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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T11_raritan-landing-historical_Piscataway-Township-NJ.html
Beginning about 1720 a port named Raritan Landing existed at Landing Lane, the head of navigation on the Raritan River where seagoing sloops with a draft of five feet could come at high tide. There were docks at the waterfront; and warehouses, sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZS_spotswood-mills-historical_Spotswood-NJ.html
Spotswood is situated at the confluence of the Manalapan and Matchaponix, which form the South River. These waterways provided natural power for a series of industries, beginning with a saw mill established by the 1720s by noted regional Lenape In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZR_general-george-washington-historical_Spotswood-NJ.html
General George Washington from his field headquarters here in Spotwood, New Jersey signed the order to Court Martial General Charles Lee for failure to obey orders at the Battle of Monmouth
June 28, 1778
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSP_first-baptist-church-of-south-plainfield_South-Plainfield-NJ.html
The First Baptist Church, the oldest religious institution in South Plainfield, was founded by local Baptists in 1792 as the Samptown Baptist Church. The first church building was constructed in the same year outside the colonial hamlet of Samptow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSO_police-athletic-league-memorial-field_South-Plainfield-NJ.html
Left side plaguePatrolman Richard H. Conklin Badge #23 October 11, 1944-January 21 1972-After completing his tour of duty with the military, Conklin became a member of the South Plainfield Police Department on November 13, 1967. On January 21, 197…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSN_quaker-meeting-house_South-Plainfield-NJ.html
The first European settlers in this area were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers), who came from the regions around the cities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen in Scotland. Encouraged by the East Jersey Board of Proprietors, they made their homes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSM_samptown-cemetery_South-Plainfield-NJ.html
Site of an early colonial burial ground associated with the hamlet of Samptown. This place was chosen by local Baptists to be the location of the meeting house of the newly formed Samptown Baptist Church in 1792.
The first church building was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSK_buccleuch-mansion_New-Brunswick-NJ.html
Buccleuch Mansion was built circa 1735-1739 by Anthony White for his bride Elizabeth, daughter of New Jersey Royal Governor Lewis Morris. Their son, Anthony Walton White, who was born and raised here, was an aide-de-camp to George Washington and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSJ_christ-church_New-Brunswick-NJ.html
Christ Church, founded in 1742, was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in July 28, 1989. In 1776, the third public reading of the Declaration of Independence was made from the foot of the church tower. Funding for the Exterior R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSI_christ-church-parish_New-Brunswick-NJ.html
Christ Church Parish was organized in 1742 through the efforts of the Society for the Propacation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts-Samuel Seabury First Bishop in America 1754 Rector 1757-Abraham Beach active in the organization of the Episcopal Chur…