Brady Township is situated on the river just south of Clinton Township and lies between it and Washington Township. It was set off from the latter January 31, 1855, and was named after the celebrated Brady family, who lived within its borders. It is the fortieth in size in the county and contains 4,280 acres. It is triangular in shape and is adjoined by Union County on the south.

The most important of the early inhabitants was William Piatt. He was born in what is now Brady Township, January 29, 1795. When he grew to manhood he learned the tanner’s trade, which he followed all his life. He was associate judge of Lycoming County for five years and was a member of the assembly for three terms. He also served as county auditor and was president of the Loyalsock Turnpike Company and the Uniontown Bridge Company. He married a daughter of Captain John Brady, the famous Indian fighter and Revolutionary hero, and left numerous descendants, many of whom afterwards became noted in the history of Lycoming and Union counties.

There is no village in Brady Township, although there is a considerable settlement in the neighborhood of Maple Hill. There are two well-known churches in the township, the Mount Zion Methodist at Maple Hill and the Lutheran "Stone church." The latter was founded by Washington Township Presbyterians in 1795 and had a long line of distinguished pastors, among them being Isaac Grier, Thomas Hood, William B. Montgomery, George Junkin, David Kirkpatrick and James Boal. About 1835, owing to internal dissensions, the church property was sold to the Lutherans, one of the terms of sale being that they should keep the burial grounds and graves in good order forever and this stipulation has thus far been religiously carried out. The graveyard is one of the oldest in the county and many of the oldest pioneers of White Deer and Black Hole valleys, who died both before and after the revolution, are buried there.

In 1920 its population was 335.