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Spungman: Your confusion stems from the existence of two deeds for two different parcels. The copy you have in your possession of page 391 is actually the second page of a deed found in Atlantic County Deed Book T, page 390, which is the conveyance of 5.6 acres from Archibald Campbell to...

Spungman: While Archibald Campbell Sr. may not have prepared a formal deed for the 0.5-acre church lot until 1869, he had clearly issued an unrecorded deed of sale at an earlier date. In Atlantic County Deed Book 40, page 689, a deed dated 4 May 1863 memorializes Archibald selling a 1.2-acre...

Spungman: I hope your program with Emma Marie Trusty went well. The 1858 church you refer to as “Mt. Union” is actually the Mount Pisgah Union American Methodist Episcopal Church. The UAME is a separate denomination founded by the Rev. Peter Spencer in Wilmington, Delaware. The earliest known...

COME ONE, COME ALL! OCEANVILLE (GALLOWAY TWP.), NJ – The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University and the South Jersey Culture & History Center will host a Pine Barrens Jamboree on Thursday, April 16 from 5:30-7:30pm, celebrating the life and culture of the Pine Barrens. This spirited musical...

Don: I completely concur with your assessment concerning the plethora of modern books on the Pines. All are virtual rewrites of previously published books without benefiting from much or any new research, which suggests a certain level of intellectual laziness. Some authors engage in downright...

Great find, Willy! I remember my father recounting a visit to the track as a wee lad with his father. He said the noise from the super-elevated wooden track was positively deafening. He also noted the many nail heads projecting above the boards used to construct the track. The nails would work...

From the South Jersey Culture & History Center at Stockton University: The exhibition Pine Barrens: Life and Legends is “rebooting" at the Noyes Museum in Oceanville. On Thursday, March 26, from 5:00 - 6:30pm we invite visitors to join us for an exhibition walk through and light refreshments...

I'm looking forward to seeing all of my friends at the 10th annual Lines on the Pines event at Kerri Brooke Catering in Hammonton tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.! Don't miss this opportunity to be with other folks who love the Pines as much as you do. Best regards, Jerseyman

Lakehurstian1: I am not from Lakehurst, but I can provide you with some information based on historical research. I presume that Ford U. Ross, owned or occupied your house during the 1950s-1960s, based on his naval service on blimps while stationed at Lakehurst. Ford has written several books...

I'm sure such accidental (invasive) propagation occurred, Bob, but the area we now know as Speedwell was not surveyed until 1760 and likely few if any people lived there or nearby prior to that time. So, how quickly could Veronica spread in the preceding 80 years from some distance or in the...

Ben: The Winterthur Museum holds a small collection of Randolph papers because of his work as a fine furniture maker. I believe the Historical Society of Pennsylvania also holds one or two items from Randolph in their manuscripts, but Winterthur holds the better collection, particularly as it...

You are so right, Guy! Virtually all of the more recent books on the Pine Barrens are a regurgitation of previous works and most of the modern authors do not possess the necessary discernment to sort out what is correct and what is not within the older texts. God forbid these same authors should...

The preferred descriptor phrases these days are: Woman of color Man of color People of color Most people of color no longer like the phrase "African American" and most will tell you they are not "black." Best regards, Jerseyman

That is correct. For example, if a building owner used federal tax credits to restore a historic building for a commercial purpose, then the owner is bound by the existing regulations of the AHPA. A good example of this is the Victor Building in Camden, where Philadelphia developer Carl Dranoff...

46er: A listing in the National Register of Historic Places comes with no restrictions or regulations for the property owner. The American Historic Preservation Act, first passed in 1966, does contain regulatory mechanisms to protect listed or eligible properties from adverse effects...

this_is_nascar: I hope you didn’t become too excited with her Gloucester City piece; it contains several key errors, which is a shame. Best regards, Jerseyman

Ben: The strain in the relationship between Beck and Ewan occurred because Ewan could be very prickly and he held Beck’s approach to documentation in low regard. I have heard more than one story of the verbal clashes when these two men ran into each other. Yes, Ewan’s photographic and...

Bill: Here is my list of early twentieth-century South Jersey historians—actually six in number, when I thought about it—in alphabetical order: Boyer, Charles DeCou, George Ewan, Nathaniel Heston, Alfred Sickler, Joseph Stewart, Frank The worst part of this process is figuring out who is...

Willy: The David Oliphant who placed this advertisement in The Pennsylvania Gazette is the same David Oliphant who operated the mills pictured above, but he had extensive landholdings as the sale notice suggests. The 1859 Parry, Sykes and Earl New Map of Burlington County still depicts the...

I couldn't agree more, Ben. I am no fan of Heston: he was not a very good historian and he was a racist to boot! Of the five most famous early twentieth-century local historians in South Jersey, I would rank him as dead last. I own the two volumes as part of my Jerseyana collection, but they...