The town of Bedford, Massachusetts, is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. For nearly one hundred years, this territory comprised the outlying districts of Concord and Billerica; Bedford was incorporated by the General Court in September of 1729. This illustrated history, which covers the town from its earliest settlement to 1891, when the book was originally published, includes information on early Indian claims; Bedford's part in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; its burial grounds and epitaphs; and a genealogical register of old families.