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Saxton’s Saxtonville

March 14, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Holcombe, Raven Rock Tags: Bull's Island, ferries, maps, mills, Nath'l Saxton, roads

Recap

In March and May, 1808, Nathaniel Saxton and George Holcombe bought the two moieties or half shares in the 10-acre mill lot and the 30-acre lot that consisted of the southern half of Bull’s Island. Previous articles about the mill property can be read here and here.

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Holcombe’s Mill And Thereabout

March 10, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, E. T. Bush, Families, Historians, Holcombe, Myers, Rittenhouse Tags: alcohol, mills

This article by Egbert T. Bush describes an old sawmill on the Wickecheoke located on a perilous little road, known appropriately as Old Mill Road in Delaware Township.

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Thomas Jones v. David Johnes

February 27, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bowne Station, Bray, Headquarters, Hunterdon Tags: The Revolution

Who Collected The Boats?

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

I must begin by congratulating all those who worked so hard to save the Christopher Vought house in Clinton Township. The building is a living reminder of the passions that so profoundly moved Americans of all persuasions during the Revolutionary War. To lose that building would have been a tragic loss through demolition by neglect.

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