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    Hessian Island and a marker near by with initials JB

    Interesting, never knew that. Apparently John Berkeley was the older brother of William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia who was involved in Bacon's Rebellion.
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    Taunton Mansion

    Those are some great maps and sat shots you've got there, Boyd. Thank you for posting the links.
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    Taunton Mansion

    Growing up, we always heard that there was an "Indian burial ground" somewhere between Blue Lake and King's Grant. Anyone know anything about that, or do we all grow up with "Indian burial grounds" in our folklore? Or maybe it was just a tall tale our parents told us? "Kettle Run" ... wasn't...
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    Taunton Mansion

    Yes, that's the place I'm talking about, Boyd. I think we called it "Stony Mountain" but I may be misremembering, it's been a long time. Also, Stone Mountain, GA, may be competing in the namespace...I used to mow lawns for some widows who lived back on Lost Lake just to the NE of that... Re...
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    Taunton Mansion

    Thanks for the info, Teegate. That's funny about Jungle Jim's ... back in the day we never knew who "Jungle Jim" was, nor whether he even existed and it was just a name somebody came up with... I was looking at West Jersey bogs on Google Maps, and I guess that area was along a sort of...
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    Taunton Mansion

    Hello, all, new user here. Thank you to the moderator(s) for allowing me to participate. I stumbled across this site when Googling "Cranberry House," the old school that was near the intersection of Hopewell Road, Breakneck Rd., and Taunton Blvd., below Blue Lake and Taunton Lake and above Lake...
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