. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. -ham, four miles E. of Mount Holly, on the North branch of theRancocus, contains a grist, saw, and fulling mill, and about 20dwellings. There are several other localities, situated principallyamong the pines. They are Red Lion, Mount Misery, Ongs Hat,Burrs Mills, White Horse, Friendship, Bine Cabin, Tabernacle,Retreat Factory, , Mary Ann, Half-Way, Turpentine, andTimbuctoo. Vincent-town, five miles SE. of Mount Holly, at thejunction of Stop-the-jade creek with the South branch of theRancocus, is a flourishing vill
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. -ham, four miles E. of Mount Holly, on the North branch of theRancocus, contains a grist, saw, and fulling mill, and about 20dwellings. There are several other localities, situated principallyamong the pines. They are Red Lion, Mount Misery, Ongs Hat,Burrs Mills, White Horse, Friendship, Bine Cabin, Tabernacle,Retreat Factory, , Mary Ann, Half-Way, Turpentine, andTimbuctoo. Vincent-town, five miles SE. of Mount Holly, at thejunction of Stop-the-jade creek with the South branch of theRancocus, is a flourishing village, mostly grown up since the revo-lutionary war. The village is compactly built, principally on a single street,with a slight elevation to the southeast, of which the annexed view,taken near the store of R. H. Woolston, is a representation. Itcontains 4 stores, a grist, saw, and turning mill, an extensive tan-nery, a select school, 1 Baptist, 1 INIethodist church, and a Friendsmeeting, 90 dwellings, and about GOO inhabitants. In this vicinity BURLINGTON COUNTY. 119. Central View in Vincent-town. t cellent cuii jiti inm,- is found. There was anciently a settle-n„jnt of Indians about a mile west of Vincent-town, on Quakesoncioek, where stood a log church, in which the Rev. John Brainard,a brother of the celebrated missionary, occasionally ^ clergyman lived at Mount Holly during the American revolu-tion, in a dwelling now occupied by John Gibson, in the E. part ofBrai,Mard-st., where he died. The Presbyterian church in which heofficiated at Mount Holly, was burnt in the war ; whether by acci-dent cr design is unknown. The following account of a hermit, residing near the westernline of the township over 60 years since, is extracted from a news-paper of the time. On the 19th inst. (Jan. 1778) died, in the 66th year of his age, Francis Furgler, tliehermit, who existed alone twenty-five years, in a thick wood about four miles from Bur-lington, throucrh all the incleme
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