Huh,
It's funny that Green doesn't seem to cover this story. Very busy, so I only did a quick scam so may have missed it, but suggest this booklet for further Pleasant Mill's context.
S-M
Great stuff dogg57 & Jerseyman.
Green, C.F., ca. 1920s?: A Place of Olden Days, Nescochague, Sweetwater, Pleasant Mills: a Historical Sketch. Hammonton: Hammonton Printing. 32 pp.
Spung-Man:
I turned to Green first, but, like you, I failed to find a single reference. The next source that I examined was the 1938 Mullica Township centennial history, but, again, no information contained within it relative to Garoutte or a tavern on the Pleasant Mills tract. I did find information in a set of books on Roman Catholics in the Revolution. Here are the two page images about Garoutte:
These two pages I derived from Martin I.J. Griffin’s 1911 volume III of
Catholics and the American Revolution. Published by the author, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. Three volumes in total, 1907-1911.
Charles S. Boyer’s
Old Inns and Taverns of West Jersey also contains nothing relative to a tavern at Pleasant Mills, although it does mention two taverns at the Forks.
At this point in time, I think Lisa’s best opportunity to find additional information is to visit the Gloucester County Historical Society, which holds all tavern licenses and license petitions for the Pleasant Mills area up through 1837. Since Garoutte died in 1829 and lies in repose at the Pleasant Mills Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery, GCHS would hold a great many documents related to his time period in its “County Document Collection.”
Best regards,
Jerseyman
