Part 8 of the County House Series— It is time to return to the 18th century Flemington tavern lot that once included the Courthouse and nearly the whole block along Main Street north to the post office.
County House series, Part 7— Part 6 ended with an Epilogue, but it did not include the two most important people in that story, Lucius W. Stockton and Jacob Anderson himself. Part Seven is reserved for them.
County House, Part 6— Political Animosity in the 1790s Federalists v. Democratic Republicans in Hunterdon County got heated in 1795. The Jay Treaty and fallout from the Sheriff’s election of 1794.
In recognition of our 250th anniversary, I recently updated and revised my article The Jubilee of 1826. The way that July 4th was celebrated, only 50 years after the Declaration was signed, tells us so much about what kind of country we are citizens of.– – –After an absence of some years, I have returned to study an interesting area of the old Village of Flemington–the property bordering Main Street on the west side, running from the Courthouse on the south to the Post Office on the north..These articles come under the heading of The County House, an old hotel located in the middle of this block on Main Street, that in the process of researching, turned out to be a Revolutionary War-era tavern. See County House Series..As my research continues, I am discovering more and more surprising things about the County Seat of Hunterdon.
