Brotherton Indian Reservation Village News

[Don Catts]

For anyone interested,

Just wanted to let you know that Shamong Township has bought the old Cowpertwaite farm right in the heart of the Brotherton Reservation Village and are planning to build a cemetery there. The cemetery field is 7 Acres, see attached map. I don't know if an Archaeological survey is required or not, but this is the side of the road that the original Indian burial ground is located. It would be funny if at the first burial they found that somebody was already in the grave.

Don

Although the whole farm was bought the proposed cemetery is only the 7 acres north of Willow Grove Rd.

P.S. I am pretty sure the Indian burial ground was not in this field, but then, no one really knows where it is located.

 

[Teegate]

Does the town have an idea this is there?

 

[Don Catts]

Does the town have an idea this is there?

Don't know

 

[Teegate]

BTW, are you back to normal?

 

[Don Catts]

Yes, I'm walking pretty good, thanks for asking.

 

[Teegate]

Read the first post again if you have not read this thread before.

Pinelands Commission Approves Shamong Cemetery Project

http://pinebarrenstribune.com/pinelands-commission-approves-shamong-cemetery-project-p759-165.htm

 

[rc911]

For anyone interested,

Just wanted to let you know that Shamong Township has bought the old Cowpertwaite farm right in the heart of the Brotherton Reservation Village and are planning to build a cemetery there. The cemetery field is 7 Acres, see attached map. I don't know if an Archaeological survey is required or not, but this is the side of the road that the original Indian burial ground is located. It would be funny if at the first burial they found that somebody was already in the grave.

Don

Although the whole farm was bought the proposed cemetery is only the 7 acres north of Willow Grove Rd.
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P.S. I am pretty sure the Indian burial ground was not in this field, but then, no one really knows where it is located.

Is this something that ground penetrating radar could be used for, to determine where remains are located? I doubt that new graves would be dug until the location of the sacred Indian site is confirmed.

 

[PineBarrens Advocate]

My understanding was that the burial ground was on the western shore of the pond a hundred yards (or so) north of the road (based on old maps showing location of the burial site).

 

[46er]

"Map of Brotherton, drawn by Ken Brewer (copy in the Nathaniel R. Ewan scrapbooks at the Burlington County Library, dated 1/25/1957). The letters are as follows: A - Brainerd's House, B - Indian Burial Ground, C - Saw Mill, D - Original Saw Mill, E - Log Church, F - Corner Store." - From http://brotherton-weekping.tripod.com/id20.html

 

[46er]

Go to page 62, scroll down to Indian Mills.

www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin9.pdf

 

[manumuskin]

Go to page 62, scroll down to Indian Mills.

www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin9.pdf

Thanks 46er!

 

[46er]

Thanks 46er!

Good stuff in that one Al

 

[smoke_jumper]

I might have missed it in all the links but where is the proposed cemetery? I'll doublecheck it tho.

 

[46er]

I might have missed it in all the links but where is the proposed cemetery?

The map is in Don's initial post.

 

[smoke_jumper]

Thanks 46er. I was wondering if there was an actual map. I wasn't sure if it's that entire field or scaled back a bit. A 25 foot buffer doesn't seem like much.

 

[46er]

I wasn't sure if it's that entire field or scaled back a bit.

GE shows the field to be around 7-8 acres and the post indicates the proposed cemetery would be 7 acres, so looks like the whole field.

 

[ecampbell]

A waste of good land.

 

[Teegate]

http://pinebarrenstribune.com/shamo...ard-road-moratorium-being-consid-p970-165.htm

 

[Teegate]

Shamong Appoints Seven Individuals To A Soon-To-Be Created Cemetery Board

http://pinebarrenstribune.com/shamo...soontobe-created-cemetery-board-p1728-165.htm

 

[Don Catts]

I see folks with metal Detectors on the proposed cemetery lot. Remember, if you find something don't keep it a secret, share with the rest of the world. It's not doing any good in some ones basement, thank you.