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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CF_continental-army-encampment_Morristown-NJ.html
Brig. Gen. Henry Knoxin command of the artillery of the Continental Army used the field now covered by these ponds as pasture for the artillery horses. His soldiers lived in log huts erected on the hillside to the west. Nine brigades of the Contin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O4_ford-family-memorial_Morristown-NJ.html
Colonel Jacob Ford, Sr.Prominent land-holder and iron manufacturerMember of New Jersey House of AssemblyJudge of Morris County CourtArdent promoter of American cause in Revolutionary WarBorn April 13, 1704 Died January 19, 1777
Colonel Jacob Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N6_chain-of-signal-beacons_Morristown-NJ.html
Large fires, cannon and flags were used to signal alarms during the Revolutionary War. The fires were called beacons and were used to assemble militia, indicate the approach direction of the enemy and to direct the movements of military forces.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N4_the-alarm-beacon_Morristown-NJ.html
The alarm beacon was a huge pyramid-shaped structure of logs and brush usually placed on a prominent hilltop. In case of enemy invasion or other emergency situations, it was to be set on fire to notify militiamen to go to preselected meeting place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N0_iron_Morristown-NJ.html
At Morristown, Washington was close to the northern New Jersey iron furnaces of Hibernia, Pompton, Mount Hope and Ringwood. Cannon balls and shells from these furnaces were on frequent order for the Continental Army during much of the Revolution. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MK_the-lay-of-the-land_Morristown-NJ.html
The Watchung Mountains belong to a chain of ridges running from New Brunswick to West Point. They shielded the army from the British in New York City and helped protect the roads from Philadelphia to New England by way of West Point.
Located in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LZ_the-upper-redoubt_Morristown-NJ.html
No records exist from historical times to tell us exactly what the fortifications here looked like. Archaeological evidence reveals the location of walls and ditches. The stones you see mark the inside of the walls and form an outline of the redou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LY_morristown_Morristown-NJ.html
Morristown was a village of about 70 buildings in 1777.
General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, brought his tired troops to Morristown for rest and reorganization in January 1777. They had just completed successfu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LV_fort-nonsense_Morristown-NJ.html
To protect his army and supplies from a British attack, General George Washington ordered the construction of a small fortification on the hill overlooking Morristown during the Spring of 1777. This became known as the "upper redoubt" and included…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J5_this-morristown-green_Morristown-NJ.html
This Morristown Green was given by the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown to the trustees of the Morristown Green in 1816 to be held in trust.
"For the use and enjoyment of the public and to remain as a common forever."