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Don: I can’t be positive of the location for Taylorstown , but I can make an educated guess. :) On 11 January 1855, Martha R. Dobbins, widow of Edward T. Dobbins, placed a sale notice in the New Jersey Mirror: Public sale to be held on Monday February 5, 1855, on the premises, the farm...

I should add to the message above that Rutgers, Special Collections, holds the card files and the collections of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and Lisa should consider consulting this material to research Jesse Kelly. That said, however, I suspect if the person who compiled the original...

Ben: Middlesex County, New Jersey, unfortunately, does not have a historical society. Rutgers, Special Collections, serves as the de facto historical society for the county. Sorry to say, but the URL you provided above is actually for Middlesex County, Connecticut. Best regards, Jerseyman

That sounds like a road return, Gabe, which will be in the files of the Gloucester County Historical Society. When I have time, I’ll drop down to Woodbury and locate it. Best regards, Jerseyman

pinelandpaddler: It makes perfect sense to me for Garoutte to name the tavern after Lafayette, but can you provide a citation for the information? Whatever you can provide would be appreciated! Best regards, Jerseyman

TeeGate and all those interested in survey stones and the Pine Barrens: My good friend Tanton from this site sent me the link to a fascinating article from The American Surveyor magazine: http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Guisewhite-StoryOfAStone_Vol8No4.pdf Note the heavy...

Spung-Man: I turned to Green first, but, like you, I failed to find a single reference. The next source that I examined was the 1938 Mullica Township centennial history, but, again, no information contained within it relative to Garoutte or a tavern on the Pleasant Mills tract. I did find...