. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. its N., and the Pensaukin creek on its The township contains 10 stores, cap. $25,200 ; 3 grist-m., r3 saw-m.: cap. in manufac. $37,100; 9 schools, 467 2,603 inl 865,2,288. The village ot Moorestown is pleasantly situated on the roadfrom Camden to Freehold, 9 miles from Mount Holly, and 9 fromCamden. It derives its name from an early settler named was probably early settled, as Smith, in his history published in1765, alludes to it as one of the principal villages of the was then
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. its N., and the Pensaukin creek on its The township contains 10 stores, cap. $25,200 ; 3 grist-m., r3 saw-m.: cap. in manufac. $37,100; 9 schools, 467 2,603 inl 865,2,288. The village ot Moorestown is pleasantly situated on the roadfrom Camden to Freehold, 9 miles from Mount Holly, and 9 fromCamden. It derives its name from an early settler named was probably early settled, as Smith, in his history published in1765, alludes to it as one of the principal villages of the was then sometimes called Chester, and the lower part of itRodney town. Moorestown is well built, and stretches along theroad for about a mile, which being ornamented with trees, gives ita pleasant appearance. It contains 2 hotels, 3 stores, 5 houses forpublic worship, and about 100 dwellings in the village and following is a view of the Episcopal church standing at the of the village. It is a handsome stone structure, built 13 08 BURLINGTON View in Moorestown. in 1838, at an expense of $4,500. The Baptist church, a short dis-tance further up the street, is a neat, plastered edifice. The Meth-odist church is a substantial ait cr- structure in the central part ofthe village. There are also two meeting-houses at the other endof the town, belonging to Friends. There is scarcely a village inthe state which has so many houses for public vi^orship in propor-tion to its ))opulation. When the British army were on their march from Philadel])hiato Monmouth, a part of it passed through this village. They en-camped on the night of June 19th, 1778, on land now owned byAmos Stiles and Benj. Warrington, about 300 yards from theFriends meeting-house. The troops plundered many of the inhabitants of the country through which they passed. The people re-sorted to various methods to conceal their property. The follow-ing anecdote is related of an individual who lived not
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