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Sussex County Historical Society - NJ
Sussex County County Historical Society, Hill Museum
82 Main Street
Newton, NJ 07860
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http://www.sussexhistory.org/
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#TombstoneTuesday: Continuing with the America 250! posts from Chinkchewunska Chapter NSDAR...... over the next weeks, we will be posting lists of our Sussex County Revolutionary War Veterans and Patriots by municipality. Feel free to reach out with any questions or additional information to share.![]()
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Fredon Township:![]()
Hunts Field Burial Ground: ![]()
1 - Ralph Hunt (DAR A060331; Private, 2nd Regiment, Sussex County, NJ Militia)![]()
2- Richard Hunt (DAR A060335; Private, Sussex County, NJ Militia; paid for service) ![]()
Hamburg Borough: ![]()
Hamburg Baptist Church Cemetery (Baptist Burying Ground): ![]()
1 – James Edsall (DAR A036455; Private, Sussex County NJ Militia)![]()
2 - James Hamilton (Private, 2nd Regiment, Sussex County NJ Militia)![]()
3 - Henry Simpson (Private, New Jersey Militia)![]()
4 - Conrad Tinkey (Private,2nd Regiment, New York Orange County Militia)![]()
5 - Henry Winfield (DAR A128470; 4th Regiment, New York Orange County Militia)![]()
Hampton Township:![]()
Northrup Family Burying Ground: ![]()
1- Johnann Heinrich (Henry) Bale Sr. (DAR A005378: Patriotic Service – paid for services rendered)![]()
The Unknown Soldier: ![]()
On Cherry Lane – marker placed by Chinkchewunska Chapter NSDAR![]()
Hardyston Township:![]()
Canistear Cemetery: ![]()
1- John Crane (DAR A027430) Private, Capt. Kinney’s Company of Light Horse ![]()
North Hardyston/North Church Cemetery: ![]()
1 – Charles Beardsley (DAR A008100; Patriotic Service-pd for services rendered& Capt. NY Orange Co Militia) ![]()
2 - Ashman Carpenter (DAR A019377; Private, Morris County NJ Militia)![]()
3 - Isaac Cary (DAR A020197; Patriotic Service – pd for services rendered- loaned $ to gov’mt to finance war![]()
4 -John Linn (DAR A213763; Civil Service – member of jury, 5-1781; & Sergeant, 1st Reg. Sussex Co NJ Militia)![]()
5 - James Scott (DAR A101502; SAR#63862; Private, 2nd Reg. Sussex County NJ Militia)![]()
6 - Ebenezer Tuttle (DAR A131785; Private, Morris County NJ Militia)![]()
7 - Simon Wade (SAR 51334; Private, 2nd Regiment, Sussex County NJ Militia – powder man)
Newly digitized collection alert!![]()
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In honor of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War, we have been busy digitizing collections from that time period. We recently finished scanning New Jersey's Revolutionary War damage claims. Starting in 1781, county appraisers made inventories of the damages suffered at the hands of the British and American armies, and then submitted those lists to the legislature. There were never any reimbursements for these claims.![]()
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These will eventually be linked through the database on our website, but in the meantime you can browse through the volumes here: wwwdnet-dos.nj.gov/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJSArchivesCatalogDetail.aspx?SeriesNo=SLE00003
As many of you know, NJ Transit is rebuilding the Lackawanna Cutoff from Port Morris to a new station site in Andover. The right of way has been cleared west of the Roseville tunnel to the new Andover station site where an area has been cleared for the station and a parking lot. Work inside the Roseville Tunnel is almost finished. It is hoped that Amtrak will continue the rebuilding of the Cutoff to Scranton, Pa. You can read about the building of the original Cutoff in 1908 to 1911 in local Sussex county newspapers in William Strait's "Building the Lackawanna Cutoff". Included is "Building the Lackawanna Cutoff" by McCabe and Gordon which is an album of postcard views of the building of the Cutoff. Both of these are available for sale from the Sussex County Historical Society as the Lackawanna Cutoff Combo. Go to our website at www.sussexhistory.org and click on shop to see our book offerings. Paypal is accepted.