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  1. manumuskin

    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    Bastards! Jeff I think we need to look up the descendants of those Tories.This calls for a blood fued,Least thats how Moms kin settles crap like this in Kentucky.
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    Cougars, yet again...

    I"ll warn my grandsons:-)
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    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    Yes I have documentation that shows my Steelman branch along with several others had slaves.As a matter of fact it appears my northern kin from my Dads side owned more slaves then did my southern kin on Moms side who mostly appeared to be poorer and headed straight for the mountains after...
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    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    If you want any documents I have on the Steelmans/Stille/Manssons let me know and I"ll send you what I have.Olaf Stille seems to be the most noted character of the bunch.
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    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    Dude, We are cousins! Peter Hansson Steelman is my 9th gr grandfathers is mother Ella Stille is my 10th gr grandmother.
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    Cougars, yet again...

    Well what ever I was on my cousin was doing them too.I was 14 and he was 15.Now later on he did get into some wild stuff.he's paying for it now.He's 53 and on permanent disability.Drank his bones into mush.Every joint in his body is titanium now and he has had three heart attack.One killed him...
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    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    My first Steelman is Peter Hansson Steelman born 1-1673 died 1763 both in Gloucester county but back then Gloucester county also comprised Atlantic county which is where he actually lived.His father has a name change. Peter Jochimsson 1618 born Holstein Germany (which is an unknown since they...
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    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    My first steelman I run into was an Ellen Steelman from the late 1700's early 1800's. They appear to be swedish with the name coming from Stiile and Mannson. I forget what those two words meant .It's in my records. I believe they were originally whalers who landed in Plymouth and settled in Lynn...
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    Meteor shower

    Is that the Pleiades in the photos? Bill seen about 70 at Sea Breeze,I on the other hand was sound asleep.
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    PB National Park?

    And I suppose this would be for the betterment of all concerned? Who volunteers to go first?
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    No Copperheads in the Pines?

    Cowards. I notice they did this in winter.
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    Music for the day

    what took him down?
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    A tough trip down the Nescochague

    I did Nescohague from 206 down to Pleasant Mills about 30 years ago.It was a nice run back then once you got to Paradise lake,the first mile was a beast.The river was clear back then and there was poison ivy on everything which is unusual for a barrens stream.I managed to get only s light case...
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    Captain Noah dies

    I seen this a couple hours ago while waiting for an Xray.It was on the tv in the waiting room.He was old when I was a kid.Actually probably pushing 50 then but to me He was old. He was actually a year younger then my still living Granny. Granny is pretty much deaf from working in the glass...
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    Planning a Batona Trail Thru Hike

    I very seldom ever make a fire,even when I"m camped non renegade style. For one I"m lazy and generally don't feel like gathering the materials for it.Two I usually take either cold food or food that can be eaten cold once again I"m too lazy to cook if i don't have to and if I do have to a...
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    No Copperheads in the Pines?

    My uncle who was into herps from a young age and knew his snakes got a call from a friend in Vineland once.The guy lived on landis ave. in town.He told my Uncle that he had a copperhead under a pallet in his back yard.My uncle said there are no copperheads in south jersey.The guy said...
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    Planning a Batona Trail Thru Hike

    Personally I would but thats me. Get out of sight of the road and don't make a fire,hang a hammock and no one will ever know you were there. Bodine is a long walk from the trail.Last time I did this I parked myself for the night in a clearing off the trail right about here.This is about the half...
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    Beware: The giant hogweed lurks

    Man! That does look like giant Queen Annes!
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    Garoutte Tavern in Historic Pleasant Mills, New Jersey

    I know some states like NC have state census's that occurred slightly before 1790 like 1785,86 but I don't know if NJ ever put out an early census.I would probably have run across that if they did.I have kin in NC too,thats how I ran across that one.
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    Cougars, yet again...

    Have had a few stalk me over the years when I was younger.Now I"m as old as they were then and the cougars no longer think I"m good bait.
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