Town of Brant, NY Website
The Town of Brant, New York was founded on March 25, 1839. It is located in western New York, in Erie County near Lake Erie approximately 30 miles south of Buffalo. Its name was derived from a Mohican chief named Joseph Brandt. Inhabited by Native Americans, the very First white settler was Moses Tucker. Moses was a Quaker, and purchased a farm in 1816.
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