Great thread. Regarding the Joseph Matlack stone, I wonder if these are also his initials?
"Benjamin Brush of Galloway Twp., £90 for 14 acres (messuage, tenement, plantation and tract where the mortgagor now lives) in the same place on the west side of "Mullacais [sic] River Just below a...
Looking at historicaerials.com, I see that it was dug out between 1940 and 1951. Springer's Brook is formed by the confluence of Indian Mills Brook, Muskingum Brook, and your unnamed stream. Let me know if you come across any maps that name it.
"...and latterly several large lots of bottom land having been cleared and drained, promise will for good meadow..."
What exactly did this entail? I'm assuming that this is referring to deforesting a swamp, filling it in with soil and planting grasses and what not. Am I thinking in the right...
"And if you think this all is but a tale, dare you take this dark untrodden trail? It won't be traced to Mrs. Leeds; it's to your soul that this path leads. Follow close that cloven tail!"
"The Pines of My Past" is the title of my Pine Barrens-centered album, and is a work in progress. I'll be using this thread to post links to some of the songs as I release them. Enjoy and spread the word!
Here's the latest - a celebration of the legendary Joe Mulliner. Enjoy...
Jerseyman,
Hmmmm.....The following is the only information I have at hand.
An 1825 document mentions a Lafayette Tavern "on the road from Pleasant Mills to Indian Cabin". This is taken from Budd's Dad's notes on the Wharton Ledgers (Vol. 14, p. 344)