The County House, part one

This is one of my favorite photographs.1 The building is Mount’s Hotel on Flemington’s Main Street, across from and a little north of the Union Hotel. It was replaced in the 1970s by the group of shops called ‘New Market,’ built by Don Shuman.

Larason’s Tavern

For some time, I have been writing articles about the early taverns in Hunterdon County, knowing how important they were to both travelers on Hunterdon’s earliest roads and the communities that built up around them. One of the taverns on my to-do list was Larason’s Tavern on the Old York Road north of Ringoes. Fortunately, […]

Beers-Stryker

Pittstown Inn, part 3

The history of the Pittstown Inn, from 1800 to 1880, includes the many residents of the Pittstown neighborhood.

Century Inn - featured

Pittstown Inn, part two

Following the Revolution, Moore Furman moved back to Trenton and left his Pittstown properties to son John & Benj. Guild, until it was time to build anew.

1778 Faden-Hoffs Map

Pittstown Inn, part one

The Pittstown Inn, once located in Hoff’s Town, was in business as early as 1754, and probably earlier.

Cornell-Pittstown map

Quakertown’s Taverns

The fact that a little village like Quakertown boasted two taverns in the early 1800s tells us how important they were to their communities.

Cherryville detail

Cherryville’s Tavern

Mr. Bush is an invaluable source for local history, but we don’t always agree.

1804Andreson1 copy

James Anderson’s Tavern

The tavern that predated the Klinesville tavern and the Point Tavern was just up the road in Cherryville.

Postscript to George Fox (1700-1754)

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On July 6th, I posted an article on the will of George Fox (iii) written in 1754. I used that will to describe some of what I knew about his widow and children and what happened to them after he died. But there was a lot I didn’t know, and I discovered some of it recently when visiting the County Archives at the Records Center in the County Complex on Route 12. What I found was a considerable amount of litigation over debts owed by the George Fox who died in 1754, and debts owed to him.

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