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"...Died Aug. 9, 1872, Aged 49 Years. A native of New Brunswick"

From cemetery transcriptions, this is the grave marker of Peter W. Campbell

"In memory of (Will)iam Carruthers, who died on July 31, 1870, Aged 78 Years. (Native) of Cumberland, England."

Coulson's Hill

The hamlet of Coulson's Hill was named after the Coulson family who settled here in 1822. They donated the land for the two church properties and cemeteries. The Anglican church was built in 1854, the Presbyterian church in1857. The hamlet was the home for a hotel, stagecoach shop, a blacksmith shop and an Orange Hall.

circa 1822

Deerhurst - from 1830, mail was received for the early settlers at John Gill's beer shanty at Deerhurst on the Penetang Road, midway between line 12 and line 13. On April 1st, 1863 and official post office opened near this same location and served this community until December 1912. In 1830 James Tindall, who lived across the road from Gill's, donated land from his lot 16, con. 12 farm for the first Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church and cemetery. New churches were built about 1850 and again in 1880. This church was closed in 1966. A small hamlet grew at this location which still remains today.

Circa 1830

"Reuben Flower, died July 8, 1854, Aged 53 yrs.
Also Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the above, Died May 11, 1855, Aged 24 yrs."

Mural on the side of 64 Holland St. West. It depicted the farmers of the Holland Marsh. This mural was painted in 1995 as part of the Downtown Revitalization Project. It was painted over in the fall of 2016 due to vandalism, and only Gwilly the Carrot remains.

Mural on the back of 73 Holland Street East by artist "Jimmy". Mural depicted the sports and cultural activities of Bradford West Gwillimbury that hold the community together.

"Ann, Daughter of Job & Ann Morris, Died Feb. 13, 1864, Aged 17 Days."
From the Belfry Cemetery

"Job Morris, Died June 15, 1869, Aged 44 Years"
From the Belfry Cemetery

Mount Pleasant, aka Botchtown;
Mount Pleasant was the name Gilbert Robinson chose for his stately home on the north half of lot 15 con. 8 in West Gwillimbury. The name spilled over to the adjacent hamlet that grew up at the corner of the 9th line and the Penetang Road (Yonge Street), comprised of a blacksmith shop, hotel, general store, gas station and a school. Nearby a Wesleyan Methodist church, a brickyard, and grist mill and saw mills owned by Mark Scanlon and John Thorpe. South of the hamlet, a hillside spring provided refreshment for weary travellers, man and beast.

circa 1840