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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCW_cornet-francis-geary_Flemington-NJ.html
16 (The Queen's) Light DragoonsBorn 1752Killed in action here in the service of King George III December 14, 1776Eldest son of Admiral Sir Francis Geary BaronetErected in 1907 by his great nephewSir William Nevill M. Geary Baronet
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCV_amwell-skirmish_Flemington-NJ.html
Support for the rebellion against British tyranny was at a low ebb in December 1776. The British occupied a strategic area in New Jersey and Washington's army had retreated across the Delaware River.
The British commander in New Jersey sent Cor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCU_amwell-militia_Flemington-NJ.html
Erected in memory of the citizen soldiers of Amwell Township who, commanded by Captain John Schenck, on December 14th 1776, met and drove from this field a column of the British 16th Light Dragoons, after killing their commander, Cornet Francis Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCT_adam-bellis-homestead_Flemington-NJ.html
Bellis built a log cabin on the bluff above river ca. 1740 among Indian camps. Parts of the present house date from late 1700s.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKP6_law-office_Flemington-NJ.html
Samuel Southard, U.S. Senator, N.J. Governor, & Sec. of Navy, erected this building in 1811. Office of Gov. Vroom, 1817-1819 & Alexander Wurts, 1820-1881. Redesigned in the Greek Revival style by Mahlon Fisher in 1840.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKP5_oak-grove-school_Flemington-NJ.html
This was the original site of an 1802 Log Schoolhouse. The current structure was built in 1854, and served Raritan Township as a One-Room Schoolhouse until 1949. Used as an office for The Flemington Fair and Carnival Association.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKP4_reading-family-mills_Flemington-NJ.html
Site of Reading Family Grist, Saw & Fulling Mills. C. 1800
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV8_bonetown_Flemington-NJ.html
A neighborhood south of Croton. Got its name through legend of a chicken stealing family that lived there. When forced to move "Great" piles of chicken bones remained at this site.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHI_cherryville_Flemington-NJ.html
Known earlier as Dogtown for the 1737 tavern built here. Named for the Cherry family in 1839. The church was organized in 1849, the post office in 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME13_uplands_Flemington-NJ.html
The former estate of Judge George K. Large, who willed it to the public in 1963. The buildings are gone, but the land is now a park and Green Acres area.