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This oval track is located just over the line in Shamong Township and sits on land belonging to the Branco family since at least the 1960s. Based on a quick review of Historic Aerials, the track was established sometime between 1956 and 1963. It was still in use in 1970, but the trees were...

Joe: Sorry, but Bob is just plain wrong, despite him having resided in Almonesson since 1950. Here is a post card view of the mill and the bridge over the dam and it exactly matches these structures in your photograph: The only difference is the tree on the lake bank is gone in your...

Willy: That explains why I did not find a survey of 193 acres to Bennet Bard! For a better description of the land in question, I suggest you examine two deeds in Colonial Deeds and Conveyances for West New Jersey, Liber I-K, beginning on page 71 and on page 84. You can also look at SGO...

Willy: I just conducted a second review of Bennet Bard’s surveys recorded in the Surveyor General’s books and did not find a parcel containing 193 acres. I also examined the deeds granting Bard land, although I am missing one roll of microfilm that contains two deeds in which he is the...

Willy: Welcome to the forums! In an attempt to provide a reasoned response to your query, I just completed a brief review of all Surveyor General surveys related to Bennet Bard and I find most of his land lay more or less northward of his sawmill on Bard’s Branch. This suggests to me that...

Folks: If you are interested in Red Bank and the battle of Fort Mercer, you may want to read two entries on my blog: http://jerseyman-historynowandthen.blogspot.com/2010/11/plantation-yclept-bromley.html http://jerseyman-historynowandthen.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html Best...

Marcia: I concur with Teegate about where to post your genealogical queries, but with this caveat. There are numerous national and regional genealogical forums, e.g., Ancestry, Genforum, Rootsweb, New Jersey Genealogical Forum, etc., where you can post queries and your findings about families...

Based on post cards in my collection, there is little doubt in my mind that Capewell stepped out onto the bridge over the dam and shot this photograph of Almonesson Lake. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: This is an incredible photograph of the grist and saw mill in Almonesson, Deptford Township, Gloucester County. I have seen very few images of this mill and even the post card view in my collection is poor when compared with this photo! Almonesson was originally known as Lambtown...

Gabe: Weird Al’s parody was like a symphony to my ears! In part, email and particularly texting is ruining the written word, but so is the instruction provided in modern public schools. People who cannot properly write should refrain from writing at all! With my abhorrence of people writing in...

Guy: One minor correction, if you don’t mind: Asa spelled his surname with two “ts” as in “Pittman.” I have his family Bible in my library collection, which contains a couple of articles tipped in concerning Mr. Upton. A couple years ago, the Riverside Historical Society in Burlington County...

Sorry to hear of your discontent, Bob! Perhaps a poor attempt at levity will cheer you up a bit: There once was a man from Bamber Who fancied himself quite a rambler But in a great rush He entered high brush And chigger bites now plague this poor ambler. Best regards, Jerseyman

johnnyb: I do not make a habit of responding to old threads, but I obviously missed this one from last year, so I am answering your questions now. Charles K. Landis is responsible for constructing the Vineland Railway from Atsion to Bayside, completing the line in December 1871. Landis...

Bait for the Jersey Devil? I understand he enjoyed the “high life” and those baked beans would provide extra lift to push him up and and away!

Folks: Here is an interesting text on John Richards and his connection to Weymouth, Gloucester Furnace, and other Pine Barren sites. I have retained the original spelling throughout. A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE JOHN RICHARDS, INSCRIBED TO HIS DESCENDANTS UPON THE CENTENNIAL OF HIS BIRTH...

Mark: Most assuredly, Port Murray station stood along the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Regarding Young’s Mine, William S. Bayley, writing in Volume VII of the Final Report of the State Geologist, Iron Mines (1910), states: (120) Young’s Mine On the topographic map a pit is...

Don: It is not my intention to inject myself into the exchange between yourself and Scott. Most people who know anything about Shane’s Castle, however, obtained the story from John Clement in George R. Prowell’s History of Camden County (1886) or some subsequent tertiary source. Clement made...

It looks like you had a very nice hike along this trail! Let me see if I can straighten out the railroad history for you. The Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company received its legislative charter in 1836, but the company became moribund from the effects of the Panic...

I think what was meant here was social Darwinism, another term closely associated with eugenics. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: After a careful examination of the photograph, I can assure you that the building in the background is not the Colwell Mansion at Weymouth. The building in the photograph is reminiscent of the Sora Club along the Cohansey outside of Bridgeton, but even that does not match exactly. I am...