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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RO5_the-titus-farm_South-Brunswick-Township-NJ.html
For 53 years, Thomas Titus and his descendants farmed this plot of land. Once an enslaved person, his remains lie here in an unmarked grave, as if keeping watch over the old farmstead. Gerardus Beekman, the slave holder, was a member of the pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RO4_spotswoods-1832-camden-amboy-railroad-memorial_Spotswood-NJ.html
The Camden & Amboy Railroad reached Spotswood in 1832 being built from Bordentown to South Amboy. Based on British practice, stone "sleepers" were used to act as the foundation for the rails; quarries near New York's Sing Sing prison …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNB_parsonage-barn_Cranbury-Township-NJ.html
This circa 1741 barn is the oldest in Cranbury and one of the oldest in New Jersey. It is a significant example of barn construction of the 18th century with its beams being hand hewn from white oak. Originally part of the Parsonage Plantation of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNA_site-of-house-of-dr-hezekiah-stites_Cranbury-Township-NJ.html
On June 26, 1778, Gen. George Washington met here with Col. Alexander Hamilton and Gen. Lafayette to plan what was to become the Battle of Monmouth.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN9_the-first-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery_Cranbury-Township-NJ.html
Civil War MonumentThe Civil War Soldiers Monument in this cemetery, located behind the church building complex, is one of New Jersey's earliest Civil War monuments. On June 3, 1865, Reverend Joseph Gaston Symmes of the First Presbyterian Church pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN8_j-v-b-wicoff-elementary-school_Plainsboro-Center-NJ.html
Plainsboro community leaders petitioned the State Legislature to grant the community incorporation as an independent township in 1919. This was successfully achieved in May of that year. Plainsboro School, the community's first four-room schoolhou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7N_thomas-mundy-peterson_Perth-Amboy-NJ.html
Here lies the body ofThomas MundyPetersonfirst negro voter in the United Statesunder the fifteenth amendmentat an election held in Perth AmboyMarch 31, 1870.A devoted churchman and good citizen.Member of a committee to revise the city charter.Reci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7G_st-peters-episcopal-church-cemetery_Perth-Amboy-NJ.html
St. Peter's is the oldest EpiscopalParish in New Jersey.Some graveyard tombstones bear themarks of cannon shots fired by theBritish during the Revolution.Currently listed on the National Registerof Historic Places.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7F_record-office_Perth-Amboy-NJ.html
This building, erected in1867, contains the recordof the East JerseyProprietors, who boughtCarteret's lands in 1682.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7E_george-washington_Perth-Amboy-NJ.html
The Father of his CountryErected byThe Scandinavians ofPerth Amboy   MDCCCXCVI
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