Surveyed: 1824. Re-surveyed 1864-5 (Eco Atlas Ont says 1822)

Survey Type: Double front

First legal settler: 1830

Harvey is the largest township in Ontario.

Township history:

Brunger, AG - Harvey Twp: An Illustrated History - Greater Harvey Historical Society (1992) ISBN 0-9695677-0-7. A Name Index by Marianne MacKenzie exists.

Municipal records:

Assessment    1840-41 AO: MS16 reel 6

Census 1840-41 AO: MS16 reel 6

Census and Assessment 1838-40 AO: MS16 reel 9

Assessment Rolls (except where noted, these are held by Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Twp. Those marked * are held off-site) 1866, 1867 (2 copies), 1871, 1875 (2 copies), 1877, 1877NR, 1878-79, 1882-1901, 1906-20, 1921 (2 copies), 1922 (2 copies), 1923-27, 1929-33, 1934 (held by PCMA), 1935-36, 1937 (2 copies), 1938 (2 copies), 1939-44, 1945 (2 copies), 1946-47, 1949-50, 1952-53, 1957, 1968-69*, 1971-74*, 1980*, 1983*, 1989*

Collector Rolls (held by Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Twp) 1871, 1874 (2 copies), 1875, 1879, 1881, 1883-86, 1888, 1891, 1893-94, 1896, 1898-1902, 1904-06, 1908-09, 1911-13, 1916, 1918-1940, 1942-45, 1948-52

Non-Resident Collector Rolls (except where noted, these are held by Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Twp) 1879, 1887, 1889-90, 1894-96, 1898, 1901-02, 1906-08, 1912.

            1893-1916, and 1918-1924 are held by PCMA

Minutes 1866 Jan 15 - 1877 Mar 26 PCMA: 72-033 (photocopy)

               1982 Dec 1 - 1996 Mar 5 Buckhorn Library

Voters List 1942, 1953 at TUA: 93-001-9 and -10

Register of Births Marriages and Deaths (held by Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Twp)

    First Book                1896 Jan - 1918 Oct, 1932 and 1934

    Second Book           1918 Oct - 1934 Dec

    Third Book              1941 Oct - 1997 Aug

1849 Oct 6      Bylaw attaching Ennismore and Harvey to Smith (Cda Gazette 1849 p7387)

1858 Jul 2       New townships of Galway, Snowden, and Minden attached to Twp of Smith & Harvey, effective 1859 Jan 1 (Bylaw 134)

1865 Jun 21    Harvey detached from Smith & Harvey (County Bylaw 258)

1879 Mar 11   That portion of Harvey which lies west of Pigeon Lake, consisting lots 1 to 15 inclusive of concession 19 is detached from Harvey and attached to Verulam Twp, effective 1880 Mar 1 (Chapter 47)

1998 Jan 1      amalgamated into Galway-Cavendish & Harvey Twp