. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. dNE. by Woolwich, Gloucester co.; SW. by Mannington, and UpperAlloways creek ; SE. by Pittsgrove, and NW. by Upper PennsNeck. The surface is level, and soil clay and loam, and produc-tive in wheat, rye, oats, and corn. Pop. in 1830, 2,150 ; in 1840,2,477. ill! 8(i5,/>,814. Woodstown derives its name from Jackanias Wood, an earlysettler. It is on the north bank of Salem river, 9 miles NE. ofSalem. It contains about 100 dwellings, 6 stores 2 Friends meet-ing-houses, 1 , 1 Methodist, and 1 African Methodist church.
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. dNE. by Woolwich, Gloucester co.; SW. by Mannington, and UpperAlloways creek ; SE. by Pittsgrove, and NW. by Upper PennsNeck. The surface is level, and soil clay and loam, and produc-tive in wheat, rye, oats, and corn. Pop. in 1830, 2,150 ; in 1840,2,477. ill! 8(i5,/>,814. Woodstown derives its name from Jackanias Wood, an earlysettler. It is on the north bank of Salem river, 9 miles NE. ofSalem. It contains about 100 dwellings, 6 stores 2 Friends meet-ing-houses, 1 , 1 Methodist, and 1 African Methodist lands in this region have been much improved within the last SALEM COUNTY. 431 12 years by. the use of marl, which abounds here. In the marl-pits,near the village, sharks teeth and the bones of the fossil crocodileare found. The public building shown on the left of the engravingis the Friends meeting-house, a substantial brick edifice. Thelarge tree in the road, fronting the dwelling beyond, now going todecay, was standing in the American revolution. According to. Central View in Woodstown. tradition, a party of British soldiers once stacked their arms againstits trunk. The township was principally settled by Friends. In1726 a meeting was established at Woodstown by David Davis,and others. Sharptown, on Salem river, 2\ miles west of Woods-town, has a Methodist church and about 50 dwellings. EldridgesHill, 1 mile NE. of Woodstown, contains a few dwellings. PITTSGROVE. This township was formed from Pilesgrove, and named after SirWilliam Pitt. It is 12 miles long, 6i broad; and is bounded Franklin and Woolwich, (Gloucester co.,) S. by Deerfield, (Cum-berland CO.,) and U. Alloways creek, E. by Millville, () and N. by Pilesgrove. It is centrally distant from Salem 10miles. Large quantities of sumach-leaves are annually gatheredin this township, dried, pulverized, and sent to market. Land for-merly considered nearly valueless, and thrown out in common,has becom
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