued  one  year.  It  was  edited  by  Mr.  John 
Alien,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Alex.  Hay  <fe  Jas.  Egan. 

The  British  American  was  the  fourth  one,  the  first  number  of  which  wa« 
isfiuei  Saturday,  Sept.  30,  1848,  and  is  still  in  existence. 

The  Western  Progress  was  the  fifth  one,  the  firat  number  of  which  waa 
issued  Friday,  November  14th,  1851,  and  is  still  in  existence.  Printed  and 
published  by  George  Laycock.  For  the  tiret  six  months  it  was  edited  by 
Rev.  W.  H.  Landon. 


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ROAD  COMPANIES. 

The  Woodstock  and  Huron  Road  Com]jany  was  formed  Aug.  Slst, 
1 849.  Tbfi  first  Board  of  directors  were  Arthur  A.  Farmers,  Esq.,  ^Pre- 
sident)  John  Harrington,  Henry  Finkle,  G.  W.  Whitehead,  <fe  Cabel  Caistor; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  John  Douglass. 

*  Tha  father  orOaniel  Phelon,  Esq.,  Merchant,  Inserioll. 
\  Tbii  geptlsmtn  died  at  Woodttock,  March  4th,  1847. 
\  W«  htvt  loit  thi.  MMt  date,  juit  befora  going  to  praii. 


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Second  Board,  January  1851, — Henry  Finkle,  president,  A.  A.  Farrier, 
G.  W.  Whitehead,  Joseph  Twaiteta  <k  Hugh  Richardson ;  Secretary,  John 
Douglass ;  Treasurer,  H.  C  Barwick. 

Third  Board,  January,  1852.  Caleb  Caistor,  president,  H.  L.  Turner, 
Henry  Harwood,  Robt.  Webber,  Hugh  Richardson,  Henry  Finkle,  (Reeve 
Woodstock),  and  Alex.  Mitchell  (Reeve  South-Eashope);  Secretary  &  Trea- 
surer, Hugh  Richardson.  The  amount  of  money  expended,  the  number  of 
miles  completed,  &c.,  we  were  unable  to  procure,  although  we  repeatedly 
asked  for  the  information. 

The  Woodstock  and  Norwich  Road  Company  was  formed  on  the  Sth 
day  of  June,  1851,  by  the  election  of  the  following  five  gentlemen  as  Di- 
rectors :  —  Thomas  Cottle,  president,  G.  W.  Carden,  Chancey  Willcox, 
P.  C.  Teeple,  and  William  Chambers;  secretary  and  treasurer,  T.  S.  Shen- 
Bton ;  John  A.  Tidy,  engineer.  The  second  Board  was  composed  of  the 
following  gentlemen: — Thomas  Cottle,  president,  G.  W.  Carden,  George 
Alexander,  William  Chambers,  and  Benjamin  Haley ;  secretary  and  trea- 
surer, T.  S.  Shenston ;  John  A.  Tidy,  engineer. 

The  amount  of  stock  subscribed  is  £2,100;  to  this"  is  to  be  added,  one- 
third  of  the  amount  of  several  of  the  contracts,  and  £1,000  lately  subscribed 
by  the  Town  Council  of  Woodstock. 

The  whole  length  of  the  road  is  18^  miles  to  Otterville,  from  which 
place  there  is  now  a  good  plank  road  completed  to  Port  Dover. 

Five  miles  of  each  end  of  the  road  is  very  nearly  completed  at  this 
time  (Nov.  1st),  and  two  toll  gates  are  being  erected,  to  be  completed  by 
the  1st  of  December,  at  which  time  it  is  proposed  to  commence  collecting 
toll.  It  is  confidently  expected  that  the  remaining  8^  miles  will  be  com- 
pleted by  the  end  of  next  year. 

The  Woodstock  Subscription  Library  was  established  February  12th, 
1835,  at  a  meeting  at  which  Rev.  W.  Betteridge,  B.D.,  occupied  the  chair, 
and  Mr.  John  Greig  acted  as  secretary.  It  was  decided  to  call  it  "  The 
Woodstock  Reading  Society,"  to  be  governed  by  president,  vice  do.,  trea- 
surer, librarian,  and  a  committee  of  three.  Every  pereon  paying  2s.  6d. 
entrance  fee,  and  10s.  annually,  were  membera  of  the  society.  The  firat  sett 
of  officers : — Rev.  W.  Betteridge,  B.D.,  president ;  Rev.  W.  H.  Landon, 
vice  do.;  John  Greig,  librarian;  0.  Bartley,  treasurer;  and  L.  Perry  and 
D.  White,  committee. 

The  Mechanics'  Institute  and  Library  was  formed  May  19th,  1852,  by 
the  election  of  the  following  officers : — John  Greig,  Esq.,  president ;  John 
McCoU,  vice  do. ;  Edward  Lakeman,  librarian ;  C.  Goodwin,  secretary  and 
treasurer;  George  Laycock,  corresponding  secretary;  and  Messrs.  John 
Bain,  George  Alexander,  James  Simpson,  David  White,  A.  Smith,  Geofge 
jStrachan,  and  H.  Izard,  committee. 

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The  first  municipal  election  for  the  Town  of  Woodstock,  was  held  at  the 
Royal  Pavilion  Hotel, W^esl  Woodstock,  on  Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  6th 
and  7th  days  of  January,  1851.  T.  S.  Shenston  was  returning  officer,  ap- 
pointed such  by  the  Governor  General,  in  accordance  with  the  12th  Victoria 
chapter  81,  section  55.  The  councillors  elected  were  Hugh  Richardson, 
(94  votes),  William  Wilson,  tanner  (99  votes),  Alexander  Green  [92  votes], 
Valentine  Hall  [98  votes],  and  Andrew  Smith  [90  vote^]. 

Inspectors — Arch.  J.  Thompson  [120  votes],  Thos.  Phelan  [99  votes],  and 
Joseph  Sudsworth  [94  votes].  Poll  clerk,  James  Egan.  At  the  fii-st  meet- 
ing of  the  council,  Hugh  Richardson  was  elected  reeve;  James  Kintrea, 
clerk;  and  Thos.  Scott,  treasurer. 

The  second  municipal  election  was  held  at  the  same  place,  on  Monday 
and  Tuesday,  the  5th  and  6th  January,  1852.  Francis  Ball,  Esq.,  by  vir- 
tue of  his  office  as  town  clerk,  was  returning  officer.  The  councillors  elected 
were: — Henry  Finkle  (150  votes),  Thomas  Cottle  (139  votes),  John 
Sutherland  (168  votes),  James  Kintrea  (142  votes),  and  William  Grey 
(169  votes).     Valentine  Phelan,  poll  clerk. 

Inspectors — William  McKay  [94  votes],  Joseph  Sudsworth  [178  votes], 
and  Thomas  Eraser  [99  votes]. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  council,  Henry  Finkle  was  appointed  reer«. 
Present  clerk,  John  Greig. 


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Appleton,  Thomas,  laborer 

Andrew,  John,  miller 

Abbott,  Benjamin,  soap  boiler 

Arkell,  John  G.  brewer 

Allan  George,  laborer 

Allan,  Abraham,  carriage-maker 

Ashton,  Mrs. 

Andrews  &i  Sutherland,  millers 

Arnold,  Mrs 

Bettridge,  B.  D.,  Rev  Wm.  rector 
Ball,  Rev.  W,  S.,  minister 
Barwick,  Esq.  H.C.  Esq.,  postmaster, 
Bnrtch,  Archibald,  Esq.,  farmer 
Burtch,  R.  H.,  merchant 
Burtch,  Henry,  farmer 
Bendyscc,  Nelson,  fanner 
Bowditch,  George,  tinsmith 
Budd,  John,  blacksmith 
Burton,  Joseph,  cooper 
Brown,  Sheyler,  moulder 
Bain,  John,  cabinet-maker 
Biokerton,  Ralph,  carpenter 
Brooks,  John,  boot  maker 
Beaton,  Francis,  shoemaker, 
Bickle,  James  and  Joseph,  butchers 
Brown,  &&  Co.,  H.  P,  founders 
Belton,  Peter,  blacksmith 
Burke,  R.  H.  tinsmith 
Brownrigg,  James,  carpenter 
Braham,  Edward,  carpenter 
Budd,  Henry,  cabinet  maker 
Bickorstaff,  Fred,  painter 
Ball  &t  Carroll,  barristers,  &ic. 
Blevin,  Edward 
Balls,  Mrs. 

Barr,  David,  jeweller,  Uc. 
Belseer,  William,  tanner 
Barnes,  John,  wagon-maker 
Brown  &,  Wilson,  tanners 
Bond,  Samuel,  baker 
Bond,  William,  teamster 
Barney,  Martin  E.  pedlar 
Brown,  George 
Barclay,  James,  carpenter 
Beattie,  Joseph,  merchant 
Barnard,  Warner,  constabU 


NAMKS   AND   OCCUPATIONS. 


Buckle,Robort,  tavern  keeper 
Barrowclough,  William,  laborer 
Boagley,  James,  laborer 
Brooks,  William,  laborer 
Burns,  John,  laborer 
Burns,  Peter,  laborer 
Boyce,  Joseph,  farmer 
Bryan,  John,  farmer 
Brown,  H.  P.  founder 
Bowness,  Thos.  grocer 
Burtch,  A.  W.  store-keeper 
Bedford,  Stephen,  blacksmith 

Chambers,  Robert,  bailiff 
Cummings,  Robert,  gaoler 
Cottle,  Esq.,  Thos.  J.  farmer 
Clarke,  Robert,  merchant 
Carryer,  Charles  C.  saddler 
Colson,  George,  miller 
Collins,  William,  chair  maker 
Constable,  Mary  A.  dressmaker 
Clarke,  James,  cabinet-maker 
Cootts,  Charles,  livery  stable  k«eper 
Carman,  William,  cabinet-maker 
Clark,  John,  merchant 
Charlosworth,  S.  merchant, 
Carroll,  Patrick,  farmer 
Campbell,  H. 

Cromior,  Joseph,  shoemaker 
Caghill,  Donald,  shoemaker 
Copp,  Thomas,  shoemaker 
Creighton,  William,  shoemaker 
Clarke,  Patrick,  laborer 
Cook,  William,  laborer 
Campbell,  John,  laborer 
Chantler,  Peter,  teamster 
Campbell,  John,  shoemaker 
Coghill,  John,  collector,  &.c 

Douglas,  John,  editor 
Douglas  John,  saddler 
Douglas,  Dorothy,  tavern  keeper 
Davis,  Norris,  teamster 
Dunn,  Tames,  carpenter 
Ditton,  Thomas,  laborer 
Dash,  Charles,  painter 
Dixon,  W.  P.  builder 


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Denman,  John,  laborer 
Duncan,  Howard,  farrier 
Dagg,  James,  innkeeper 
Dawson,  Riciiard,  tavernkeeper 
Dunn,  Thomas, 

Egan,  Maurice,  carpenter 
Elliott,  Mrs. 

Edgar,  George,  carpenter 
Egan,  Mrs.  Ellen 
Edwarks,  John,  bricklayer 
Edwards,  Thomas  R. 
Ellison,  Joseph  B.  shoemaker 
Edwards,  Nelson,  blacksmith 
Elliott,  Archibald,  cabinetmaker 

Finkle,  Esq.,  Henry,  merchant 
Finklo,  John,  merchant 
Ford,  R.,  student 
Frazier,  Thos.,  blacksmitli 
Finklo,  Miss  Janet, 
Frame,  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Fleming,  James,  cabinetmaker 
Fuller,  Rial,  teamster 
Fouler,  George,  laborer 
Finkle  &  Co.,  H.,  merchants 
Foquette,  Rich.,  Clerk  C.C. 

Goodwin,  Christopher,  teacher 
Greig,  William 
Greenaway,  James,  carpenter 
Groble,  Anson,  cabinetmaker 
Greig,  John,  attorney 
Ganior,  William,  carpenter 
GriflSn,  Rev.  Stephen,  minister 
Green,  William,  carpenter 
Gamble,  Andrew,  carpenter 
Grant,  Alex,  tailor 
Gordon,  Donald,  blacksmith 
Gurnett,  John,  printer 
Gurnett,  Gabriel,  saddler 
Gunn,  Hugh,  teamster 
Gunn,  James 
Gunn,  Lauchlan,  teamster 
Gunn,  George,  tailor 
Gunn,  (Mexander,  shoemaker 
Gurnett,  George,  shoemaker 
Gold  thorp,  David,  tailor 
Grey,  William 
Gordon,  David,  teamster 
Garnlin,  William,  labourer 
Gordon,  Donald,  labourer 
Graham,  John,  teamster 


NAMES   AND  OCCUPATIONS. 


Grub,  Mark,  laborer 
Garner,  William,  cooper 
Grey,  Thomas,  farmer 
Graham,  Mary 
Green,  Alexander,  shoemaker 

Hatch,  John,  Esq.  farmer 
Huggins,  John,  engineer 
Hack,  Henry,  hotel  keeper 
Henry,  Thomas,  merchant 
Hatch,  James,  farmer 
Hay,  James,  cabinetmaker 
Hay,  George,  carpenter 
Hughes,  James,  carpenter 
Hodson,  Henry,  bricklayer 
Harrison,  John,  bricklayer 
Hamilton,  William,  watchmaker 
Hadskis,  Hugh,  turner 
Hamer,  William,  bricklayer 
Hay,  Alexander,  printer 
Henderson,  George,  teamster 
Hanley,  Murdock,  laborer 
Hatch,  James,  blacksmith 
Harwood,  Henry,  shoemaker 
Horsnell,  William,  tailor 
Hall,  Robert,  carpenter 
Hay,  William,  cabinetmaker 
Homers  William,  bricklayer 
Hendry,  Mrs. 
Hart,  Edward 
Hunter,  Murdoch,  laborer 
Holtby,  Matthias,  carriage-maker 
Heath,  George,  laborer 
Hay,  James,  cabinetmaker 
Hart,  John,  laborer 
Harris,  Abraham,  cabinetmaker 
Hague,  William,  laborer 
Halker,  William,  farmer 
Hill,  Nathaniel,  innkeeper 
Hatch,  Henry,  grocer 

Ingersoll,  James,  J.P.  registrar 
Izard,  Henry,  teacher 
Idale,  John,  grocer 
Idale,  William,  tailor 

Jacob,  Thomas,  carpenter 
Jones,  Walter,  farmer 
Johnson,  Samuel,  cooper 
Johnson,  James,  shoemaker 
Judge,  Michael,  gunsmith 
Johnson,  J.  cabinetmaker 
Jones,  Robert,  carpenter 


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NAMES  AM)  OCCUPATIONS. 

NAMES  AND  OCCUPATIONS. 

Kidd,  John,  hostlor 

McKenzie,  Alex,  contractor 

Kintrea,  James,  paintor  k  grouer 

McCulloch,  Donald,  laborer 

McCracken,  Angus,  laborer 

Logan,  Georgo,  saddler 

McLeod  ot  Co.,  W.  C.  merchants 

Layoock,  Jamos,  Esq.  merchant 

McCurdy,  Mrs. 

Loveroin,  William,  butcherg 

McDonald,  Alex,  plasterer 

Laycock,  George,  printer 

ilcKay,  Donald,  laborer 

Lewis,  Evan,  builder 

McKay,  Neal,  tanner 

Lawraneo,  Miranda,  shoemaker 

McLean,  Calvin,  laborer 

Lockman,  Elijah,  blacksmith 

McQueen,  D.  S.  judge  C.  C. 

Lakeman,  Edward,  merchant 

McMicken,  John 

Love,  Mrs.  Ann 

MePhorson,  Donald,  baker 

Lawson,  Berry,  and  Co.  merchants 

McLood,  Alex,  watchmaker 

Landon,  Rev.  W.  H.  minister 

McKay,  David,  turner 

Lamon,  Samuel,  cooper 

McKay,  John,  teamster 

Lcnsberry,  James,  cooper 

McCall,  son.,  John,  carriage -maker 

Lakeman,  Jacob,  butcher 

McCall,  jr.,  John,  carriage-maker 

Lanaway,  James,  laborer 

Lyons,  Timothy,  laborer 

Mathoson,  Thos.  blacksmith 

Lamport,  Edward,  farmer 

Martin,  James,  grocer 

Lamport,  Henry 

Montgomery,  Goo.  innkeeper 

Lister,  James,  nurseryman 

Morrid,  Richard,  tailor, 

Murna,  George,  carpenter 

McKay,  John,  teamster 

Mitchell,  John,  laborer 

McKay,  Alex,  tailor 

Minthon,  Jacob,  teamster 

McLean,  John,  laborer 

Murray,  William,  carriage  maker 

McLeod,  W.  C.  merchant 

Mcagloy,  George,  boot-maker 

McLaren,  Duncan,  druggist 

Mitchell,  John,  brickmaker 

Mcintosh,  Alex,  plasterer 

Matson,  Elijah,  hotel-keeper 

McLeod,  George,  tailor 

Matthew,  Daniel,  shoemsdcer, 

McLeod,  Donald,  cooper 

Munroe,  Alex,  millwright 

McKay,  Jofin  laborer 

Murray,  Ileden,  laborer 

McKay,  Duncan,  laborer 

Murray,  Alex,  geologist 

McKinnon,  Donald,  laborer 

Matthews,  Henry,  bricklayer 

McKay,  Hugh,  bailiff 

Maddock,  J.  F.  solicitor 

McKay,  James,  stove-maker 

Maycock,  Joseph,  painter 

McDonald,  Archibald,  laborer 

Miller,  D.  G.  solicitor 

Mclnnis,  Peter,  laborer 

Murray,  James,  sheriff's  clerk 

Mclsaac,  Donald,  laborer 

Muir,  Michael,  laborer 

Mclnnis,  Donald,  laborer 

Mears,  Thomas,  laborer 

DcDonald,  Angus,  laborer 

Murray,  Donald,  carpenter 

McKay,  Angus,  laborer 

Matthison,  John,  laborer 

McWhinnie,  John,  clerk 

Moore,  Thomas,  laborer 

Mcintosh,  Donald,  laborer 

Matthison,  Angus,  laborer 

McKay,  William,  mason 

Murray,  Goo.  contractor 

MoLeod,  Alex,  laborer 

Murray,  A.  contractor 

McKay,  Christopher,  laborer 

Murray,  Wm.  wagon-maker 

McDonald,  Donald,  laborer 

Melville,  Feorge,  shoemaker 

McDonald,  John,  laborer 

Menzie,  Mrs.  H.  grocer 

McKenzie,  James 

McKay,  James 

Nicholson,  John,  carpenter 

McLeod,  Donald,  labourer 

Norman,  John,  cabinet-maker 

McLeod,  Peter,  distiller 

Nasmyth,  George,  tailor 

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Outratn,  William,  ehoomakor 
Oag,  William,  coopor, 
Oliver,  Thomas,  merchant 

Powell,  John,  assistant  postmaster 
Payne,  Absalom,  carriage-maker 
Pascoe,  Richard,  labourer 
Prout,  Abraham,  lime-burner 
Passmoro,  Francis,  carriage-maker 
Perrin,  Thomas,  laborer, 
Pigott,  Thomas,  carpenter 
Patterson,  Mrs. 
Purdy,  Mrs. 
Perry,  L.  H.  farmer 
Peacock,  Daniel,  carpenter 

Quinten,  Daniel,  laboier 

Rodgcrs,  Jas.  blacksmith 

Ross,  Hector,  niiilcr 

Ravvlings,  Richard,  cabinet-maker 

Roberts,  John,  laborer 

Redford,  Stephen,  blacksmith 

Robertson,  Robert,  cabinet-maker 

Robertson,  George,  bricklayer 

Robertshaw,  John,  shoemaker 

Randall,  John,  teamster 

Richardson,  Hugh,  barrister 

Robertson,  C.  VV.  livery  stable  keeper 

Robinson,  B.  J.  barber 

Revell,  R.  deputy  sheriff 

Rose,  Alex,  laborer 

Ross,  Robert,  tailor 

Rowland,  Thos.  painter 

Rose,  Eliza 

Ridd.  John,  hostler 

Rawlings,  T.  H.  cabinet-maker 

Revell,  Rev.  Henry,  minister 

Spencer,  William,  butcher 
Smith,  John,  tailor 
Sudworth,  Abraham,  bootmaker 
Sudworth,  William,  bootmaker 
Sutherland,  Benjamin,  shoemaker 
Sutherland,  John,  carpenter 
Steele,  John,  laborer 
Schofield,  Francis,  carpenter 
Scarff,  WiUiam,  carriagemaker 
Small,  John,  nurseryman 
Sessims,  Bernard,  laborer 
Snelgrove,  William,  cabinetmaker 
Snar«y,  James,  bricklayer 


NAMES  AND  OCCUPATIONS. 


Shenston,  Thomas  S.,  J.P.,  county 

clerk 
Strachan,  George,  teacher 
Sudworth,  Joseph,  bootmaker 
Scott,  William,  surgeon  &,  physioian 
Sutherland,  Donald,  laborer 
Smith,  Andrew,  merchant 
Sharp,  Leboo^F.  town  clerk,  filandford 
Shcppard,  Rev.  E.  minister 
Sutherland,  Hector,  carpenter 
Sutherland,  Mrs.  J. 
Stewart,  Francis,  cabinet-maker 
Swan,  Chas.  G.  carpenter 
Snelgrove,  Jacob,  carriage-maker 
Sutherland,  Sinclair,  carpenter' 
Silmer,  Christian,  baker 
Smith,  John  J.  tanner 
Stewart,  Donald,  laborer 
Snarey,  Thos.  moulder 
Stevens,  John,  gardener 
Smith,  John,  laborer 
Simpson,  James,  turner 
Spencer,  Mrs.  C. 
Spencer,  George,  pedlar 
Sutherland,  Robt.  laborer 
Shaw,  John 

Sheppard,  W.  G.  laborer 
Scott,  Thomas,  apothecary 
Snelgrove,  Henry,  cabinet-maker 
Small,  Jas.  shoemaker 

Thomas  Henry,  carpenter 
Thompson,  William,  pump-maker 
Tceple,  Pelham,  farmer 
Tallman,  Thomas 
'"urner,  H.  L.  merchant 
Turner,  James,  laborer 
Tisdale,  J.  E.  merchant 
Tune,  William,  confectioner 
Turquand,  John,  physician  &i  sursfoon 
Taylor,  Joseph,  saloon  keeper 
Thompson  &.  Sons,  founders 
Thompson,  Harry,  laborer 
Thompson,  Alex,  blacksmith 
Thomson,  Archd.  carpenter 
Taylor,  Peter,  fhoemaker 
Turner,  Chas.  merchant 
Thomson,  Geo.  carpenter 

Vanvalkenburgh,  Henry,  cooper 
Vanvalkenburgh,  John,  cooper 

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NAMES  AND  OCCUPATIONS. 

NAMK8  AND  OCCUPATIONS, 

Wnrner,  Richard,  miilor 

Wilson,  Edward,  plasterer 

Walker,  Anffus,  laborer 
White,  David,  builder 

Wilson,  Esq.,  William,  shoemaker 

Walton,  John  Sutton,  shoemaker 

Wilson,  Cromwell, 

Wliitchoad,  Esq.,  G.  W.,  c'    >;  D.  C. 

Warden,  Frank,  carpenter 

Wilson,  William,  tanner 

Walton,  Joshua,  shoemaker 

Ward.  Robert,  carpenter 

Wilson,  Joseph,  merchant 

Watson,  James,  miilor 

Wilson,  John,  tailor 

Whitehead,  Charles,  weaver 

Wilkinson,  John,  gardener 

Woodgor,  William,  shoemaker 

Wright,  Wm.  H.  currier 

Warwick,  William,  stationer 

Winterbottom,  Rev.  John,  minister 

White,  William,  gardener 

Wilson,  William,  wagon-maker 

Wilson,  John,  chairmaker 

Wilson,  Malcolm,  labourer 

Weeks,  William,  blacksmith 

Weeks,  John,  blacksmith 

Weakley,  William,  bricklayer 

Youngs,  John,  brickmakwr 

Walker,  William,  farmer 

Yates,  Joseph,  laborer 

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This  Village  was  erected  un<ler  the  authority  of  the  12th  Victoria,  chap- 
ter 81,  section  68,  by  Proclamation  bearing  date  12th  September,  1851,  to 
tike  force  and  effect  on  the  following  Ist  day  of  January.  Its  limits  are 
defined  as  follows : — 

•'  Consisting  of  all  that  part  of  this  Province,  situate  partly  in  the  ToirnBhip  of 
Oxford  West,  and  partly  in  tlio  J'o\vu.^liip  of  Oxford  North,  in  the  County  of  Ox- 
ford, and  lying  within  the  following  limits,  that  is  to  nay: — commencing  on  the 
southerly  bank  of  the  river  ThamcH,  in  tlio  boundary  line  between  lots  numberi 
17  andl8  in  tlie  broken  front  concession  of  tiio  Township  of  West  Oxford ;  thence 
along  the  said  boundary  lino  between  lots  numbers  17  and  18  in  the  broken  front 
concession,  and  the  boundary  line  between  lots  number  17  and  18  in  the  first 
concession,  south-easterly,  to  the  middle  of  the  depth  of  the  said  first  concession  ; 
thence  along  the  middle  of  the  depth  of  the  said  first  concession,  south-westerlj, 
to  the  boundary  line  between  lots  numbers  22  and  23 ;  thence  along  the  seM 
boundary  line  between  lots  numbers  22  and  23,  north-westerly,  to  the  soutj 
easterly  bank  of  the  river  Thames  ;  tlienco  along  the  south-easterly  bank  of  tlia 
said  river  with  tiie  stream,  to  a  point  in  prolongation  of  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween lots  numbers  8  and  0  in  tlie  suiil  concession,  and  the  prolongation  thereof 
northerly,  to  the  northerly  limit  of  the  allowance  for  road  between  the  3rd  and 
4th  concessions  of  the  said  Township  of  North  Oxford  ;  thence  along  the  north- 
erly limit  of  the  aUowancc  for  road  between  the  3rd  and  4th  concessions  easterly, 
to  the  easterly  limit  of  the  allowance  for  road,  between  lots  numbers  12  and  13 
southerly,  to  the  north-westerly  bank  of  the  said  river  Thames ;  thence  along 
the  said  north-westerly  bank  of  the  river  Thames,  up  the  stream,  to  a  point  in 
prolongation  of  the  aforesaid  boundary  line  between  lots  nun  "c^vs  17  and  18  in 
the  broken  front  of  the  Township  of  West  Oxford;  thencd  acres  the  said  river 
to  the  place  of  beginning." 

Mr.  \V.  G.  Warham,  D.  P.  S.,  has  kindly  furnished  us  with  the  exaet 
number  of  Acres  included  in  the  village,  viz: — 725  acres  in  North  Oxford, 
and  997  acres  in  West  Oxford.     Total,  1,722  acres. 

In  Smith's  "  Canada,"  the  village  is  thus  graphically  described : — 

"  In  entering  the  County  of  Oxford  from  London,  the  first  place  you  reach  is 
IngersoU,  which  is  twenty-one  miles  from  London  ;  it  is  a  considerable  village, 
containing  about  MO  (should  be  1000— T.  S.  S.)  inhabitants.  It  is  well  situated, 
the  greater  part  of  it  being  built  on  the  sides  and  summit  of  the  high  gravelly 
banks  of  the  east  branch  of  the  river  Thames,  which  flows  through  it,  and  fur- 
nishes water  to  supply  one  (should  be  two — T.  S.  S.)  gi'ist  mill  and  two  saw  mills, 
a  carding  machine,  and  fulling  mill.  The  village  also  contains  a  foundry,  tan- 
nery, distillery,  &c.,  and  five  churches— Episcopal,  Free  Church, Wesleyan Metho- 
dist, Episcopal  Metliodist,  and  Roman  Catholic;  and  has  a  daily  post." 

We  had,  at  much  trouble  and  expense,  prepared  a  rather  lengthy  history 
and  description  of  this  really  flourishing  village,  which  has  become,  w« 
must,  in  justice,  say,  no  moan  rival  to  the  town  of  Woodstock ;  but,  for 
want  of  room,  we  havs  bf'en  obliged  to  leave  it,  with  much  other  matter, 


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The  Post  Office  ia  thia  place  was  the  ilret  established  in  t  ><  County* 
and  known  until  a  few  months  since,  by  the  name  of  the  "Oxford  tuei  office." 
It  was  eatablishedf  January  0th,  1821,  and  Charles  IngermjU,  Esq.,  was  ap- 
pointed Post-master:  James  IngerHoU,  Esq.,  in  1834;  and  Daniel  Phelan, 
Esq.,  ill  1847.  The  amount  of  postages  received  in  1832,  was  £74  7s  6d: 
in  1833,  £112  Os.  9d.;  in  1834,  £173  15s,  and  for  the  hist  two  years  a* 
follows. 

LAST  TRAR  UNDER  OLD  RATE.  FIRST  TEAR  OF  NEW  RATE. 

Quarter,  July  4, 1850,  £71  lOs  lOd.  I  Quarter,  July  6,  1851,  £56  Is.  Id. 
«*  Oct.  6,  «  7114s  Id.  I  "  Oct.  5,  "  65  10s  6d 
"        Jan.  6, 1851,    68  IDs    Od.  "        Jan.  6,  1862,    65  lis  7d 

'        67    8s  10 


Apr.  6, 


81    Os    3^. 
£292  1.5s  8ld 


Ai)r.  5, 


£232  12s  Od 


The  Village  Council.  The  first  election  was  held  on  Monday,  6th 
January,  1852.  at  the  Royal  Exchange  Hotel.  James  McDonald,  Esq., 
Returning  Officer,  at  which  election  the  following  gentlemen  were  elected 
by  the  following  votes,  viz:  John  Oalliford,  82  votes;  W.  A.  Ramsay,  97 
votes;  Thomas  Brown.  72  votes;  Charles  Parkhei-st,  68  votes,  and  Jame* 
Murdock,  57  votes. 

By  the  Council  Edward  Dotty,  was  appointed  Treasurer,  and  Jamea 
Barrie,  village  Clerk 

Schools. ~^T\iQ)  first  Board  of  Sohool  Trustees  were  elected  on  Tuesday 
the  6th  day  of  January,  viz:  Wm.  Barker,  Chairman,  David  Paine,  Sec- 
retary. John  Buchanrn,  Edward  Morris,  Henry  Schofield,  and  Adam 
Oliver.  Schools  1 ;  Scholars,  150.  Charge,  per  quarter,  2a  6d  currency. 
Teacher,  Jamos  Izard ;  Assistant,  Y.  Re}'nold8. 


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INGERSOLL  &  PORT  BURWELL  PLANK  &  GRAVEL  ROAD, 

This  Company  was  formed  in  September,  1849. 

President, — Benjamin  VanNorman. 

Directors, — Tho  mas  Brown,  Ingei-soll,  Andrew  Bodwell  Dereham,  Martin 
Hubbard,  Bayham,  Mr.  Francisco,  Vienna.  No  change  in  Directors  sine* 
the  formation  of  the  Company.  R.  H.  Campbell,  Secretary  &  Treasurer, 
1849  ;  James  R.  Ingereoll,  do.  1850  and  1851 ;  J.  M.  Chapman,  do.l862. 
Office,  village  of  Ingersoll. 

The  whole  distance  of  the  road  is  31  miles,  of  which  16^  miles  is  within 
the  county  of  Oxford*  The  road  is  completed  to  Vienna,  a  distance  of  28 
miles,  and  the  remaining  3  miles,  from  Vienna  to  Port  Burwell,  und«r 
contract  to  be  completed  this  present  Fall. 

The  average  cost  per  mile  of  that  portion  of  the  road  which  ii  grarelled, 
is  £275,  and  of  that  which  is  planked,  £800  per  mila. 


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The  number  of  toll  gates  nlaendy  erected  is  seven ;  another  one  will  b« 
•rected  when  the  road  is  completed. 

Tho  only  statement  of  the  amount  of  Toll  received  at  each  of  the  gates 
erected,  which  we  have  been  able  to  obtain,  is  for  tho  month  of  July  lost, 
and  is  as  follows,  viz: — 

Od.  No.  2 £19     Os.     Od. 

Od.  "    4 17     6s.  lid. 

Od.  "    0 22     68.     Od. 

Od., — making  a  total  of  £185  68.  lid.;  at 
this  rate,  for  the  12  months,  would  be  £2,224  lis.  Od.,  which  would  pay 
for  the  construction  of  tif  miles  of  the  road. 


No.  1 £19  16s. 

"    3 10  Os. 

"    5 13  Os. 

"    7 18  Os. 


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This  Society  was  formed  in  1847.    Tho  following  were  ita  officers,  &: 
since : — 


GOVERN- 

TBAR8. 

PRESIDENT. 

SECRETARY  AND 

DATE  OF 

SUBSCRIP- 

MENT 

TREASURER. 

SHOW. 

TIONS. 

GRANTS. 

£     B.    d. 

£    s.    d. 

1847 

C.E.Chadwick 

Elislia  HaU 

Oct.  20th 

27     6     6 



1848 

C.  E.  Chadwick 

Daniel  Phelan 

Oct.  12th 

40  15     0 

1849 

Thomas  Brown 

Daniel  Phelan 

Oct,  10th 

39  10     0 

110    0    0 

1860 

Elisha  Hall 

Daniel  Phelan 

Oct.  10th 

62  10     0 

150    0    0 

1851 

Thomas  Brown 

Daniel  Phelan 

Oct.    Dth 

50     0     0 

88    0    0 

1862 

John  Mathe  ,vs 

Daniel  Phelan 

77  13     0 

This  Society  was  re-organized  under  the  new  Act,  and  the  following 
G'^ritlemen  were  appointed  as  officere : — John  Mathews,  president ;  C.  E. 
Chadwick,  vice-president;  Daniel  Phelan,  treasurer;  John  M.  Chapman, 
secretary ;  and  Thomas  Brown,  Adolphus  Milne,  James  Henderson,  Jacob 
Choat,  W.  B.  Maybee,  Copeland  Stinson,  George  Walker,  James  Bodwell, 
and  Robert  Cameron,  directora. 

The  treasurer  of  the  Society  most  kindly  furnished  us  with  a  list  of  th« 
Prites  which  had  been  awarded  for  the  last  four  years,"  but  it  is  crowded 
out,  in  consequence  of  the  work  swelling  to  a  much  larger  size  than  wss 
anticipated. 


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NAMES    AND    OCCUPATIONS. 

NAMKS    AND    OCCUPATIONS. 

Adams,  Arthur,  Inliorer 

Evens,  Donald,  laborer 

Adnir,  Duvid,  rmi chant 

Eastwood,  Willard,  morohant 

Arclior,  John,  niut  lianio 

Elliott,  Thomas 

Allen,  G.  W.  niechunio 

Evans,  Wm.  plasterer 

Barnes,  Lawrio,  yeoman 

Fursman,  John,  wagonmaker 

Bowel,  John,  lahorcr 

Fannor,  Hugh,  laborer 

Boattio,  Wnj.  merchant 

Fish,  John,  carpenter 

Barkor,  VVm.  shoemaker 

Farley,  James,  laborer 

Barker,  Edward,  shooraakof 

Faulkner,  Robt.  laborer 

Brady,  John,  laborer 

Forbes,  George,  laborer 

Barry,  Wm.  tailor 

Fcatherston,  William,  joiner 

Byrne,  'JMioh.  harness-maker 

Fowler,  James,  carpenter 

Brown,  Thomas,  tanner 

Fowsott,  Thoa.  laborer 

Barkor,  Joseph,  merchant 

Fowler,  William,  laborer 

Browott,  Joseph,  merchant 

Brown,  James,  baker 

Girham,  Evan,  sawyer 

Bunker,  Wm.  yeoman 

Gilbert,  C.  W.  minister 

Buchanan,  Jon,  tinsmith 

Greig,  James,  miller 

Babcock,  Goo.  millwright 

Gordon,  A.  tailor 

Bowers,  John,  clerk 

Goble,  John,  teamster 

Brown  &t  Byrne,  saddlers 

Galliford,  Esq.,  John,  bootmaker 

Burke,  Joseph,  merchant 

Gunes,  James,  bricklayer 

Gilchrist,  Angus,  laborer 

Cronk,  Wm.  laborer 

Carnigie,  John,  yeoman 

Haining,  Robt.  tinsmith 
Holland,  John,  fiddler 

Carnigio,  Wm.  yeoman 

Connonght,  Charles,  bootmaker 

Haywood,  E.  painter 

Crotty,  Richard,  yeoman 

Henderson,  John,  shoemaker 

Carroll,  R.  H.  yeoman 

Hill,  R.  P.  teamster. 

Carroll,  D.  miller 

Hill,  David,  carpenter 

Canfield,  D.,  J.  P.  and  elork  D.  C. 

Holmes,  Alex,  carpenter 

Campbell,  Homer,  mechanic 

Hall,  C.  P.  merchant 

Comstock,  H.  P.  yeoman 

Haywood,  William,  painter 

Chapman,  J.  M.  druggist 

Hall,  Elisha,  yeoman 

Carnage,  John,  farmer 

Houghton,  Stephen,  laborer 

Course,  George,  laborer 

Hopkins,  H.  P.  saddler 

Cerrey,  Mrs.  accoucheur 

Hewett,  John,  plasterer 

Harrington,  Geo.  bricklayer 

Dundis,  Edward,  shoemaker 

Hill,  Sylvester,  yeoman 

Donaldson,  Jacob,  wagonmaker 

Harris,  Lenord,  shoemaker 

Dotty,  David,  blacksmith 

Dotty,  Edwin,  livery  stable  keeper 

Izard,  James,  teacher 

Dunn,  Wm.  founder. 

IngersoU,  James  H.  yeoman 

Delaney,  Patrick,  currier 

Daly,  M.  innkeeper 

Jossup,  Richard,  labourer 

Dunn,  J.  Bhoemaker 

Jarvis,  G.  T.  distiller 

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Johns,  Solomon,  cooper 
Jackson,  J.  R.  merchant 
James,  John,  cooper 

Knott,  Wm.  miller 
Kelley,  Robt.  shoemaker 
Kennedy,  Peter,  Teamster 

Linirx,  Henry,  teamster 
Lawrance,  M.  carpenter 
Lanson,  J.  W.  blacksmith 
Larkworth,  Wm.  carpenter 
Lind,  Edwd.  shoemaker 
Leonard,  John,  tanner 
Lawrance,  John,  joiner 

Miller,  Steph,  labourer 
MuUeron,  Alex,  blacksmith 
Merygold  Mrs 
Morrison,  John,  tailor 
Moore,  Robt.  labourer 
Maiss  Peter,  miller 
Maiss,  Joseph,  labourer 
Mahoney,  Patrick,  weaver 
Murdock,  Jamos,  wagonmaker 
Macklin,  John,  merchant 
Mollison,  John,  mechanic 
Moore,  John,  moulder 
Murray,  James,  blacksmith 
Mavor,  Edward,  carpenter 

McKenzie,  Geo.  blacksmith 
McDowell,  Wm.  laborer 
MeKenzie,  John,  tailor 
McDonald,  James,  laborer 
McDonald,  John,  merchant 
McDonald,  Jamos,  merchant 
McNab,  John,  merchant 
McKenzie,  J.  L  merchant 
McMuUkim,  Christ,  yeoman 
McCarthy,  James,  physician 
McDonald,  Rob.  merchant 
McKay,  Marshall,  carpenter 

O'Brien,  Henry,  tailor 
Ovington,  Mrs. 
Oliver,  Adam,  carpenter 

Phelan  Si.  Ad?ir,  merchants 
Pichard,  Hiram,  teamster 


NAMES    AND   OCCUPATIONS. 


Poole,  Robt.  yeoman 
Peacock,  Thos.  yeoman 
Pillton,  Willis  D.  shoemaker 
Poole,  Henry,  teamster 
Powell,  John,  laborer 
Parker,  C.  P.  yeoman 
Parkhurst,  Chas.  clothier 
Poole,  Sam.  tailor 
Phelan,  Daniel,  J.  P.,  merchant 
Patterson,  John,  innkeeper 
Paine,  David,  tailor 
Philips,  Uriah,  blacksmith 

Quegley,  Edmund,  lumberer 

Robinson,  Eph.  chairmaker 
Ramsey,  R.  H.  founder 

Shanly,  Patrick,  laborer 
Sheady,  John,  laborer 
Sheady,  R.  carpenter 
Spur,  G.  A.  innkeeper 
Smith,  Wm.  wagonmaker 
Shell,  D.  carpenter 
Snelgrove,  A.  mechanic 
Steele,  Aaron,  mechanic 
Schofield,  Henry,  blacksmith 
Smith,  L.  F.  minister 

Taylor,  John,  carpenter 
Tripp,  Moses,  bailiff 

Urwin,  John 

Venton,  Stephen,  laborer 
Vanatter,  James,  laborer 

Warwick,  John,  cabinetmaker 
Walker,  John,  cooper 
Welsh,  John,  lawyer 
Wilson,  David,  druggist 
Webster,  G.  H.  cabinetmaker 
Weigh,  Richard,  mechanic 
Wellfare,  Edwd.  teamster 
Walker,  James,  butcher 
Webster,  George,  joiner 
Wail,  John,  yeoman 
Ward,  Thomas,  laborer 
Wallace,  Robert,  minister 


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This  is  a  large  square  Township,  bounded  on  the  sdutli  by  llie  township  of 
Bayham,  county  di  Norfolk ;  on  the  east,  by  the  township  of  Norwich, 
county  of  Oxford;  on  the  west;,  by  the  township  of  South  Dorchester, 
county  of  Middlesex ;  and  on  the  north,  by  the  township  of  West  Oxford^ 
county  of  Oxford. 

"When  the  first  territdrial  division  of  the  Province  was  made,  (Jialy  l6th, 
1792,)  the  township  of  Dereham  formed  a  part  of  the  County  of  Norfolk, 
and  was  described  as  follows : — "  Lies  to  the  west  of,  and  adjoining  to  Nor- 
ivich."    A  very  satisfactory  and  explicit  explanation,  surely. 

By  the  Act  38  Geo.  III.,  chapter  5,  (1798),  the  township  of  Derehaid 
was  attached  to  the  County  of  Oxford. 

The  first  portion  of  the  township  was  surveyed  in  1799,  by  Mr.  Hamley ; 
another  portion  in  1810,  by  Mr.  Samuel  L.  Willmot;  and  a  third  portion^ 
or  rather  a  re-survey,  in  1822  (or  1832),  by  Mr.  Russell  Mount. 

The  first  lands  granted  in  the  township  was  on  the  4th  day  at  Septem- 
ber, 1800,  as  follows: — 


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John  &  George  Ball.       1st  con.,  lots  Ij  2,  4,  6,  7,  8,  9,  11,  13,  14,  15,  16, 

18,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25,  27,  and  28. 
con.,  lots  1,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  10,  11,  12,  and  14. 
«    1,  2,  4,  6,  7,  8,  9,  11,  13;  and  14. 
«    1,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  10,  11,  12,  and  14. 
«    15,  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  24,  25,  26; 
and  28. 
15,16, 18,  20, 21,  22, 23,  25, 27,  <fe  28; 
15,  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,- 

26,  and  28. 
1,  2,  4,  6,  and  7. 
1,  3,  4,  5,  and  7. 
1,  2,  4,  6,  and  7. 
8,  10,  11,  12,  and  14. 
8,  9,  11,  13,  and  14. 
8,  10,  11,  12,  and  14. 
1,  3,  4,  5,  and  7. 
Hon.  Peter  Ruieell..  I  11th    "      "    1,  2,  4,  6,  and  7. 

1,  3,  4,  6,-  and  7. 


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The  first  lot  sold  by  the  Oovernment,  was  the  north  half  of  lot  number 
12,  in  the  first  concession  of  the  township.  It  was  sold  on  January  2  2d, 
1834,  to  Stilson  Hackett,  at  l7s.  6d.  per  acre. 

For  several  years,  the  township  of  Dereham  was,  for  township  purposes* 
attached  to  the  township  of  West  Oxford.  We  have  been  fortunate  enough 
to  find  an  Assessment  Roll,  wherein  the  residents  of  each  township  have 
been  kept  distinct.  The  year  alluded  to  is  1825.  John  Galloway  and 
WiUiam  Underwood  were  assessors.  The  following  is  an  Abstract  of  the 
Roll,  as  far  as  Dereham  is  concerned : — 


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John  Deans 

Robert  Miller 

Philip  Gillard 

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This  township  has  settled  the  fastest  of  any  other  township  in  the  county. 
It  is  a  good,  well- watered  to^vnship ;  the  Otter  Creek  flows  through  the 
south-east  comer  of  it.  There  are  twelve  saw-mills  in  the  township,  two  of 
which  are  driven  by  steam-engines  of  twelve  horse  power,  valued  at  £5,700 ; 
and  capable  of  sawing  3,950,000  feet  of  lumber  per  year.  There  is  such  a 
good  demand  for  lumber  in  the  United  States,  and  the  convenience  for 
sending  it  there  down  the  Otter  Creek  is  such,  that  we  have  no  doubt  but 
what  that  amount  was  really  sawed  in  the  township  fast  year.  We  are  in- 
formed on  good  authority,  that  about  4,000,000  ft.  in  the  bg  was  sent  last 
year  from  the  township  to  the  United  States.  The  forepart  of  this  year 
eight  masts  were  taken  from  the  township  to  Boston  city,  which  sold  for 
$2,400.    The  best  one  brought  $450.    The  south  part  of  the  township  i» 

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principally  pine.    The  IngersoU  and  Port  Burwell  Plank  and  Gravel  road 
runs  through  the  township  its  entire  length. 

There  are  two  grist  mills  in  the  township  valued  at  £1,500  and  capable 
of  grinding  60,000  bush,  a  year.  One  carding  and  fulling  mill,  worth  £280 ; 
and  one  krge  tannery,  worked  by  a  12  horse  power  steam  engine,  worth 
£1500,  which  turns  out  36,000  lbs.  leather  per  annum. 

The  first  school,  which  we  have  any  official  account  of,  taught  in  th« 
county,  was  by  Lydia  Ronney. 

The  first  township  meeting  was  held  in  January,  1832;  Mr.  Harrejr 
Tillon  being  the  first  township  clerk. 


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The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  6,871  bushels, 

1848,  3,441  acres,  and   37,818  bushels,  being  11  biuheis  per  aer«. 

1850,3,085     "         "     46,036     «  «     14| 

1852,  3,677     "         «     60,667     "  «     16^ 

OATS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised  :-7- 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  7,499  bushels, 

1848,     800  acres,  and  27,219  bushels,  being  34  bushels  par  acrs. 

1860,  1,120     »        ♦'     28,788     «  «     25^ 

1862,  1,668     "        "     48,983     «  '^     41 


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The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 
1842,  no  return  of  acres,  597  bushels. 

1848,  37  acres  and        987  bushels,  being  27  bushels  per  acre. 
1850,  27     "         *♦         456     «*  «      17         « 

1852,  37     *♦         "         797     «  «      21^       •♦ 

RYE. 

1842,  no  return  of  acre^  109  bushels,  being  —  bushels  per  aoris. 
1848,  9  acres  and  150    «  «       16^    « 

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1842,  no  return  of  acreS)  2,686  bushels. 

1848,  265  acres,  and     6,060  bushels, being  22|  bushels  per  aer«. 
1850,  197     «         "       4,671     «  «     23       "  " 

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1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  302  bushels,  being  —  bushels  per  acra. 
1848, 20  acres,  and         475     «  "      23|    « 

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The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  3,236  bushels, 

1850,  618  acres,  and  10,101  bushels,  being  16^  bushels  per  acre. 

1852,399     "         "    10,315     "  "      ll}     «  " 

POTATOES. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres  8,671  bushels, 

1848,    76  acres,  and       8,593  bushels,  being  113  bushels  per  acre, 

1850,    68     «         «         7,901     «  «     116     « 

1862,  152     "         "         6,928     »J  "       43|  " 

SHEEP   &    WOOL. 

1842,  1,403  sheep,  and  4,897ft),  being  3jft)  per  sheep. 
1848,  3,933     «         "     9,841ft),         "    2^ib 
1850,  3,874     "         «  10,039ft»,         «    2ift} 
1862,  4,316     «         "  10,976ft),         "    2ift» 

HORSES. 
1842,178;  1848,516;   1860,641;  1862,696;  See  page  60. 

NEAT  CATTLE. 
1842,1,666;  1848,2,908;  1860,3,211;   1862,3,866. 

MILCH   COWS. 

1840,368;  1S60,   ;  1862,1.491. 

HOGS. 
<      1842,  1,011;  1848,  2,247;  1860,  1,066;  1862,  2,085. 

MAPLE   SUGAR. 
1842,26,072%;  1848,  66,669ib;  1860,  78,1 18lb;  1852,48,402. 

HAY. 
1860,  1,769  tons;  1862,  2,632  tons. 

FULLED   CLOTH. 
1842,  001  yards;   1848,  2,417  yards;   1862,  182S  yards. 

FLANNEL. 
It4fl,  J,m  yds.;  1848,  0,000  yds.;  1860,  8,810  ydi.;  1861, 1,601  ydi. 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  DEPEHAM. 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  DEREHAM  COUNCIL. 

1850. 

Benjamin  Van  Norman,  Reeve. 

William  Smith,  Jacob  Glover,  Robert  Stroud,  James  Bodwell. 

ASSESS0R3. 

Adam  Tripp,  William  Hall,  and  Charles  G.  Cody. 
Collector,  Charles  G.  Cody. 
Charles  E.  Chadwick,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

1851. 

George  Leash,  Reeve. 

William  Smith,  Charles  Hawkins,  Jacob  Glover,  George  Quartimas. 

Assessors,  Charles  C.  Cody  and  Matthias  Millard. 

Collector,  Andrew  Smart. 

Charles  E.  Chadwick,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

1852. 

Charles  Hawkins,  Reeve. 

William  Smith,  George  Quartimas,  W.  Nisbet,  Moses  Hadeoek. 

Assessor,  William  Hall. 

Collector,  Andrew  Smart. 

Charles  E.  Chadwick,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


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LIST  OF  OFFICERS  OF  THE  TOWNSHIP  OF  DEREHAM,  &C.,  SINCE  THE  FIRST 
FORMATION  OF  THE  DISTRICT  OF  BROCK. 


s 
s 

TOWN  CLERKS. 

ASSESSORS. 

COLLECTORS. 

TOTAL 
ARaESSBD  VALtJB. 

TOTAfc 

TAXI! 

LBVIKD, 

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£     s 

I) 

£      I      D 

1840  Benj.  VanNorman, 

Robert  Stroud, 

Robert  Stroud, 

8,084    4 

0 

84    4    6 

1841  James  Bndwell, 

14                              t* 

4.               ..       ' 

fi.U04    4 

0 

03    4    2 

1842     '•           ..        ' 

Andrew  Dodwell, 

Kliphat  Bodwell, 

11,300  11 

0 

173    2    0 

1843  Jesse 3.  Woodnard, 

I'elor  Siiiitli, 

Peter  Smith, 

1*2,323    0 

0 

248  19    7 

1814;    " 

Koberl  Stroiid, 

Robert  Stroud, 

14,040    3 

6 

168    2    1 

1843  Charles  G.Cody, 

Win.  C.  Darrow, 

William  C,  Darrow, 

10,333    9 

0 

173    9    3 

1840     "            " 

Isaac  Hadvoi'k, 

Alvin  Hill, 

2l»,529  19 

a 

280    3    6 

1647  Jesse  S.  Woodward, 

Charles  G.  Cody, 

Charles  G.  Cody, 

22,378  17 

(1 

233    8    S 

1848     "              " 

44                     4.      "^ 

4.                                .4        •" 

2.5.113    6 

0 

3-29  13    0 

1849     •'              " 

44                             44 

44                                14 

27,611  i3 

0 

338    0    3 

1830  Charles  E.  Chad  wick, 

44                             44* 

4.                            4  4 

32,039    0 

0{ 
0^ 

100    «  10 

lesii  •'         <• 

44                          «4| 

Andrew  Smart, 

t  171,636    0 
f  180.047    0 

22R  17    « 

1852 

•'                         44 

William  Hall. 

44                        (4 

OJ 

2?3  19    0 

CHILDREN 

1^    . 

01 

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W    m      • 

MUNICI- 

LBQISLi 

VT. 

AMODNT 

tot.am'nt. 

FROM   6    TO   16 

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PAL  SCH'L 

BOHOO 

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rais'd  by 

B.  BILL. 

paid  to 
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tau't. 

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o 

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£     B     d 

£     8 

d 

£    s    d 

£    8    d 

1844 

46     3     2 

43     1 

0 

37  10    0 

113  19    1 

285 

189 

12 

IC 

7; 

1845 

61     9    5 

63  19 

8 

62  16    7 

155    2    4 

316 

227 

12 

8 

7 

1846 

64    0    6 

53     6 

6 

35  16  11 

153  14    8 

279 

289 

14 

8 

3 

1847 

63  13    6 

54  17 

3 

162  16    8 

407    2    8 

377 

188 

18 

13 

6 

1848J59  12    2 

52    9 

3 

05  14  10 

197  12  10 

417 

226 

13 

12 

8* 

1849 

64    9  10 

50    3 

0 

115     6     0 

228    6    9 

691 

197 

14 

12 

^ 

1850 

49  10    0 

48    2 

3 

160    4    9 

255  17    4 

650 

218 

15 

12 

7 

1851 

90  14    5 

63  16 

6 

39    1     7 

282    0    0 

657 

193 

15 

12 

8 

1852 

79  15    0 

72    2 

6 





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— 

TOWNSHIP  OF  DEREHAM'S  "  RUIN  AND  DECAY." 


1820  1830 


Population,. 
Occupied,  . 
Cultivated,. 
Non-rosid't, 
Non-resid't, 
Personal, . . 

Real, 

Total, 

Framed, 
1  story, 
Brick  and 

Stone,  1 

Btory, 
P.,  Brick, 

StStone, 

2  stories 
Taxes  lev' d, 
M.  Cows, 


IT 
IT 
IT 
IT 
IT 
IT 
IF 
IF 

IF.. 'if 


329 


:1F 
IF 

IF 

;1F 

IF 

;^ 

IF 


1F.-1F 


1840 


1F-- 

1F. 
IF. 


IF-. 

IF.. 
IF. 


776 

J  6,068 

2,275 

1F.-.- 
1F.--. 
IF.-.. 
1F-.-- 
£8,984 

11 


1 


£84  4s 
368 


1848 


2,463 

37,267 

8,432 

1F.--- 
1F.... 
^■.--. 
IF---. 
25,113 

IF.-.. 
IF.... 


IF.--. 
329  15 


1850 


1851 


1852 


2,839i1F 

43,775|      62,838 

ll,257i1F 

IF i      14,562 


IF 

IF 

IF 

£32,039 

IF 


IF 


IF 


117  4  4 


£14,663 

£16,233 

£140,739 

1 171,636 

IF 
IF 

IF 

§228  17  6 


3,644 

64,492 

11,902 

12,908 

£12,246 

£17,132 

£150,669 

I  180,047 

146 


WHOLE  OF 

COUNTY. 

1820 


22 

§223  19  6 
1,491 


1,522 
39,822 
7,148 
IF 

IF 

H 

IF 

£26,967 

55 


£236    3a 
993 


*And  Adam  Tripp  and  William  Hall. 
{  Valued  accorainc  to  th*  new  Aiieisment  Act. 
I  County  Eat*  only, 


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^  No  returns. 


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4 

6 

4 

3 

3 

9 

10 

7 

2 

1 

9 

5 

3 

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8 

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15 

0 

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3 

6  10 

17 

8 

19 

0 

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TOWiNSllIP  OF''  OXFORD  UPON  THE  THAMES/' 


-»♦•- 


What  is  now  West,  East  and  North  Oxford,  was  called  until  very  recently 
in  all  the  Acts  of  Parliament  in  which  they  were  alluded  to,  Oxford  upon 
the  Thames.  It  was  so  described  at  the  first  territorial  formation  of  the 
County  of  Oxford,  (January  Ist,  1800,)  which  township  was  thua  described 
by  Surveyor  General  Smith,  in  1'799: — "It  lies  southward  of  Dundas-st., 
where  the  western  end  of  that  road  meets  the  upper  forks  of  the  River  la 
Tranche"  (Thames).  Under  this  head,  therefore,  we  propose  giving  a  brief* 
chapter. 

Blenheim,  Blandford,  and  part  of  Oxford  upon  the  Thames,  were  the  firat 
townshipo  which  were  surveyed  in  the  County.  They  were  surveyed  by 
Mr.  Augustus  Jones,  in  1*793,  the  next  year  after  the  arrival  of  the  first 
Upper  Canada  governor. 

In  the  old  Township  book,  we  found  the  following  explicit  and  minute 
minute  of  a  meeting: — "  March,  1800 — A  Toion  meeting  was  held."  A 
similar  minute  is  made  for  several  years  after.  We  have  not,  in  conse- 
quence, been  able  to  collect  any  information  from  the  Township  books,  and 
it  ts  rather  defective  what  we  have  obtained  elsewhere,  but  are  sure  it  is 
correct,  what  ' .  given. 

The  following  list  gives  the  names  of  some  )f  the  Township  oflScers : — 


Y'rs, 


1811 
1812 
1813 
1815 
1816 
1817 
1818 
1819 
1822 
1824 
1825 
1826 
1827 


Town  clerks. 


Archibald  Burtch 

•  •  •  • 

Wm.  McCartney 

Alanson  Tousley 
Alanson  Tousley 
Alanuon  Tousley 
James  Carroll 

.... 

•        •        .        • 
Isaac  Carroll 

Isaac  Carroll 


Assessors. 


Archibald  Burtch 
Ely  Harris 
Joel  Piper 
Elijazor  Scott 
Abel  Thornton 
Calvin  Thornton 
Samuel  Lewis 
Marvel  White 
Solomon  Kiug 
Wm.  McCartney 
John  Galloway 
Thos.  IngersoU 
Robt.  AUway 


Assessors. 


Ely  Harris 
David  Curtis 
John  Catroll 
Isaac  Burdick 
Alanson  Tousley 
Henry  Carroll 
Benjamin  Loonis 
Isaac  Burdick 
Gilbert  Harris 
Elisha  Harris 
Wm.  Underwood 
Jeremiah  Finck 
James  Harris 


Collectors. 


Arch'd  Burtch 

Isaac  Burdick 

Horatio  Lewis 
Calvin  Martin 
Wm.  McCartney 
Calvin  Martin 

Heman  James 

•  •  • 

Roswell  King 


We  give  below  a  copy  of  the  Assessment  Roll,  as  fariisthe  names  of  the 
landholders  and  householders,  the  quantity  of  land,  and  the  number  of  the 
horses,  oxen,  and  cows,  are  concerned,  for  the  year  1812,  which  is  the  latest 
authentic  roll  we  could,  after  much  search,  find.     On  the  roll  there  are  no 


bat  hay* 


W«  had  prepared  a  lencthy  chapter  respi  ting  thii,  the  most  interesting  township  of  the  County. 
hay*  b«en  obliged  to  withhold  it  in  conieqnence  of  the  size  this  worli  has  already  swelled  to. 


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TOWNSHIP  CV  "  OXFORD  UPON  THE  THAMES." 


" nicrchaaCs shops'*  nor  " 7nills"  and  tho  only  taxablo  house,  one  of  Mr. 
Delight  Huskiiis.  He  certainly  hud  good  reuuou  to  be  delight(ed)  with  his 
proud  position. 

It  should  also  bo  borno  in  mind  that,  with  tho  exception  of  a  few  per- 
sons in  a  very  small  settlement  in  the  Township  of  Blenheim,  the  beloir 
embraces  the  whole  inhabitants,  <&c.,  of  the  entire  CowUy  of  Oxford  at 
that  period. 


Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Ttand. 

Cultivated 
1       Land. 

• 

g 

• 

J 

Peter  McNames 

47 
38 
48 

150 
80 

200 
26 
43 
30 
45 
48 
40 
40 

325 

585 

660 
90 

180 
50 

480 
89 

"92 

48 

60 

170 

180 

90 

155 

40 

90 

40 

61 

79 

350 

284 

160 

44 

3 

14 
2 

60 
20 

'4 

22 
10 
5 
12 
10 
10 
75 
15 
40 
10 
20 

26 
15 
20 
15 

8 
12 

8 
30 
20 
20 
20 

.s 

10 

9 
16 

60 

l5 

60 

6 

2 
1 
3 
3 
2 
1 
2 

i 

2 

3 
3 
1 
3 
2 
1 

'2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 
1 

2 
2 

1 
3 

«  - 

•  - 

2 

2 

"2 

"3 
4 
4 
2 
2 

2 

2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 

'3 

'« 
2 
3 

1 

John  McNames 

1 

Silas  Williams 

2 

John  Carroll 

7 

James  Carroll 

3 

Edwd  Topping 

Alex.  Graham, 

1 

Deligh  Hasklns 

3 

Geo.  Nichols 

1 

Freeman  Burdick, 

Wm.  Cook 

4 

Thos.  Douling 

i 

Sam.  Sage 

3 

lohabude  Hall 

3 

Sam.  Canifield 

3 

Christopher  Kern, 

3 

David  Lick, 

Jonathan  Wright 

4 
2 

Henry  Wolsey 

1 

Nicholas  Brink, 

A 

Win.  Reynolds, 

2 

Enoch  Burdock, 

2 

James  Janes . 

2 

Joel  Piper 

4 

Peter  Taylor, 

1 

Cabel  Burdocks 

3 

Zacharah  Burtch 

4 

Levi  Luddington 

4 

Elezr.  Scott 

6 

Williard  Sage 

3 

Wm.  Scott, 

2 

Allen  Sage, 

4 

Jacob  Carroll 

2 

Isaac  Burdock 

i 

Daniel  Dodge, 

3 

Luther  Hoskins 

3 

John  Youngs, 

3 

Sykes,  Townley, 

7 

Daloor,  Taylor^ ^ 

i 

1 
1 
a 

7 
3 

i 

3 
1 

4 

i 

3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
2 
1 
5 
2 
2 
2 
4 
1 

.iS 

4 
4 

3 
2 

4 
2 

3 
3 
3 
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Names. 


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• 

>    C     ~ 

■ 

. 

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J* 

;  a  -o  Id 

•— 1 

'•' 

0 

P  *-  1^ 

Vernam  Mathown, 

Robt.  Clark 

JohnB.  Free  ....! 

Arch.  Burtch, 

Levi  Babbitt, ; 

Bonj.  Loomis, ; 

James  Graham • 

Homan  Jones ' 

Jonathan  Spraggo.; 

Hiram  Sales 

Calvin  Martin ' 

Ely  Harris | 

Sylvester  Daggert.  1 


i«s;i2! 

18218' 

100!.. I 

94  j  6 

8til5| 

84  16L. 

84  l()j  2 

90J10.. 
I90il0l.. 

8812'  '> 
116i   1 

60'go 

8020 


..i2 


I 


2. 


Numoa. 


Daniel  Harris, 

Jaincsi  P.  Harris,.. 

Elijah  Harris 

Gilbert  Harris, 

PctorTeeplo 

William  Hill 

Duty  Underwood . . 
Abraham  Canfiold. 
Mathew  Choatos.. 

Jacob   Choates, 

Jacob  Karne, 

David  Curtis 


30  A 
39  11 
41  9 
8 
8 
3 
3 
20 
9 
6 
6 
30 


77 
47 
680 
37 
194 
195 
120 


o  lis 


2 
2 

2 

2 


o 


4 
2 
2 
3 


In  1816,  there  wore  the  following  additions: — 


Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Land. 

Cul.  Land,  j 
Horses.    | 

• 

OQ 

Si 
6 

Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Land. 

• 

i 

• 

0 

Horses. 
Oxen. 

I 

Jeremiah  Finck.  .. 
Nicholas  Brinck. .. 
Wm.  McCarthnoy. 
Eve  Hall 

80 
485 

40 
366 

""42 
40 
60 
36 
41 

100 
88 
27 

100 
76 
40 
76 

60i  2 
15    2 
20    3 

85    1 

2 

4 

2 

2 

2 

'2 

2 
3 
2 

8 
3 
4 
4 
6 
4 

2 
2 
2 

1 
1 
1 
2 

Cooper  Pecksley,  .. 

Jno.  Mud„'e 

Wm.  Underwood . . 

Daniel  Carroll 

Ruth  Marks 

John  Harris 

Warren  Daggert  . . 

Jacob  Wood 

Mary  Taylor 

Walter  Brown 

Isaac  McNamos.. 

Isaac  Edwards 

Marshall  White... 

Abm.  Carroll 

George  Karn 

A.  Towsley 

Alanson  Towsley.. 

34 

200 

45 

30 

264 

42 

90 

32 

85 

197 

240 

100 

200 

95 

200 

40 

40 

10 

70 

5 

15 

20 

8 

10 

18 

15 

3 

40 

"5 
20 
25 
25 

■4:"2 

1 " 

1 
1 
1 

Cabel  Piper 

Sam.  Lewis 

Ebenezer  Cook.... 

John  Galloway 

Simon  Maybell 

Comfort  Sage 

Henry  Carroll 

Wm.  Carroll 

James  Fuller 

Samuel  Cook 

Stum  Mather 

Samuel  Sage 

Alex.  Thornton  . . . 

7 

8 

60 

40 

24 

6 
on 

12 
2 

25 
26 

2 
2 
2 
3 
2 

'2 
1 
2 

i 

1 

2 

"i 

2 

i 

1 

1 

2 

'2 

2 

1 
1 
2 
1 
1 

4 
1 
1 
3 

1 

Notwithstanding  a  fii-st  settlement  in  the  county  was  commenced  in 
Blenheim  two  years  before  one  was  attempted  in  Oxford,  the  latter  one 
may  be  justly  called  the  fii-st  settlement  of  the  county :  Oxford  was,  as  it 
were,  the  nucleus  around  which  the  entire  county  was  settled.  We  had,  at 
muclx  trouble,  collated  a  somewhat  lengthy  history  of  its  settlement,  but 
have  been  compelled,  for  want  of  room,  to  suppress  it.  Mr.  Gourley,  in 
1818,  thus  reported  it:— "It  commenced  settling  in  l7'i)6;  in  1817,  it  had 
530  of  8  population,  and  76  inhabited  houses.    No  plnoe  of  worship;  1 


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T0WN8mP  OF  "  OXFOBD  UPON  THE  THAMES." 


Baptist  minister;  1  grist  mill,  and  2  saw  mills.  Worth  of  a  horse,  £16  5s.; 
of  a  cow,  £6  68. ;  of  an  ox,  £10 ;  of  a  sheep,  ISs. ;  of  a  lb  of  wool,  28. 6d. ; 
butter,  lid.  ^  lb.  Price  of  land,  in  1800,  28.  6d.  f)  acre,  and  in  1817, 
12s.  6d."  By  the  Act  33  Geo.  III.,  chap.  3,  it  is  enacted,  "That  when 
any  township  shall  not  contain  30  inhabitant  householders,  it  shall  not  be 
lawful  for  the  justices  to  issue  their  warrant  for  calling  a  (township)  meet- 
ing therein,  but  the  said  inhabitants  shall  be  joined  to,  and  taken  as  inhabi- 
tants of,  the  township  adjacent."  This  accounts  for  the  three  Oxfords  being 
in  one  township  for  a  number  of  years.  North  Oxford  became  detached 
on  Ist  January,  1842,  but  we  have  not  been  able,  after  much  search,  to 
find  out  when  East  Oxford  did.  It  was  between  1820  and  1822,  we 
think.  The  only  person  who  could  give  us  this  information  writes  that  he 
bas  not  time  to  make  the  search. 


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THE  TOWNSHIP  OF  WEST  OXFORD. 


This  township  is  triangular  in  shape,  and  entirely  surrounded  by  townships 
belonging  to  the  county  of  Oxford.  It  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  town- 
ship of  East  Oxford ;  on  the  south  by  the  township  of  Dereham ;  and  on 
the  north-west  by  the  township  of  North  Oxford,  from  which  it  is  divided 
by  the  river  Thames.  The  townships  of  North  Oxford  and  East  Oxford 
were  formerly  attached  to  this  township  ;  the  former  was  detached  in  1842 
and  the  latter,  we  think,  between  1820  and  1822. 

At  the  first  territorial  formation  of  the  county,  (1798)  West  Oxford 
formed  one  of  its  townships. 

In  1820,  the  three  Oxfords,  the  whole  of  the  townships  of  Zorra  and 
Nissouri  were  assessed  together,  at  which  time  their  united  population 
amounted  to  719  souls.    The  same  territory  now  has  14,914  souls. 

The  township  was  partly  surveyed  in  1793,  by  Mr.  Augustus  Jones,  and 
partly  by  Mr.  Mahlon  Burwell,  in  1825. 

The  following  lands  were  granted  by  the  Crown  previous  to  1850, 
▼it: — 


Thos.  Dexter, 
Saml.  Confield,  jun. 
Luther  Haskins, 
James  Hopkins, 
Eliza  Scott, 
Saml.  Confieldf 
Allen  Sage, 


Dec.    1,  1708,  2nd  con.,    6th  lot. 


(( 


31, 
u     u 

u     u 


Dec.  31,  1 . 


1st  con.,  29th  lot. 

«  7th  lot. 

2d  con.,    4th  lot. 

8d  con.,  18th  lot. 

8,  29,  B.  Front. 


Mar.  30,  1799,  12,  B.  Front. 


The  first  lot  sold  hy  the  Government,  was  the  9th  lot,  Ist  con.  It  wa« 
sold  to  Mr.  Nicholas  Brink,  at  15s.  per  acre,  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  1830. 

The  second  lot  registered  in  the  county,  was  in  this  township,  viz : — 
December,  22,  1800,  lot  6th,  2d  con.  Thos.  Dexter  and  wife,  of  the  town- 
ship of  Berton,  District  of  Niagara,  to  Luther  Haskins. 

To  Major  Ingersoll*  was  entrusted  the  settling  of  the  township.  He  and 
Benjamin  Loomis  were  the  firet  that  moved  in,  which  was  in  1793.  Ich- 
abod  Hall,f  Eebenezer  Cook,  —  Canfield,  Luther  Haskins,  and  Capt.  David 
Curtis,  in  the  following  year.  The  first  white  child  born  in  the  township  was 
in  1801.  Maj.  Ingersoll  brought  with  him  two  cows,  which  were  the  first 
brought  into  the  township,  and  in  all  probability,  the  first  into  the  county. 
James  Burdick,  Esq.,  erected  the  first  mill  in  the  township,  (a  small  one,  16 
feet  square,  which  stood  where  Centrevillenow  stands,)  in  or  about  1805.  In 
1810  it  came  into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Andrew  Westbrook,  who  just  be- 

*  Th«  father  of  ear  mnch  reipertcd  tewniman,  Jam««  Ingartoll,  Fiq.,  Ragiitnr. 
«  Tha  father  of  Rli«ha  Hall,  Rii} ,  of  IngaraoU. 


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fore  the  war  "ran  away''  and  left  it.  In  1812  or  1810,  in  tb«  capacity  of 
an  American  Genoral,  ho  eaiiif  over  the  linos  with  hduio  two  or  throo  hun- 
dred men,  and  amongst  other  va//««/  acts,  l>urnt  this  niill.  Wo  have  in 
our  possession  a  lottor  from  this  (General,  in  whit  h  he  tlireatens  something 
of  the  kind  if  eoilain  unroasonaliln  ro(iuosls  wore  not  p;rantod.  1'he  British 
Government  paid  the  owner  ri>r  (Ik!  loss  of  this  mill. 

We  have  in  our  possession  a  eo]\v  of  Mr.  .loscpli  "NMIIoock's  newspaper, 
The  Guardian,  jtultlishod  at  the  town  of  JS'iagara,  Saturday,  September 
lltb,  1811,  in  Avhii'h  we  find  three  advertisements  from  West  Oxford.* 

The  first  is  a  notice,  dated  July  0,  iMl  1,  of  Luthor  Iloskins,  and  Nicho- 
las Brink,  Executors  of  Eliza  Hcskins,  cjdlinjj  upon  all  persons  indebted, 
«fec.,  (fee. 

The  second  is  as  follows: 

"Ran  away  from  the  subscriber  an  indenlured  ap]>rentico,  named  Elijah 
James.  Whoever  will  take  up  said  runaway,  and  return  him  to  me,  shall 
reiYjive  ten  dollars  reward,  and  all  necohsary  charges  paid.  West  Oxford, 
May  15,  1811.  Jacob  Cuoate. 

The  third  is  of  a  nature  that  for  the  credit  of  the  parties,  wo  do  not  copy : 
The  same  paper,  under  the  head  of  "  The  latest  news,"  informs  its  rea- 
ders that  "tho  Kino' remained  much  the  same  as  per  last  advices,"  and  that 
"Capt.  Moore  states  that  an  end)aro;o  was  )noniently  expected  to  bo  laid  on 
all  American  vessels  in  British  ports,"  which  news  left  England,  June  30th, 
and  New  York,  Aiigust  22nd. 

On  the  2it]i  of  Dec,  1817,  a  public  was  held  in  a  log  school  house,f 
situated  on   Lot  No.  13,  Ist  Con.,  West  Oxford:  "For  the  purpose  of 
taking  into  coupideration  the  proprioi  v  of  answering  cortaing  queries,  pro- 
posed by  Roltert  Gouilay."     The  ch;iir  was  occupied  by  Peter  Teeple,  Esq., 
and  amongst  otliers,  tho  following  answeis  were  unanimou«»ly  given: — 
"  9th,  Soil — A  dark  loam  surface,  level  and  extremely  well  wotered." 
"  10th,  Timt  er — M.aple,  Beech,  Elm,  Ash,  Baswood,  Fine,  Cheny,  Oak, 
and  Buttertuit." 

"  22nd,  Sleigliing  two  months.     Plowing  commences  Ist  April." 
"24th,  Pasture  good — an  ox  will  gain  one-fourth  in  a  summer'sjrun ;  the 
quality  of  the  dairy  produce  is  good." 
„|     "  26,  Laud  soinoiimes  let  on  shares;  the  owner  of  tlie  land  receives  ono- 
\  j  third  of  the  crops  in  tlic  field  when  harvested." 

'  '      "31,  We  considf^r  th.at  a  want  of  persons  of  ability  to  purchase  the  lands 
'^  n  the  town.'hip,  and  becoming  aclual  setilers,  is  what  principally  rf^iards  the 
Mprovement  of  the  same,"    The  Avhole  I  nds  of  t"  e  township  are  of  th« 
'  'ery  best  quality  and  nearly  all  settled. 

There  are  six   sav,'  mills  in  the  township,  r~  -eil'y  '.vorth   £1,350,  and 
'; ,  apable  of  sawing  1,150,00,  feet  per  year.      .  hero    rc  no  grist  mills. 

According  to  the  return  of  the  Crown  Land  utrtoe,  there  are  23,000 

cres  in  the  township,  v.hich  includes  th**  007  aTes  taken  therefrom,  to 

^'  trm  a  portion  of  the  village  of  Ingenv.ll,    But  by  the  assessors  return,  there 


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>Ured  rond*'  betwpon  the  two  pUi-*»      A  vnry  ronv»^ni»nt  nrf.vertiiiing  m<-  »«»i  tiir^Iy. 

•  Long  linr*  rottcH  riown. 


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TOWNSHIP   or   WEST   OXFORD. 


89 


Rre  20,031  acres,  not  including  Ingorsoll,  making  a  differcnoe  between  th« 
two  returns  of  3,828  uores.  Tliis  discrepancy  we  have  eudoavoured  to 
account  for  on  page  00. 

Fot  knowing  tho  exact  year  East  Oxford  was  det.iohed.  we  cannot  giv« 
a  copy  of  the  jwsessineut  roll,  for  the  first  year  afterwards.  We  therefore  givo 
a  copy  of  the  one  fai-  1824,  as  far  as  the  nuiiiea  of  huidholdurs,  and  tha 
quantities  of  land  occupied,  Ac,  are  concerned : — 


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Henry  Carroll, bk  12 

Abraham  Canfiold...  bp'Io 

Robt.  All  way,* 2l  3 

Munson  Cook,* bf 

Christopher  Kain,. . .  bf 

Win.  Carroll, bf 

Thos.  Traccy,* bf   4 

Gilbert  Harris, 2lS| 

Elisha  Harris, 7  If); 

VVm.  Hill 219; 

Comfort  Sapo, 114; 

Simon  Mayboo, 2l;V 

Nicholas  Brink, IjlO' 

Potor  Sononover,*. . .    11. ^i 

Samuel  Lewis, '  3ls 

\Vm.  Underwood,  ..j  1  l"* 

John  Stevens,* I  1  ij: 

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Henry  Swart,  * 1  23 

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David  Curtis 

Isaac  Carroll, 

John  Voiuijjs, 

Solomon  King,* 

Thomas  IngersoU,  .. 

KiiciiozprCook, 

Wm.  Reynolds, 

Michael  Tripp,* 

Wm.  Herrick,* 

VVm.  Kennedy,* 

Peter  Hagle,* 

Nicholas  French,*. . 

Jacob  Wood, 

John  Galloway, 

Ileman  .Tones, 

Joel  Piper, 

Sylvester  Daggart,. . 

Joshua  Brink, 

James  Harris, 

Daniel  Hannis,* 

Elisha  Habbis,* 

Robert  Conison,* 

Chas.  IngersoU,  Esq. 

Willard  Scott, 

Wm.  McCarthney,.. 
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We  accidently  found  a  School  report,  of  a  School  kept  in  West  Oxford, 
by  Mr.  Pufus  Foster,  in  tlte  year  1826.  The  names  of  the  scholars,  who  at- 
tetided  the  school  we  publish  below,  thinking  it  may  be  interesting  to  some 
parties  in  the  township. 

Lavina  Carroll,  Martha  McCarthney,  Cynis  McCarthney,  Justus  RejTiolds, 
Abigail  E.  Foster,  Rufns  Foster,  Wm.  Galloway,  Zachariah  Sage,  Horace 
Foster,  James  McCarthney,  James  Sage,  Mary  Stephens,  Lydia  Piper,  Fanny 

*  Those  iDirbcl  thni  mni>t  hut*  iP'tlAil  in  tha  Tewnihip  between  ISIO  end  1834,  ■«  their  aamei  4* 
■nt  appear  in  tha  liit  on  pagai  94  anii  3S. 


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A.  Nicholds,  Lucy  Sage,  Charles  Hess,  Sarah  Reynolds,  Phoebe  Curtia,  Danl. 
Curtis,  jr.,  Ebeaezer  Galloway,  Enoch  Sage,  Mary  Sage,  Avery  Scrambling, 
Fred  Scrambling,  Jane  McCarthney.  Trustees,  Willard  Sage,  Wm.  Rey- 
nolds, &  Henry  Carroll.    School  open  from  May  16th  till  Aug.  16th. 

There  was  a  Sabbath  School  commenced  July  Ist,  1827,  by  Mr.  Willard 
Scott,  on  the  1st.  Sept.  he  rei)oi'ted  that  he  had  15  scholars,  and  that  they 
had  committed  to  memory  3069  verses,  as  follows : — Lydia  Piper,563 ;  Lucy 
Jones,  449  verses;  Ruby  Jones,  392,  verses;  Isaac  Piper,  364  verses;  Lobina 
Wood,  308  verses ;  H.  Laura  Jones,  172  verses ;  E.  Laura  Jones,  167  verses ; 
Esther  Piper,  167  verses;  Wm.  Galloway,  126  verses;  Levi  Sage,  124 
verses;  Solomon  Wood,  77  verses;  Abigail  Jones,  63  verses;  Nelson  Jones, 
61  verses;  and  Allen  Sage,  18  verses. 


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WHEAT. 
The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  10,132  bushels. 

1 848,  2,559  acres,  and   24,01 9  bushels,  being  9^  bushels  per  Aert. 
1850,2,972     "         "     29,510     "  "     6j       "         " 

1852,*  1,543  "         "     33,321     "  -     21^     •*         * 

OATS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  16,370  bushels. 

1 848,     913  acres,  and  25,898  bushels,  being  28^  bushels  per  acre. 
18.50,     988     "        «     21,374     «  "     2lJ^     "  " 

J  852,*  927     •*        "     30,911     "  "     33i     " 

PEAS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised :— r 

1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  3,002  bushels. 

1850,  657  acres,  and        7,499  bushels,  being  1 3^^  bushels  per  aere. 

1862,*  664  "         "  13,985     "  "      21       ♦* 

BARLEY. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  1,491  bushels. 

1848,    64  acres  and      1,335  bushels,  being  21  bushels  per  aere. 


1850,  108 
1852,*  51 


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RYE. 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  419  bushels,  being  —  bushela  per  aere. 
1848,  114  acres  and     1,739     «  "       15i    "  " 

1860,    36     «         "         364     "  ♦«         9|     "  • 

1862,*  28     «         "        466     "  •*       16       •  « 

INDIAN   CORN. 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,     839  bushels. 

1848,    104  acres,  and     2,486  bushels, being  24  bushekper  Mr«. 

1850,      93     "         "       2,379     "  "     23^ 

1862,*  139     "         "       3,336     "  •»     24 


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1842,  no  return  o^  acres,  251  bushels,  being  —  bushels  per  a«r«. 
1848,    42  acres,  and       733    "  "      17^    " 

1850,  no  return  made,     565    "  "     —      •* 

1852,*  22  acres,  and       870    "  "17      « 

POTATOES. 
The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  9,674  bushels. 

1 848,    78  acres^  and       7,745  bushels,  being  99^  bushels  per  a«r«. 
1850,    62     "         "        6,830     "  "     110 

1852,*  86    "        «        6,694     »»  "66 

SHEEP   &    WOOL. 
The  following  will  show  the  number  and  quantity  :— 

1842,    2,024  sheep,  and  4,11 8!b,  being  2ib  per  sheep. 

1848,    4,169    «        «  10,564ft),    "  2ift» 

1850,    3,920     "         «  U,348ft),     "  2|ib 

1862,*  3,311     "        "    7,736ft>,    "  2iib 


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1880,  168;f  1842,  369;   1848,  699;  1860,  023;  1862,*  610. 

NEAT   CATTLE. 
1830,966;  1842,1,674;  1848,2,002;  1850,  2,072;   1862,*  1,761. 

MILCH   COWS. 
1810,443;  1840,661;  1848,  ....;  1860,  ....;  1862,*  84?. 

HOGS. 
1842,1,147;  1848,  1,780;  1860,  1,907;  1862,*  1,370, 

MAPLE  SUGAR. 
1842,  10,587!b;  1848,  31,222lb;  1860,  32,140ib;  1862,*  17,790. 

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HAY. 
1860,  1,129  tons;  1852,*  1,360  tona, 

FULLED   CLOTH. 
184f,  1,181  yardi;    1848,  1,670  yards;    1852,*  604  yard*. 

FLANNEL. 
18iS,  t,25lydi.;  1848,  6,191  yds.;   1850,  4,458  yds.;  1852,*  1,41£  ydi. 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  WEST  OXFORD  COUNCIL. 

1850. 

BeDJamin  Thornton,   Reeve. 

John  McDonald,  W.  B.  Maybee,  Charles  Mason,  <fe  David  Canfield. 

A«essor8,  VJm.  Hook,  Senr.,  John  Youngs,  Senr.,  Alexr.  McDonald. 

Collector,  Alexander  McDonald. 

David   Curtes,   Clerk,  and  D.  Doty,  Treasurer. 

1851. 

John  McDonald,  Reeve. 

Benjamin  Thornton,  D.  Canfield,  W.  B.  Maybee,  John  Gallaford 
AMeasors,   Charles  Parkhurst,  Edmund    Deedes,   James    Galloway. 

Collector,  Sylvestor  Sage. 
James  Berry,  Clerk,  D.  Doty,  Treasurer. 

1852. 

Charles  Mason,  Reeve. 

W.  B.  Maybee,  Thomas  Holcroft,  Jacob  Topping,   Thomas  Elliott. 

Assessors,  Benjamin  Thornton,  Jonathan  Jarns,  Jacob  Chott. 

James  Berry,  Clerk. 

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LIST  OF  TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS,  &C.,  SINCE  THE  FIRST  FORMATION  OP 

THE  DISTRICT  OF  BROCK. 


Teari.        Town  Clerks. 


al840 
al841 


Assessors. 


David  Canfield 
David  Canfield 


Collectors. 


al842!David  Canfield 


1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
1851 
1852 


David  Canfield 
David  Canfield 
John  Youngs 
David  Canfield 
John  Youngs 
John  Youngs 
Darius  Doty 
David  Curtis 
James  Barrie 
James  Barrie 


WiUard  Scott 

Williird  Scott 

Willard  Scott 

Williird  ^cott 

John  McDonald 

John  McDonald 

Alex.  JI(! Donald  Alex. 

Alex.  McDonald; Alex. 

Alex.  McDonaldjAlex. 

Alex.  McDonald  Alex. 

William  Hook     JAlex. 

Chas.  P>irkhurst|Sylvcstev'  Sage 

Beuj.  Tiiornton  jNot  appointed 


Willard  Scott 
I  Willard  Scott 
i  Willard  Scott 
j  Willard  Scott 
John  McDonald 
!John  McDonald 
]McDonald 
McDonald 
McDonald 
McDonald 
Mc  Donald 


Total  Asseiseil 
Value. 


jC  8. 

25,437  2 
26,  %2  15 

a20,8'J4  5 

23,004  9 

24,616  4 

or»  oT.n;  ft 


Total  Taxes 
Levied, 


£ 
239 

254 

261 
377 
203 
181 
251 
178 
349 


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26,824    2 

28,910  14 

31,476    2 

33,193    3  lOi  338 

36,099  10    016112 
cl43,467    0 
cdn2,932  0 


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0;6182 


4 
14 
13 
17 
10 

9 

7 
17 

4 
11 
1211 

910 
13  8 


4 

7 
6 
1 
5 
2 
4 
1 
1 
7 


SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 


Years 


1345 
1846 
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1849 
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1851 
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detached,  and  became  a  municipality. 


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WEST 

OXFORD'S  " 

RUIN  AND  DECAY." 

West  and  Norlh  Oxford  until  divided. 

West  Oxford  &  Insersull 

Wen  Oxford 

Whole  Co. 

1820 

1830 
544 

1840 

1850 

1851 

1852 

1820 

Population, 

165 

1,277 

2,c;56 

a 

1,894 

1,522 

Occupied,     . 

8,500 

18,320 

27,144 

20,301 

22,924 

24,501 

39,822 

Cultivated,  . 

1,870 

4,079 

6,026 

5,067 

a 

8,165 

7,148 

Non-resident, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

3,783 

2,130 

a 

Non-resident, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

L12,001 

L5,6I6 

a 

Personal,     . 

a 

a 

a 

a 

L19,700 

L13,407 

a 

Real,       ,     . 

a 

a 

a 

a 

Llll,676 

L93,909  • 

a 

Total,      .    . 

L6,930 

L15,390 

L25,437 

L36,100 

rfL143,467 

dL112,932 

L20,967 

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6 

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L46  18 

LlOl  18 

L289  4 

LI  31 176 

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448 

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THE  TOWNSHIP  OF  EAST  OXFOIID. 


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The  towuship  of  East  Oxford  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  township  of 
Burford  (county  of  Brant) ;  on  tho  north,  by  the  township  of  Blandford 
(divided  there''  m  by  the  Government  road,  ■which  is  Macadamized) ;  on 
tho  west,  by  1  i  township  of  West  Oxford ;  and,  on  the  north,  by  tho 
township  of  Norwich  (all  of  the  county  of  Oxford). 

In  tho  first  territoiial  formation  of  the  county  (January  1st,  1800),  it 
formed  a  part  thereof,  but  was  attached  to  West  Oxford. 

By  tho  Act  33  Geo.  III.,  chap.  3  (1703),  it  is  provided,  "That  when 
any  township  shall  contain  over  30  inhabitant  householders,  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  such  township  to  elect  officers,  &c. ;  and  such  as  have  not  that 
number,  to  be  attached  to  the  adjoining  township." 

Under  the  authority  of  this  Act  the  township  became  detached  from 
West  Oxford,  between  the  years  1820  and  1822.  We  have  not  been  able 
to  find  out  the  exact  year. 

In  1820,  East,  West,  and  North  Oxford  were  united,  and  were,  together 
with  the  whole  of  Nissouri  and  Zona,  assessed  together,  at  which  period 
they  had  a  population  of  Vl9  souls.  The  same  territory  now  has  14,914 
souls. 

This  is  a  really  splendid  township ;  pei'haps,  the  best  in  the  county. 
There  is  httle  or  no  Avaste  lands,  and  the  timber  entirely  hard  wood,  well 
watered,  and  few  or  no  swamps.  The  Great  Western  Railroad  runs  through 
nearly  the  entire  township,  running  most  of  the  way  parallel  with  the 
Government  load,  about  40  chains  from  it. 

The  township  was  surveyed  by  Mr.  Augustus  Jones,  in  1793. 

Mr.  Abraham  Canfield,  the  first  settler,  came  in  in  1793  or  1794. 

The  following  lots  were  granted  between  the  time  of  its  survey  and 
1800:— 

Wm.  Tullev Dec.  28,  1789.  6th  con.,  lots  6, 7,  and  E.  i  8, 600  acres. 

{"  31,  "  2nd  «  "     1 200  « 

«  «  «  4th  «  "  3, 10,andl7..600  « 

«  «  "  6th  «  «     2and9 400  « 

"  «  «  7th  "  «     6 200  " 

Gordon  Tifl^hey..    «  «  «  4th  «  «     12  and  13 400  " 

Sylvester  Tiftnev.    "  "  "  5th  "  «     12  and  13 400  •• 

Samuel  Street  V"^y'^^^Q-     3rd  con., lots  17, 18,  and  19.... 600     " 
oamuei&treet.  -j     „        „        ^^^    .,      «   14,16, 18,  and  19,  800    « 

Patty  M.  P«t«rt . .  Oct,  28,  1 798.     2nd  eon.,  loto  7,  8,  and  9 600    " 


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The  first  lot  sold  hy  the  Government,  was  the  east  half  of  No.  9,  iu  tho 
1st  Concession.  It  was  sold  to  John  Phelan,  November  12,  1832,  at  10s, 
per  acre. 

The  first  deed  registered  (the  sixth  in  the  County)  was  on  April  20, 
1802.  A  deed  from  Sylvester  TiShey  to  William  and  James  Crooks,  Lot 
12,  5th  Concessio'j,  200  acres. 

According  to  the  return  made  by  the  Crown  Land  Office,  tliere  are 
82,200  acres  in  the  township,  which  includes  three  lots  and  a  half  of  the 
north-west  corner,  now  belonging  to  the  town  of  vVoodstock,  Tho  assessors 
return  33,815  acres,  not  including  YTouditock,  shewing  a  difference  between 
the  two  returns  of  2,315  acres. 

In  1850,  the  Town  Council  erected  a  good  sized  town-hall  at  the  ex- 
pense of  £215.  Messrs.  White  &  Dixon,  of  Woodstock,  were  the  con- 
tractors.   It  is  situated  on  Lot  No.  12,  4th  Concession, 

The  Woodstock  and  Norwich  Plank  and  Gravel  Road  runs  along  tho 
west  quai-ter  town  line  of  the  township. 

On  Lot  9,  1st  Concession,  (just  at  the  point  where  the  Brantford  Plank 
road  intersects  the  Government  road,)  is  the  best  saw  mill  in  the  County, 
erected  and  owned  by  Messre.  Vansittait  &  Cottel.  It  is  wrought  by  a  35 
horse  power  steam  engine,  has  three  upright  and  six  oircularsaA\9,two  turn- 
ing lathes,  and  one  planingmachine.  Sold  last  year,  1,500,000  feet  of  lum- 
ber, and  has  sawed  15,000  feet  in  twelve  hours.     Worth  £1,600. 

Attached  to  the  saw  mill,  and  worked  by  the  same  engine,  is  a  custom 
grist  mill,  capable  of  grinding  thirty  bushels  per  hour.     Worth  £400. 

In  July  last,  a  "  Farmers'  Association"  was  formed  iu  tlie  townsliip.  Geo. 
Alexander,  Esq,,  President ;  Henry  Peers,  Vice-President ;  L.  C.  Teeple, 
Secretary;  John  Vroman,  Treasurer;  and  Wm.  Burgess,  Win.  Peers,  Wm. 
Garbett,  Peter  Lampman,  John  Greer,  jun.,  Wm.  Pooling,  Robt.  Vandecar, 
James  Falkner,  John  Rutledge,  Hirah  Spragg,  Stephen  Cook,  James  Petr 
titt,  John  Guild,  Wm.  Chambei-s,  Thos,  Hart,  James  McCallum,  Joseph 
Peers,  John  Green,  sen.,  Thos,  Lazerby,  and  John  Leak,  Committee  of 
Management. 

This  Association,  and  several  similar  ones  in  different  parts  of  the  county, 
have  been  established  by  Geo,  Alexander,  Esq.,  the  indefatigable  local  Su- 
perintendent. Their  object  is  to  elicit  and  disseminate  sound  and  practi- 
cal ngricultural  information. 


-♦-♦-•- 


WHEAT. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  returaof  acres,  11,235  bushels. 

1 848,  2,1 86  acrea,  and   35,1 9*7  bushels,  being  1 6  bushels  per  acr«. 

1860,2,641     "         «     40,214     "  «     16^ 

1862,*  3,421  ♦<         «     71,991     «  "     21 


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TOWKSIIIP   OF   WEST   OXFORD. 


OATS. 

The  following  will  sliow  tbo  quantities  raised : — 
1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  11,222  bushels. 
1848,     854  acres,  and  24,058  bushels,  being  28  bushels  per  acre. 
1850,1,353     "        "     30,76  8     "  "     271 

1852,*1,601     «        "     45,828     "  «     28^ 


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PEAS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  3,370  bushels. 

1850,     798  acres,  and  13,536  bushels,  being  17  bushels  per  acre. 

1862,*  1,167  "         «     23,226     "  "      20       "  " 

BARLEY. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  2,358  bushels. 

1848,    94  acres  and      1,892  bushels,  being  20  bushels  per  acre. 


1850,  106 
1862,*  61 


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1842,  no  return  of  acres,  858  bushels,  being  —  bushels  per  acre. 
1848,    18  acres  and 
1850,  131     «         « 
1852,*  13     "         « 


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1842,  no  return  of  acres,     834  bushels. 

1848,    191  acres,  and     4,647  bushels, being  24^  bushels  per  acre. 

1860,    131     «         «       2,439     «  "     18^ 


1862,*  158 


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BUCKWHEAT 


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1842,  no  return  of  acres,  809  bushels,  being  —  bushels  per  acre. 
1848,    40  acres,  and       597     «  «      16 

1850,  no  return  made,     552     "  «*      — 

1862,*  61  acres,  and    1,129     «  «      18^ 


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POTATOES. 

The  following  will  sho\v  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  ;cres,  2,522  bushels. 

1848,    87  acres,  and       7,7 1 6  bushels,  being   8 8^  bushels  per  acre. 

1850,    81     "         «        8,718     "  "     107^  " 


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TOWJN'SHIP   OF  EAST  OXFORD. 


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SHEEP   <k    WOOL. 

The  following  will  show  the  number  and  qiuintity : — 

1842,    1,535  sheep,  and  2,851ib,  being  l^^lb   per  sheep. 

1848,    3,112     "         «     8,8lUlb,     "  2flb 

1850,    4,167     "         «  ll,350tb,     "  2-^lb 

1852,*  4,393     «         «  ll,623lb,     «  2jlb 


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HORSES. 

1830,  37;f    1842,204;    1848,448;    1850,619;  1852,*  760. 

NEAT   CATTLE. 

1830,  372  ;J  1842,  1,484;  1848,  2,244;  1850,  2,620;  1852,*  1,761. 

MILCH   COWS. 

1880,182;  1840,384;  1848,  ....;  1850,   ;  1862,*  983. 

HOGS. 
1842,  1,323;  1848,  2,087;  1850,  1,905;  1852,*  2,472. 

MAPLE   SUGAR. 
1848,  31,630ib;  1848,  31,307ft);  1850,  41,851Ib;  1862,*  21,900. 

HAY. 

1860,  1,379  tons;  1852,*  1,848  tons. 

FULLED   CLOTH. 
1842,  1,001  yards;   1848,  1,904  yards;   1852,*  832  yards. 

FLANNEL. 
184 J,  1,949  yds.;  1848,  3,960  yds.;  1860,  4,458  yds.;  1862,*  3,704  yds. 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  EAST  OXFORD  COUNCIL. 

1850. 

'/ilHam  Burgess,  Reeve. 

John  Leake,  Henry  Peei-s,  James  Scarft;  and  John  Canada, 

Assessors— John  Hall,  R.  H.  Burtch,  and  Hugh  Monroe, 

Collector — James  McCallum. 

Jonathan  Tripp,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


?  J!"'  °*^  Woodstock  was  detached  from  the  Township,  January  1. 1681 . 
*  Thr««  years  old  and  upwards. 
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TOVVNSniP   OF   EAST   OXFORD. 


1851. 

William  Burgess.  Reeve. 

Henry  Peers,  William  Lemon,  William  Garbutt,  and  James  Pettit. 

Aisessors— William  Peers  and  William  Chambers. 

Collector — James  McCallum. 

Jonathan  Tripp,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


1852. 

William  Burgess,  P.eeve . 

William  Lemon,  William  Peei-s,  Stephen  Cook,  and  Patrick  Collins. 

Assessor — Charles   Hughill. 

Collector  —  James    McCallum. 

James  Scarff,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


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NAMES  OF  OFFICERS,  ifec, 

tINCB    THE    FOUMATION    OF   THE    DlSTHICT    OP   imOCR. 


Yean. 

Town  dork*. 

Asiettarg. 

Collei'tofl. 

1S4U 

Wlllinm  Grey 

John  Krncst 

Henry  Finkle 

1841 

.laiiiei  IVIavor 

I-evi  H.  Puny 

J(iiiat!isn'l'ii|ip 

l8Vi 

James  Mavor 

Viilantjiie  Hall 

Jijjiailiau  'I'ripj) 

1843 

Joseph  Pears 

Joiiatiian'l'iipp 

Junailian  Tripp 

1814 

JoiiatliinTri|ip 

James  Guild 

Joel  Canfi.'lil 

1845 

Joel  Cantield 

VVilliani  liur"osi 

VVm.  Uiir),'fss 

184U 

William  Pccri 

John  Hall 

Jas.  Mcl'allum 

lf47 

William  Pecri 

JoliM  Hall 

Jjs,  IVh'Cailuni 

1848 

Henry  Peers 

George  'I'aylor 

Jas.  Mc(;alluin 

1840 

Honry  Peers 

John  Hall 

Jas.  iNKCailiim 

ia)(i 

Jonathan  Tripp 

John  Hall 

Jiis.  McCalhini 

d  18.-.  1 

Junathan'l'ripp 

W    Psers 

Jas,  IVlcC'ulhiin 

d  180-2 

Jameii  Scarir 

J.  Hugall 

JdS.  Mi'Callum 

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Atitosiied 
Value. 


14.019 
I3,&21 
17.11'W  lU 
H.l.W  0 
lit  :J7(J  8 
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•JJ.'imi  18 
27.13.1  8 
2U.037 
30.^37 
3.),;j|| 

6 1. W.  500 

M30.831 


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10 
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10 

6 


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SCHOOL    STATISTICS. 


Children 

hut  ween' 

.Municipal 

Leai'lative 

Amount 

Total  Am'nt 

S  an 

dIO. 

Years. 

School 

Hihool 

Raisi'i!  hy 
Rate  Bill. 

Paid  to 

Grant. 

G  ant. 

Teachers. 

Taught. 

Not 
Taught. 

li     s     d 

L     s    d 

L      s    d 

L    s    d 

1841 

rn  17    3 

51  17    3 

43  10     1 

120  18    0 

2,V2 

3-i8 

1813 

70  11  10 

00    1     1 

03    0    0 

212    8    2 

391 

320 

184tl 

75  11    a 

03    5    0 

03    5    7 

210    2    1 

3(llJ 

4-.21 

1847 

78    6    0 

71  10    9 

84    7    2 

173    0    9 

2.-.0 

213 

18  IS 

37    3    2 

n-i  10    8 

102    5    8 

197    0    2 

3.)0 

213 

1819 

58  10  10 

40    1    6 

108  14    2 

2KS    0    0 

4-i5 

203 

law 

5i  10    1 

43    0    2 

179  10    2 

327    7    3 

3!t:i 

341 

d  1851 

73  IS    0 

53  18    0 

107  12    0 

262  17  10 

3^7 

187 

d  1852 

43  10    0 

43  14    0 

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No. 

No. 

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11 

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11 

10 

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10 

8 

H 

11 

9 

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H 

10 

H 

8 

8 

9 

— 

— 

— 

a  County  Rate  only. 
t  Cansui  return. 


b  Valued  under  New  Assessment  Act. 

d  Tuwn  of  Woodstock  detached  from  the  Township. 


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EAST  OXFORD'S  "RUIN  AND  DECAY." 


East  Oxrord  and  part  of  Woodstock. 


1820 
75 

1830 

1310 

1850 

Population, 

127 

1.07G 

2,7  ir. 

Oc'npicd, 

3.320 

6,334 

18,077 

20,456 

Cultivated, 

620 

1,094 

3,727 

10,320 

Non- Resident, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

Non-Resident, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

Personal, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

Real, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

Total, 

£2,230 

L4,140 

L14,049 

L35,314 

Framed,  1  storey. 

3 

7 

48 

a 

Br'k  &  Stone,  " 

— 

2 

a 

F.  B.  &.  S.  2     <• 

1 

3 

16 

a 

Taxes  levied, 

X13  10 

L27,6 

L13]    10 

»L129  2  lU 

Milch  Cows, 

93 

182 

384 

a 

East  Oxford  alone. 


1851 


a 

30.344 
a 

2.717 

L5,742 

1.14,030 

L119,706 

c  L139,570 

a 

a 

LlOO    3   7 


1852 


2,910 

31.408 

IS-.-SlJ 

2.317 

L4311 

Ll2,546 

U3,041 

e  L130,831 

01 

11 

14 

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39,f-22 
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TOWNSHIP  OF  NORTH  OXFORD. 


Thb  townsliip  of  North  Oxford  is  the  smalleHt  one  in  th':"  county,  and 
triangular  in  shajio.  It  is  bounded  on  the  north  b}  the  townsliips  of  East 
and  VVest  Zorra,  and  >•'  issouri,  (county  <»!'  Oxford) ;  on  the  west  by  the  town- 
ehip  of  iS'oith  Dorchester,  (Luuuty  of  Middlesex) ;  and  on  the  south-east  by 
the  township  of  West  Oxford,  (county  of  Oxford,)  and  is  divided  therefrom 
by  the  ri\  er  '1  hanics. 

According-  to  the  i-eturn  made  by  the  crown  land  otllce,  there  are  14,600 
acres  in  the  township,  including  tlie  725  acres  now  attached  to  Ingersoll  ; 
and  by  the  Assessors'  return,  19,o;i7  acres,  withal  making  a  ditierenco  of 
6,662  acres.  With  one  excejition — West  Zorra — there  is  a  discrepancy 
between  the  two  returns  in  every  township,  w  hich  we  endeavor  to  account 
for  on  page  oO.  But  in  none  is  the  ditlerence  so  great  as  in  this  the  small- 
est townsliip.  We  have  good  reason  to  believe  that  the  Crown  Land  oflico 
have  neglected  to  add  the  lliirty  lots  from  iSorth  Dorchester  which  were 
lately  attached  to  North  Oxford.  The  whole  township  is  excellent  land, 
well  tiuil)ered  with  hard  wood.  There  is  a  large  liiue-stone  (piarry  on  ita 
fiouth-eastern  boundary.  The  Great  Western  liailroail  runs  along  the  whole 
length  of  the  townshi]i. 

'I'hcre  are  three  saw  mills  in  the  township,  luiiledly  capable  of  sawing 
800,000  ft.  per  animm ;  one  tlour  mill,  worth  £250,  and  capable  of  grinding 
4,000  bushels  ]>er  annum,  and  one  latli  null. 

A  portion  of  the  village  of  St.  Auuiews  now  called  Thamesford,  is  situa- 
ted in  that  portion  of  the  townsliip  which  formerly  belonged  to  North 
Dorchester. 

The  township  was  surveyed  by  Mr.  Hamley  in  1/99. 

The  folllowing  are  the  tirst  and  only  lots  granted  previous  to  1800: 

Hon.  D.  W,  Smith,  July  16, 1799,  2nd  con.,  lots  17, 18,  19,  and  B  fronts 
600  acres. 

Hon.  John  McGill,  Aug.  3,  1799,  2nd  con.,  lots  8,  10,  12,  13,  and  15, 
1000  acres. 

Hon.  John  McGill,  Aug.  3,  1799,  3rd  con.,  lots  9,  11,  13,  14,  and  16, 
1000  acres. 

Hon.  John  McGill,  Aug.  3,  1799,  5th  con.,  lot  8,  200  acres. 

The  first  lot  iso!d  by  the  Government  was  No.  20  in  the  1st  and  2nd  con. 
It  was  sold  to  Mr.  Calvin  Martin  on  the  23id  day  of  January,  1830,  at  the 
price  of  1 5s.  per  a'Me. 

In  1820,  West,  E«»6t  and  North  Oxfords,  were  united,  and  were,  together 


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with  Nissouri  aikl  Zorra,  assessed  tugother,  ut  which  period  their  united 
popuhition  was  7 1 U  suuls.  Tho  suiuu  territory  now  has  a  populatioD  of 
14,914  souk 

By  the  old  "Tow nsliip Mooting  Aot,"  (1  Vic,  chap.  21,  1838,)  junior 
Townships  were  ullowod  t<>  dotacli  thoniaolves  so  soon  as  they  should  con- 
tain thirty  inlmbitod  f'reehoMors  and  householders.  Under  the  authority  of 
this  Act,  North  Oxforil  became  detached  January  1,  1842. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  Assessment  Roll  for  West  Oxford,  for  thtt 
year  1825,  as  far  as  it  relates  to  persons  then  resident  in  North  Oxford:— 


KAMES  OF  rARTlES  ASSRSSED. 


George  Kam, 

John  McNames, 

Horall  Fuller, 

John  Creig, , 

John  Strong, , 

James  Carroll, 

Reuben  Martin, . 

Jacob  Carroll, 

Ira  Fuller, 

Richard  Levings,. . . . 

John  Johnston, 

Jeremiah  Finch, 

Abel  Thornton, 

Thomas  Bedford, 

Christopher  Kam, jr.,. 

John  Baldwin, 

Horace  Cross, 

Darius  Cross, 


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25 


180 


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24 
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22 


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20 
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35 
140 


75 
50 
45 
35 


16 
25 


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John  McNames,  James  CaiToll,  and  Abel  Thornton,  were  the  only  per- 
sons who  had  taxable  houses,  and  they  were  all  sf^uaied  log  ones. 


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The  following  wi',1  show  the  quantities  raised:— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  2,918  bushels. 

1848, 589  acres,   and    8,300      "      being  14  bushele  per  acre. 

1860, 619       "         "      7,390      «  "     17 

1862,*...  1,146       "         "    19,740      "  "     17 


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OATS. 

Tho  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised :— • 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  4,f)f)2  bushuls. 

1848, 602  aoros,    and     lU,t)60      '*      being  11}  busliols  per  acre. 

1860, 420       "         "  8,086       "  "     20J 

1862,*...  700       "         "        19,331       "  "     274 


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PEAS. 

Tho  following  will  show  tho  quantities  raised: — 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  1,117  bushuls. 

1860, 181  acres,  and         2,0i)3      •'      being  11 J  bushels  per  acre. 

1862,*... 466     "         "  6,922       "  "     16         "  " 

BARLEY. 

Tho  following  will  show  tho  quantities  raised:— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  419  bushels. 

1848, 33  acres,  and  636        •'    being  19  bushels  per  acre. 


I860,.... 41 
1862,*...  41 


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RYE. 

The  following  will  show  tho  quantities  raised:— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  110  bushels. 

1848, 16  acrcH,  and  230      "       being  14  bushels  per  acre. 

1860, 2     "         "  20       •♦  "      10        " 

1862,*...  24     '«         "  369       "  "     16         " 


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INDIAN     CORN. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised:- 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  289  bushels. 

1848, 60  acres,  and         861        "     being  17  bushels  per  acre. 

1860, no  return  of  acres,  256        "         "    — 

1861,*...86  acres,  and       1,642        "         "    21 J 


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BUCKWHEAT. 

Tho  following  will  show  tho  quantities  raised:- 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  289  bushels. 

1848, 28  acres,  and  326        "    being  11  ^  bushela  per  acre, 

1860, no  return  of  acres,  256        "        «'      _ 

1852,* 19  acres,  and        409        «•        "      19^ 


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POTATOES. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised:- 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  6,026  bushels. 

1848, 66  acres,  and        6,241        "      being  79^  bushels  per  aero. 

1860, 46     ••         "  3,746         "  "    81 J 


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TOWNSHIP  OP  NORTH  OXFORD. 


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SHEEP     &t,     WOOL. 
Tho  following  will  show  tlio  number  and  quantities: — 

1842, 443  ehoop,  and  1,241  lbs  wool,  boing  2}  lbs  per  sheep. 

1848, 1,491       ••         ««    3,624    "       "         •«      2^    " 

1850, 1,273       ••         "    3,184    "       "         "      2  J    «• 

1862,* 2,314       "         "    6,897   "       "         "      2|    " 


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1848,. 


HORSES. 

.  77.  I860,.. 

,166.  1862,*. 


.222. 
.339. 


NEAT      CATTLE. 

1842, 673.  1850, 

1848, 1,046.  1862,*. . . . 


,    847. 
.1,681. 


MILCH     COWS. 


1840,. 


.121. 


1848,. 


1862,« 633. 


1842,. 

1848,. 


HOGS. 

..437.  1850, 386. 

..740.  1862,* 1,136.. 


MAPLE 

1842, 8,176  lbs. 

1848, 16,770   " 


SUGAR. 

1850, 16,405  i he, 

1862,* 20,477   «♦ 


HAY. 

1860, 696  tons.         1852,* 2,629  ICAS. 

PULLED    CLOTH. 

1 842, 443  yds.       1 848, 78 1  yds.       1 852,* ...  689  yd§, 

FLANNEL. 

1842, 312  yds.         1850 1,166  yds. 

1848, 1,799    «•  1852, 2,18,>    •♦ 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  NORTH  OXFOPD  COUNCIL. 

1850. 

John  Brady,  Reeve. 

John  Mathews,  John  Croty,  James  Heudersou,  John  Armitrong. 

Asseasor  and  Cx>lloctor — Abraham  Hillsdale. 

Thomas  Peaoo&k,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

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TOWNSHIP  OP  NORTH  OXFORD. 


1851. 

James  Hendei-son,  Reeve. 

John  Armstrong,  John  Croty,  Jolin  Brady,  W.  S.  Light. 

Assessor — Henry   Croty. 

Collector — Abraham  Hillsdale. 

Thomas  Peacock,  Clerk. 

Treasurer — W.  A.  Ramsay. 

1852. 

W.  S.  Light,  Reeve. 

James  Henderson,  James  Armstrong,  Ebenezcr  Golding,  N«il  McKav. 

Asseeaors — Donald  McKay,  Wallace  Crawford. 

Collector — George  Allen. 

Abfftbim  Hillsdale,  Clerk;  James  Park,  Treasurer. 


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LIST  OF  TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS,  &C.,  SINCE  THE  FIRST  FORMATION  OF 

THE  TOWNSHIP. 


Years. 

Town  Cle  rks 

Aasessors. 

Collectors. 

Total  Assessed 
Value. 

Tulal  Taxes 
Levied, 

1842 

Thos.  Teacock 

James  Ennison 

James  Ennison 

£        8.      D. 

5,G54  12    0 

£       S.  D. 

83    6  3 

1843 

Thos.  Peacock 

James  Ennison 

James  Ennison 

6,064    7    0 

871210 

1844 

Thos.  Peacock 

James  Ennison 

James  Ennison 

6,288    0    4 

67  16  6 

1845 

Thos.  Peacock 

James  Ennison 

James  Ennison 

6,634  18    8 

65    8  1 

1846 

Thos.  Peacock 

James  Ennison 

James  Ennison 

7,526  12    0 

96  9  11 

1847 

C.  D.  Martin 

James  Ennison 

.James  Ennison 

7,894  10    0 

81  12  6 

1848 

John  Ganagie 

James  Ennison 

James  Ennison 

8,086    8    0 

119  19  3 

1849 

John  Ganagie 

John  Groty 

John  Groty 

9,468    8    0 

106    6  2 

1860 

Thos.  Peacock 

Abra'm  Hilsdon 

Abra'm  Hilsdon 

8,607    0    0 

6  30  0  10 

1851 

Thos.  Peacock 

Henry  Groty 

Abra'm  Hilsdon 

c 47,332  16  106  64  9  11 

1862 

Abr'm  Hilsdon 

Donald  McKay 

George  Allen 

cd  66,248  10  Ol6  75  4  11 

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SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 


Municipal 

Legislative 

Years 

School 

Si'hool 

Grant. 

Grant. 

£    s.     d 

X    s     d 

1844 

19  19    7 

19  19     7 

1846 

24  It    6 

20  16  10 

1846 

23  10  10 

20  11     9 

1847 

24  11     9 

25  11     3 

1848 

27     0    6 

23  15     1 

1849 

31     0    6 

23  15     6 

1860 

41  17     3 

23     5     7 

1851 

30     7     4 

c30  6     0 

1852 

29  19    0 

27     6    5 

Amount 
Raised  by 
Rate  mil. 


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30      8      2 

55  17  5 
53  4  6 
51  15  10 
29     1  11 


TotalAnipn't 

Paid 
To  Teachers. 


0>7 


s  d 
3  9 
44  5  10 
33  10  10 


76  9 

149  15 

136  14 

115  19 

89  15 


Children 

between 

Mo. 

No.  I 

3  and  10. 

Sch'l 

Sec- 

Sch's 
Oper- 

Not 

Taught. 

Taught. 

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6 

ation. 

83 

40 

6 

169 

84 

6 

4 

198 

65 

7 

7 

161 

45 

3 

3 

241 

76 

5 

4 

207 

80 

6 

4 

254 

158 

6 

6 

211 

148 

3 

3 

a  212 

211 

— 

— 

Average 

Months 

Taught. 


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a  By  Census  Return.  6  Conntv  Rate  only.  c  According  to  Now  Assessment  Act. 

d  A  portion  ul' North  Dorchester  attached,  and  7'i.j  acres  detached,  to  form  a  jiart  of  the  corporation 
oringersoll. 
«  Five  pounds  of  tLis  amount  borrowed  from  County  Council. 


NORTH 

OXFORD'S 

'  RUIN 

AND  DECAY." 

With  part 

North  and  West  Oxford  until  divided. 

North  Oxford. 

Dorchester 
added. 

1820 
166 

1830 
644 

1840 

1848 

1850 

1851 

1862 

Population, 

1,277 

808 

822 

a 

1,378 

Occupied,    . 

8,600 

18,320 

27,144 

10,844 

11,601 

12,925 

16,161 

Cultivated,  . 

1,870 

4,079 

6,026 

2,886 

3,037 

a 

5,238 

Non-resident, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

2,505 

4,376 

Non-resident, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

L3,704 

L6,693 

Personal      ; 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

L4,600 

L6,342 

Real,       .     . 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

L39,128 

L44,314 

Total,      .    . 

L6,930 

L16,390 

L26,437 

L8,686 

L9,607 

c  L47,832 

cL66,249 

Fram'd  1  story 

19 

45 

100 

a 

a 

a 

61 

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1  storey,  j 

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3 

a 

a 

a 

1 

P.,B.,&S.,1 
2  storeys,  j 

8 

10 

27 

a 

a 

a 

4 

Taxes  levied, 

L46  1S 

LlOl  18 

L2S9  4 

L119198 

6L86  1  2 

6L64  9  11 

6L764U 

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When  the  fii-st  territorial  division  of  the  Province  was  made,  July,  1792, 
the  township  of  Zorra  was  unsurveyed  and  unknown.  The  fii-st  allusion 
made  to  it  by  any  Act  of  Parliament  was  in  1821,  (2nd  Geo.  IV,  chapter 
3rd),  by  which  Act  it  was,  together  with  the  toAvnship  of  Nissouri,  added  to 
the  county  of  Oxford. 

The  township  was  surveyed  in  1820,  by  Mr.  Shubal  Parke.  The  whole 
township  contains  excellent  land  of  hard  wood — mostly  maple,  beech,  and 
elm.     There  i»  very  little  pine. 

On  December  22,  1797,  July  6,  1804,  January  5th,  1815,  October  20th, 
1819,  and  January  1st,  1820, — 69,068  acres  of  the  lands  of  Zorra  were 
granted  to  persons  in  parcels,  mostly  of  100  and  200  acres.  Joseph  Ran- 
dell,  Daniel  llandell,  Robt.  Roseburgh,  Thomas  Roseburgh,  Sanuiel  Rose- 
bui'gh,  Lewis  Evans,  Shubal  Parke,  and  Thomas  Woomack,  were  the  only 
ones  to  whom  was  granted  so  little  as  50  acres;  Thomaa  Merrittand  James 
Kerby,  the  only  ones  to  whom  was  granted  1000  acres  each;  and  the  only 
pei-son  who  received  above  that  qiumtity  was  Mr.  Thaddeus  Davis,  to  whom 
was  granted  5,069  acres.  In  the  same  year  in  which  he  received  this,  he 
;received  4,290  acres  in  the  township  of  Nissouri. 

Previous  to  1822,  the  township  of  Zorra,  Nissouri,  and  West  and  North 
Oxfords,  were  assessed  together,  at  which  period  their  united  population 
was  719  souls.  The  same  territory  now  has  a  population  of  14,914 
louls. 

Tlie  township  was  first  organized  in  1822,  by  a  warrant  issued  by  Char- 
les IngersoU  and  Peter  Tee}  ie.  Esquires.  The  first  township  officers  were 
Joseph  Fitch,  town  clerk ;  Joseph  Fitch  and  Henry  Lame,  assessors ;  and 
Alplieus  Talf,  collector. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  aflceisment  roll  for  1822,  as  far  as  the 
houdeholders  and  landholders  are  conoemed: 


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Cabel  Pipor, 

James  Welsh, 

Alex.  McGregor,  . 
Alanson  Harris,  . . 

Ira  C.  Day, 

Daniel  Cook, 

Peter  Vanatter,... 

John  Maxwell, 

Israel  Reed, 

Abraham  Vanatter, 

Rufus  Withey, 

Levi  Lewis, 

John  Morrison, 

Richard  Sarvice,  . 
Peter  McDonald,  . 
Hiram  Bodwoll,  . . 

Alpheus  Tart, 

Ira  Barr, 

Leonard  Karn, 

Allen  Colbourn, . . 
Barnabas  Ford,  jr. 

James  Jacobs, 

Jerry  Willson, 

Hugh  Chisholm,.. 

Hijah  Harris, 

Robt.  Sweet, 

Curtis  Edgerton,.. 
Alvin  Allen, 


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Total,. 


92 

95 
196 
300 
200 
100 
194 
100 
998 
195 
100 

96 

95 
100 
200 
lOOj 

lou; 
loo' 

98i        2    2 

loo! 

98 

99 
100 
200 
100 
200 
100 
100 


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Brought  forward,  . 

Wm.  Land, 

Thomas  Wait, 

Isaac  Merrill, 

Theron  Hallock... 
Stratton  Rowell,.. 
Robert  Thompson, 
John  Thompson,. 
Richard  Times,  . . 
Wm.  A.  Bunday,  . 
Henry  Dorman,  .. 
Joseph  Randell,  . . 

Joshua  Brink, 

Silas  Williams,. . . 

Adam  Dodge, 

Robert  Ford, 

Flobort  Matliewa, . 
Thouiiis  Warmick, 
John  llarringtiu),  .. 

Ini  Fuller, 

Wm.  McKny,.... 

Angus  McKay, 

Wm.  Clasoii," 

David  Randell, 

Wm.  Landcrlip,.. 

Allen  Wakcr, 

Potor  Alyca, 

Isaac  Biirdick, 

Total, 


4556 
100 
lyOi 

90; 
100! 
194 

98 
100 

141 
100 

9« 

97 
4001 
150 
188 
100 
100 
100 
199 

loo' 

100' 

250 

100 

100 

42 

92 

385 


39 


10 
10 


6  33 


18 
12 


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45 
1 
2 
1 
I 
2 
1 


2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 


8;-. 
8|  1 

151  1 


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1 
2 
I 
3 
6 


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It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  above  includes  what  is  now  East  and 
West  Zorra. 

At  this  period,  there  were  only  145  acres  cleared  in  the  whole  township, 
and  the  only  taxable  house  was  a  hewed  log  one  of  Mr.  Alexander  McGiy- 
gor's. 


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By  tlie  Act  8tli  Victoria,  chapter  7,  (1845,)  it  is  enacted,  "That  East  Zor- 
ra  shall  consist  and  include  of  so  niiicli  of  the  present  township  of  Zorra 
as  lies  ejistward  of  the  line  dividi'\j;  the  8th  Conce&sion  thereof  from  the 
9th."  This  township  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  township  of  Wilmot, 
(county  of  Waterloo) ;  on  the  c;;.st  b  ■  the  township  of  Blandford  (county 
of  Oxford),  the  River  Thames  i'  rming  the  boundary  of  about  two-thirds 
of  the  distance ;  on  the  soutli  by  the  townships  of  Blandford  and  North 
Oxford  (county  of  Oxford) ;  and  on  the  west  by  the  township  of  West 
Zorra  (county  of  Oxford). 

According  to  the  return  made  by  the  Crown  Land  Office,  the  township 
contains  55,200  acres,  and  according  to  the  assessors'  return,  57,340,  being 
2,140  acres  more. 

The  towusliip  is  settling  and  improving  very  fast.  The  "  Woodstock  and 
Huron  Plank  and  Gravel  Road"  runs  through  this  township.  About  four 
miles  from  Woodstock,  on  this  road,  is  a  church  and  a  small  settlement 
called  "Iluntiiiiiton."  In  tliis  uoiolibourhood  is  situated  the  house  of  Ar- 
thur  Fariuor,  J^S([.,  which  is  considered  the  best  house  in  the  county. 

There  are  tlire:  saw  mills,  worth  tmitedly  £380,  and  capable  of  sawing 
148,000  feet  per  annum.  One  grist  mill,  worth  £600,  and  capable  of 
grinding  14,000  bushels  a  year.  One  oatmeal  mill,  worth  £500,  capable  of 
grinding  9,500  barrels  of  meal  a  year;  and  one  carding  and  fulling  mill, 
worth  £275 ;  cards  7,000ft)  of  wool,  and  fulls  1,500  yards  of  cloth,  per  an- 
num. 

The  first  lot  in  the  township  sold  hy  the  Government,  was  Lot  No.  2,  in 
the  9th  Concession.  It  was  sold  to  Mr.  John  Strong,  at  lis.  3d.  per  acre, 
on  the  14th  day  of  June,  1830. 

On  the  27th  day  of  April,  an  Agricultural  Society  was  formed  in  the 
township.  A.  Farmer,  President ;  Joseph  Th waits,  Vice-President ;  J.  Tur- 
ner, Secretary  and  Treasurer;  J.  Smith,  H.  Sewell,  John  Harrington,  H. 
Stewart,  C.  Caistor,  Samuel  Auchenlick,  R.  Adams,  J.  Bames,  and  Thomas 
Buckle,  Directors, 

On  Wednesday,  the  6th  October,the  firet  annual  show  of  he  Society  was 
held  at  Donaldson's  "Cumberland  Inn,"  at  which  the  following  prizes  were 
awarded : — 

THOROUGH-BRED   CATTLE. 

Best  Cow— Richard  Adams £l     0    0 

2nd  best  Cow — A.  H.  Farmer,  Diploma. 

Best  Bull — Alexander  Wilson 0  10     0 

2nd  best  Bull — Robert  McDonald,  Diploma. 


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Best  2  years  old  Heifer — Ricliard  Adams ^^  1^  0 

Best  yearling  Heifer — A.  H.  Fanner ^  lt>  0 

Best  lieifcr  Calf— Richard  Adams 0     7  8 

2nd  best  heifer  Calf — A.  H.  Farmer,  Diploma. 

GRADE    CATTLE. 

Best  Bull— Robert  Alway 0  10  0 

2nd  best  Bull— James  Rci.l 0     5  0 

Best  2  years  ol  dBuU — liiraiu  tSliadwick 0  10  0 

2nd  best  2  years  old  FmiII- S.  Thompson 0^5  0 

Best  yearling  Bull — John  Harrington 0  10  0 

2nd  best  do.— Alex.  Willson 0     5  0 

Best  bull  Calf— \Vm.  Danby 0     7  6 

Best  Cow— Rev.  F.  D.  Fauquiere 0  15  0 

2nd  best  Cow — John  Barnes 0  10  0 

3rd  best  Cow— John  Hcott 0     5  0 

Best  two  year  old  Jleifor — Richard  Adams 0  10  0 

2nd  best  two  ye;ir  old  Heifer — Jos.  Turner 0     5  0 

Best  yearling  Heiftn- — H.  Huntingford 0     7  6 

2nd  best  yearling  Heifer — Jos.  Thwaites 0     5  0 

Best  Heifer  Calf—Jolm  Scott, 0     7  0 

2nd  best  do.  Thomas  Fox, 0     5  0 

Best  Yoke  of  Oxen— Henry  Huntingford 0  10  0 

2nd  best     do.  Caleb  Caister, 0     5  0 

Best  yoke  of  4  years  old  steers — (r.  Smith 0     7  fi 

Bost  yoke  of  3  ye;irs  old  steers — Tlios.  ]"  ox 0     7  0 

Best  yoke  of  t\vo  yoars  old  steers — J".  Barnes 0     5  0 

HORSES, 

B.?st  Brood  Mare— David  Bolt 0  1  r>  0 

2nd  best     do.         Thomas  Ihickle .-    0   10  0 

F>est  3  years  old  Filly — John  Smith 0   10  0 

2nd  best         do.       '       Richard  Adams 0     5  0 

Jic^.sL  two  years  old  filly— David  Bott <•  10  0 

2n;l  best  '       dc.  Thomas  i >ii".klo 0     5  0 

Best  foal— David  Bott ...    0     7  G 

2nd  best  foal — Richard  Adams 0     6  0 

THOROUGH-BRED  SHEEP. 

Best  ram — John  Barnes 0  10     0 

Best  tup  lamb — Thomas  Mill  man 0     5     0 

Best  Pens  of  Ewes — Rev.  F.  D.  Fauquiere, 0  15     0 

GRADE  SHEEP. 

Best  ram— John  Scott 0  10     0 

2nd  belt  ram — Henry  Harwood 0     6     0 

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Best  tup  lamb — liicljard  A<lfiU!b i,'0     5  0 

2n'J  best   do.      Jolm  Jaoksoii U     1  0 

13ost  pen  of  ewes — liev.  F.  D.  I'auquiere U  15  U 

2nd  best     do.         John    Donaldson U     7  0 

Best  pen  of  ewe  lambs — John  JacKson 0  lU  0 

2nd  best  do  Jos.  Tin  iier, 0     5  0 

HOGS. 

Best  boar — Jolm  Smith 0  1 «'  0 

Best  breeding  sow — Siunuel    'J'luMnpsoii 0  10  U 

2ud  best      do.         John  Donaldf^un J     5  0 

Best  Spring  pigs — Joseph  Turnei', 0  10  0 


FAKM  PRODUCE. 

B{'-:^t  Full  wlie;it— John  Jaclison 0   T -j  0 

2nd  best  do.         <  Ivoit^'o  Skolton I)  o  0 

Best  Spring  win. \i — Si-.nHu.l  'J'!i(riiipsou 0  T  (5 

2nd  best     do.            T'oiies  t   Millmun 0  5  o 

Best  barley — S.  Au  'iuikck. . 0  7  0 

2nd  best  barley — J*<lin  Jackson 0  5  0 

Best  Oats — I{?'>i,-trt  ISIilhnan 0  7  C 

2nd  best  Oats---\Vm.  Harrington, 0  5  0 

Best  Pease — John  Jackson ()  7  (5 

2nd  best  1  Vase — John  Donaldson 0  5  0 

Best  Tuinips — John  Jaikson 0  5  0 

2nd  best  'i'urijij's — A.  H.  Farmer U  ~  li 

Best  Potatoes — Isaac  Cook 0  5  0 

2ud   best  Potatoes — 'i'homas  1  ox 0  2  0 

ik-at  Carrots — Isaac  Cook 0  5  0 

2nd  best  Carrots — Joseph  Turner 0  2  0 

Best  Mangel V.  urzel — Josejih  Turner 0     5  C» 

2nd  best         do.           Kiohard  Adams 0  2  (5 


DAIRY    PRODUCE. 


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Best  firkin  of  Butter — Caleb  Caister 0  10  0 

2nd  best         do.           Jos.  Tlnvaitcs 0     7  6 

Best  fresh  Butter — Hiram  Shad  wick 0     7  6 

2nd  best      do.         George  Skelton 0     5  0 

3rd   do.      do.         John  Barnes , 0     2  6 

Best  Cheese — Josepli   Thwaites 0  10  0 

2nd  bent  «do.      (reorge  Skelton , 0     5  0 

3rd  do.    do.      Joseph  Tuiuer, 0     2  6 


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61 


WHEAT. 
The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 
1842,*no  return  of  acres,  1 7,413  bushels. 

1848,  2,255  acres,  and   34,255  bushels,  being  1 5  bushels  per  acre. 
1850,3,040     "         "     40,395     "  "     13^ 

1852,  3,586     *'         «     69,105     "  «     16^- 


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OATS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised  : 
1842,*no  return  of  acre8,33,l  54  bushels. 

1848,  1,620  acres,  and  37,457  bushels,  being  23  bushels  per  acre. 
1850,  1,769     "        "     40,001     "  "     25 

1852,  2,623     "         '      69,471     "  "     26^- 

PEAS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,*  no  return  of  acroR,10,253  bushels. 

1850,      655  acres,  and    9,545  bushels,  being  14^  bushels  per  acr<>. 

1852,       801  "         "       9,707     "  "      12       «  « 

B  A  R  L  E  Y  . 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised: — 
1842,'^'  no  return  of  acres,  3,533  bushels. 

1848,      50  acres  and      1,008  bushels,  being  21  bushels  per  acre, 
1850,     221     "         "        1,610 
1852,        82     "         "        1,618 


1848,       29  acres  and        288 
1850,      6     "         "  40 

1852,     17     "         "  274 


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INDIAN   CORN. 

1842,*  no  return  of  acres,  134  bushels. 

1848,      82  acres,  and      2,110  bushels, being  252- bushels  per  a^-o. 
1850,       83     "  "        1,836     "  "     22       "         " 

1852,       99     "         "       2,092     "  "     21       "         " 


B  U  C  K  W  II  E  A  T . 

1842,''-'  no  return  of  acres,  675  bushels,  being  —  bushels  per  acre. 
1848,      5  acres,  and         79     "  "16       "  " 

1850,  no  return  made,     202     "  "      —       "  « 

1852,       9  acres,  and       143     '•  "       16       "  « 


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The  following  will  sliow  the  quantities  raised: — 

1842,*  no  return  of  acres,  30,632  bushels. 

1 848,    128  acres,  and       1 2,1 53  bushels,  being  95  bunhelu per  a«r«. 

1850,     174     *'         »         15,699     "  "     90     •* 

1852,    230     "         *•  9,382     "  *     33^  «♦  * 

SHEEP   &    WOOL. 

The  following  will  show  the  number  and  quantity: — 

1842,*  4,131  sheep,  and  7,098H>,  being   l^lb   per  «heep. 
1348,    3,874     "  "     9,05G]b,     "         2itb 

1850,    4,898     "         "  10,7001b,     "         2ilb 
1852,    5,321     "         "  13,87l'lb,     *'        2l\t 


HORSES. 
1830,*  75;f  1842,*  611;  1848,645;  1850,687;  1852,811. 

NEAT   CATTLE. 
1880,*  706  ;J  1842,*  4,550;  1848,2,709;  1850,  3,271 ;  1862,  8,744. 

MILCH   COWS. 
1880,*  845;  1840,*  823:   1848, ;  1850,   ;   1862,1,802. 

HOGS. 
1142,*  2,412;  1848,  2,408;  1850,  1,980;  1862,  2,471, 

HAY. 

1860,  1,461  tons;  1852,  1,107  ton*. 

MAPLE   SUGAR. 

1842,*  ei,226!b;  1848,  44,044!b;  1850,  59,098lb;  1862,  41,016. 

FULLED   CLOTH. 
1842,*  2,188  yards;    1848,  1,534  yards;    1862,  2,080  yardi. 

FLANNEL. 

1842,*  5,886  yda.;  1848,  6,015  yds.;   1860,  6,724  yds.;  1862,  4,914  yds. 


*  The  whole  of  Znrra  heforo  it  wti  divid«4. 
t  Three  ycMri  old  snd  npwardi. 
X  Tvfo  yvkri  old  lad  ipwac^t. 


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TOWJSSUIP  OF  EAST   ZORKA. 


63 


TOWNsiHIP  OF  EAST  ZOIUIA  COUNCII* 

1850, 

Jolin  Harrington,  Rcovc. 

William  Willson,  R.  H.  Campbell,  J.  lirown,  and  Alexander  McKaj. 

Assscssors — William  Frazur  and  Wiiliam  ilowoU. 

CoUcotor — Goori'o  Forbes. 

Adam  Marshall,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

1851. 

John  Harrington,  Reovo. 

William  Willion,  R.  II.  Campbell,  J.  Brown,  and  Alexander  McKaj. 

Assessors — George  Blako  and  George  Forbes. 

CoUeetor — Georifo  Forbes. 

Duniol  Perry,  Clerk.    Hugh  C.  Barwick,  Treasurer. 

1S52. 

John  Harrington,  Reeve. 

William  Willaon,  William  McKay,  William  Winten,  and  John  Brown. 

Assessor — Georg<)  Blake. 

Collector — 

Daniel  Perry,  Clork.    H.  C.  Barwick,  Troaaurer. 


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LIST  OF  TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS,  &C., 

0/  /he  Totvnu/ii/}  of  Kant  Zorra, 
SINCE    TJIR    FORMATION    OF    TUB    DISTRICT    OF    nnOCK. 


—  

—     -■ 

Yenrs. 

Town  clerk*. 

Adse.sHor^, 

rf  1-40 

A\c\.  Wood 

Alex  uiiliT  Rons 

d  1^-11 

Alex.  W'ooil 

Willi.. in  Kc'i 

d  18t'J 

Alex.  Wooil 

WpIIi.imi  .AKKay 

d  1843 

Alex.  Wood 

Ali'\    McKay 

d  1844 

Alex.  Wood 

WilliAiii  Ross 

d  1845 

Alex.  Wood 

Williani  R.im 

d  18 1«) 

Ad.(ii)  MarnlKill 

Ooor;,'!)  rorliiiH 

lf-47 

Adam  .Miirshull 

Jollll  ll/u>VII 

1848 

Adam  Marshall 

John  Drown 

184!t 

Adam  IMarsliall 

Williani  Fr  nor 

I'^sn 

Ad.ini  Marshall 

<Jeor:^L<  Bl  iko 

ift>l 

Daniel  Perry 

Geort'O  ISIako 

I8J-i 

Daniel  I'orry 

fJeoryo  Ulake 

Collector), 


Alov.  RosH 
Willi.ini  floi« 
.Ml'x.  Ro.sit 
.Alex.  Holm 
Alex,  Kin» 
Alex.  Ross 
Tlionun  L'l.irk 
Ji.iin  ll.itili 
John  llali'li 
(Ji'Oi'^'p  Forhcs 
fJeurue  Fori  es 
(Jeur -c  Forlii's 


Total 

A.isesned 

V'aliiii:. 

I.        <• 

ai.Mc;  lit 
IM.iUO  y-i 

n'i.sm  i!» 

3."i.!l(l4    a 

lll.tiilj  0 
2l.(i!»J  IvS 
.!  1,711     \ 

/»i:i.-).iit;i  r, 

<:>l.i4,4ii.';    U 


Tolal 
•J'.vei 

Leviei 

d 

I-       « 

<i 

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•zm  1-* 

*i 

11 

'iri  17 

II 

0 

.'(•2(1    )> 

7 

11 

.-itt  III 

7 

Ci 

\->2  17 

tt 

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III    1 

1 

t' 

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II 

0 

•ill     I 

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0 

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0 

icm   :i 

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11 

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SCHOOL    STATISTICS. 


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Children 

helwceij 

Yean, 

Municipal 
School 

LcRi'lative 
Sci<oi.l 
Grant. 

Amount 

Raised  bv 
Rate  Bill. 

Total  Ani'iM 

I'aid  lu 

Teache/s. 

5  ai 

d  Id. 

Grant. 

T.iu(;lit. 

Not 
Taught. 

I-    s    d 

T,       B     d 

I,     -     d 

r,    s    d 

.... 

d  \A14 

vn  10    (1 

111)    II     1 

70  l.l    0 

■itiil  17     (1 

597 

453 

ri  181.) 

I4:i  1.)     I    i:iO  1)1    .-. 

13^  ;i  (i 

.-iS-i    7    3 

hl)(> 

7rti 

(/  Hlii 

.V.    4  1(1 

IJli    7    tl 

111  1-  II 

*!,->  l-     ! 

•J."»t> 

'239 

1-^17 

1-5  lit    0 

44  a   ] 

131   l.s     s 

231    11     7 

407 

3t^ 

1818 

(Hi     J    4 

.">8    .5    ti 

Dili     1     *i 

•J70  11     4 

419 

3IS 

184(1 

73    ;{    11 

.■57   12    0 

141  10    H 

208  11   10 

417 

ItW 

1850 

8;t    'i    7 

(K.  1(1    7 

ftl   10  11 

-1-r,   1!)    3 

3111 

;wo 

is-.i 

71     7  11 

5'1    .-I    tJ 

11.1  i.T   r. 

(>((•):     0    0 

4-i3 

311 

i8r.a 

(19  Vi    0 

t)3    li    8  1 

— 



cKiU 

r-.jOo 

No. 

No. 

Scllo'l 

.Sch'l^ 

."<ec- 

Oper- 

liona. 

ation. 

18 

13 

|H 

10 

8 

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14 

9 

10 

B 

10 

0 

10 

9 

Ui 

y 

— 

— 

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a  County  Rale  only. 
c  Centut  return. 


/'  Valned  under  New  Assossnicnt  .Act. 
d  The  whole  Townsliiji  hetVire  divided. 


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EAST  ZORllA'S  "RUIN  AND  DECAY," 

Whole  of  Zorra,  until  divided.  East  Zorra. 


Populatinn, 

Occupied, 

Cultivated, 

Non- Resident, 

Non-Resident, 

I'eraonal, 

Real, 

Total, 

Framed,  1  storey, 

Bi'k  &  Stone,  '• 

F.  B.  &  s.  a    '• 

Taxes  levied. 

Milch  Cows, 


195JO 


227 
4,3ro 
7(54 
a 
a 
a 
a 

1 


JE13 
103 


1830 


7-22 
19,5.j4 

a 
a 
a 
a 

L9,460 
3 


L02  t? 
343 


1810 


2.738 

;»,Po8 

7,495 
a 
a, 
a 
a 
L26,657 
34 
2 

L230   18 

6-J8 


1800 


2,78r) 
37,1)12 
9,120 
a 

V 

a 
a 
L31,711 
a 
a 

6LU5  W  9] 
r. 


IK-.l 


Q 

a 

11.348 

L13,709 

L12,303 

LlU9,00n 

c  L13,),072 

a 

a 

b  Liai    1    1 
a 


E'tircCo 

18.-2 

1820 

3.50n 

1,522 

38,430 

39,81W 

13,783 

7,148 

11,824 

a 

U6,213 

a 

L12.44« 

a 

L123,802 

a 

c  L134,4(i3 

L2G,967 

56 

55 

8 

._ 

11 

B 

L196  17  0 

LM5  2 

1,302 

939 

a  No  retaro. 


b  Cftunty  Rate  only. 


c  Valued  under  tUe  New  Act, 


TOWKSIIIl'  0  1''  ZORllA  WEST. 


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I 

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(bee  "township  of  Z9i:ka"  page  68.) 


I' 

10 


03!) 


lU'  the  8tli  Victoria,  diaptcr  T,  (1845,)  it  is  enaotetl,  " 'J'liat  Wt-st  Zumi 
shall  c'onsifst  and  include  uf  so  iinich  of  tlio  pieswut  t<>\Nnshi|»  of  Zona  as 
lii;.s  to  th(!  wostsvard  of  the  Uuo  dividing-  the  hith  Concession  from  the  !)th." 
Tlie  township  of  West  Zona  is  boundeil  on  tlie  noitli  by  parts  of  the  town- 
ships of  i)o\\  iiie  and  Eastln)])e  (eonnty  of  Perth);  on  the  west  l>y  tho 
to\vnshi[»  of  i'last  Zona  (eounly  of  Oxford);  on  ll  .soutli  by  tlie  township 
of  North  Oxford  (eonnly  of  Oxford);  and  on  tile  west  by  the  Township 
of  East  Nissotiri  (county  of  Oxford). 

Acct)rdinL;'  to  the  return  made  by  the  Orown  Land  Olllce,  there  aro 
50,400  acres  in  the  townshiji.  Tlie  assessors'  return  })reciscly  tiie  same 
quantity;  tlie  only  instance  in  tho  whole  county  of  tho  two  returns  agree- 
ing'. 

Tlie  polite  viHanfe  of  Enibro',  established  by  the  Municipal  Council  of 
tilt;  county  of  Oxford,  is  composed  of  the  west  hah  es  of  Lots  Nos.  11  and 
I'J,  in  tlie  ;")th  concession,  and  the  ea.>t  h;i!ves  of  Lois  Nos.  11  and  12,  in 
the  4th  coiivr^sion;  population  about  ooO.  Po^t  three  tinics  a  AVcek. 
Tho  Division  Courts  for  Di\  ision  No.  3,  are  held  there,  and  it  is  the  place 
of  residence  of  oiu'  present  much  respected  Warden,  Donald  Matheson, 
Es.|.,  J.  P. 

The  po[inlation  of  ihe  town,  hij)  are  })rineipally  Highland  Scotch,  in 
jiroof  of  which  we  need  only  add,  that  the  enumerators  relumed  on  their 
"agricultural  siieeLs"  for  thai  town^hi]* — 04  Mv'Ka^s;  25  Murrays;  24 
Ko^ses;   lU  Suthci'land.--;    15  MoLcod.-,;  and  1  ;j  McDonaliLs. 

Thelirst  lot  in  tho  towushi)*  soA/  bi/  Ike  GoverumL'iil,  was  tho  north  half 
of  lot  12,  in  the  4th  concession.  It  was  sold  to  iiarnabus  Pord,  jr.,  on  Jan- 
uary l;j,  18;J2,  at  lOs.  per  acre,  and  the  south  half  of  the  sanio  lot  to 
Abel  Ford,  at  tin;  same  ))rice. 

There  is  a  person  [male]  roiding  in  this  township  ;.\cr  100  years  of  age. 

There  are  three  saw  mills  iu  the  townshij);  their  unii.'u  worth,  cU45(t, 
and  i^apable  of  sawing  200,000  feet  per  annum;  two  grist  mills,  worth 
£1,440,  which  grind  25,000  bushels  per  annum;  and  one  wheat  and  bar- 
ley mill,  worth  £!>40;  grinds  1,500  harries  u  year;  one  oat  mill,  worth 
£750;  grinds  1,100  barnds  per  year;  one  carding  and  fulling  mill,  worth 
£250,  cards  8,000  lbs.  w  »x)l,  and  fulls  2,000  yards  of  cloth,  a  year ;  and 
one  tannery,  which  manufactures  2,000  lb.s.  (>(  leather  a  year. 

In  1838,  there  were  only  three  recognized  schools  in  the  township.  The 
first,  taught  by  Mr.   Hugh  Matheson :  trustees — L.  Crittenden,  Aloxaiider 


t.J 


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66 


TOWNSmP   OF    ZOURA    WEST. 


Worxl,  ftnd   \Vm.  Wnlsli;    No.  of  srliolnrs,  20  hoys,      fiov't  cfrnnt  j>«i'l 
£7  7f".  C(J.    2n(l,  Lowis  Jlyflo,  Ii'mcIkt;  Li.'onnrd  Lowis,  O.  L»'\\  Is,  riini  [j 
W.  Harris,  trustoos;    fdiolars,     10  l>oys,  20  girls;    (iovi>rnni«?n»  pajit, 
£r>  17p.  Cxi.     Hrd.  Ifujjli   (ionlon,  fciiclirr;    John    I).  J)ont  jind  *    'M-^o 
Mi'Donrdd,  trust f OS ;  scholfxir,  IT  Ijoys  and  4  girls:  amount  of  Ciovernnicnt 
grant,  £'7  7s.  Md. 


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1/  ', 

4  .  " 


I  \  &1: 


\\\K 


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W  11  K  A  T. 

The  f)llowin{T  will  pIiow  the  qnnntitics  raised:— 
IHJ'J,*. .  .no  rolurn  of  n  ores, 17,4 1.3  biishois. 


]HAH 1  .H.OT  ncros.   and  25,1 22 

IHM), 2.:<72       "         "    25.f<2H 

18.52, 2,K«3       •'         "    43,800 


It 

K 
It 


being  13J  buslioln  per  a«rc. 
103 
18J 


II 


II 
11 


OATS. 


TliP  fvilIo\viii{r  will  show  the  qnnntities  raised:— 

J842,* no  return  of  aeros,  rj.T,1.04  bushels. 

JS4« 1  .n.OH  aeros,    aiid47.<»l7       •'       beinp  24  biiBliels  per  acre. 

1H.':0 2,»)08  "  "  4H,4!t2       •'  "     18J         " 

1852, .*?,.%!    "         «♦        b(vl02       "  "     24  "  " 

r  E  A  s.  • 

The  followiufjf  will    hnw  the  qnantities  raised:— 

1S42,*.  ..ufi  return  <.f!if res, 10/2.^.",  hnslicls. 

IS.OO, fiHB  aeros,  and  7,0S9       "       lieiufr  12  bushels  por  nere. 

18.52, 801     "         "  11,707       "  "12 


ir 


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T,  A  II  L  E  y. 

The  following  will  slmw  the  (]uantities  rnised: — 
1842,*..  .no  return  of  norep,  r,/)?^,  bushels. 
1848, 47  aeros,  and  !I88     "     being  21  bushels  per  acre. 


1 8.00, 102  " 

1852, 13()  " 


!IS8 
1  .:!28 
2,H!>3 


11 
II 


13 
21 


II  Y  E. 

Tho  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised: — 

1 842,*. .  .no  return  of  acres,  1 34  bushels. 

l>0      "        being  17  bushels  per  acre. 


1848, 3  acres,  and 


-4 

I    - 


•  'J'iip  whole  ol  Riirra  before  it  wai  riivirted. 


TOWNainP  OF    rORH\   WEST. 


67 


INDIAN     C  O  Jl  N. 

Tho  following  will  show  tho  quai\tltlod  vairicd:— 

1812,*..  .IK)  return  of  ncroi:',  1,775  biisholf. 

18  IN, '2u  ucros,  anil  022         "      being  24  buchols  p-r  rcro. 

18.jO, :iu  :icn::^,  iuul  6CA        ••  "     11) 

185::, 51  acres,  uiid  Oul         ••  "     Id 


« 

m 


BUCKWHEAT. 

Tho  following  will  show  tlio  quantities  ruifcil:— 

18  li^',  ..no  return  of  ncros,  (575  bushels. 

1848, lOacic'sand  l!tl        "     being  19  buchol:  per  ttcr«. 

1850 noiotm-nofaci'os,  '2U!l         "         "      —        "  " 

1SjJ,....22  acres,  and  282        "        "      18        ••  " 


H 


POTATOES. 

'i  ho  following  will  show  tho  (juantities  raised: — 

IH'l'J!,*. .  .no  roLin-n  of  acres  :?!i,l)32  bushels. 

184f<, 230  acres,  and     ll,3;s5  "      being  62.i  bushels  per  tetd. 

1850,....  213     "         "       17,721  "            "     83J         "             " 

1852, 280     ••        "         y,382  *'            "     33i        ••            * 


SHEEP     U     WOOL. 

The  following  will  show  tho  number  and  quantities: — 

1842,* 4,131  shoep,  and  7,0:!R  lbs?,  wool,  being'  —  lbs.  per  ihetp. 

1848, 5,0l(i       "         "11,188    "       "         "      2i   "  " 


1850, 5,114 

1852, 0,350 


<i 


"  11,719   " 
"  14,400  " 


it 


it 


2i 
2      '• 

2i   " 


M 
U 


1830,*. 
1848,.. 
1852,.. 


HORSES. 

75.t  18  V 611. 

627.  1850,  * 694. 

78J. 


NEAT      CATTLE. 

1830,* 795.  1842*, - 4,666. 

1843, 3,462.  1850, 3,767. 

1852, 4,084. 


*  The  whole  of  Zorra  before  it  wm  divided, 
t  Three  years  old  and  apwardi. 
i  Two  yeart  old  and  npwardt. 


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mi 


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11 

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TOWNSHIP   OF  £ORRA  WEST. 


MILCH      COWS. 

1830,« 845.         1840,* 828.         1850, 

1862, IJCO. 


HOGS. 


1842,* 

1860, , 


.2,412. 
.2,133. 


1848,., 


MAPLE     SUGAR. 


1842,». 
1850,.. 


61,225  lbs.         184S, 96,01 6  Ibn. 

49,4Lil    "  1852, 33,740     " 


1850,. 


H  A  Y. 
1,331  ton3.         1852,*. 


1 ,732  tons. 


FULLED    CLOTH. 
1848/. ..2,133  yds.       1848, 2,0G4  yds.        18^:2,...  1,942  yds. 

FLANNEL. 

1 842,* 5,386  vds.         1 850 5,343  yds. 

1848, 7,004'"  1852, 2,533    " 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  WEST  ZORRA  COUNCIL. 

mm. 

Donald  Wiitson,  Rpcve. 

Anpis  Mtinro,  "non^nn  Pell  on,  J.  M.  Rop.s,  Alexander  Clark. 

Awestoi-a:  Asa  II,  Alloock,  Alexander  Gordon.  James  McKay. 

Collector:  Alexander  Ross. 

'  oxan<ler  Wood,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


*  THt  whnt*  »r  Terr*  I  li  wia  riividnil. 


I'.'; 


,\ 


TOWNSHIP   OF   lOERA  WEST„ 


69 


1851. 

Donald  Watson,  Rcove. 

J.  M.  Koss,  Bonsou  Pelton,  Georgo  Gordon,  Alexander  Clark. 

Assessor :  Aloxaador  Wood. 

Collector :  Alexander  Ross. 

Alexander  Wood,  Clerk  and  Treasurw. 

1852. 

Donald  Watson,  Reovo. 

J.  M.  Ross,  Georgo  Gordon,  Benson  Pelton,  Alexander  Clwk. 

Assessors :  William  Holloway,  Alexander  Gordon. 

Collector  not  appointed. 

Alexander  Wood,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


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*'S 


UST  OF  TOWNSHIP  0FFICER3,  &c.,  OF  T\'EST  ZORRA, 

(Sirtcc  t/;e  fcrmaliori  of  the  Diotrlct  if  Brock. 


Tears, 


..'is'.::! 
dlU\:,\ 

18-1:1 

18-U'' 

18.i0; 

18511 
18o2| 


Tttwri  CijrKd. 


Ales, 
Viex, 
Alex, 
Aiex. 
Alox. 
Alex. 
Alex. 
A!c::, 
Alex. 
Alex. 
Alex. 
Alex. 
AIc:i. 


Wood 
M'oo'l 
Wood 

\V'Oi)l 

Woud 
Woo.l 
^Vuod 
Wood 
^'.'ood 
V.'ood 
Vv'ood 
AVood 
Wood 


Asses^ 


Ci.liffLLuili. 


Alex.  Ross 
Willliuu  Uos3     !  Vi 
^ViiiiLila  AL'liay 
Alex.  IMcK.ay 
Vtiiliam  lio.s.s 
V.'iUitiiu  ivo,^s 
Alex,  ilo^^s 
WilliiUii  Jtoss 
V;illi:'.i;i  Uo,s,s 
V.illiaiu  I!ij:  s 
A..,i  11.  Al'sck 
Alex.  U'liod 
AVilliaui  Uuver 


Alex.  Koss 


Alex,  iloss 
Alex,  ilcss 
Ale::.  lUrM 
Ale::.  Uo>s 
Willinm  llcsa 
Alex,  lloss 
Alex,  llo.-s 
Aiex.  Hoss 
Alex.  Moss 
Al.x.  r.os'S 
2s ot  ai)')oiui:ed 


x'oial  A.i.iuose 

a 

i'di.vI  VaiM 

Viil';e. 

Levi;'(l, 

I'         3. 

I). 

1;^        8    D. 

120,(157  ]-J 

u 

250  18  2 

2'J,00o  10 

0 

li72  17  0 

yi,G  10  12 

0 

520    9  7 

L:2/.]7G  19 

0 

50-1  19  7 

;i5,'jU-i    2 

0 

42;j  17  6 

87, lit  14    8 

0 

4M    1  1 

i;2,-i:)4    7 

0 

;mo    '6  2 

::4,:!'.'2  10 

(■; 

270  11    1 

::7,f):i8    (.) 

0 

.•307    4  9 

27,8'.t5  18 

ti 

2J9    3  1 

;!L>.()"  1  15 

07;1()0  5  11 

,•  1  ,,.,'.M,G  0 

(j;/,lii-;  11)  9 

c  137,015  15  0(6182  il  Q 

—  ♦  •  •- 


SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 


AriiuuMt      'rot.i'Ainou't 
li-.jiisi;  i  ly  r.iiil 

Kilo  Uill.    'fVpT  .uhffis. 


|,">!ii.!i-i  wl    ILrji  I  -.live 

Y5«rs|       I^.'Ik'u        ;       ,'■■    .;;;  il 
I      t-.     ;         I     Gi.irt. 

j4;  t.       ::    h    c 
rf'4i  i  •:;  r»  '  i  ';■    0  II  v.;  15    ( '..•  ,i  17    ( 

rf'-:n!  9'J  ■'  ^.  !:t!  •;  i  i  95  5  7^;-'9  2  11 
:i8j7' ':a  :,,)  ,:;T:M9  1!'  ;j;5    9    1, 2:17  is  lO 

IG-.S:  07   1!  ;.'::■  lU  li;i-^2     1     91259  17     8 

ISi;;;  (0  ;;  i;,  \.)  i  i-.:m  9  o,;i74  13  (» 
1^;5':  102  1  ■.i  i:-.:  ■  ?  2')2  ID  ik''".  Vi  5 
1S;m,(;9:     8  ;'!  '■r,  ]:;  (i2:2     T     Q'^.'■■^    2     t* 


L'ljiiuit'ti  II  tweon  I  In  i.. 

.")  .11,.;  Hi.         |~fli'l  ].S,U's'.Vvir:ir-> 


Tii:'rl,t. 


507 

0-„:- 
405 

7:0 


780      IS 
215 

ii; 

15 


3  19 


_  ,/  i;)l   !^'  502 


10 


17 


1 

1 

it) 
10  i 

1  •■' 

1   '■" 

8' 

9 
9 


185:..  :i    0  0'  U5    ;  (.<: 

a  '.'■•  Cor).^iis  hV '.  ,'  ;"'-,;.iiy  Hale  <ic:  ,.  c  A;'i  :r.;-i'rrt"  T>',,mv  /,ssos' tncT.  Aft.. 

<•  'i  owiiship  uoi  <i ,  ;i  v.'jj  -...vul-.i.  t  ;.  -^'  cT  l;.^^  ,iiiiouiit.  Jo-iMeu  l<i-  c'uuniy  Council. 


'..•l|:.r 


'I  HI  ll.llil  (.,' 


\v> 


Fopiiktion, 
Oceunied. 
Cnltlv;:!',    . 
Non-re-^  'vr,: 
Non-reti  ;  J):,, 
Persoiial, 
Reril,        .     . 
Total,       .     . 
Frnm'd  1  sf  ova- 
Br'l::::  •.>•  T 

1  eU>i-oy,  j' 
F.,]i.,&S.,\ 

2  storeys,  j 
Taxe.i  levied, 
Milch  Cows, 

«  No  rttori 


:H:'0 

•.l,;;i.(i 
704 
a 

>■''  ' 
c/  i 
a_        \ 


]9.55t 
2,;:35 
I', 

n 
a. 
a. 


r,495 


a 

a 


L9,-;G0|L20,057 

51 


;:,dvi9 
41, .is:.: 

8,^98 
<■' 
o- 
a 
a 


;;,.:0: 


'!ioI«  f.'e. 


1T^20' 


1 


4'.,059i  4  .    . 

a  12,195' 

10.7711  10.1',  ai 

Llw.oii,:  1.11, OVO! 

L13,0i.ol  L15,5;;l! 

LI  08,]^': I  L110,9«0l 

I/;2,083  c  L132,7bb'(;  L157,010 

I  1': 


LI  2 
163 


a  a 

a       I         a 

-     i       -     I         «       I'       « 
L02    C,L2oO  18'L128  3VJ  -10310  6;^ 
845!        82Si        a      \        a.      ' 


h  County  Tax  oily. 


2;! 

6L182  17  9 
1,350 


1..':'22 

J"''.822 
V,L4!S 
c. 
It 
a 
a 
L26,967 
65 


ft 
L235   2 


989 


*  Talued  nn'ler  tk*  titw  Act, 


Ml' 


2 
0 
t 

7 
6 
1 
2 
1 
9 
1 


TO\v:;sHip  or  ^oiiwicii. 


The  townsliip  of  Norwich  is  ono  of  tlio  threo  largest  townships  in  th« 
Ooriiity.  It  is  bouiiileJ  on  the  e;ist  l>y  tl.o  towiishi])  of  Windluxin  (County 
Oi'  iSo'.-fold ;)  on  the  ncti'th,  by  tlie  towiisliip  of  E:\st  Oxford  (county  of  Oxford) ; 
on  tho  west  by  the  towiishij)  of  Dereham  (couuly  of  Oxford);  and  on  the 
Boui-ti,  by  tiie  towiishi;-)  of  Middh-Lon  (county  of  Xorfuik.) 

In  the  iirst  torritori.il  division  of  the  Province  (made  July  ICth,  1792,) 
the  to\viishi[)  of  Norwich  formed  ii  imrt  of  tl'.o  county  of  Norfoii;,  and  was 
described  Jis  follows:  "  tlie  town-iii;)  of  Korwieli  lies  to  tlie  eiisL  of,  uiA 
adjoiuino;  to,  Dereh.un."     A  very  sat!;ihctorv  and  il-H'.iiie  description,  surely. 

By  the  Act  ;J8  Oeo.  ILL,  Chapter  o  (liUS),  theto\M!sliii)of  iVorwicli  was 
one  of  "tho  townships  which  formed  tlic  c.o'.iniy  of  Oxford,"  which  Act  did 
not  come  into  force  until  .January  1st,  I'cOO. 

By  the  Act  2  (ieo.  IV.,  Chapter  li  (IS'Jl),  it  i->  ])rovided  "  th;it  the  fjiore 
of  land  on  the  ca:-L  side  of  tho  towiishio  of  iN'orwich  be  iittached  to,  aad 
become  a  part  of,  that  lo\vi,.>hi;;." 

Tile  to\vn~:iap  ^v<...■i  s.;;\eyo..i  iii  I'.'OO,  by  ?Jr. Handcy,  asi-^'*{ed  by 

Colon-}]  John  Bosl.vich.     Tiio*'goic"  wiis  bUAu^^cdby  Peter  Corroii, li*fj^ 
in  18::.?. 

Tho  ib'st  l;t:^'^.  w]'\-h  vei'o  \;  .:...,  !;i  tii.^  tu<vush:^.,  we:o  jjif  s,  in  quantii;«» 
of  fr-va  lOij  to  1000  .'.cics,  to  varlou.;  indi'.iauuls,  ou  the  L!2ndday  of  liuJy, 

The  fir^t  !>)t  so'ltt;/  />i<;  u'.i:<ei\:.!r\  .'  v.r-^  l:ho  south  hr.lfof  Lot  I'o.  16, 
in  rlip  fourth  Cuuje=  i.'U.  1':  \::j-  s'.'-I  to  I'dr.  ,!:ii  ;■.  s  1  ..-vi:i;os,  ou  t]'t>  '2^nh 
d-iv  of  Pei.i'r.ar' ,  '!F...  :.  at  '.-'■■.  :yr  ;:  •;v.  AVe  h,;  .  p:-.-  v.r;  J,  »t  n'luch  ..iijia 
and  cost,  a  lo'i;-;  c';:'.M.;:r  re  ^pectl ;);.'•  tiie  li'>*'  sjtt  1  .r.uMi' ,  i^:-^,  <V:c,,  o/tliisi  jii- 
teroPtins^  tov/nsiiip,  but  have  been  obl!';'od  t)  ffurp  ■cs-;  if,  i;:  consoiu^^*©?  rtf 
our  ini;\uh'd  fiu'r  worh  hnvinv.'aiseadysv.cili'.linli)  u  /;'■/•-/,"  c<5<<».  Weinwf, 
therefoTO,  cMuNsit  our--  •]•.•.">  i.)  y  copyiinj^tlK;  T  -dovria^'  extract  from  Gouday'i 
Cana'l.i — a  hiio>ry  o:'  Grii.ida,  pablished  in  1818: — 

«'  At  n,  K^..vtl'-e;  \,c'A  in  tlio  to',vn:lr,n  of  Norwich,  llie  Sth  of  the  fivFt  month, 
1818,  fi.i'corilia;';  to  lp.\r,  wv  chotvii,';-  to\,n  oriic.ers.  ''"h*  ]^ri)posal  by  11.  Gourlny, 
for  ]mliU.-'iiii!,:  ;•,  ^tatistli'rl  AcC'Hiut  jl'iiiol'roviiuo  'f  I'f.pov  Cnnaila,  in  ovler  to  ex- 
hibit corvoct  i^'-jas  rospccf  ;■, ;  iLr  cacouviigcmcia  iiiis  iiin'  country  holds  out  to  such 
EuvoiH'tusay  'i:.vo  a  uiin;'  lo  oniin'ate  iu  ((uest  o1' a  cuvu  i  try  rich  in  natural  rt^Honr- 
ce^.  lint  poor  in  ;!oini  orpoyaUtion,  iu  cvilev  to  improve  and  occupy  t!ie  Duturnl 
advaulii'vos  tlierccn',  to  their  inuivii'sial  iMi-vost  and  I'appiness  of  their  faniilies. 
His  ])vopo.sah  Vieii!^  rc!i;l,  iLc  ■.iicclin,';-  ir.mU!  choice  of  j'etor  Lossiiig,  to  draft  a 
schcihilo  of  the  ljcp:inuiu;i  aud  ',)ro!i;vCf5S  of  several  of  the  first  adventurers  into  th« 
wilderness  about  VI  uuks  IViiii  ai>y  scttUiiiicnts,  and  also  appointed  John  Shro«- 
aorton,  Willifttn  Cartia,  ICLiai  Moore,  and  Peter  McLoes,  to  aiiiet   th«  afor«niMi« 


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tioncd  Peter  Lossing,  in  preparing  correct  answers  to  the  Bcveral  queries  suggest- 
ed by  the  said  11.  Uourlay,  ait'ording  materials  for  giving  an  accurate  dcscriptiou 
of  Norwicli  in  an  agricultural  iioiut  of  view,  and  to  alhx  tlieir  siguaturea  to  tlitt 
Btatemeut  forwarded  to  the  said  K.  Gourlay." 

2ud.  A  few  families  arrived  in  18U8,  but  very  little  progrestill  1811, 

3rd.  Two  bouses  appropriated  for  public  worship  of  the  Society  of  Friends  ; 
three  approved mmisters  of  that  society. 

4th.  One  regular  bred  practitior  or  of  physic  and  sergery. 

5th.  Thi'ee  Schools;  common  fees,  per  quarter,  £15 — board  and  ]odging« 
found. 

6th.  No  lack  of  houses  of  entertainment. 

.7th.  No  licensed  taverns,  dram  shops,  nor  distilleries. 

itn.  One  store,  one  grist  mill,  two  othei's  buildings,  three  saw-mills.  I'rio*  of 
boards  at  the  saw-mill,  pine,  £1  lis.  Sd.  per  thousand  square  feet. 

I'KTKll  LOSSING. 
THOMAS  SHllOCKMOF.TON. 
WILLIAM  CUllXia. 
ELIAS   r.lOOLE. 
PETER  McLEES. 

JSeveral  thousand  bushels  of  wheat  to  spare  over  what  is  required  to  supply 
the  inhabiiauts." 

"  Worth  of  an  horse,  £16  ;  of  a  cow,  £6  5s.  ;  of  an  ox,  £7  10s.  ;  of  a 
sheep,  12s.  Ci.;  quantity  of  wool,  per  slicep,  S^lb.s.  ;  price  of  wool,  per  lb.  28.  ; 
average  bushels  wheat,  per  acre,  2U  bushels.  Price  of  laud,  in  Ibll,  6a.  Sd.  and 
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According  1o  the  rv^h.irii  );i;ido  at  tlie  Crown  Land  OfiiLV,  tliuro  are  oiilj 
66,200  jKjivs  i;i  tlic  township;  and,  :K'eordinij  to  iho  ri:-;soHsor)s',  09,138 
acres,  yliowing  u  ditVcronee  between  the  two  retuiiis  of  L',938,  Mores. 

The  lirs't  town  ineeiing  was  hold  in  1810,  at  which  TJionias  Losslngwaa 
ftpjiointed  to\vn.sl»i]>  clork. 

The  Census  Enumerators  for  1852  return,  ar.  "cultivated,'"  25,0T9  acres, 
and,  as  "wild,"  30,959  acies,  niniihig  a  total  of  .00,(;38  across,  "occupied," 
— being  3,210  acres  less  than  the  letiini  made  by  the  asse:<:-ovs  lor  tho 
fianie  year.  We  think  tlio  ui.s'j!'cj):uicy  is  e;>yily  accounted  for.  Under  the 
new  Assessment  Act,  the  lands  of  non-residents  are  [tlaced,  witli  respect  to 
taxes,  in  a  nuich  worse  po.vition  than  the  lan^Is  of  residents,  and  tho  taxes 
thereon  I)eii!g  oblig('d  to  be  p;;id  Jicarly  as  soon,  but  through  a  more  oir- 
cuttons  ohauiie],  consequently  a  large  cpiantity  is  '■^  yivcti  in,^^  to  the  assessors 
which  is  really  not  oi-cupied. 

Notwitlr>randi;ig,  the  io\\nship  has  steadily,  uniformly,  and  even  fastly 
incrensed  t-ince  its  iirst  settlement,  as  can  bo  seen  by  its  "  Ruin  and  Decay" 
talMi'.  It  v^  ill  hav(>  to  increase  siiH J\(y,tci'  than  it  has  hitherio  done,  if  it 
doos  not  wish  to  be  crowded  off  from  the  "hciid  of  the  heai' "' by  ]>leidu-im, 
Jjereham,  and  West  Zovra.  Blenlieim  has  this  Acnv  vitliin  244  of  its  pojai- 
iaiion,  and  actually  beats  it  in  wheat  by  50,340  biisliels,  a.nd  in  oats,  by 
0,3  72  bushels  !  Even  the  "  new  township  "  of  Dereham  h,is  nithia  1595 
of  its  po[;ulation,  and  actuall\  bents  it  in  j'otatoc--  turnips,  ;.nd  cheese. 

':'l^ere  are  twelve  saw-mills  in  r!;e  to\\i;-;:ip,  miiie'lly  v,(j:lh  £5,400,  and 
cfijiHole  of  sawing,  (and  no  (i.>ubi.  <lo),  4,l(;0,u()0  i'.-etcf  iin.dicr  per  annum. 
Two  grist  mills,  w  or;  i!  i:-,/"';;,  ^^'■•i ''''It-'  *^f  g'si'i'^-i'^S  4r-,000  bushels  per 
nnnuni. 

The  snw-min  situ.atisd  on  lot  25,  2nd  concssion,  is  a  really  splendid  mill, 
worth  £750,  an.!  cap-bi"  of  s  iv.iii.,'  o  i-),0!)0  feet  per  \r-ra\  "  The  next  best 
is  a  steam  one,  situaied  on  lot  7,  oa  tuu  s;unc  concession — it  is  capable  of 
sawing  800,000  feet  a  year. 

OUervUh'  is  a  beauiifu!  cle.ni,  and  :]oi'.i'isl;'!^g  village,  situated  on  lot  Xo. 
12,  8th  concession,  the  Otter  Ci'eek  tiov.iiur  tliroup'hout.  Post  every  dav". 
Ponulation,  about  250. 

j%''(>riri€]ivlJlc  is  a  busy  little  place,  situated  on  lots  Xos.  7  and  8,  on  the 
4th  caucession.  Post  e\ery  day.  Pop'.datlou,  about  300.  IS'o.  4  Division 
Court  is  held  in  the  \illia'i(\and  it  is  the  place  of  residence  of  Mr.  Carnaby, 
the  clr>rk  of  said  Court.  Norwichville  Post  Oflicowas  established  in  1830. 
It  was  the  seco)id  '••  one  esinblished  in  the  county,  Oxford  (now  Ingersoll) 
being  tb.e  first.  Mr.  Peter  Lossing  was  postmaster,  18  32,  and  part  of  183o  ; 
but  whether  lie  wast  the  A'/"  '  one  or  not,  Ave  do  not  know.  The  amount 
received  for  postage,  for  tin  -^  tvo  years,  were: — for  1832  £28  l7s.  5'., 
and  for  1833,  £37  10s.  7d.  E.  Cook,  Esq.,  v,  is  aj'pointed  ]iostmnster  in 
1833.  D.  D.  WiMson  had  the  contract,  in  1832,  for  carrying  the  mail 
from  and  to  No'-v\ich  and  Durford,  once  a  week,  for  which  hereceivt;d  £10 
88.  Od.  for  the  year.  He  had  also  the  contract  for  the  year  1833,  for  which 
he  received  £lb  16s.  3d.     For  1834,  Mr.  J.  H.  Wilson  had  the  contract, 


*  'J'lie  BnrrnrrI  fost  Office  wr<i  pstabli«i>e(l  about  tlie  sonie  tint*  a*  the  Oxlunl  one,  but  thia  townihip 
int  "n.iw"  belonging  to  tbe  county    ii  not  reckonert. 


TOWNSHIP  OF  NOUWICH. 


75 


51., 


for  which  ho  rec^eive'l  JCl'2.     Tlie  average  rate  which  the  mail  wiw  carricil 
for  these  three  yearn  was  llinie  miles  an  liour. 

By  the  kiniliioss  of  the  pri^sent  postmaster,  Thomas  Wallace,  Esq.,  we  are 
enabled  to  present  the  following,  as  the  receipts  for  the  last  two  years: — 


QunrtereinlingJiily,   .£36  15  7^- 
"  "       Oct.,.-    3o   17  UA 


£15G     8  7 


1851. 
Quarter  ending  J ulv,   ..£28     1  0^ 
"      Oci'.,    -.29     3  si 


1851. 

1852. 

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31    12  9 

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«     April    .. 

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£127      2  4 


The  above  shows  a  decrease  of  £29  Gs.  SJ.,  for  the  last  twehc  months, 
which  is  accounted  for  by  the  great  reduction  lately  made  in  postage.  The 
carriage  of  a  letter  now  to  Quebec  is  only  3d.,  whereas  it  wfis  Is.  7d. 
eighteen  motitiis  ago. 

Mr.  W.  R.  Kirby  has  the  present  contract  for  carrying  the  mail  from  Bur- 
ford  to  Norwich,  six  times  a-week,  and  to  St.  Thomjus  three  times  a  week, 
for  whicli  he  receives  £325  currency  a-ycar. 

Norwich  is  a  liUle  aiiead  of  all  the  other  townsliips  in  the  following 
articles,  viz: — 

Neat  cattle, 5.225         Milch  cows, -  2,258 

Butter, 11 2,U30ft       Cheese, 11 2,543lb 

Wool,    20,8151b       Ho-s, 0,054 

Hay, 4,732  tons.  Mapic  Sugar, 56,20;Jft) 

Flannel, 10,794  yds.  In.lian  Corn, 28,662  bus. 

Buckwheat, .       3,895  bus.  Btu'ley, 3,88G  bus. 

Mr.  Peter  Lossing  and  Peter  Deloiig  purchased,  July  7th,  1810,  of  Mr. 
Will.  Willcox,  15,000  acres  of  laud,  cuuijirising  tlie  following  1'  *s,  viz: — 
Nos.  8,  9,  ]  1,  13,  and  14,  in  the  j*  a^td;]id  concessions;  lots  Nos.  8,  10, 
1 1,  12,  and  14,  in  the  2«l  coii.;  Block  2\o.  2,  and  lots  Nos.  1,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8, 
10,  11,  12,  and  14,  in  tli.'  .lIi  and  0th  coiK'osaions ;  and  lots  Nos.  1^  9,  4,6, 
7,  8,  9,  II  and  14,  in  tlie  5lh  con.  in  Block  5  and  G;  and  lots  Nos.  1,  2,  4, 
6  and  7,  in  liie  7th,  Othand  11th  conccrioiv.ns;  an«l  "lots  Nos.  1,  3,  4,  T,  Si  7, 
in  the  BLh.  lOth  and  12th  cuUcessious,  rr,  blocks  Nos.  9  and  13. 

For  a  uiuuber  of  years  there  w;i.s  ii\ucli  ti'ou.bl«  and  ditliculty  occasioned 
with  respect  to  the  position  of  the  said  lots,  in  consequence  of  the  very  im- 
perfect vnaiincT  in  which  they  had  been  surveyed.  In  a.iswer  to  the  j-ra^er 
of  a  very  nunicroasly  sigue<l  petition,  the  I  jgislature,  in  188.5,  passed  an 
Act  (15  William  IV^,  ciliap.  2G),  wliereby  George  Rykcrt,  David  Cri'  'on, 
and  John  B.'dley,  were  appointed  commissioners,  "  Whose  duty  it  shall  be, 
Mithin  three  tnon' lis  after  the  1st  of  June  next,  to  proceed  to  the  said  t<^'\:\ 
>liip  of  Norwich,  and  peifonally  to  examine,"  *i:c.  vtc,  and 


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continue,  or  alter,  annul,  and  di^allov,  an^'  rr.'  ]  ill,  -f  r-sn.,  cr  ■i-m'.»    m' 


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TOWWSmP  OF  I«C0RW10U. 


the  said  survey  of  the  said  tract  of  laiid,  bo  surve}  od,  or  intended  to  hu 
surveyed,"  »fcc.  tkc. 

There  is  a  female  in  the  township  upwards  of  100  years  of  ago.     What  A 
change  there  is  iu  the  township  Biuce  she  was  7U  years  old  I 


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Th«  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  20,480  bushels. 

1 848,  4,304  acres,  and    C2,2US  bushels,  being  1 4^  bushel*  per  tar: 

1850,5,047     "         "     72,859     "  "     14^ 

1852,  5,028     "         •  103,449     «  "     I8i 


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OATS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 
1842,  no  return  of  acres,  21,589  bushels. 
1848,  1,772  acres,  and  5G,i;U  bushels,  being  31  bushel»  per  acre, 
1850,  2,321     "         "     04.954     "  "     27^ 

1852,  2,025     •*        "      81,201     "•  «     80£ 


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PEAS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 
1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  9,5u0  bushels. 

1850,  1,055  acres,  and  15,50  <  bushels,  being  14  J  bushel*  p«r  a«r«. 
1852,     £90     "       •*      20,512     ♦*  "    '  20^     «  " 

V.  A  R  L  E  Y . 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,      885  bushels. 

1848,     180  acres  and      3,836  bushels,  being  21^  busheU  per  wr*. 

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1842,  no  return  of  acre«,  278  bushels,  being  —  bushel*  per  acre. 
1848,      85  acre*  and        831     *'  *       &f 

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1848,  66  aoms,  and  1,181 
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The  foUowing  will  show  the  quantities  raised  ;— 
1842,    no  return  of  nereis,  28,605  bushels. 

Is^o  ]tl  T"*  ^'l:'   ^^'^' ^  ^'"^'"^^  b'^i"?  10»i  bu«heli.  per .•,-.. 
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SHEEP   &    WOOL. 
The  following  will  show  tho  number  and  quantity  :— 

1842,  5,397  sheep  and  11,8481b,  being  2flb  per  t'leeB 

1848,  9,591     «         "  24,0251b,     «    ^  2llb  «       ^' 

1850,  8,073     «  •  25,01711),     «  3^  lb 

1852,  7,340     -         «  20,8151b,     «  2i«>         « 

HORSES. 
1830,201;*  1842,532;  1848,  1,370;  1850,  1,553;  1852,  1,788. 
NEAT   CATTLE. 
1880,1,188;  1842,4,100;  1848,4,940;  1850,  4,940;  1852,  5,325. 

MILCH   COWS. 
1880,692;  1840,1,138;   1848,  ....;    J850,    ....;  1852,8,258. 

HOGS. 
1«42,  3,204;  1848,4,401;  1850,5,549;  18«2,  5,0-54. 

HAY. 
1850,3,823  tons;  1852,  4,732  tori«. 

MAPLE   SUGAR. 
1^42,e4,^77tb;  1848,  68,223ft);  1850,  89,bd7Tb;  1862,  56,2(.'3tb. 

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lOWNSIUP  Of   NORWICH. 


FULLED   VLOTU. 

lQ4f,H,51f>  jf\nh-    1848,  n,856  yards;    1 8r)2,  8,028  jartK 

FLAN  N  E  L . 
lSi2,  6,42]  jJs.;  1«4«,  11,187  y-K;  1850, 14,022  y.k;  li6«,  10,'794  yds 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  NOnWlCII  COT'NCTL. 

18.50. 

Garry  V.  Delorig,  Eoevo. 

John  Griffin,  Michael   Stover,  'J'nnnrin  Willoox,  Ana  Dui'k«e. 

Asf^esT'i-s :  James  Cronuvell,  Jes*so  Cornell,  William  Jacob. 

Collector:  Abraliam  Swartout. 

Moses  Mott,  Clerk  and  Tj«asurer. 

18.')1. 

''rum an  Willcox,  Reeve. 

Asa  Diirlrpp,  Michael  Stover,  John  Griffin,  Benjamin  Holmes. 

A6*»t.s8or8:  James  Mc Lees,  Samuel  James. 

Collector:  Abraliam  Swartout 

Moses  Mott,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

1852. 

Asa  Durkee,  Reeve. 

Micbaol  Stover,  John  Griffin,  Benjamin  Holmes,  Sydney  J.  Wright. 

Assessor:  James McLeos. 

Collector:  Abra^m  Swartout. 

Moses  Molt,  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 


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LIST  OF  TOWiNSllir  OlFlCEUS,  &C., 

Of  the  ToiL-nalixp  of  NorwicKf 
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Mosen  Mott 
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John  Treirry 
John  liriHiii 
John  (.iritVm 
John  MiKr' 
Juhn<;.  I. 
Sam.  Hill 
John  Grithii 
Junius  ('roii.w 
J.inion  Ml  I.e.s 
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Culloctors, 


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J,iinB8  Me  Lees 
Jiiinei  Mi'lAiej 
Jerominh  Logseo 
John  (trilhii 
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23  WEST  MAIN  STRKT 

WEBSTER,  N.Y.  MS«0 

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TOWNSHIP   01^^  BLANDFORl). 


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The  township  of  Blandford  is  bounded  on  tho  east  by  the  township  of  Blen- 
heim (county  of  Oxford,)  on  the  north  by  the  township  of  Wilmot  (county 
of  Waterloo);  on  the  south  by  the  township  of  East  Oxford  (county  of 
Oxford);  and  divided  therefrom  by  the  Governor's  Hoad,  which  isjtlanked; 
and  on  the  west  by  the  township  of  Ejust  Zorra  (couTity  of  Oxford),  and 
divided  therefrom  mostly  by  the  river  Thames. 

The  township  is  described  in  Smitlts  Gazetteer  (1840),  as  follows  : — 
♦'  The  timber  is  principally  pine.  In  the  south  of  the  township  are  several 
ponds  an<l  small  lakes,  varyinjr  in  size,  from  50  to  200  acres,  and  surrounded 
by  swamps,"  Smit/t's  Canada  (1851  )describes  it  as  a  "  Small  well  watered, 
Well  settled  township.  The  timber  a  mixture  of  hardwood  and  pine." 
This  last  description  we  endorse;  but,  ■while  we  admit  that  it  is  a  "  smalV^ 
township,  we  feel  bound,  in  justice  to  it  to  state,  that  the  township  sof  West  and 
North  Oxfords  are  sma/ler. 

The  township  was  attached  to  East  Oxford  till  1836,  in  which  year  the 
first  township  meeting  was  lii'lrl, — Rev.  Adam  Vansittart  occupied  tho 
chair.  W.  H.  Landon  was  appointed  assessor ;  L.  T.  Tlioi-]),  collector ;  and 
Wm.  Lapenotiero,  township  clerk. 

In  the  first  territorial  division  of  Upper  Canada  (made  by  Proclamation 
on  July  16th,  1792,  by  Governor  Siincoe)  tho  territory  which  afterwards 
formed  tho  township  of  Blandford,  formed  a  part  of  the  West  Riding  of 
York,  and  was  described  by  the  first  Surveyor  General,  as  follows: — "  A 
township  the  most  westerly  in  the  West  Riding  of  Yoi'k  county,  lies  north- 
ward of  Dundas  Street,  opposite  to  Oxford,  and  is  washed  by  the  river 
la  Tranche;'  (Thames.) 

By  the  Act  38  Geo.  III.,  chapter  5  (1798),  the  to',vnship  of  Blandford 
was  attached  to  the  county  of  Oxford. 

A  part  of  the  townshi]>  was  surveyed  by  Mr.  Augustus  Jonfs  in  1793,  a 

part  by  Mr. Law  in  1707,  a  part  by  Andrew  Miller  in  1824,  a  part 

by  Mahlon  Burwell  in  1832,  and  a  part  ('"park  lots  "J  by  Mr.  Peter  Carroll 
in  1834. 

The  first  lots  in  the  township  granted  by  tho  Crown,  was  on  tho  15th 
November,  1828.  They  were  granted  to  Abraham  A.  R.  Nellies,  for  what 
ficrvicea  we  have  not  been  able  to  ascertain.  The  following  lots  were  so 
granted : — 

Con.  10 Lot  4 All. 

«    10...-   «10,....S.  part, 
136  acre*. 


Con.  1 . 
"  2. 
«  2. 
"    4. 


.Lot  18 141  Acres. 

..    "     1 200      " 

..    "18 233      " 


11 69 


10... 


4,..  200 


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TOWireHIP  OP  BLAJJDFOUD. 


81 


The  first  lot  sold  by  the  Government  was  the  east  half  lot,  No.  25,  Ist 
concession,  wliich  was  on  January  19th,  1832:  the  purchaser,  Mr.  ThoiDaa 
Kowland,  and  the  price,  12s.  6d.  per  acre. 

In  1820,  20,000  acres  of  the  lands  of  the  township  were  appropriated  for 
the  endowment  of  a  College,  together  with  120,828  acres  in  other  parts  of 
the  Province. 

According  to  the  return  made  by  the  Crown  Land  Office,  the  township 
contains  29,200  acres,  including  that  portion  of  the  town  of  Woodstock 
which  lies  north  of  the  Governor's  Road  (or  Dundas  Street),  which  em- 
braces about  730  acres;  and,  according  to  the  assessors'  return,  29,710 
acres,  without  any  portion  of  the  town  of  Woodstock. 

The  only  mill  in  the  township  is  a  saw-mill,  worth  £250,  capable  of 
cutting  200,000  feet  per  annum. 


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W  II  E  A  T.« 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised:^ 
1842,. .  .no  return  of  acres,  3,502  bushels. 

1848, 1,204  acres,   and  18,1  »7       "       bciiijr  15  bushels  per  atro. 

163       "  " 


1850, l.KU 


1852,t..- 1,768 


"    17,912 
35,525 


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OATS.* 
The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised  :— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  5,274  bushels. 

1848, 620  acres,    and    14,376      "       being  27|  bushels  per  acre* 

1850, 716     "  "       18,729      "  "     26 

1862,t-..840     «  ••        26,792       "  "     31| 


PEAS.* 
The  following  will  .show  the  quantities  raised:— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  603  bushels. 

1850 220acres,  and         4,101     "        being  18^  bushels  per  ncrt<,- 


1852,t--.379 


7,078     " 
BARLEY. 


18j|| 


The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised  :— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  640  bushels. 

1848, 68acre8,and         1,203       "      being  17*  bushels  per  acre. 

1850,....  Y9     «        "  1,168        "         "     141 

1863, 32     "        "  666         "  "      20| 


*  Om  gfiiitlenun  («  lar^e  farmer.;    pDsitively  reftned  to  gi»e  in  n  relntn  of  his  grain,  fonscnuentl 
C  few  liuHilred  bushels  sh  ould  be  arided  to  theae  ■mounti, 
t  Wooditoek  wai  detaihed  in  IMr. 


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TOWNSUIF   OF  BLANDFORD. 


RYE. 

Tho  following  will  hHow  the  quantities  raised:— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  74  bushels. 

1850, 28  acres,  and       265        <'        being  9|  buthela  per  aore. 

1862,*...  21     "        "  aiS        "  "   16i        "  " 


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INDIAN     CORN. 

Tho  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised: — 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  119  bushels. 

1848, 30  acres,  and         795      '*     being  26}  bushels  per  aore. 

1860, 21  acres,  and         604        "         "    24 

1852,*...44  acres,  and         964        "         "    21J 


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BUCKWHEAT. 

The  following  will  show  tho  quantities  raised  :— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  43  bushels. 

1848, 30  acres,  and  444        "    being  14|  bushels  per  atre. 

1850, no  return  of  acres,  209        "         "      — 

1852,*... 25  acres,  and  231         "        "      9 


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POTATOES. 

'I  ho  folldwirig  will  show  the  (|Mantitii!s  raised: — 

1842, ni>  return  of  acres    6,0fJ3  biibhels. 

1848,. ..  .58  acres,    and        6,832        "    being  llTJ  bushels  per  acr«. 

11,058         "  "     124  " 

6,835         "  "       72i 


1850, 89     " 

K<52,*...94     " 


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SHEEP     &,     WOOL. 

Tin;  fo'leu'iiifj  will  show  tho  nuuibor  and  quantit' 
1842,. 559  sheep,  and  1,761  lbs.  wt 


1><48, 1,629 

1850, 1,5'J4 

1852,* 2,l4;i 


"    3,719   " 

"    4,181    "       " 

*'    5,707    •'       " 


mg  3    lbs.  per  she  op. 
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1842,. 
1850,. 


HORSES. 


lis. 

201. 


1848,.. 
1852,*. 


.246. 
.298. 


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1842,. 
1850,. 


NEAT      CATTLE. 


.    468.  1848, 1,159. 

.1,387.  1852,* 1,401. 


*  Woodttock  wmi  detirhcd  in  INt. 


TOWNSHIP  OF  BLANDFOBD. 


83 


1840,.. 
1862,*, 


MILCH      COWS. 
.188.         1848, I860,. 


.488. 


HOGS. 


1842, 404. 

1860, 954. 


1848, 1,0J9. 

1862,* 1,409. 


•  MAPLE     SUGAR. 

1842, 6,890  lbs.         1848, 14,646  lbs. 

1860, 18,936  "  1852*, 10,861     « 

H  A  Y. 
1860, 726  tons.  1862,* l,666tonf. 

FULLED    CLOTH. 
1842 806  yda.        1848, 77  yds.        1862,*-...497  yd«. 

FLANNEL. 

1842, JSOyds.        1860, 1,842  yds. 

1848, 1,802    "  1862,* 1,848    " 


TOWNSHIP  OF  BLANDFORD  COUNCIL. 

1860. 
John  Barwick,  Reeve. 
John  Galaspey,  G.  W.  Whitehead,  George  Alexander,  John  Mc  F.  Wilson. 

Asseesor— Thomas  J.  Clark. 

CoUeotor — George  Edgar. 

Leboo  F.  Sharp,  Clerk,  and  H.  C.  Barwick,  Treasurer. 

1851. 

John  Barwick,  Reeve. 

George  Alexander,  John  G.Vansittart,  Henry Vansittart,  Thos.  F.  Mitchell. 

Asaessora — John  Davidson,  William  Hewitt,  Benjamin  Ellison. 

Collector — John  Fairbum. 

Leboo  F.  Sharp,  Clerk.    H.  C.  Barwick,  Treasurer. 

*  VVuoditock  wa»  deUched  in  1S0I.     „ 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  BLANDFOBD. 


1852. 

John  Barwick,  Reeve. 

J.  G.  Vansittart,  Henry  Vansittart,  John  Fairburn,  James  Merchant. 

Assessors — John  Davidson,  William  Hewitt,  Benjamin  Ellison. 

Collector— Thomas  F.  Mitchell. 

Leboo  F.  Sharp,  Clerk.    H.  C.  Barwick,  Treasurer. 


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frchant. 


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LIST  OF  TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS,  ScCy  OF  BLaNDFORD, 

Since  th$  formation  of  the  Diitriet  of  Brock. 


Yedri. 

Town  Clerks. 

Aisessori. 

Collectori. 

Total  Assoiiea 
Value. 

'I'uUl    I'tixut 
Levied. 

1840 

L.  F.  Sharp 

Mich.  Overhott 

William  Clark 

£        S.      D 

8,886    8    0 

£       «    D 

8:3  5  10 

1841 

L.  F.  Sharp 

Elijah  Nellies 

Elijah  Nellies 

9,628  16    0 

90    9  5 

1842 

L.  F.  SImrp 

Mich.  Overhott 

William  Clark 

10,661  15    6 

44  10  6 

1843 

L.  F.  Sharp 

.Tohn  Stevens 

William  Clark 

10,574    4    0 

128  12  9 

1844 

L.  F.  Sharp 

John  Stevens 

William  Clark 

12,169    4    4 

114    6  6 

1845 

L.  F.  Sharp 

Josepli  Taylor 

William  Clark 

12,711    8    8 

101  14  2 

1846 

R.H.  Burtch 

Mich.  Overhott 

William  Clark 

15,261     0    6 

147  10  7 

1847 

L  F.  Sharp 

Ab'm  Sud  worth 

William  Clark 

15,645  17    0 

99    7  9 

1848 

L  F.  Sharp 

Mich.  Overhott 

Willi'im  Clark 

18,869  14  10 

242    7  6 

1849 

L.  F.  Sharp 

Mich.  Overhott 

William  Clark 

19,201    9    6 

213  13  8 

1850 

L.  F.  Sharp 

Thoa.  J.  Clark 

George  Edgar 

23,669    7    0 

6  74    0  0 

1851 

L.  F.  Sharp 

John  Davidson 

John  Fairburn 

rf5.',685    I    0 

6  77    2  4 

1852 

L.  F,  Sharp 

John  Davidson 

Thos.  F.Mitchell 

c  56,414    0    0 

6  75    0  4 

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SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 


1 

t;iiildreii  lietvveeii 

Ho. 

No.  . 

Municipal 

Legislative 

Amount 

TotalAmou't 

5  an 

J  i«. 

SehM 

Sih's  Avera^a 

Years 

Scliooi 

Sihool 

Raised  by 

Paid 

N»t 

!l«ec- 

Oper- 

i>ioniii« 

Grant 

Gra'it. 

Rale  Bill. 

To  Teach 

srs. 

Taught. 

Ta'iRlit 

tions. 

ation. 

Taught. 

£    8.      d 

£    s     d 

£    a     d 

£       8 

d 

1844 

30      6  6 

30    6  6 

60  17    6 

81    14 

1 

77 

191 

6 

3 

9 

1845 

36  13  2 

29  16  9 

35  15    9 

62   11 

3 

244 

198 

5 

4 

n 

1846 

31   18  3 

29    9  6 

11     4    5 

76  12 

9 

128 

351 

8 

8 

61 

1847 

35     7  4 

44  13  2 

129  14    0 

177  16 

3 

251 

254 

6 

6 

6 

1848 

51     6  0 

45  5  11 

135  10    6 

229    2 

5 

295 

303 

6 

5 

7 

1849 

64    2  6 

49    2  6 

198    3    2 

3  JO    2 

2 

207 

487 

t 

6 

m 

1850 

17    4  8 

45    0  2 

25    6  11 

73     6 

5 

204 

137 

7 

6 

8 

1851 

27  11  1 

25    1  0 

15  17    0 

68    9 

1 

208 

172 

4 

4 

— 

1852 

29    7  0 

26  16  9 



- 

a  281 

a  121 

— 

— 

— 

a  By  i^eiiKiu  Return. 

d  A  iiortion  ol'J'ownthip  detached  to  for  m  the  town  of 


h  County  Rate  only. 


e  According  to  New  Aiiciiment  Aet. 
Woodstock. 


BLANDFORD'S  "RUIN   AND  DECAY." 


BLANDFORD.  AND  PART  OF  WOODSTOCK. 


Population,     . 

Occtipied, 

Cultivated, 

Non-resident, 

Non-resident, 

Personal, 

Real, 

Total, 

Framed,  1  storf'j, 

Br'k  &  stone,  1  story 

F.,  B.  &  S.  2  storeys 

Taxes  levied,  . 

Carriages, 

Milch  Cows,  . 

c  No  ratorn. 


1840 


1848 


327  1,851 

9,718  16,926 

1,819  5,330 

a  a 

a  a 

a  a 

a  a 

L6,082       Iil8,869 
15  a 

—  a 

2  a 

L242  6  6 
a 
«r 
h  Comity  Tax  only. 


L66  11  0 
a 
131 


1850 


BLANDFORD  ALONE. 


1,2U3 
20,2J3 
5,902 
a 
a 
a 
a 
L23,669 
a 
a 
a 
1-86  9  6 
a 
a 


1851 


a 

22,766 
a 

6,805 

L4,835 

L5,258 

L42,587 

L52,680 

a 

a 

un  2  4 

a 
m 


1852 


1.356 

23,632 

7,240 

6,078 

L4,375 

L5,682 

L46,357 

e  L66,414 

24 

5 

2 

0  4 

13 

488 


L75 


«  Valued  under  the  new  Aet, 


J; 


fi 


1: 
i    ''31 


Towr^sHir  OF  blenheim. 


f 


tt 


The  township  of  Blenlieim  is  one  of  tho  three  largest  in  the  county  of 
Oxford.  It  is  bounded  on  tho  we»t  by  the  townships  of  North  and  South 
Dumfries  [county  Brant] ;  on  the  east  by  the  township  of  Blandford  [county 
Oxford];  on  the  aoutli  by  tlie  township  of  Burford  [county  BrnntJ,  from 
whicli  it  is  divided  by  the  Governor's  Road,  now  "  planked ; "  and  on  the 
north  by  the  township  of  Wilmot  [county  Waterloo.] 

By  the  Crown  Land  Office  return,  Blenheim  contains  66,400  acres, 
being  200  more  than  any  other  township  in  the  county ;  but  by  the  asses- 
sore' return  (67,200  acres),  tho  township  of  Norwich  (69,138  acres),  has 
1,938  acres  more  than  it. 

The  whole  township  is  good  land  and  well  timbered,  and  the  best  watered 
of  any  township  in  the  county,  ])rincipally  by  Horner's  creek  and  Smith's 
creek,  both  of  whicli  flow  through  the  township  in  the  most  tortuous  course 
imaginable,  as  if  desirous  of  accommodating  as  many  of  its  inhabitants  as 
possible.  The  latter  runs  through  no  less  than  64  lots.  Notwithstanding, 
this  township  was  the  first  one  settled  in  the  county.  It  has  been  for  the 
last  twenty  years  far  behind  Norwich  in  general  improvements  and  advan- 
cements ;  but,  within  the  last  few  yeare,  it  has  made  veiy  rapid  progress ;  so 
much  so,  that  it  is  close  on  the  heels  of  its  rival — Norwich — and  bids  fair 
soon  to  be  far  ahead.  By  the  census  of  this  year,  Blenheim*  returns 
50,340 bushels  of  wheat,  and  0,372  bushels  of  oats,  more  than  any  other 
to^vnship,  and  the  greatest  number  of  bushels  per  acre — 2  If  bushels.  Also, 
the  greatest  quantity  of  potatoes— 26,227  bushj  Also,  the  largest  quantity 
of  rye — 1,509  bushels. 

The  first  male  white  child  that  was  bom  in  the  township  was  in  1804, 
and  the  fii-st  female  white  child  in  June,  1801.  The  former  now  resides 
in  the  township,  and  the  latter  but  a  few  miles  from  it. 

The  fii-st  territorial  division  of  the  Province  was  made,  by  Proclamation, 
July  16th,  1792,  by  Governor  Simcoe,  in  which  division  the  township  of 
Blenheim  formed  a  part  of  tho  West  Riding  of  the  county  of  York,  and  was 
described  as  follows: — "  Elenhem  lies  to  the  northward  of  Dundas  Street, 
opposite  Burford." 

By  the  Act  38  Geo.  TIL,  chapter  5  (1798),  the  township  of  Blenheim 
was  attached  to  the  county  of  Oxford  when  it  was  first  formed. 

The  first  part  of  the  township  was  surveyed  by  Mr.  Augustus  Jones  in 

the  year  1793,  a  part  by Riddell  in  the  year  1796,  and  a  part  by 

Stegman  in  the  year  1798. 


*  On  Pag*  —  it  ii,  hjr  miitska,   itnted,  that  "Norwich  lnM  ratr  railed  the  ffrmtett  qaantity— 
103.448  bnibelt,"  whereat  ituheuld  huve  been,  Blenheim — 163,769  buiheli. 


10WN9IIIP   OP  BLENHEIM. 


87 


the 


Also, 
antity 


The  following  lots  were  granted,  gratuitously,  in  the  township  up  to  the 
year  1800:— 

f  July  18, 1797.  6th  con.,  lota  23  and  24,. ..    400  acres* 


Rev.  Thomas 
Raddish,.. 


John  Powell,.. 


"       "  7th 

"        «  8tli 

Dec.  31,  1798.  6th 

"     "       "  Cth 

"     «       •♦  7th 

«      «      «  8th 

'  Jan'y  8,  1798.  3rd 


- 


4th 


A.C.Willmot,|I>-   i'l'r-fljj 
Bell  McLean,... Aug.  1.3,  1799.  3rd 


u 
(( 
u 


o.  i,  lot24, 100 

lots  23  and  24 400 

N.ilot24, 100 

lots  1,  2,  3,  12,  13, 

and  14, 1,200 

lots  1,2,5,6,12,13 

and  14, 1,400 

lots  1  and  2, 400 

lots  17, 18,19  cfe  20,    800 
lots  6,  7, 8, 18  &  19,1000 

lots 200 

lots  23  and  24 400 

lots  14,  15,  and  16,     600 

400 


tt 
U 


u 
u 
u 
u 
u 
u 
u 
u 


Hen.  A.  McLean,  Aug.  13, 1799.  2nd   "   lots  18  and  19 

The  first  lot  sold  hy  the  Government  was  tlie  10th  lot,  14th  concession, 
on  the  28th  day  of  August,  1833,  to  William  Warduc,  at  15s.  per  acre. 

The  first  saw  and  grist  mill  that  wjis  built  in  the  county  was  in  this 
township.     They  were  erected  by  the  late  Thomas  Horner,  Esq. 

There  are  now  five  saw  mills  in  the  township,  unitedly  worth  £1,150, 
and  capable  of  sawing  1,800,000  feet  of  lumber  per  annum.  There  are 
also  two  grist  mills,  vahied  at  £1,250,  and  capable  of  grinding  36,000 
bushels  of  wheat  per  annum. 

We  had  prepared  a  somewhat  lengthy  account  of  the  early  settlement 
and  progress  of  this  most  interesting  township,  but  have  been  obliged  to 
suppress  it,  with  much  other  matter,  in  consequence  of  the  length  this 
(intended)  little  work  has  already  swelled  to. 


i'  1 


ition, 
ip  of 
/was 

treet, 


-•••- 


leim 


in 


Hty— 


WHEAT. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 
1 842,  no  return  of  acres,  20,1 1 4  bushels. 

1 848,  4,26 1  acres,  and    64, 1 09  bushels,  being  1 6   bushels  per  acre. 
1860,5,644     "         "     98,163     "  "17^**         " 

1852,  7,037     "         "  15.3,789     "  "     21i     "         " 


88 


rowmmp  op  bleniii5im. 


rii 


OATS. 

The  following  will  sliow  tlie  quantities  mised : — 
1842,  no  return  of  acrea,  10,793  buslu'ls. 
1848,  2,084  acres,  and  49,793  bushels,  being  23^  bushels  per  acre. 
1850,  2,758     "        "     75,913     "  ♦'     27^ 

1862,  2,072     "        '•      87,033     "  "     32$ 


U 


PEAS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  noreturnof  acres,  4,247  bushels. 

1848,  no  census  taken  of  them. 

1850,     953  acres,  and  10,819  bushels,  being  17^  busliels  per  acr«. 

1862,     912     "       "      14,810     "  "      16       "  " 

BARLEY. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  1,205  bushels. 

1848,     133  acres  and  2,G87  bushels,  being  21    bushels  p«r  acr«. 

1860,     184     "         "  3,172     "  "     20         "  «* 

1862,       78     «         "  1,062     "  "     21^       «  • 

RYE. 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  1,1 34  bushels,  being —  bushels  per  acre. 
1848,    100  acres  and        1,494     "  «     16       "  *• 

1850,    395  «         "  6,206     «  «     13       «  • 

1862,     106  "         "  1,609     "  «     14j     «  •• 

INDIAN   CORN. 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  1,134  bushels. 


1848,  242  acres,  and 

6,271 

u 

being  26  bushels  per  acre. 

1850,  398     «         " 

6,306 

u 

((      10      a           a 

1862,  473     "         « 

6,507 

it 

«<     14     «        * 

BUCKWHEAT. 

1842,   no  rrttum  of  acres,     372  bushels,  being — bushels  per  aor«. 

1848,  104  acres,  and       1,930      "  "     18^      «          ♦' 

1850,  no  return  made,    2,865       *  «      _       «'           •* 

1862,  132  acres,  and      1,868       «  >       u       «          « 

POTATOES. 

Tlie  fftUowing  will  show  the  quantities  raised :  - 

1842,  no  return  of  acres,  17,328  bushels. 

1 848,  123  acred,  and       1 0,809  bushels,  being  87  bushels  per  acre. 

/860,  777     "         "         26,261     "  "  149^  "  " 

1852,  502     "         "         25,227     «  "     83i  «  " 


TOWNSHIP  OF  BLENHEIM. 


SHEEP  «k    WOOL 


89 


The  following  will  show  the  number  and  qiiuntity : — 

1842,    1,969  sheep  and    3,30811),  being   Hlb  per  flheep. 
1848,    6,150     «         •»  13,l76lb,     "        2ilb         " 
1850,    6,323     "         "  16,533tb,     "        2i\h         •♦ 


1862,    6,438     «• 


18,004lb,     "        2ilb 
HORSES 


1830,  62;*  1842,  263;  1848,  71?:  1860,  064;  1862,  1.168 


NEAT  CATTLE. 
1880,  498;f  1842,  1,189;  1848,  2,880;  1860,4,224;  1862,  1,168. 


MILCH   COWS 


1880,246;  1840,628;  1848. 


1860, 


1862,  1,685 


HOGS. 


1842,1,491;  1848,8,993;  1860.8,363;  1862,3,024 


J,    w. 


»  •'»«■ 


HAY. 
1860.  2.464  tons;  1862.  S.447  toniw 


MAPLE   SUGAR. 
1842,  82,l88fi>;  1848,  39,122ib;  1860,  47,34Slb;  1862,  31,882!b. 

FULLED   CLOTH. 
1842,  1,263  yards;    1848,  3,200  yards;    1862,  2,337  yards. 

FLANNEL. 
1842,  2,376  yda.;  1848,7,476  yds.;  1860, 7,786 yds.;  1862,  7,644  yds. 


i 


(     ) 

1 1 


■  •  ■  « •  • — 

BLENHEIM     COUNCIL. 

TOWNSHIP    COUNCIL. 
1860. 

William  Dixon, Reeve. 

J.  N.  Williamson,  J.  Kilburn,  J.  Motherall,  J.  Kennedy. 
AfMsiors,.. Edward  Boucbier,  Thomas  Workman,  and  Samuel  Turomos. 

Collector, Joshua  Bamett. 

G.  H.  Lajeock, Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

*  ThrM  fMri  «ld  and  vpwaHIi. 
t  Tw«y««ntldai4npw«id*. 


oe 


TOW^NStllP  OF  BLENHEIM. 


1861. 

John  Jackuon, Roevo. 

J.  N.  Williamson,  John  Thompson,  Poter  Bricker. 

Assessors, Jeremiah  Cownnh  and  Jerad  Kilbourn. 

Collector, Joshua  Bamctt. 

J.  H.  Laycock, Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

1852. 

John  Jackson, Reeve. 

John  Fleming,  George  Perry,  John  O.  Linsey,  Thomas  Cowan. 

Assessors, Jeremiah  Cownah  and  Jerad  Kilbourn. 

Collector, Rouse. 

J.  H.  Laycocl^ Qhtk  and  Xrcasurert 


«<       ! 


LIST  OF  THE  TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS,  &C., 

OF  BLENHEIM, 

HINCE    TriK    KOUMATION    OK   THE    DISTIUCT    OF    DKOCK. 


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HI.J 

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II.  Iinyi'oi'k 
II.  L.iyciak 
11.  Liiyt'oi'k 
11.  Ijayeoi'k 
II.  tiiiycui'k 
L.iycui'k 
I.,iyiuik 
liiii'iock 
li.iycuck 
lyiii'  k 


ii.  Luycock 


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AitanHiiri. 

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II  .-mi  10  7 

J.   II.  I.livi'urk 

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II    iJ'i  II    3 

J.  11.  I.nyi'ock 
UiMijiiniiii  lluriier 

(jciirjif  F,  llill 

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SCHOOL   STATISTICS. 


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a  County  Ratu  only. 


6  Valued  uimI't  Now  Asscssinout  Act. 


c  Consul  return. 


BLENHEIM'S  "RUIN   AND  DECAY." 


IS'iO 
317 

1830 

1810 

IMO 
4,323 

1851 
a 

Popiiliitinn, 

409 

1,707 

<')ccii|iied, 

3.840 

11.038 

28,470 

51.1.-8 

50.458 

CulliviUeil, 

020 

2,004 

6,032 

17,148 

a 

NoiiRe^iidcnt, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

0.342 

Non-Uesident, 

a 

a 

a 

V 

1,9,350 

I'ersiiiml, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

L2 1,071 

Real, 

a 

a 

a 

a 

1,1117,020 

Totiil, 

X3,720 

L8,280 

L20,184 

L52,327 

c  L231,044 

Framed,  1  slorcy. 

6 

20 

72 

a 

a 

Br'k  &  Stone,  " 

— 

— 

— 

a 

a 

F.  B.  &  s.  a    '• 



3 

5 

a 

a 

Taxes  levied. 

X2210 

1.51   12 

L180  9 

b  LlOl  3  5 

b  L315  13  11 

Milc'li  Cows, 

111 

245 

528 

a 

a 

a  No  return. 


6  Coanty  Rate  only. 


F'lircCo 
1852  l.-'iO 


4.00.'.  \j\-n 

r.0.117  30.h22 

26,0(13  7,143 

7.7-3  a 

1.8,1121  a 

1,20.500  a 

1400,100  a 
e  L230,7.'50   L26,067 

108  55 

4  — 

8  5 

6L203  15  10  L235  2 

1,585  080 

Valned  under  the  New  Act, 


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TOWNSHIP  OF  EAST  NISSOUKI. 


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The  township  of  East  Nissouri  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  township  of 
West  Zorra  (county  of  Oxford);  on  the  east  by  the  township  of  West 
Nisisouri  (county  of  Middlesex) ;  on  the  south  by  the  township  of  North 
Oxford  (county  of  Oxford) ;  and  on  the  north,  by  the  townships  of  Blan- 
chard  and  Downie  (county  of  Perth).  It  is  a  township  of  most  excellent 
land,  and  very  heavily  timbered  with  hard  wood. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  ascertain  when  the  first  township  meeting  was 
held,  but  we  have  found,  after  much  seai'ching,  the  original  minutes,  <fec^  of 
a  meeting  hdJ  on  the  7th  January,  1821,  at  the  house  of  Mr.  James 
Howard.  The  warrant  was  issued  by  Peter  Teeple  and  Thomas  Horner, 
Esquires,  addressed  to  A.  Lewis,  constable.  James  O'Brien,  was  elected 
clerk;  .James  O'Brien  and  John  Uran,  assessore;  and  John  Stephens,  collec- 
tor. It  was  then  moved  by  Mr.  E.  Withers,  sen,,  seconded  by  James  O'Brien, 
and  resolved,  "  That  the  next  town  meeting  be  held  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
James  Howard,  13th  lot,  6th  concession,  on  the  1st  Monday  in  January, 
1822. 

We  have  also  in  our  possession  the  Assessment  Roll  for  1822,  signed  by 
Jared  Vining,  one  of  the  Assessors,  a  copy  of  which  we  give  below,  as  far 
as  lands,  horses,  oxen,  and  cows,  are  concerned : — 


Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Land. 

• 

£ 

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3 
6 

3 
03 

CQ 

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« 

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2 

2 
2 
2 

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2 

2 
2 

3 

• 
CO 

1 

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3 
3 
2 

1 
1 
2 

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1 

1 

2 

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Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Land. 

i 

« 
CO 

1 

• 
B 
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6 

• 

o 

Francis  Bowers 

Clanson  Burgess.. 

John  Uran 

George   Coleman.. 

Robt.  Smitli 

Wm.  Smith 

Joseph  Wheaton.. 

Robt.  Dean 

John  Cuningham.. 

Wm.  Uran 

Joshua  Hall 

Geo.  Logan 

Robt.  Logan 

Solomon  Vining... 

Daniel  Comstock 

Calvin  Perkins 

John  Saitbere 

200 
197 
194 
100 
200 
2C0 
100 
100 
IOC 
100 
97 
100 
100 
100 
200 
100 
270 

Thos.  Bailey 

John  Farley 

James  O'Brien 

Donald  McDonald. 

John  Hosman 

Joseph  Allwood... 
Samuel  Shielock.. 

Richard  Caiten 

John  Stephens 

James  Agar 

Peter  Enor 

Charles  Moore 

Hugh  Davis 

Jared  Vining 

James  Haywood. . . 

Charles  Bovard 

FresmoB  Burdiok. . 

95 

97 

196 

100 

100 

100 

200 

60 

176 

198 

48 

97 

194 

136 

200 

194 

60 

6 
3 
6 

16 
2 
2 
3 
4 

6 

1 

1 

i 

1 
"i 

2 

2 

2 
2 

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2 

1 
3 

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1 

2 
2 
2 
1 

1 
2 

3 
3 

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21  2 
1 


1 

1 

2 

2 

2 

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2 


1..    3 


TOWNSHIP  07  BAST  mSSOURL 

[ 

J3 

Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Land. 
Cleared. 

• 

1 

S 

1 

1^ 

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Names. 

Uncultiva- 
ted Land. 

1 

• 

o 

• 

a 
o 

M 

o 

1 

Joseph  Day 

Joel  Cross 

Robt.  Gracon 

Eben.  Titus 

Samuel  Titus 

Joseph  Brown 

Eben.  Whithers... 
Wm.   Whithers.  . 
Robt.  Cameron 

94 

97 

91 

94 

100 

100 

98 

100 

200 

6 

1 

-- 
2 

2 

2 
2 

2 

2 
2 

1 
2 

3 
2 

David  Ramage 

Colin  MoNee 

Wm.  McNee 

John  Cowan 

Francis  Kellsall... 

Wm.  Shaw 

Sarah  Cameron... 
AshoU  Lewis 

200 
98 
100 
100 
98 
200 
200 
100 

2 
2 

«  to 
*  * 

2 

—  • 

2 

«  • 

The  first  territorial  division  of  the  Province  was  made  in  July  16,  1792, 
at  which  time  the  township  of  Nissouri  was  not  known.  We  first  find  it 
alluded  to  by  the  Act  2  Geo.  IV.,  chapter  3  (1821),  by  which  Act  it  is, 
together  with  the  township  of  Zorra,  added  to  the  county  of  Oxford.  Pre* 
vious  to  that  period  the  whole  of  the  townships  of  Nissouri,  Zorra,  and  the 
townships  of  West  and  North  Oxfords,  were  assessed  together,  their  united 
population  being  at  that  period  719  souls;  they  now  have  a  population  of 
14,914  souls. 

The  whole  township  was  surveyed  by  Mr.  Shubal  Parke  in  1820. 

On  the  6th  day  of  July,  1820,  the  east  halves  of  the  following  lota  (the 
first  in  the  township)  were  granted  to  Mr.  Thaddeus  Davis;  and  on  the  7th 
of  the  same  month,  the  west  halves  of  the  same  lots,  viz:— 


Con. 

u 


8 Lots  21   and  28. 

10 "    14. 

12....    «    11,19,21,&34. 
14....    "      8. 


Con.    9 Lots  28  and  26. 

*♦    11 "       7  and  17. 

«     13 «     26. 


By  the  Act  14  and  15  Victoria,  chapter  6  (1851),  it  is  enacted,  «  That 
Ea^t  Nissouri  shall  include  and  consist  of  that  part  of  the  present  township 
of  Nissouri  which  lies  eastward  of  the  line  dividing  the  7th  concession 
thereof  from  the  8th." 

The  first  lot  sold  in  the  township  of  East  Nissouri  by  the  Government* 
was  the  2nd  lot  in  the  11th  concession.  It  was  sold  to  John  Campbell,  on 
July  17, 1834,  at  16s.  lOd.  per  acre. 

According  to  the  returns  made  by  the  Crown  Land  Office,  there  are 
46,400  acres  in  the  township;  and,  by  the  assessors'  45,841  acres. 

There  is  a  small  village  called  Thamesford,  situated  on  a  small  branch  of 
the  Thamett  whioh  flows  through  th«  south-west  comer  of  the  towndiip. 


1^1 


11  2'  3 


94 


TOWNSHIP  OP  BAST  KISSOURT. 


WHEAT. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised: — 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  9,553  bushels. 

1848, 2,637  acres,  and  31,813       "      being  12  bushels  per  aero. 

1850,*...  4,323       ««         "    36,680       "  "       8^       "  " 

1852, 2,000       "         "    26,6ti3       "  "     12j       "  " 


OATS. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised : — 

1842 no  return  of  acres,25,252  bushels. 

1848, 1 ,976  acres,  and  44,1 85      "      being  22^  bushels  per  acre. 

I860,*... 2,291     "        "       60,321       "  «     22^ 

1862,.... 1^34     «         "       40,178       "  "     24J 


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PEAS, 

The  following  will  chow  the  quantities  raised: — 
1842, ...  .no  return  of  acres,  6,087  bushels. 

1 850,* . . .  996  acres,  and       1 1 , 1 95    "        being  11 J  bushels  per  acre. 
1862, 155    ••        "  6,437     "  "    41 J       "  ♦« 


BARLEY. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised  :— 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  469  bushels. 

1848, 50  acres,  and     1,510       "      being  30  bushels  per  acre. 

1850,*...  41     »         «  650         "  "      16 


41 
1862,.... 133 


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2,668 


it 

it 


20 


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ii 


V.   .        '' 


RYE. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised  :— 

1 842, no  return  of  acres,    3  bushels. 

1848, 15  acres,  and        160        "        being  lOj  bushels  per  acre. 

1850,*...  2     "         "  16         "  "        8         '«  " 

1852, 1     «         «'  10         "  «'      10  "  " 


INDIAN     CORN. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised:^ 

1842, no  return  of  acres,  1,076  bushels. 

1848, 34  acres,  and  784      "     being  23  bushels  per  acre. 

1850,*... 69      «        "  1,277       "  "     18J 

1862, 60      •*        "  1,190      "         "     195 


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*  The  wbol*  of  NiiMuri  before  it  was  divided. 


TOWNSraP  OF  EAST  NISSOURI. 


95 


0. 


BUCKWHEAT. 

'^}        ilowing  will  show  the  quantities  raised:— 
>2, no  return  of  acres,  241  bushels. 


io^^';  ■  ■  -^^  *^''*'^'  *"^  ^^^        "    '^eing  21  bushels  per  acre. 

I860,*...  no  return  of  acres,  791        «         "     

1862, 30  acres,  and  421        "        «      14 


ore. 


POTATOES. 

The  following  will  show  the  quantities  raised: — 
1842, no  return  of  acres  21,827  bushels. 

!o"-»';---^^^^**"^°'^'''"^       ^^'^^'^        "    being  73J  bushels  per  acre. 
18yO,*...l97     "  "         17,949         "         "733  "  " 

1852,....  103     "         "  4,193        "         ««     91  "  « 


icre. 


SHEEP     fc     WOOL. 

The  following  will  show  the  number  and  qnantitios: 

]fli^ 2,02 1  sheep,  and    4,137  lbs.  wool. 

1848, 5,Hil       «  «     13,]  30    "       " 

IS.W,* 5^405       «  «     22,851     "       « 

1852, 2,911        "  «       7,279    «       u 


5re. 


HORSES. 


1830, 48.t 

1848, 449. 

1852, 


1842,.. 
1850,*. 


-166. 
.475. 
.475. 


NEAT      CATTLE. 


1830, 488.t 

1848,.. 3,727. 

1852, 


1842, 2,440. 

1850,* 3,7,s]. 


,cre. 


1830,.. 
1850,*. 


MILCH     COW  S. 
239. 


'1840, 4fifi^ 

18^2, 759. 


icre. 


HOGS. 

1842,.. 1,483.         1848,. 

1850,* 2,190.         1 852, . 


*  The  wholo  of  Nissouri  before  it  was  divided, 
t  Throe  years  old  and  upward*, 
t  Two  yeais  old  and  upwardi. 


.3,025. 

.2,571. 


if 


96 


TOWNSmP  OP  EAST  NISSOURL 


Mi 


'  \' 


MAPLE     SUGAR. 

1842, 45,358  lbs.        1848, 69,309  lbs. 

I860,* 88,206   "  1862, 29,612     '« 


HAY. 
I860,* 1,886  tons.  1862, 

FULLED    CLOTH. 


842  tonB. 


1842, 1,282  yds.        1848,* 8,218  yds. 

1862, 1,182    " 

FLANNEL. 

1842, 2,864  yds.         1848, 7,763  yds. 

I860,* 11,617    "  1862, 4,100    " 


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TOWNSHIP    OUNOIL. 
1850. 

Jerad  Vining,  Reeve. 
D.  Horsman,  J.  Baily,  J.  Man,  P.  Gregory. 

Assessor: 

Collector: 

John  Tay,  Clerk;  Solomon  Vining,  Treasurer. 

'  '  1861. 

John  Scatcherd,  Reeve. 

W.  H.  Gregory,  John  Man,  Donald  McDonald,  D.  Horsman. 

Assessor:  F.  F.  Cogswell 

Collector:  Hugh  Frazer. 

Foster  Scatcherd,  Clerk ;  Solomon  Vining,  Treasurer. 

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TOWNSHIP  OP  E/.ST  NISSOUBI. 


97 


1862. 

Donald  McDonald,  Reeve. 

D.  Horeman,  John  Mcintosh,  William  Swazue,  William  Sutherland. 

Assessui^ :  F.  F.  Cogswell. 

Collector:  Roderick  McDonald. 

Roderick  McDonald,  Clerk;  John  Tay,  Treasurer. 


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LIST  OF  TOWNSHIP   OFFICERS,  &C., 

OF  EAST  NISSOURI, 

Since  the  formation  of  the  District  of  Brock. 


Years. 

Town  ClerkB, 

AuL'isora. 

Cullectori. 

Total  AmieMieil 
Value. 

Total  'I'axos 
Levieil, 

£        8.      D. 

£      8.  D. 
119     8    4 

(/1840:  J.  Johnston 

* 

* 

12,738    4    0 

.n84]|J.  Johnston 

J.  Johnston 

Ben.  Swazue 

14,159    0    0 

133  1010 

«/1842 

J.  Johnston 

Thos.  Bailey 

Ben.  Swazue 

1G,114    8    0 

L'6G  12  10 

rfl84;{ 

J.  Johnston 

F.  Scatcherd 

Adam  Bailey 

16,409    4    0 

253    4  4 

rfl844 

J.  Johnston 

F.  liowers 

Adam  Bailey 



209    110 

dl 845,1  Sol.  Vining 

F   Bowers 

Adam  Bailey 

20,000  10    0 

221    6   6 

dl84«  Sol.  ViniuK 

F.  Bowers 

Adam  Bailey 

22,060    8    4 

339  19   6 

(/1847 

Sol.  Vining 

W.  Vining 

F.  Bowers,  jun. 

25,039  10    0 

296  15   0 

<nB48 

John  Tay 

Angus  Shaw 

F.  Bowers 

29,243  15    4 

370  15   1 

dl84'J 

John  Tay 

* 

* 

28,579    6    0 

350  1410 

dlSi>{) 

John  Tay 

* 

* 

34,041  19    0 

clOOlO   0 

rfl851 

F.  Scatchercl 

F.  F.  Cogswell 

Hugh  B'razer 

rfl59,78I    0    0 

6223    8   8 

18o2 

B.  McDonald 

F.  F.  Cogswell 

R.  McDonald 

c  75,487    0   016107    3  2 

SCHOOL  STATISTICS. 


Years 


r/'44 
d  '45 
d  '4(1 
d  '47 
rf'48 
d  '4'.) 
rf'oU 
d  '51 
1852 

*  w 
a  Hv 
d'l 


Miiiiicipnl 
Bcliuol 
Grant. 


£ 
07 
91 
94 
90 
82 
8:2 
7() 
84 
40 


s 

17 
8 
4 
4 
0 
4 

10 
9 
1 


/.ugislative 
Hchuol 
Grant. 


£ 
f)7 
81 
80 

93 

7a 

03 

70 

102 

41 


s 

10 
4 
4 

11 
9 
0 

If. 

19 

18 


Aliiuniit 
Kaiiud  Ijy 
Kale  lilll. 


£ 


d 

8  — 
2'  97 
niKiO 
117 
131 
204 
90 
109 


15 

11 

11 

5 

3 

13 
8 


10 
2 

1 

o 

5 

10 

0 


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butwcun 

No. 

No. 

TutalAmou't 

'>  all 

1  Kl. 

SSll.'l 

Sell's 

Average 

I'aiil 

Not 

Sec- 

Oper- 

Months 

To'J'c'aLJiers. 

Tuiiji'ht. 

Taiitilit 

tions 

ation. 

Taught. 

£        8 

d 

119  14 

5 

408 

240 

12 

10 

6 

210     9 

5 

480 

403 

10 

14 

5^ 

1)48  12 

0 

408 

370 

20 

18 

04 

272    8 

8 

530 

402 

18 

18 

7 

29(5     9 

7 

518 

438 

10 

10 

7^ 

391     9 

2 

584 

302 

10 

10 

H 

292     2 

1 

594 

820 

18 

10 

8 

350  17 

4 

728 

412 

18 

15 

— 



- 

a  297 

a  357 

■- 

— 

— 

)  I'onkl  not  find  out  the  names  ol  these  Otllcers. 
('eiisus  Uciurii.  {i  County  Kate  only, 

le  wiiole  towualiip  he  lore  divided. 


c  According  to  New  Assessment  Ail. 


EAST  NJSSOURrS  "RUIN  AXD  DECAY." 


Nis.soiiri  until  divided — Jan   1>l.  IKVJ. 


K.  Xifsonri. 


Population,     . 
,  Occupied, 
Cultivated, 
Non-resident, 
Non-resident, 
Personal, 
Real, 
Total, 

Framed,  1  storey,  . 
Br'k  &  stone,  1  story 
F.,  B.  &  S.  2  storeys 
Taxes  levied,  . 

a  No  return 


1820 

^97 
6,784 
708 
a 
a 
a 
a 
L3,395 


1830 

438 

15,092 

1,008 

a 

a 

a 

a 
L0,4S0 


L19  1o1l42  17 


1840 


1,085 
25,308 
4,12 
a 
a 
a 
a 
L12,73S 
9 


LI  19. 8 


I8r)0 

UjOi  o 

29.042 
10,114 
a 
a 
a 
a 
L34,042 
a 
a 
a 


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a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 

cL159,781 

a 

a 

a 


b  County  Tax  only. 


d  County  ami  Lunatic  Asylum  Ta.v  unlr 


2 

L107  3  2 
<  Valued  nnder  the  new  Act. 


rfL124  8  5dL223  8  8 


185i 


2,118 

31,803 

8,050 

13,978 

LI  1,063 

L7,286 

L50,538 

c  L76,487 

45 


utnl  'i'axos 

Levicil, 

if)    8 

D. 

4 

33 1010 

50  12  10 

'53    4 

4 

09    110 

V2l    G 

6 

!39  19 

6 

!96  15 

0 

!70  15 

1 

!56  1410 

0010 

0 

2iJ3    8 

8 

107    3 

2 

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Western  Assurance  Company. 


ei:iwiii,i-£ioo,ooo. 


•  •• 


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PHHIX  FIRE  ASSURANCE  COHPANl 

Tub  extent  of  this  Company's  business  in  Crcat  BriUiin  aloiu;  may  bo 
estimated  by  reference  to  tlio  Ibllowinir  Memoraiulum  of  Duties,  paid  to  tlio 
Imperial  Government  (by  English  Companies  ihut  Jiavo  Agencies  in  Canada) 
for  the  year  1850:— 

PIiaiNIX  Company, £120,410    0  0  Sterling. 

(ilobc  do 3-2,890     0  0         " 

Liverpool  and  London, t22,S()5    0  0        " 

Royal,  of  London  and  Liverpool, J  3,373     0  0        " 

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