Notes on old Gloucester County, New Jersey, Volume I, Part 20

Author: Stewart, Frank H., 1873-1948, ed; New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania; Gloucester County (N.J.). Freeholders board; Gloucester County Historical Society (N.J.); Mickle, Samuel, 1746-1830; Archut, Raymond
Publication date: 1917-
Publisher: [Camden] New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania
Number of Pages: 362


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He refers to the grey fox as of the native family and the more mischievous red skin stock as imported rogues of infamous character.


The stock suffering farmer hailed the hounds and huntsman with delight, as friends free to enter his enclo- sures and traverse his fields and his woods unmolested from the 10th of October to the 10th of April. The farm- ers hearing the music of the dogs would often hastily bridle a horse and without a saddle join the hunt, fre- quently acting as guides in the swamps and woods, and when Reynard was in a hole, generally on the sunny side of a hill, would help dig him out with pick and spade.


Sometimes the chase resulted in the capture of a skunk or a ground hog and the members in these instances had no rivalry or contention for the Brush, as when sly old Reynard was captured. Blackwoodtown was then a fair sized village and surrounded on every side by woods well inhabited by foxes who always had a penchant to be


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within the hearing of the crow of the cock. They, how- ever, took pains to have distant places of retreat and refuge in case of a rout from their home storehouses.


The huntsmen were occasionally thrown by their horses and the chase often extended as far as twenty-five miles and lasted for hours.


NOTE-This club frequently met at the close of the day at the home of Col. Heston, In Glassboro, which is still standing and now occupied by Isaac Moffett. In the living room of that house tradition says that steps were first taken for the organization of the First Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry.


Docket of John Litle, J. P .* Of Newton Township


This book, commencing Nov. 30, 1781, and continu- ing for a period of two years, was recently found in Phila- delphia and presented to The Historical Society of Penn- sylvania. It is highly probable that he was the paymaster of the Revolution from Gloucester County.


On the first page of his docket is a list of the County Officers as follows :


Councilors-Elijah Clark, Joseph Hugg.


Assemblymen-Joseph Cooper, Samuel Hugg, Joseph Ellis.


County Clerk-Elijah Clark.


Sheriff-Thomas Denny.


Judges of Quarter Sessions-John Cooper, Joseph Hugg, John Wilkins.


Justices-Waterford township, John Griffiths; New- ton township, John Litle, Samuel Kinnard; Deptford township, John Cooper, John Wilkins, Joseph Hugg, John Sparks; Galloway township, Robert Morss, Thos. Reynard; Great Egg Harbor township, Thos. Champion, Joshua Smith, Samuel Liyors.


Township Clerk-Newton township, I. Harrison.


Constables-Waterford township, Benj. Cozens, John Shivers; Newton township, Isaac Cox; Gloucester township, Barney Owen, Joshua Beats.


The first case, January II, 1782, is that of the State vs. Lewis McKnight, on information of Major Sparks, who charged the defendant with having two chests of British goods clandestinely brought from the enemy. The defendant produced a passport from Peter Furman, J. P., to the effect that the goods might be conveyed to Phila- delphia. Thomas Parker and Brother made oaths and declared that the goods had been seized and sold as prize


* By FRANK H. STEWART, II/23/17.


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goods, according to law of the State, and that the defend- ant had legal right to transport the goods. Defendant was dismissed.


Jan. 15, 1782. Squire Litle issued a pass to Wil- liam Cassady to go on his lawful business while behaving as a good subject of the United States.


Jan. 28, 1782. He issued a pass to Peter Jones.


March 2, 1782. William Tereen made oath that fourteen pieces of Calimenco and two pieces of Durant and ninety-five silk handkerchiefs in his charge, on the way to Col. Summers of Philadelphia, were sent from Joseph Edwards, Cape May, and that they had been seized and sold as prize goods of the enemy.


April 27, 1782. William Wood was bound out by his father, James Wood, to Joshua Cooper for 16 years 6 mos. until he reach the age of 21 years. His master was to give him 6 months schooling, teach him the art of hus- bandry and at the end of the apprenticeship give him two suits of clothes, one of them new.


Aug. 31, 1782. Mary Anderson made a Deed of Gift to her daughters Hannah and Phoebe Anderson of all her property, real and personal. Andrew Anderson, Jr., was appointed guardian.


Oct. 15, 1782. This day John Litle at the request of Captain John Davis went to the State prison in Phila- delphia and examined the seven deserters captured by Captain Davis at Little Egg Harbor September 2nd, and by him delivered to Elijah Weed (?) keeper of said prison, on the 7th following. The prisoners of war were:


British Regt.


Commanded by


David Munrow,


82d


Lt. Col. Guning.


Alex. Wilson,


820


Lt. Col. Guning.


David Eker,


22d


Capt. Wm. Riman.


Andrew Mackintosh,


2Ist


Lt. Col. Hamilton.


Samuel Bone,


Hazards Corps,


Wm. Sleaton,


Royal Artillery,


Capt. Rockford.


Michael McKnight, 53d Grenadiers,


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NOTES ON OLD GLOUCESTER COUNTY.


Nov. 15. 1782. Jacob Spencer, Constable, brought Donald McCloud, who upon examination confessed him- self a British prisoner of war taken with Cornwallis and a deserter from Little York belonging to the 76th Regi- ment.


Nov. 3, 1782. He married William Williams, of Pennsylvania, to Rebecca Garrison, of New Jersey.


Dec. 31, 1782. James Rud, formerly of West Florida, took the oath of allegiance to the United States.


Jan. 16, 1783. He married William Watson to Sarah Ackley both of Gloucester County.


Feb. II, 1783. Sarah Land bound her daughter, Clarissa Cassaday, as apprentice to Joshua Cooper and wife for 12 years 4 mos. 5 das. to the age of 18 years.


March 8, 1783. He committed a negro woman, the property of Edward Pole, of the State of Pennsyl- vania, to Gloucester jail as a runaway.


March 14, 1783. Marmaduke Cooper took the oath of allegiance and fidelity to this State.


March 27, 1783. Hezekiah Kemble qualified as Constable for the Township of Newton to act as Deputy for William Cooper, ferry man.


July 23, 1783. Elias Covenover was bound by his mother, Sarah Gandy, of Galloway township, to Jacob Mills, blacksmith of Waterford township, for 7 years 2 mos. 7 days until he reach the age of 21 years.


Justice of Peace Litle had the usual number of suits for small amounts tried before him, and from them we glean the following names of men of Old Gloucester County : Hugh Cooper, Enoch Gandy, Hosea Oliphant, James Chattin, James Clement, John Huston, Jacob Clem- ent, Charles Hubs, Isaac Githens, Parr Willard, Isaac Burroughs, William Carter, Isaiah Toy, Joseph Rud- derow, Henry Branson, Isaac Horner, Timothy Middle- ton, Jacob Baldin, Moses Hustis, Benj. Middleton, Joseph Burroughs, Chas. French, John Williamson, Sam'l Bur-


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NOTES ON OLD GLOUCESTER COUNTY.


roughs, Francis Key, Thos. Ostler, Benj. Inskeep, Joseph Davis, Cumberland Sheppard, John Wells, John Cook, Martha Willson, Aaron Holmes, Benj. Haines, Thos. Carter, Henry Daniel, Jacob Browning, John Heritage, Thos. Hampton and others.


Historical References


Among the best sources of information about Old Gloucester County are the following :


Mickle's "Reminiscenses of Old Gloucester."


Clement's "First Settlers in Newton Township."


Proceedings West New Jersey Surveyors' Associa- tion, 1880.


Carter's "Woodbury and Vicinity."-


Kalm's "Travels in North America."


Publications of the Gloucester County Historical Society.


Prowell's "History of Camden County."


"Memoirs Gloucester Fox Hunting Club."


"Heston's Annals."


E. P. Tanner's "The Province of New Jersey."


Cushing & Sheppard's "History of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties."


Cooper's "Historical Sketch of Camden."


Fisler's "History of Camden."


Publications of the Atlantic County Historical So- ciety.


Printed Archives State of New Jersey.


Swedish Settlements on the Delaware.


Leaming & Spicer's Collections.


Clement's "Early Settlements of West New Jersey."


Stryker's "Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution."


Files of Gloucester County Democrat and Woodbury Constitution.


Camden, Woodbury, Haddonfield and Atlantic City Free Libraries.


The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.


Historical Society of Pennsylvania.


Philadelphia Libraries.


2I


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NOTES ON OLD GLOUCESTER COUNTY.


Manuscript records at State House, Trenton.


Manuscript records at Court House, Woodbury.


Manuscript records at Court House, Mays Landing.


Manuscript records at Court House, Camden.


Manuscript records of Haddonfield and Woodbury Friends Meetings.


Manuscript records of Trinity Church, Swedesboro.


Manuscript records of Moravian Church, Oldmans Creek.


Manuscript records West Jersey Proprietors, Survey- or General's Office, Burlington.


Bonsall & Carse's "Sketch of Camden City."


Historical and Industrial Review of Camden.


Clay's "Annals of the Swedes on the Delaware."


"Industries of New Jersey," Part 2, by Historical Publishing Company.


Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey, by Henry Gannett.


De Vries' "Voyages to America, 1632 to 1644."


Colonial and Revolutionary Relics of New Jersey, 1893. Descriptive Catalogue.


Report on the Condition of the Public Records of the State of New Jersey, 1917.


Historical Review of Blackwood Presbyterian Church, by Rev. F. R. Brace, D. D.


"Atlantic City, Its Early and Modern History," by Carnesworthe.


Hall's "History of Atlantic City."


English's "History of Atlantic City."


"Outline History of the Presbyterian Church in West or South Jersey from 1700 to 1865," by Alfred Martien. "Revolutionary Reminiscenses of Camden County," by John Clement.


Atlas and History of the New Jersey Coast, by Woolman & Rose.


"Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jer- sey and Delaware," by Albert Cook Myers.


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NOTES ON OLD GLOUCESTER COUNTY.


"Swedish Churches in New Sweden," by Israel Acrelius.


Heston's "Historical Calendar of New Jersey."


Poems of Rev. Nathaniel Evans.


Smith's "History of New Jersey."


"History and Collections of New Jersey," by Barber & Howe.


"History and Gazateer of New Jersey," by Thos. F. Gordon.


"History of New Jersey," by Isaac S. Mulford, M. D.


"New Jersey as a Colony and as a State," by Francis B. Lee.


"Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791- 1815."


The New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania


Officers 1917


President, H. K. MULFORD.


Vice-President, J. B. VAN SCIVER.


Secretary, WILLIAM J. CONLEN.


Treasurer, C. STANLEY FRENCH.


Directors,


JAMES B. BORDEN,


GEORGE B. HURFF, JOSEPH H. GASKILL,


T. MONROE DOBBINS,


J. W. SPARKS, W. COPELAND FURBER, JOHN D. JOHNSON, W. J. PERKINS, CLAYTON F. SHOEMAKER.


Committees 1917


Banquet Committee,


C. STANLEY FRENCH, Chairman. WILLIAM J. CONLEN, J. B. BORDEN, RICHARD CAMPION, HENRY W. LEEDS.


Speakers Committee,


HON. E. C. STOKES, Chairman. HON. J. HAMPTON MOORE, SAMUEL T. BODINE, ELLWOOD R. KIRBY, M. D. HON. LEWIS STARR.


Membership Committee,


J. W. SPARKS, Chairman. N. W. CORSON, EDWARD H. LEVIS, GEORGE B. HURFF, RICHARD C. BALLINGER.


Biographical and Historical Committee,


LOUIS B. MOFFETT, Chairman. WILLIAM COPELAND FURBER, HON. REUBEN O. MOON, HENRY S. HAINES, HON. LEWIS STARR.


Auditing Committee, HENRY C. THOMPSON, JR., Chairman.


JOSEPH H. PARVIN, *WILLIAM B. RILEY, CHARLES J. WEBB.


Finance Committee,


HOWARD B. FRENCH, Chairman.


NATHAN T. FOLWELL, A. MERRITT TAYLOR,


FRANCIS B. REEVES,


HEULINGS LIPPINCOTT.


Publicity Committee,


CHARLES E. HIRES, Chairman. F. WAYLAND AYER, J. B. VAN SCIVER, R. C. WARE.


Outing Committee,


FRANK H. STEWART, Chairman.


HOWARD M. COOPER,


DR. WALLACE McGEORGE, J. HAINES LIPPINCOTT,


EDWARD S. THORPE,


T. MONROE DOBBINS.


Historian, FRANK H. STEWART.


* Deceased.


List of Members


Armstrong, F. Wallis-Charter.


Cook, Thomas H.


Armstrong, George H .- Charter.


Armstrong, Wynn-Charter. Armstrong, Edward Ambler-


Cooke, Armith H. Corson, Newton W.


Armstrong, Thomas F. Ayer, F. W.


Charter.Dudley, Edward-Charter. De Camp, A. J .- Charter. Deacon, Benjamin-Charter. Dobbins, T. Monroe-Charter.


Bishop, John I .- Charter.


Borton, Joshua E .- Charter.


Budd, Thomas J .- Charter.


De Camp, A. Neville


Buckman, John W .- Charter Brown, Joseph E.


Dunn, John C. Doughten, Wm. S.


Ballinger, Richard C. Biddle, Charles Miller


Bodine, Harry E.


Endicott, Allen B .- Charter.


Edmunds, Henry R .- Charter.


Bowen, Samuel B.


Emery, William


Ballinger, Edwin Heckman


Eveland, F. W.


Browning, William J.


Early, William


Edmunds, Chas. H.


Edmunds, N. Perry


Bell, C. Edward ..


Bateman, Frank


Broughton, Chas. E.


Burt, John


Folwell, William H .- Charter.


Folwell, Nathan T .- Charter.


Folwell, P. Donald-Charter.


French, Thomas E .- Charter. Furber, William Copeland-


Charter.


Biddle, Charles, Jr.


Borden, John Hance


Batten, Clarence H.


Bateman, Fred. H.


Gwilliam, John


French, Samuel H., 3d.


Frazier, Daniel B.


Fogg, Charles M. Fogg, Robert S. Fort, Pierson T.


Cooper, Joseph W .- Charter. Campion, Richard-Charter. Cross, Joseph Cooper, William J. Closson, James Harwood Collins, David J. Conlen, William J. Coles, John W. Conkling, Edward N. Campbell, Joseph S. Cattell, William C. Cresse, Wadsworth


French, Howard B .- Charter. French, J. Hansell-Charter. French, C. Stanley-Charter.


Bodine, Samuel T.


Borden, Josiah B.


Borden, F. M. Brown, Chas. W. Biddle, Robert, 2d.


Folwell, Charles H. French, Harry B. French, C. Dunning


Gibbs, W. W .- Charter. Gaskill, Nelson B .- Charter. Gill, Joseph C .- Charter. Grundy, Joseph R .- Charter. Gaskill, Joseph H .- Charter. Gaskill, Henry Kennedy (M. D.) Gaunt, G. W. F.


Doughten, Wm. W. Davis, Ellison H.


Duane, Russell


Bartlett, Charles F.


Borden, James B. Bergen, George J. Baird, David, Jr.


335


LIST OF MEMBERS.


Grosscup, Edward Githens, Horace G. Gilmour, Dr. H. Lake Gibbon, Charles S. Gunn, George C. Gilmore, S. C.


Leeds, Henry W .- Charter.


Lippincott, J. Haines-Charter.


Lippincott, J. Bertram LeBar, Frank


Lober, John B. Lippincott, Walter H.


Lippincott, O. C.


Hollingshead, Irvin W .- Charter.Lippincott, Wm. R. Horner, John G .- Charter.


Hamilton, Charles R .- Charter. Hurff, George B.


Hutchinson, John P.


Mulford, H. K .- Charter.


Hendrickson, Joseph D.


Moon, Reuben O .- Charter.


Humphreys, Harry R.


Morton, Newton


Hildreth, James M. E.


Moffett, Louis B.


Hires, Charles E. Hagert, Edwin


Massey, William E.


Hurley, William Leonard


Mulford, H. K., Jr.


Hatch, Cooper B. Hancock, Walter C.


Mallery, Otto T.


Meyer, Arthur L.


MacIntire, Fred. H.


Newton, Joseph R. Newton, Mahlon W.


Member) Hilson, Hugh H.


Hutchinson, John H.


Perkins, John H.


Hewitt, W. Stirling


Prickitt, Cooper H.


Hires, Charles E., Jr.


Perkins, W. J.


Hires, Russell R.


Pancoast, Wm. G.


Hancock, Clinton C.


Pettit, Jonathan G.


Hurff, Eldorus


Plummer, William


Hulme, Thomas W.


Perkins, E. Russell


Joline, Charles Van Dyke-Charter.Reeves, Francis B .- Charter. Johnson, John D.


Jessup, George W. Johnson, Howard Cooper Jessup, Cooper Jessup, Charles G.


Reeves, Frank H. Rudderow, Maurice B.


Robbins, Samuel K.


Read, William Thackara


Ridgway, Caleb S.


Reeves, Charles Carroll, Jr.


Rue, William Harry


Roberts, Howard E. Reeves, S. French Reeves, Francis B., Jr.


Stokes, Edward Casper


Stites, A. Judson-Charter. Starr, Lewis-Charter. Starr, Jesse W., Jr .- Charter.


Kelly, James D. Kaighn. Joseph Kuser, B. C. Kuser, R. V. Kelsey, Henry C.


Kirby, Ellwood R. (M. D.) Knox, Kerro


Kugler, Victor E.


Leaming, Edmund B .- Charter Lippincott, Heulings-Charter. Levis, Edward H .- Charter. Lippincott, Walter-Charter.


Lippincott, Edmund N.


Moore, J. Hampton-Charter.


Morgan, Allen S.


Hedley, T. Wilson Hunt, Walter Evans


Hughes, Robert D.


Hires, Lucius E. Haines, Henry P. (Honorary


Pedrick, William, Jr .- Charter.


Parvin, Joseph H.


Rainear, A. Rusling-Charter. Roydhouse, George W .- Charter Read, Edmund E., Jr .- Charter. Robb, Walter E.


336


LIST OF MEMBERS.


Steelman, A. Lincoln


Synnott, Thomas W.


Van Sciver, J. B. Veale, Moses


Shoemaker, Clayton French


Van Sciver, Geo. C.


Sparks, J. W.


Vorhies, John C.


Swackhammer, Austin H.


Sharp, Walter P.


Wood, George-Charter


Steelman, Daniel S.


Wood, Walter-Charter.


Stewart, Frank H.


Watkins, David O.


Stites, Fletcher W.


Watts, Ernest


Wills, Richard Albert


Slack, Fred. A.


White, Blanchard H.


Thompson, Henry C., Jr .- Charter. Walker, Edwin Robert


Taylor, A. Merritt-Charter.


Wainwright, A. B.


Taylor, C. Clifford


Webb, Chas. J.


Thorpe, Benjamin


Ware, R. C.


Thorn, H. Norman


Ware, A. M.


Tyler, George H.


Woolman, C. S.


Thorpe, Edward Sheppard


Waddington, E. C.


Index


Apprentices


57


Assembly, pay of Members of. 89-90


Assessors (1708)


13


Attorneys' Commissions. 21


Attorneys (1740 to 1764) 25


Authority to Print


4


Bass, Secretary 90


Battle of Gloucester. 321


Battle of Red Bank.


35


Bell for Court House, ordered. 99


new, for Court House, ordered. IIO


Book for Recording Deeds, ordered. 99


Bounty for wolves, foxes, etc. 92


Bridges and Old Roads. 14


Bridges, repairs to. 129


Bridge, Timber Creek, rebuilt .95, 106, 121


Burial Places, Ancient. 265


Census, Military, 1794. 319


Chestnut Neck, Battle of. 307


Clark, Thomas, Journal of. 303


Clergymen, distinguished. 291


Clerks : 1723-1740 108


1740-1770 120


1770-1800


132


Clerk's Office, plan for erection of.


127


Committees, New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania.


333


Constables (1782)


2.4


Constables' Staffs. 115


Convicts executed. 100, 109


Cooper Creek Ferry. 17


Cooper's Ferry Road. 16


Cooper, James B. 133


Cornbury, Lord, visit of. 88


Collin, Nicholas, Rev 291


Page.


Arms and Ammunition.


114, 117


338


INDEX.


Page.


Cost of Living


18


Counterfeit money.


I22


County Collectors, 1723-1740. 108


County Collectors, 1740-1770


120


County Collectors, 1770-1800


132


County Line, between Salem and Gloucester counties, fixed ... II6


Court House and Prison . II, 89, 91, 103


Court House and Prison, contract for. 96


Court House and Prison, old buildings sold. 98


Court House and Prison, repairs to 109


Court House, addition to (1708) 91


Court House, damaged by fire. . 117, 123


Court House and Jail, site selected. 124


Court House and Jail, first erected. 103


Court House at Woodbury, petition for 123


Court Records. 9


Court Records, Revolutionary Period 22


291


Currency, Farm Produce as. 13


Custom House, Little Egg Harbor


313


Davenport, Gen. Franklin. 139


Death Penalty Enforced.


100


Debt, Imprisonment for.


20


Diary of Samuel Mickle.


155


Ear Mark Book


IO


Early Accounts, 1706.


89


Evans, Nathaniel, Rev.


292


Families, Gloucester County in the West.


320


Family Names, spelling of. 261


Fees, license. .


25


Ferry, Cooper Creek.


17


Fire Company, Woodbury.


15I


Fire Engine, Contributions for


129


First Quakers in Old Gloucester 263


Foreword


5


Freeholders, fined.


IOI


records from 1701


87


1716


94


1721 ..


99


1722


IOI


Croes, John, Rev


INDEX. 339


Page.


Freeholders,


1723-1740 107


1740-1770 I19


1770-1800. I3I


Gloucester County, its formation and divisions. 289


Gloucester Fox Hunting Club. 322


Grand Jurors, 1766. 21


Guns


II7


Haddon Hall, of Haddonfield. 293


Handcuffs and irons


100


Heston, Col. Thomas


I43


Historical Notes.


317


Historical References


329


Historical Society, Gloucester County 318


Hunter, Andrew, Rev 291


Indian King, The. 147


Indictments (1770)


II, 21


(1787)


25


Inn and tavern licenses


61


Irons for prisoners 99


Jail, construction of. 94


Judges (1779)


24


Justices and Freeholders .92, 94, 95, 98, 99, 101, 102


I716


94


1721


99


1722


IOI


1723-1740


106


1740-1770. 119


1770-1800 I3I


King's Highway. 69


Lawrence, James 319


Library, room selected for 128


Licenses, Inn and Tavern (1770)


61


Litle, John, Docket of.


326


Loan Office. .27, 120


Lord Cornbury, visit of. 88


Members, New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania. 334


340


INDEX.


Page.


Merchant, a Gloucester County


51


Merchants, Philadelphia (1779-1791)


52


Mickle, Diary of Samuel.


155


year


1792


157


1793.


158


1798.


162


1799.


163


1800.


165


1801.


168


1802.


I71


1803


174


1804.


176


1805.


179


1806.


180


1807


183


1808.


185


1809.


187


1810.


189


1811.


190


1812.


191


1813


194


1814.


197


1815


199


1816.


201


1817.


204


1818.


207


1819


210


1820.


213


1821.


215


1822


218


1823.


221


1824.


226


1825


232


1826


239


1827.


245


1828.


249


1829.


252


Moravian Church ..


77


Newbie, Mark, Irish Pence


317


New Jersey (poem)


3


Oaks, large white.


317


Officers, New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania.


332


INDEX. 34I


Page.


Old Families


26, 27


Old Residents, 1789-1792. 57


Old Trinity Church. 29


Otto, Dr. Bodo, Jr., Life of


309


Parliamentary Rules. 100


Poor House, considered.


129


farm purchased. I30


Post offices, Gloucester County (1800) 319


Prisoners, cost of keeping 90


Records, missing from 1748 to 1755. 21


Red Bank, Battle of.


35


Revolution, Men of. 321


Revolutionary Period. .22, 121, 255, 304


Roads 14, 25, 128


Cooper's Ferry 16


new


17


laid out. I26


Road Houses. 18


Saw, Grist, Fulling Mills, taxes IOI


Sheriff's expenses 108


Slavery 65


Slaves set free by.


66


Somers, Richard. 320


Surveyors (1744)


19


Taverns 20


Tavern licenses. 22, 61


Taxation, how levied in 1762


II3


Taxes levied. 87,93, 100


101, 105. 113


Taxes, 1708.


Things taxed


II3


Township Book. Great Egg Harbor.


55


Township Divisions. III


Lines, cost of running. II2


Officials, Deptford (1779) 23


Trinity Church. 29


Watch and Work House. IO.4


Whipper imported.


108


-


against certain property owners. .12, 91


342


INDEX.


Page.


Whipping Post.


22


Whipping Post, stocks, etc. 89, 98, 104


315


Whitall, Ann, Diary of.


255


Whitall, Job, Diary of-year of 1776. 1777


256


Wild Beasts killed.


104


Wolves and Panthers


ยท93,95, 104, 108


Woodbury Fire Co.


150





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