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"Road to Newtown from Indian Cabin Road via. Cook's field." Jerseyman, are you thinking that this "road to Newtown" was another name for what we now know as Baremore Rd? http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.57666881775156&lng=-74.65939648422238&z=15&type=nj1930&gpx=

Thanks Terry! I wrote the original tune in 2008. It was very simple back then. Just guitar and vocals. I've only just recently realized my vision for the song.

Interesting. I had not considered that. No doubt there could have been more than one road to Newtown, technically speaking. I was assuming that the "road to Newtown" was the same as "Newtown Road". I need to look at the Wharton Ledgers directly. It's my New Year's resolution.

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Yes, in deed! (Get it?)

1829, eh? Looks like it's coming together, toitle.

OK, my note about Nicholas Sooy Thompson applying for a tavern license comes from a geneaological work by Juneanne Wescoat Glick. I have not viewed the text, and only a snippet is available through Google Books. The snippet reads as follows: "In 1829 Nicholas s. Thompson applied for a...

Here's something in my notes about Higbee's Green Tree Tavern, again without a source! I know, I know... "Higbee's Tavern (aka Green Tree Tavern) was located at Moss Mill Rd. and Rt. 9. Built in 1776 by John Steelman." Now I'm cornfused.

Some more relevant information: "Deed (1824) from Gibson Ashcraft to Nicholas Sooy Thompson, property boundary at School House Run." (W.L. Vol. 15, p. 202) I also have in my notes (although I somehow forgot to name the source. doh!) that Nicholas Sooy Thompston applied for tavern...

http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.606705379770396&lng=-74.65953595909116&z=17&type=nj1930&gpx= There are structures here that I believe are part of Amatol. There are three concrete blocks that extend about 3 feet from the ground. They have perfectly round holes at the top, about 2 feet...

Speak for yourself!

Terry, Nope, wasn't me. Neat place though.

SpungMan, I believe that Negro Creek got its name from David Mapps, who owned land along the stream.

Terry, The description of the road to Newtown suggests that it was a place name, and not a surname. This is all "new" to me, so I don't know quite where it was, although I share SpungMan's hunch that it was located about here...

My hunch that "Pettit's Old Road" was an older name for Sailor Boy Road doesn't quite make sense to me anymore, unless Newtown was nowhere near Newton Creek. Hmm....

Glafman, the sign you bought could very well bear the name of Jesse Richards' son Samuel. You might not want to accept this possibility, but who really knows? I hope it turns out that it is indeed the sign of Samuel Richards of Atsion fame.

As for Cook's Field, it doesn't seem likely that Batsto mined sand from there for the glass factory, does it?

The Beers 1872 map locates Lucas Meadows on Sailor Boy Rd. I'm guessing that these "meadows" were formerly cedar swamp (they have reverted back to cedar swamp since the map was made) that Christopher Lucas logged sometime in the 18th century. I'm guessing that the logged swamp was then called...

Thank you, SpungMan and Jerseyman! I need to pour over the 1872 Beers map.

Pardon all of my questions! One more. Does anyone know where exactly Beck's and Vanmeter's place was? Spungman? Jerseyman?