History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 173

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1140

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good influence in his township, being respected by Macrina, daughter of Jonathan Jones, of Johnson- all for his straightforward, manly life. He is a mem- ber of the First Christian Church of Johnsonburg, and was trustee of the public school at that place for a number of years.

Mr. Van Horn was married on June 19, 1851, to

burg. The children have been Edward M., born May 8, 1852; Leonora A., born Sept. 27, 1854; Laura B., born Sept. 9, 1856 ; Rosaline F., boru July 22, 1858; and Horace, who, with Laura B., died in infancy. Mrs. Van Horn died Dec. 31, 1870.

PAHAQUARRY .*

I .- GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

THIS township, known sometimes as "the State of Pahaquarry," was formed from Walpack township, in Sussex County, in 1824, and is the extreme northern township of Warren County, and is bounded on the northeast by Walpack township in Sussex County, on the southeast by Hardwick, Blairstown, and Knowl- ton townships, and on the southwest and northwest by the Delaware River, the dividing line between this State and Pennsylvania. It is 12 miles long, and has an average width of about 1} miles, and contains 19.04 square miles, or 12,186 acres of laud, the most of which faces the northwest at an angle of from 25 to 60 degrees. It is the most secluded township in the State, lying in a nook between the Blue Moun- tain and the Delaware River. The township derives its name from an Indian town of the Minisink tribe anciently standing within the present territory of Pahaquarry. The population of the township in 1880 was 418.

II .- NATURAL FEATURES.

The Blue Mountain, running its whole length, oc- cupies all its surface except a narrow strip along the river, nowhere over a quarter of a mile in width, but extending nearly the whole length of the township. The mountain and river scenery is uncommonly beau- tiful and sublime; while the far-famed and justly celebrated "Delaware Water Gap" is a part of the southwestern end of this long township.

On the Jersey side of the Water Gap, in Pahaquarry township, there is a place where the ledge of rocks presents a bold front along the roadside. This place is called the "Indian Ladder." Before the road was made along the river these rocks presented a perpen- dicular front to the water's edge, which prevented the inhabitants from having a free communication with the outside world in that direction. In olden times the Indians had there a kind of ladder made of an upright tree ; afterwards a rope-ladder was made by the whites, but it was a dangerous place to get over, being thirty or forty feet in height.

On the summit of the Blue Mountain, near the northeast end of the township, is "Cat Fish Pond," the township line running along the southeast side of the pond. The outlet of this pond flows into Blairs- town. About two miles southwest of this pond is "Sun Fish Pond." This too is on the summit of Blue Mountain, and either one is 1000 feet above the Delaware River, a mile distant. There are both a natural and an artificial outlet to Sun Fish Pond, both of which flow into the Delaware. Several other small streams rise along the side of the mountain, whose waters fall into the Delaware. Mill Brook, the largest of all, rises in Walpack, Sussex Co., and flows southwesterly through the village of Mill Brook in this township, and empties into the Delaware opposite Apochsanoc Island. Southwest from Sun Fish Pond, and about three-quarters of a mile dis- tant, is a chalybeate spring called "the paint spring," which deposits ferruginous ochre.

BLUE MOUNTAIN.

This, which is known in New York as the Shawan- gunk and in Pennsylvania as the Kittatinny Moun- tain, is an almost unbroken ridge from the New York State line to the Delaware Water Gap, a distance of 40 miles, 12 of which form the southeast bound- ary line of this township. It is the highest ground in the State, being at the Water Gap 1479 feet above tide-water. This mountain ridge is a remarkable feature of the landscape as seen from the Kitta- tinny valley, or from the Highland range beyond. Its almost level crest is everywhere clothed with forest, its steep slopes bring the fields, trees, and houses on its sides in view as plain as a picture, and the contrast between the wooded crest, the upper slope, and the smooth fields of the lower slope, is ever grateful to the eye.

III .- EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND PIONEER INCI- DENTS.

The pioneer settlement of this township was made as early as 1664, and probably prior to that date, and at least one hundred years before any other portion of Warren County was trodden by white men. B. B. Edsall, in his Centennial Address, said,-

* By W. II. Shaw.

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"One hundred and fifty years ago* the territory comprising the coun- ties of Sussex oud Warren was uninhabited by civilized uten, except a smuall portion in the present township of Pahaquarry. The settlers In this secloded nook were Hollanders, who had penetrated the country in search of minerals. Following the course of the Hudson from New Am- stordam (now New York) northwardly, they landed and entered the wil- derDess at or near Esopus, now called Kingston, In Ulstor Co., N. Y., end, exploring the Mamakating valley, they discovered a mine of lend about fifty miles from the polut of their dobarkation. Encouraged by this success they continued their explorations, and about fifty nilles farthor nnother mine, probably of copper, was found on the Delaware River where the mountain nearly approaches the lower point of Paha- quarry Flat."

This was within the limits of our territory, and these are cogent reasons for fixing the advent of these Hollanders as early as 1650, fourteen years before the Duke of York became a patentee of New Jersey, and twenty years before William Penn secured the patent for the flourishing commonwealth which bears his name. The first great need of these enterprising men was a road to afford an outlet for their ores, and this they appear to have lost no time in supplying, al- though the distance from Pahaquarry to Esopus was about 100 miles. This road was substantially built, and was in use some time before the English took possession of New Amsterdam (now New York). It is still a public thoroughfare, and bids fair to remain for ages au enduring monument of the energy and perseverance of these hardy pioneers. It was the first road of any considerable length made in North America ; it was made without government aid, though its course ran through a howling wilderness, and its construction must have been attended with immense difficulties and innumerable dangers. It owes its existence solely to the enterprise of a few men who were stimulated to push it to completion by the hope of acquiring personal emolument from their mineral discoveries. This hope, however, was nipped in the bud. The conquest of the New Netherlands by the British, in 1664, put an end to the enterprise of these adventurous miners. The main body of these men nre believed to have returned to their native land; yet a few unquestionably remained, who settled in the immediate vicinity of their abandoned mines. Pahaquarry was a part of the then known " Meenesink" country. Among those who remained we find the names of Van Gordon, Van Campen, Shoemaker, Deitrick, and others, whose descendants have retained their native Holland name and are still occupants of the soil broken by their forefathers over two hundred years ago.

" It Is woll establishod that In the year 1607, when the Schayler and Swartwout patents for lande in the Minisink country were derived by purchase from the Indians, and by grants from the province of New York, there were settlements south of the Neversink, and so on down the Delaware ; and unless those settlements were made by the miners, or by very early necesslous by way of Esopus, their origin le unaccount- able."

Samuel Shoemaker, one of the oldest citizens of Pahaquarry, died Jan. 19, 1871, aged eighty years.

Hfis ancestors were prominent among the earliest settlers of the Minisink. They came from Esopus, over the Old Mine Road, and settled in the neighbor- hood of Shawnee, about 1720. Among their early associates in the toils and privations incident to pi- oneer life were Nichola- Depue and Abraham Van Campen, the former residing at Shawnee, and the latter on the Pahaquarry flats. Henry Shoemaker. father of Samuel, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. It was he who captured and rawhided the no- torious Tory of Middle Smithfiehl, Jim Bartron, who had wayłaid and insulted him on the road just above Shawnee. It was in the dark of evening, and Shoe- maker was on horseback, when Bartron took his horse by the bridle. Quick as thought, he sprang from the saddle, and, being a powerful man, he collared the Tory and gave him such a thrashing that he lustily cried for quarter. Mr. Shoemaker then compelled him to walk in front of him to the house of his old friend, George Michaels, where the two applied to him (Bartron) a coat of tar and feathers, and then set him at liberty.

After the death of the venerable Moses Van Campen, in the spring of 1871, Samuel Shoemaker was the oldest living resident. He lived all his life upon the purchase made by his father, at the lower point of the Pahaquarry flats, near the location of the old copper-mines. He was buried in the old Shawnee burying-ground, where repose the remains of his ancestors.

Among those that are supposed to have been of that portion of the Holland miners that remained in what is now Pahaquarry at the time the main body left was Abraham Van Campen, whose descendants are scattered all over the country. Ile at one time owned the greater part of what is now the township of Pa- haquarry.

The mail facilities of this township were not as desirable as might have been during the first one hundred and seventy-five years of its settlement, as there was no post-office in the township until 1852. In that year a mail-route was established from Flat- brookville to Newton, by way of Mill Brook, Hard- wick, and Stillwater, and in 1853 a route was estab- lished between Mill Brook and Columbia. Offices were established in 1852 at Mill Brook and Calno. At Mill Brook the first postmaster was Elijah R. Welter, who was succeeded by Joseph F. Welter and the present postmaster, P. J. S. Garis. The first post- master at Calno was Andrew Ribble, who was ap- pointed in 1852. The present postmaster is William R. Ribble. There are at present two post-offices, three school-houses, and one church in the township.

Rice Nicholas, Esq., of Flanders, Morris Co., com- municated to Hon. B. B. Edsall an Indian adven- ture, which he derived from S. P. Hull, Esq., of Morristown. It appears that in 1777 three Indians, after lying in wait for some time, succeeded one moon- light night iu capturing Maj. Van Campen. His

" Mr. Edsall should have said two hundred years ago, as the address was delivered In 1854.

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name was Moses,-a son of Judge Abraham Van Campen, and consequently he belonged to a family whom the savages had been taught to stand in dread of. Their object was to take him to the head-waters of the Susquehanna, and there murder him by a lingering torture. They pinioned his arms and two led him, while the third guarded him with a rifle and tomahawk, the others also being armed in the same way. At night they compelled him to lie down with his elbows tied to his back, one of his captors reposing on each side of him, and the other standing guard. It so happened, however, that all three of the Indians fell asleep, when Van Campen hy a desperate effort of muscular power burst his fetters asunder, and quick as thought seized a tomahawk and killed two of the sleeping savages. The other awoke, and, springing to his feet, ran for his life. Van Campen hurled the tomahawk after him with such sure aim that it struck him on the shoulder and stuck fast, the Indian not attempting to withdraw it until he was well out of sight. Van Campen gathered up the rifles and other accoutrements of the dead Indians, and returned safely to his friends.

Van Campen subsequently removed to Allegany Co., N. Y. Mr. Hull settled there also in about 1824, and edited a newspaper ; he became acquainted with Van Campen as a Jerseyman, and also formed an intimacy with an old Indian in the vicinity, whom he understood had in his early days lived near the Jersey frontier on the Delaware. Mr. Hull intro- duced Mr. Van Campen to the Indian, and he turned out to be the same person that had run away with the tomahawk sticking in his hack, in proof of which he showed Hull and Van Campen the scar made by that weapon. Thenceforth the two old enemies became warm friends, and remained so while they both lived.

GREELEY, MCELRATH, AND RIBBLE.

Because Pahaquarry is geographically out of the United States, or rather is squeezed in between two States, was no reason why the author of the saying, "Go West, young man," should not cross this " Terri- tory" and become a party to the following little anecdote.

The "Old Sage" and Thomas McElrath were once upon one of their annual pleasure and health-seeking excursions to the "Water Gap," and, coming from Stroudsburg, they crossed the Delaware up through that narrow strip of country known as "Pahaquarry."

Arriving on the river-bank, they signaled for a boatman to bring them over, and a man in shirt-sleeves responded to their call. While crossing the river Greeley said, "Ferryman, perhaps you don't know that you have the honor of carrying Mr. McElrath of the Tribune." McElrath replied, " And you also have the honor of carrying Horace Greeley." The ferry- man, not to be outdone in honors, humorously replied, " Gentlemen, perhaps you don't know that you have the honor of being ferried over the Delaware by

Judge Ribble." "Honors" were easy, and ever after that "Horace," as well as the " Judge," delighted in a recital of the incident. All three have since been ferried over Death's river.

IV .- CIVIL ORGANIZATION.

This township, though younger than some others in point of organization, yet is nearly or quite one hundred and fifty years older than any of the rest in the county in point of settlement. Its civil organ- ization dates from the spring of 1825, nearly two hundred years after its settlement. We herewith give the entire proceedings of the first town-meeting in Pahaquarry township:

" At a public town meeting held at the house of James Van Campen, in the township of Pahaquarry, county of Warren, &c., March the 14th, 1825, when the following officers were duly chesen according to law, and sworn severally into their respective offices: Andrew Hill, Moderator; William Hill, Assessor ; Samuel Shoemaker, Town Clerk; Andrew Hill, Collector; John Depne, Abraham Garis, John C. Labar, Commissioners of Appeals; Moses Van Campen, Jacob Brutzman, Freeholders; James Van Campen, George Staley, Surveyors of Tlighways; William Hill, John Depne, Sr., Overseers of Poer; Samuel Shoemaker, Constable; Abraham Van Campen, Judge of Election ; Andrew Hill, Jehn Depne, Sr., Moses Van Campen, Samuel Shoemaker, John C. Labar, Tewn Committee; An- drew Ilill, Moses Van Campen, John Depue, Sr., Road-Masters; James Van Campen, Pound-Keeper.

" Agreeable to a vote taken by the Town that there should be ene hun- dred dollars (100) raised for road-tax for the present year, &c.

" The town meeting for 182G te be held at the house of James Van Campen, in the abeve township.

"That the lewer end of said township (which was formerly exempt from paying road tax) shall pay their equal quota ef road tax.

" Samuel Shoemaker, constable, was sworn into office and gave his bond, which was approved of and accepted by the committee.

" ANDREW HILL, Moderator."

From the records we find that-

"At the annual general election (for members of the legislature and county officers for the several connties in the State of New Jersey) held at the house of James Van Campen, in Packagnarry, in the township ef Packaquarry, county of Warren, for to elect members of the legislature te represent the said county, one person for sheriff and for coreners of eaid county, held the eleventh day of October, 1825, when the following result was obtained :

" Council .- Jacob S. Thompson, fifteen votes; William Kennedy, three. " Assembly .- David Swayze, fifteen votes; James Egbert, fifteen ; James Rnsling, three; John Stinson, three.

" Sheriff .- George Mushback, fourteen votes; Benjamin T. Hunt, two; Robert A. Stewart, two.

" Coroners .- John Kern, seventeen votes; Andrew Van Campen, seven- teen ; Uzal O. Howell, three.

" Anm VAN CAMPEN, Judge of Election. " WILLIAM HILL, Assessor. " ANDREW HILL, Collector.

" SAMUEL SHOEMAKER, Clerk."

The following is a complete list of town clerks, freeholders, collectors, and town committees for the township of Pahaquarry from the organization of the township to the present time, and the years in which each served :

TOWN CLERKS.

1825-31, Samuel Shoemaker; 1832, John Depne; 1833-36, Andrew Van Campen ; 1837-48, John C. Labar; 1849-52, Abraham Garis; 1853- 54, Malachi M. Sutton ; 1855-56, Elias L. Garis; 1857-59, Moses C. Shoemaker; 1860-61, Jesse T. Welter; 1862-63, Philip J. S. Garie; 1864-65, Daniel M. Depne; 18GG-G8, Abraham Garis; 1869-70, Wil- lium R. Ribble; 1871-72, Zachariah T. Shoemaker; 1873-74, Daniel W. Dingman ; 1875-76, William II. Spangenburg; 1877, Jolin N. Welter; 1878-80, A. A. Garis; 1881, P. II. Garis.

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COLLECTORS.

1825, Andrew IIill; 1826, James Van Campen ; 1827-28, 1837-41, Abram Garia; 1829-32, Moses Shoemaker; 1833, Moses Depue; 1x34-36, Abraham Van Campen, Jr. ; 1>45, Lewia Barry ; 1846-48, J. Depue Labar; 1849-50, Malachin M. Sutton; 1851-52, 1868, MInses C. Shoo- maker; 1853-54, Samuel Labar; 1855-56, 1871, Coonrod Welter ; 1857 -68, Joseph Tillman ; 1859-60, Moses Van Campen ; 1861-62, 1866-67, Charles Walker; 1803-64, Benjamin B. Van Compen; 1>65, Andrew Kibble; 1809-70, 1872-73, Isune Bunnell; 1874-76, George M. Van Campen ; 1877-79, l'eter Z. Michael ; 1880-81, Philip J. S. Guris.

CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.

1825-30, 1836, Moses Van Campen, Jacob Brotzman; 1831, 1850, Moses Van Cumpen, Moses Shoemaker ; 1832, William Ribble, Samuel Shoe- maker ; 1833-35, Moses Van Campen, Samuel Shoemaker; 1837-38, Enva 1111, Sanmel Shoeumkor; 1839, George Ribble, James IIIII; 1840, Moses Van Campen, George Ribble; 1841, James Hill, Lewia Barry ; 1842, Lewis Harry, Jacob Brotzman; 1x13, Lowla Barry, Abraham Van Campen ; 1-14, Abraham Van Cumpen, Charles Walker; 1845, Charles Walker, John T. Shoemaker ; 1846, Abraham Guris, John T. Shoemaker; 1817, Abraham Garis, William O. Van Campen ; 1848, Samuel Shoemaker, William O. Vun Campen; 1849, Samuel Showmaker, Bloses Van Compen; 1×51, Moses Shoemaker, M. M. Sut- ton ; 1852, 1863-65, Maluchi M. Sutton ; 1853, Charles Labar; 1854- Gui, Sumuel Shoemaker; 1857-50, Willinm O. Van Campen ; 1860-62, Abraham Garis; 1866-68, Isane Bunnell; 1869-71, Benjamin B. Van Campen; 1872-74, Peter 2. Michael; 1875-77, Daniel M. Depue ; 1878-80, George M. Van Cumpen ; 1>>1, William Burke.

TOWN COMMITTEES.

1.25 .- Andrew HIII, John Dejme. Sr., Moses Van Campen, Samuel Shoe- maker, John C. Labar.

1826 .- William HILL, John Depue, Sr., Moses Van Campon, Saminel Shoe- nınkar, Jolın C. Lnbar.

1827 .- Jolin Depue, Sr., John C. Labar, Moses Van Campon, Abram Van Campen, Sr., Suunnel Shoemaker.

1828-31 .- William Hill, John Depne, John C. Labar, Moses Van Campen, Samuel Shoemaker.

1832 .- George Ribbla, John "". Labar, Jacub Brotzman, Samuel Shoo- maker, John Van Campen.

1833 .- John C. Labar, Jacob Brotzman, Samuel Shoemaker, Abram Van Campen, William Hill.

1831-35 .- George Ribble, Abraham Garis, John Depue, Moses Shoemaker, John Michurl.

1836 .- Moses Van Campen, Samuel Shoemaker, John C. Labar, James 11511, Benjamin Shoemaker.

1837 .- Jacob Brotzman, George Ribble, William Ribble, Esq., Henry S. Decker, Ezekiel Onkes.

1838 .- William Ribble, Esq., Jucob Brutzman, Benjamin Van Gordon, Henry S. Decker, John Depue Labnr.

1830 .- Andrew Ribble, John D. Labar, Hiram Litz, Jacob Brutzioan, Abruhum Van Campen, Jr.

1810 .- Jacob Brotamnu, Cuonrud Welter, George Ribble, Andrew Ribble, Samuel Shootunker.

1841 .- George Ribble, Enos Hill, Abraham Van Campen, Jr., Moses De- pue, Andrew Ribble.

1842 .- James Spangenburg, Enos Hill, Mark T Ribble, David Labar, Eli Fuller.

1843 .- J. D. Labar, Daniel Labar, Coonrod Welter, Jacob Brotzman, Ben- jamin T. Shoenunker.

1814 .- Josoph Tillman, Daniel Labar, Benjamin T. Shoemaker, J. D. Labur, Jacob Brotzuman.

1845 .- Benjamin T. Shoemaker, Simon Ayre, David Labar, Abraham Van Campen, Jacob Brutzmna,

1810 .- Royal Barnes, Coonrod Walter, John Hill, Benjamin Van Gordon. Tio vote between Sammel Shoemaker and Jacob Brutzman.

1847 .- George Ribble, Royal Barnes, Coonrod Wolter, Boujnmtn Van ''ampen, Andrew Ribble.

1848 .- John Zhumorman, Charles Walker, 11. Van Gordon, M. C. Shoc- maker, Mosca Depue.

1849,-J. Zimmerman, B. T. Shoemaker, John Michael, M. C. Shoo- minker, Charles Labar.

1850 .- J. Zimmerman, John HIIt, AL. C. Shoemaker, Edmund L. Gregg, Jacob Barnes.

1851 .- E. L. Gregg, B, Van Gordon, Jacob Barnes, J. II. Depue, Moses Van Cumpen.

1×52 .- M. Van Campen, B. Van Gordon, A. Van Campen, J. IT. Tilmao, Samuel Labar.

1853 .- J. C. Labar, B. Vun Gordon, John Englart, M. Van Campen, Flisba Christian.

1851 .- J. C. Labar, E. Christian, J. Englart, William Bertholf, Juho Cart- wright.

1855 .- J. Cartwright, W. Berthulf, Joseph II. Tilman, Jacob W. Welter, David Z. Michael.

1856 .- M. M. Sutton, George Kibble, J. 11. Tilman, Daniel Labar, George M. Van l'ampen.

1857 .- William Berthulf, Jemo T. Welter, J. 11. Tilman, Jacob Ozen- baugh, Abraham Brotzman.

1858,-J. H. Tilman, John S. Rhinehart, John T. Shoemaker.

1859,-J. II. Tilman, J. S. Rhinchart, John Hill, Jacob Ozonbaugh, Moses Depue.

1860,-Joha HIII, John Zimmerman, Moses Depue, Churles Walker, Royal Burnes.

1861 .- W. Bertholf, W. C. Van Campen, J. Zimmerman, J. H. Tilman, John Barnea.

1862 .- Joseph S. Sutton, J. H. Tilman, John Barnes, Isaac Bunoell, John T. Shoemaker.

1863-61 .- James Barnes, Isanc R. Tilman, J. Zimmerman, Moses Depue, Philip J. Garis.

1865 .- Cooarod Welter, J. Zimmerman, Charles F. Kinney, M. C. Shoo- maker, J. S. Rhinchart.

1800 .- C. Welter, J. T. Shoemaker, E. L. Garis, MI. C. Shoemaker, David B. Rhinchart.

1867 .- C. Welter, E. L. Garia, Georgo Hetzel, M. C. Shoemaker, D. B Rhinchart.

1868 .- George A. Tranger, B. B. Van Campan, A. Ribble, 31. C. Shee- maker, J. H. Tilman.

1869 .- P. S. Garia, J. 11. Tilman, J. W. Wolter, MI. ML. Depue, Andrew Ribble.

1870 .- P. S. Garis, MI. M. Depno, Samuel Barnes, P. C. Michael, John Zinimoronu.

1871 .- 3I. M. Depue, P. S. Garia, Jacob Ozenbaugh, Charles Walker, Peter Z. Michnel.

1872 .- C. Walker, Henry Beck, Jr., ITorace Zimmerman, Charlea Labar, Jacob H. Morris.

1873 .- C. Labar, J. H. Morris, A. G. Spangenburg, George M. Van Cam- poa, William Kelley.

1874 .- John Zimmerman, C. Labar, J. H. Morris, C. M. Walker, Heury l'. Kithcart.

1875 .- J. Zimmerman, James Ozenbaugh, 1I. P. Kithcart, C. MI. Walker. 1876 .- J. Zimmerman, J. Ozenbaugh, A. Van Gordon, G. A. Tranger, C. 31. Walker.

18.7 .- Daniel Labar, G. A. Tranger, Jumea Ozenbaugh, Isaac Tilmao, William C. Van Campen.

1878 .- William O. Vun Campen, Isaac R. Tilmao, Daniel Labar. 1879 .- Daniel M. Depue, Isanc Bunnell, Amoa J. Van Gordon. 1880,-Daniel M. Depna, Joho Zimmerman, Isaac Budoell.

V .- VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. MILL BROOK,

located at the foot of the Blue Mountain, in the northeast end. of the township, on the banks of the stream of the same name, contains a grist-mill, blacksmith-shop, Methodist Episcopal church, school- house, hotel, store, and about a dozen dwellings.

DELAWARE SLATE COMPANY.

At this company's works, in the southwest end of the township, at the " Water Gap," is a small collee- tion of houses built for the accommodation of those employed in the preparation of slate for the market.

There is no other village or hamlet within the borders of this township.

VI .- SCHOOLS.

There are three school districts in this township. In 1839 there was not a school-house in it. The ap-

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portionment from State appropriation for 1879 for Pahaquarry was $697.96.

MILL BROOK DISTRICT, No. S2.

The first school in this township was in 1840-41. In those years the Methodists erected a small frame building on the hill near the graveyard at Mill Brook, under which was a basement, built and used for school purposes until 1868, when the frame was moved down the hill to its present locatiou and con- verted into a school-house. The first teacher in the old basement school-room was Edmund L. Gregg. The school-house is valued at $300. There are in the district 45 children of school age, with 41 on school register, and an average attendance in 1880 of 18, with a seating capacity in the school-house for 56 pupils. There was employed in the district this year one male teacher and an appropriation of $300, with nine months' school.

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History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 173

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1140

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1140