\u201a\u00c4\u00faThe 1873 Atlas of Hunterdon County shows a G. N. Holcombe residing on a road, presently Britton Road in Delaware Township. In George N. Holcombe\u201a\u00c4\u00f4s household in the 1875 State census is Hiram \u201a\u00c4\u00faM.\u201a\u00c4\u00f9 Holcombe. If this is the encampment location, possibly the farm passed through the family from George N. to son Hiram.\u201a\u00c4\u00f9<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Indeed that is the case. Hiram Moore Holcombe (1842-1923) was the son of George Nelson Holcombe and Matilda Case. George N. Holcombe died on Dec. 25, 1900, age 92. He was one of 12 children belonging to Robert Holcombe (1783-1825) and Elizabeth Pidcock (1783-1843) and grew up on their farm located on Yard Road. In the 1900 census, George N. Holcombe, age 90, a widower, was a landlord living with his son Hiram Holcombe and family in Delaware Twp. Hiram was identified as a farmer owning his own farm, so whatever land his father was renting, it was not to Hiram. George N. Holcombe was the head of household in 1870, when Hiram was 29 years old. But in 1880, Hiram was the head of household, and his father, age 71, was living with him, a retired farmer, suffering from rheumatism.<\/p>\n

The property where the family was living is identified as Block 26 lot 24 in Sand Brook, on the north side of Britton Road in Sand Brook. Interestingly, their neighbor was Hiram Moore.<\/p>\n