The first family to settle in Harmony was that of Jonathan Cheney in 1806.  His cabin was built at Cheney's Point

Ashville was the first village to be formed in the Town in 1808.  The name was derived from the four asheries in the village.  In 1808 Reuben Sleyton, Jr. built a saw mill and grist mill.  He was an active pioneer in his Town. He became the Supervisor of Harmony in 1808.

In 1811 Thomas Beemus established the  Stow Ferry which connected Bemus Point and Stow.  He used a small rough-hewn log raft.  A steel cable was first used in 1898.  In 1907 Alton Ball used a shore-based engine.

Eben Pratt taught in the first school in Ashville in 1817.  The Town of North Harmony was created by the adoption of a resolution by the Board of supervisors of Chautauqua county on December 19, 1818.

The first church organized in the Town was The Congregational Church of Harmony located in Ashville in 1820.