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Snoopy: The Burlington County Insane Asylum is located on Pemberton Brown's Mill Road just east of Burlington County College on the north side of the road. The county established its first institution here in 1799 when it purchased the Josiah Gaskill estate, a farm comprising 472 acres. Here...

Jacqueline: It is a distinct pleasure to meet you--at least here on the forums! Your presence as a fellow author adds a great dimension to our discussions. Welcome in!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Guy: The theory that I've always worked under is that the Parkdale name stems from Cranberry Park, a nineteenth-century place name that appears on the appropriate plate from the 1872 state atlas. Furthermore, the New Jersey Southern established a stop there called Cranberry Park in 1871 at...

First line of defense against identity theft is to shred any and all credit card offers. All some miscreant needs to do is trash-pick those unopened envelopes from your trash and they're in business with your credit rating. It happens everyday across America. Call me paranoid, but my motto is...

Well, Buck, tracks have been in place along that section of railroad since 1862 with no apparent deleterious effects. Railroads can haul commodities much more efficiently and economically than trucks, so I think the trains should start rolling as soon as possible. Best regards, Jerseyman

Neil in SJ: Similar to your information, my research places Charleston Woods between the North Branch of Cooper's Creek and Kresson Road, except I have always considered the site closer to present-day Brace Road than to Marlkress Road. Perhaps it extended farther eastward towards Marlkress...

That is my understanding as well. I think someone told me Clayton expects to have the line operational by 2008. Best regards, Jerseyman

Ben: Don't despair--I just received mine today. I suspect that you're on the list!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Guy: I am amazed at the prices being asked for this book, despite its quality. I can tell you that if anyone else wanted to write a book on a local community or area, they should take a look at what Bill Leap did with his Runnemede book. In my opinion, it is a model that all would do well to...

RAllen: Sorry for the sticker-shock! I did not check prices before I supplied you with those websites. Of course, the guy who runs PAB in Atlantic City is a total lunatic when it comes to used and antiquarian books. For my 30+ years of building my library I have made a conscious decision NOT...

RAllen: I think earlier in this thread I discussed the route of the Hessians out of Haddonfield. Basically, they marched down Salem Road (Kings Highway) and on to Market Street towards Gloucester until the arrived at the continuation of Salem Road over Little Bridge (Little Timber Creek) and...

RAllen: To locate a used copy of the book, I suggest either abebooks.com or addall.com. You should be able to pick-up the paperbound edition for $25.00 or less. Absolutely correct in attaching the name Zane to the cemetery. However, the stone memorial marker that Bill Leap had made for the...

RednekF350: Your striking and beautiful photos definitely could set the mood for Blue Monday (22 January 2007), reportedly the most melancholy day of the entire year. Thanks for sharing your art! Best regards, Jerseyman

RAllen: Glad you enjoyed the discussion! I think I've look at your website before. The route to the fort for Jonas Cattell might have been down Warwick Road to Davis Road to the bridge over Big Timber (most likely) or out the Salem Road to Mount Ephraim, where he could have crossed Harrison's...

Guy: The cemetery is better known as the Ashbrook Burial Ground and is located in the Glendora section of Gloucester Township on Station Avenue. Several years ago I participated in a big ceremony celebrating the cemetery and the Hessian burials. The leader of this celebration was Bill Leap...

Neil in SJ: To state Piney Boy's comments more plainly, when you go out metal detecting and you begin to remove objects from the ground, you are destroying the spatial context of that object and how it relates to objects around it. If the site remained undisturbed until archaeologists...

Neil in SJ: I discussed the cannons earlier in this thread, but for a recap, the Hessians dumped as many as three guns into Big Timber Creek off of the forerunner of Clement's Bridge because they used the gun carriages to transport the wounded back to the ferries in Camden. The did NOT dump...

Neil in SJ: Well, aren't you the funny guy?!?!?!?! :rolleyes: Regarding the routing of Cornwallis and the troops that traveled with him out of Haddonfield, I would like to see your primary source evidence for your contention that they moved over Bonnie's Bridge, because I certainly have...

Guy: The JCRR maps you found are known as valuation maps or val maps for short. All US railroads prepared these maps of all their routes at the behest of the Interstate Commerce Commission beginning in 1913. In part, Congress authorized the ICC to determine a basis for the transportation costs...

Steve: The formation of the West Jersey Homeopathic Dispensary and Hospital Association dates to 5 June 1891. I should correct my previous post to indicate that some more recently formed companies operate today with the words "West Jersey" in their title, but I really think few of their...