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On Monday 20th I spent the day in the Pines. Drove in off 542, along the west side of Batsto Lake. Cutting over to the Atsion branch below Constable Br., where we explored on foot, the eastern banks of the "New Pond". From there we drove up and over Constable Br. And parked at the intersection...

It appears Henry and Mary Shinn had a son Henry. The following map indicates a Henry Shin living on Egg Harbor Road in Winslow. Unfortunately this map is from 1857 - 75 years after the saw mill ad that referenced Henry Shinn. I realize that it may be a long-shot but what would be the odds...

I thought it would be worth mentioning, that in addition to his cotton mill enterprise, Raleigh purchased the Waterford Glass Works & connected it with his vast Atsion estate. For a short time, Raleigh operated the three glass factories there - two of which manufactured window panes, and the...

Thank you sir!

I made this map to show the three main stage routs to Little Egg Harbor. Granted, there are many branches that diverge from these routs - one if which could be the "Middle Road" that Gabe mentioned that goes to Egg Harbor. This would be the branch that ran South along the Batsto River that...

You are correct Broke Jeep. The tricky thing about Egg Harbor Road is the fact that there were several routs that identified by that name. The route best identified by by the name Egg Harbor Road is still referred to as Old Egg Harbor Road went from Long a Coming through Blue Anchor, Higbee's...

The Shins were a big family and there were many of them living in the New Hanover, North Hampton and Evesham townships. Restore and Mary Shinn did in fact sell to Clayton Earl and Richard Stockton, but according to the survey recorded in the Surveyor General's at Burlington, only 10 acres were...

Gabe, you mentioned earlier in this thread that "the dam was rebuilt in 1792 by the Atsion Co. They also constructed a new lock". In 1791 Josiah Foster sold several tracts of his land in Sheriff Sales. Of the three transactions one was to Thomas Hollinshead and Joseph Stokes in Evesham...

Aren't these ads wonderfully descriptive! There are several points that I would like to highlight in the first advertisement. (1) There is a relatively significant home on the property... "a good house with four rooms and two fireplaces on the first floor, and two rooms on the second floor...

Excellent Gabe! I can't wait to hear it! Coincidentally, it was at the Sleepy Creek mill site that I played "The Ageless River" for a group of my friends and blew their minds.

Let's begin by extending the credit to Willy for locating the three advertisements.

One of my favorite areas, to say the least.

Thanks Don. But for the record, although I think the first two advertisements (February and July of 1777) belong to the mill located at the locks, I cannot be sure that the third advertisement (March of 1782) is not offering for sale Estell's and Foster's other sawmill and property located on...

Don Catts, very nice job with the map. Do you intend to publish it?

Collection: The Pennsylvania Gazette Publication: The Pennsylvania Gazette Date: March 20, 1782 Title: TO BE SOLD, TWO Hundred acres of valuable timber LAND, with TO BE SOLD, TWO Hundred acres of valuable timber LAND, with a good Saw Mill, sawyerhouse, carterhouse, stable and hayhouse thereon...

Collection: The Pennsylvania Gazette Publication: The Pennsylvania Gazette Date: July 23, 1777 Title: To be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE, on Sixth day, the first of August To be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE, on Sixth day, the first of August next, at the house of Benjamin Thomas, the Sign of the Crosskeys...

Nice going Gabe, breathing life back into this discussion! Loving the direction this thread has taken! Here are a few more pieces... Collection: The Pennsylvania Gazette Publication: The Pennsylvania Gazette Date: February 5, 1777 Title: To be SOLD by private SALE, A COMPLETE sawmill, with...

Could it be possible, that despite the waste house proximity to the river, that it wasn't shipped downstream but perhaps carted away by wagon? Although cotton waste was used in the manufacture of paper, it seems likely that greater percentage of it was consumed in bedding, padding and...

I found the same scenario the last time I visited Gloucester Landing several months ago.

Well That Settles That! Thank you Teegate for saving that endangered correspondence! and right from the source - excellent! "oji", he knew - guess he's more than just flowers! ;) Manumuskin knows also. Thanks guys for all your input.