Jobs Old Swamp

[Teegate]

Bob,

The division line is the forest boundary with Ft. Dix which crosses 70 here.

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.95489&lon=-74.45359&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

Bob,

The division line is the forest boundary with Ft. Dix which crosses 70 here.

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.95489&lon=-74.45359&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG

Guy

I measured 5 miles from Browns Mills and 3 from Hanover Furnace and that is where we come up, so we are in the area. Mount Misery is throwing it off though. 5 miles from Mount Misery is further East.

 

[Teegate]

We are close but will we ever really know unless we find a map that shows those places listed?

Guy

 

[Teegate]

I think I have a map here that shows "Hilliards" which is mentioned above in the Joseph cox survey. And I believe it was right near Boyds tavern just up 70 towards Whiting.

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

We are close but will we ever really know unless we find a map that shows those places listed? Guy

Ask an old wizened piney in the area. I'll bet some Browns Mills old-timers can be induced to pull a snippet of forgotten memory from the foggy recesses of their mind.

"The cool, dim interior of a Rancocas River cedar swamp rose into Bucky's mind, and he remembered something his grandaddy Horace once't told him that time they was a'huntin. By God, he did remember, and a smile crept into the creased lines of his weather-beaten face."

 

[Teegate]

You should write a book.

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

I think I have a map here that shows "Hilliards" which is mentioned above in the Joseph cox survey. And I believe it was right near Boyds tavern just up 70 towards Whiting. Guy

"Boyds? Over by Platte's Place? Sure, me and Sue were over there Saturday night. T'was a dance a'going on! Old Bill Collins was there from Buckingham, and Johnny Webb's boy Sammy. They don't get out much since the big fire. I hear they's a'busting their backs trying to get the homesteads back into shape; sumtin they can live in".

 

[Teegate]

Like I said!

Guy

 

[Tom]

It appears you guys are getting pretty close to it. I don't have any other information to add. There was a letter that I had sent to Ben from Charles Corey regarding Jobs Old Swamp. But it didn't give any detail as to the location.

...and, Bob, I must concur with Guy.

 

[bobpbx]

I found this reference in the book "Pemberton Township, A History" (pg 58):

Job's Old Swamp - Job's Old Swamp was a cedar swamp belonging to the Hanover Tract. It was four miles from Hanover Furnace and four from Hartshorne's Mill. Cedar rails and poles were frequently offered for sale at the site.

 

[Teegate]

That again proves that mileage back then was very inconsistent and certainly inaccurate. And if we measure 4 miles from Hanover that is much farther than the division line in that area.

In any event, anything we can find helps.

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

The same book does have a map showing Beaver Dam Branch as the last northern fork of Pole Bridge Branch like Tom's Map shows.

If anyone has Henry Bisbees book they can look up these names; especially Troy Island and Job's Old Swamp.

 

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Tom,

Look at the map I gave you back on Saturday. It shows Jobs Swamp. It is Whitesbogs...owned by J.J. White Inc.

Guy

 

[Tom]

I had notice that when I was looking at it on Saturday afternoon. Thanks.