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Furball: I harbor very little doubt that the cannonballs found on your Grandparents property once belonged to Cornwallis's troops. On 24 November 1777, not only did the British commander and his men tred upon the peninsula that hosts Brooklawn today, but the entire force encamped there...

Steve: Nice photographs! As I recall, back in the late 1990s, an Eagle Scout made it his project to restore the Salem Road sign, originally placed there during the 1920s by the New Jersey Commission on Historic Sites. If you are feeling adventurous, park your car near this sign, jump out (not...

Furball: While I enjoy viewing maps contemporary to the Rev War period devoid of modern annotation, I do agree that supplying a companion modern interpretative map makes sense in certain situations. You will find such a map in the Smith book I recommended to you, although I do think the...

Piney Boy: Thanks for the nod. Regarding la Fayette and the battle of Gloucester, not only is there the material at the Gloucester County Historical Society, but there is a five-volume set of books on la Fayette in America; George Washington's own correspondence files; and the recollection of...

TeeGate: I couldn't agree with you more! I think it highly likely that more people on this forum lit the flame of their Pinelands interest through the spark of Henry Beck's books than in any other fashion! Did Beck and his books have problems with history and historical accuracy? Without a...

Piney Boy: You are spot on with your viewpoint! For example, in the Battle of Gloucester, the Marquis de la Fayette led a patchwork of American troops, including a contingent from Morgan's Rangers and from Harry Lee's horsemen, into battle against Hessian pickets. Time and time again, the...

Piney Boy: I do understand your feelings concerning Frank Stewart, despite my misgivings about his writings. As with many of the antiquarians of past generations, we all owe a great debt of gratitude to Stewart. He was a trailblazer for those of us who maintain a high level of interest in...

Piney Boy: I hope you did take umbrage at my response to your posting, but I always try to be honest about problematic secondary and tertiary source material, especially for folks who are not as well-versed in a topic as some. Mr. Stewart does have his share of problems, as do several other...

Folks: Last night I sent a private message to Furball and indicated a single, siccinct source for him to examine that includes the most important map of the campaign. I hesitated to post it to the entire list because of I was not sure all would be interested. However, since Piney Boy listed a...

Very interesting information, Furball. Your grandparents resided near the site of "Little Bridge," the span that carried the Old Salem Road over Little Timber Creek. The swale formed by the road can still be seen from Lake Drive coming up from the creek. Before the Hessians departed to...

Piney Boy: Your thread topic certainly caught my attention and your project sounds like a good one. I have had a similar project on my radar screen for years, but I may never get to it, so I am glad that you are undertaking it! The primary burial ground for the Hessians who died during the...

WAMBA: I think you may be misinterpreting the term "cave" in this context. These are not natural caves. Many of the early settlers in West Jersey arrived late in the year and had little time to erect permanent shelter for themselves and their families. To gain temporary shelter against the...

Ebsi: While there were several New Jersey maps published in atlases during 1834, I think the one that The Right Reverend refers to is the map included with Thomas Gordon's 1834 Gazetteer of New Jersey. It seems most plausible that Beck would have used this map and the accompanying volume in...

At one time, all of the bridges had painted/stenciled numbers applied to them. Sometimes on the retaining walls and sometimes on the girder or stringer, depending on the bridge style. You can often find the remnants of these numbers on the bridge. They might be white numbers on a black...

Guy: The "number" assigned to each bridge corresponds to mileage. While the point of origination for mileage changed once or twice during the history of the line, the most recent point of origination was the Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. However, the...

To give you a better idea of the number of lines built and planned through the Pinelands, I have scanned and uploaded a map from John Brinckmann's book, The Tuckerton Railroad. You can view that from the Gallery page. Jerseyman

daved: There were once many more railroads that traversed the Pines than exist today. The earliest was the Delaware & Atlantic Railroad, which operated between Browns Point (Roebling) and near Hanover Furnace. Plans called for the line to be extended to a deepwater port on the coast, but the...

Steve: You are definitely "right-on" with the translation of the first line of Latin. The second line translate: Mindful of God, grateful to friends Jerseyman

Piney Boy: You are referring to the Camden County institutional facility at Lakeland in Gloucester Township. The governmental complex here dates to December 1800, when Old Gloucester County purchased land along Timber Creek for establishing an almshouse, although they failed to construct the...