OAKLAND Township; 1869-70 COUNTY of BRANT GAZETTEER

TOWNSHIP OF OAKLAND

This township is bounded on the west by the township of Burford, on the north-east by the township of Brantford, and on the south by the township of Townsend, County of Norfolk. In shape it is nearly a right angled triangle, with its longest side adjoining the township of Brantford on the north.

Oakland was originally surveyed by the late Deputy Surveyor, Thomas Walsh, in 1796, as an appendage to the township of Townsend, and called Townsend Gore. It was afterwards attached to Burford, and called Burford Gore. It obtained the name of Oakland upon being made a component part of the County of Brant. It is watered by Malcolm's Creek, and its tributaries running from east to west. South of Malcolm's Creek, and at the east angle of the township, the land is heavily timbered with pine, oak, maple, and other hardwood. Soil of the township is composed of oak plains, and clay subsoil in various places.

It is a good township for the growth of wheat and other grains, and is now well settled.The road from Brantford to Simcoe runs along the town line, between Oakland and Townsend.

The following is the return of agriculture, produce, &c, for the township in 1861. The figures, of course, are larger at this date : occupiers of land, 117 ; occupiers of ten acres and under, 6 ;.occupiers of ten to twenty acres, 2 ; occupiers of twenty to fifty acres, 31 ; occupiers of fifty to one hundred acres, 56 ; occupiers of one hundred, to two hundred 5 ; amount held in acres, 10,401 ; under cultivation, 7,533 ; under crops 6,533; under pasture, 819 ; under gardens and orchards, 159; and wild lands, 2,868 ; cash value of farms, $402,978 ; cash value of farming implements, 410,915 ; produce of gardens and orchards, $2,119 ; quantity of land held by townspeople not being farmers, 88 acres; under fall wheat, 1,574 acres; bushels of fall wheat, 30,893 ; acres under spring wheat, 618 ; bushels of spring wheat, 10,548 ; acres under barley, 16-1 ; bushels of barley, 4,303; acres under rye, 3b.; bushels of rye, 275 acres under peas, 444 ; bushels of peas, 82,947 ; acres under oats, 531 bushels of oats, 16,606 ; acres under buckwheat, 120 ; bushels of buckwheat, 2,315 ; acres under Indian corn, 247 bushels of Indian corn, 7,418 ; acres under potatoes, 194 ; bushels of potatoes, 18,375 ; acres under turnips, 69 ; bushels of turnips, 37,577 ; bushels of carrots, 2,586 ; bushels of beans, 40 ; bushels of clover, timothy and other grass seed, 147; tons of hay, 1,212 ; hops, - lb; maple sugar, 6.385 lbs ; cider, 7,186 gallons ; wool, 4,054 lbs ; fulled cloth, 453 yds ; flannel, 1,324 yds; number of bulls, oxen, and steers, 40-; milch cows, 382 ; calves and heifers, 303 ; horses over three years old, 337 ; value of same, $20,105 colts and fillies, 115 ; sheep, 1,426 ; pigs, 876 total value of livestock, $46,177 ; butter, 26,291 lbs ; cheese , 4,312 lbs beef, in barrels of 2OO lbs, 59 ;,pork, in barrels of 200 lbs, 378 ; carriages kept for pleasure, 103 ; value of same, $6,258.

CENSUS, 1868.-Occupiers of land, 226 ; number of horses, 392 ; of hogs, 542 of sheep, 2,363; of cattle, 779; total value of real and personal property and income, $254,563. Number of acres held, 10,420 number of acres cleared, 7,610. Population, 1,012.

CENSUS OF THE TOWN OF OAKLAND, 1861.

BY ORIGIN.

Total population, 1,087 ; natives of England and Wales, 100 Scotland, 39; Ireland, 37; natives of Canada, not of French origin,. 832; United States, 70; New Brunswick, 8; Prussia, German States, and Holland, 1.

CENSUS BY RELIGION.

Church of England, 110 Church of Rome, 43 ; Established Church of Scotland, 35; Wesleyan Methodist, 86 ; Episcopal Methodist, 139; New Connection Methodist, 199 ; Baptist, 280; Congregationalists, 195.

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Abbott, Haines, 1, 6.

Abbott, W. J. 1, 6 f.

Abbott, W. J. 1, 7 f.

Allen, Wm, 10, 6 h.

Anders, Jacob, 2, 7 and 8 f

Avrill, Robert, 6, 1 h

Baker, Laban, 1, 6 h.

Baldwin, Moses H., 3, 5 h.

Baldwin, 5, 3.

Beebe, Jordan, 1,,6 h.

Beebe, Smith, 2, 7 and 8 f.

Beecham, James, 1, 16 h.

Beecham, Peter, 1, 6 f.

Bingham, Mrs. Alfrida, 1, 6.

Bowman, George, 2, 1 h.

Brown, Benjamin, 4, 6 h.

Brown, Malcolm, 3, 6 f.

Brown, Neal, 1, 7 h.

Burtch, Silas, 1, 12 f.

Campbell, Duncan, 3, 10 f.

Chapin, Charles, 1, 7 f.

Chatterson, Albert, 4, 8 f.

Chatterson, Henry, 4, 8 f.

Chatterson, Joseph, 4, 7 f.

Chatterson, Wm., 4, 7 f.

Church, Alfred, 3, 5 f

Cook, Andrew, 5, 5.

Cook, Edwin, 1, 6 f.

Cowan, Cornelius, f f. 1, 1 f.

Cook, John W., 5, 5.

Cowles, Richard,. 1, 6 f.

Culp, David, Rev., 1, 7 f.

Cunningham, George, 1, 13 f

Cunningham, H., Mrs., 1, 13 f.

Cunningham, Wm., 1, 12 f.

Devlin, Wm., 2, 9 f.

Dunlop, Dr., 1, 14.

Dunnett, Jas., 1, 7 h.

Dunnett, Samuel, 1, 7 f.

Durham, Jeremiah, 1, 1 h,

Eadie, Robert, senr., 4, 4 f

Eadie, Wm., 4, 3 f.

Eadie, W. R., 4, 7 h.

Easton, John, 1, 1 f

Eddie, John, 5, 4.

Eddie, Robert, junr., 3, 6', .

Eddy, Adveel, 3 and 2.

Eddy, Andrew, N., 1, 11 f.

Eddy, Constant, 3 and 2 f.

Eddy, John, 1, 13 f

Eddy, Wm. D., 2, 10 f.

Elliott, Orlin, 6, 1 and 2 f.

Elliott, Robert, 1, 1 h.

Ellis, Wallace, 5, 4.

Fairchild, Francis, 4, 6.

Fairchild, John, 4, 6 f

Fairchild, Peter, 1, 17 f.

Gammon, Richard, 4, 8.

Gillespie,, Robert, 1, 1 f.

Glover, Robert, 1, 1 f.,

Gould, Wm., 2, 1 h. .

Gould, W. H., 2, 1 f

Gruver, Jacob, 2, 1 f

Hagar, George, 1, 6 h.

Hall, Thomas, 2, 8 h.

Hammond, Friend, 4, 7 h

Handy, Perry C., 4, 4 h.

Harp, Elijah M., 1, 1 h.

Helms, Wm., 5, 1 h.

Higgins, Thomas, 6, 1 f.

Howell, Wm. J., 2, 7 f.

Hunt, Cyrus, 1, 1 f

Johnson, Abraham, 4, 3 f.

Kearns, Barney, 5, 3 h.

Kearns, John, 5, 3 h.

Kearns, Patrick, 5, 3 h.

Kelly, Isaac, 2, 10 f.

Key, George B., 2, 4 h.

Key, Henry, 3, 4 h.

King,, Mary, 4, 6 f.

Knight, James, 5, 6 and 6 f.

Knox, Robert, 1, 6 f.

Lawrence, 0. H., School-teacher, 1, 1 f

Lawrence, Thomas, 1, 1 f

Lefler, Christopher, 1, 10 f.

Lefler, Neal, 1, 7 and 8 f

Lile, Charles, 1, 7 h.

Lile, Wm., 1, 7 h.

Lunn, Bridget, Mrs., 1, 16 f.

Lyman, Henry, 2, 1 f.

McAllister, Wellington, 2, 11 f.

McDermid, Dermid, 4,5 and 6 h

McDermid, Hugh, 3, 3 and 4 h.

McDonald, John, 1, 6 and 7 h.

McEwen, Archibald, 3, 9 f.

McFarland, Wm., 2, 9 f.

McIlwaith, James, 6, 3 f.

McIntyre, Joseph, 2, 12 f.

McIntyre, Peter, 2, 13 t

McLin, John, Dr., 2, 1 f.

McWilliams, Aaron, 6, 1 and 2. f.

Malcolm, Andrew. 1, 1 f

Malcolm, Charles J., 1, I f

Malcolm, Duncan, School teacher, 1, 1 f

Malcolm, Eddy, 2, 1, f

Malcolm, Edward, 1, 4 f.

Malcolm, Eliakim, 1, 4 f.

Malcolm, Eliakim, 2, 1, f

Malcolm, Finlay 4, 5, f

Malcolm, George, 1, 1 f

Malcolm, Hugh, 1, 1 f

Malcolm, John R., Dr 2, 2 f

Malcolm, Jonathan, 1, 2, f

Malcolm, Marcus, 1, 1, f

Malcolm, Martin, 1, 1, h

Malcolm, S. D., 1, 6, h.

Malcolm, W. C., 1, 6, f

Malcolm, Wm., 1, 1 f

Merritt, Benjamin, 3, 8, f

Merritt, Caleb, 3, 1, and 2 f

Metcalfe, George, 4, 1, h

Martin, James, 1, 5 and 6 h.,

Merritt, Robert, 2, 1 f.

Martin, Thomas, 1, 6 h.

Martin, Wm., 2, 2 h.

Martin, Wm., 2, 6 h.

Massacar, Charles, 2, 1 h.

Massacar, Hiram, 1, 4 f

Massacar, James, 1, 3 f

Massacar, Matthew, 1, 2 and 3 f.

Massacar, Truman, 2, 3 f

Massacar, Wm., 4, 1 f

Mathews, Nelson, 2, 14 f

Mills, Thomas, 2, 5 f.

More, John, 1, 1 h.

More, John, 2, 1 f.

Myers, Benjamin, 1, 1 h.

Nevill, . John C., 1, 1 h.

Nobbs, Robert, 1, 6 f

Nugent, Francis, 1, 6 f.

O'Reilly, George, 1, 1 h.

Ormstead, Simon, 4, 8 f

Peaker, John, 1, 7 f.,

Perley, Allen, 5, 2 f.

Perley, Charles, 5, 2.

Perley, CharIes S., 5, 2 f

Phillips, George, 1 1 t

Phillips, Martin, 1, 1

Pilkey, Peter, 1,1, h

Place, Wm., 2, 1 h

Plowman, Jonathan, 1, 6, f

Pollard, A. J., 2, 1, h

Potts, Samuel, 1, 6 h.

Power, Wm., 1, 7 f

Pretty,, Henry, 1, 2 f

Proper, John, 2, 6 f

Prouse, T. O., 1, I h.

Racey, Thomas,. 5, 4 f

Rawe, John, 1, 1 h.

Robbins, Christopher, 3, 7 h.

Robinson, R. F. M. 1, 1 f

Sagar, Adam, 1, 2 h

Salsbury, Wm., 4,3

Sayles, John,.2, 12 f

Scott, Mary Jane, 4, 6 f

Secord, Asa, 1, 13 h

Secord, Asa, 2, 9 f

Secord, David, 1, 10 f.

Secord, George, 1, 10 f

Secord, Hiram, 1, 9 f

Secord, Robert, 1, 7 f

Secord, Walter, 2, 9 h.

Secord, William, 3, 10 f

Segner, Roman, 1, 6 h,

Smith, Adam N., 2, 6 f

Smith, Adin B., 1, 6 f

Smith, Benjamin, 5 1 h

Smith, Dennis W., 1, 6 f

Smith, Francis A., 4, 7 f

Smith, George, 1, 6 f

Smith, Isaac, 4, 7 f,

Smith, James H., 2, 1 and 2 f

Smith, Susan, 2. 5 f.

Smith. Walter, 4, 7 f

Smith, William, 2, 1 f

Sowers, Abraham, 1, 15 h

Steel, William. 2 10 h.

Stuttard, James 1, 16 f

Sullivan, Robert 1, 1 f

Swayze, Ralph 1, 7 h

Swears, William, 1 4 h.

Tennant, John W., 3, 10, f

Terrill, Andrew, 2, 1 h

Thompson, Samuel, 4, 9, f

Thompson, William, senr., 3, 8 f,

Thompson, William, jr., 3, 9 h.

Tisdale, Lot S., 5, 3,

Toyne, John, 1, 6 f.

Vanderlip, Charles, 1, I f

Vanderlip, Edward, 2, 7 h.

Vanderlip, Robert, 1, 7 f.

Vandusen, James, 1, 1 f

Vivian, John, 1, 6 f

Vivian. Stephen 1, 6 f.

Vivian, William: 1, 7 f.

Walker, John, 1, I h.

Warren, George, 3, 2 f,

Waters, A. J., 5, 3,

Westbrook, Abm., 2, 11 and 12 f.

Westbrook, Henry, 1, 7 f.

Westbrook, Hiraim, 3, 7 and 8 f

Westbrook, Hirma T., 3, 11 f.

Westbrook, Mordecai, senr., 1, 7 and 8 f

Whitney, Lewis, 1, 1.

Wilson, Samuel E., 1, 6 h.

Wilson, William, 4, 1, and 2 h

Woodley, Bnjamin, 2, 14, f

Woodley, Mathias, jr., 1, 13, h

Woodley, Mathias, sr., 1, 14, f

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