The boundaries of Burlington County were established in 1694, but not definitely settled until 1710, when Hunterdon County was organized, the Assunpink Creek being then made the boundary. In 1838 Burlington County was reduced by the organization of Mercer County and subsequently further re, duced by the organization of the present Ocean County. BURLINGTON Founded in 1677 by Friends from Yorkshire and London under "The Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, Freeholders and Inhabitants of West Jersey in America." All vessels coming to West Jersey were required to enter and clear at the Port of Burlington. Provincial Capital, till 1755 and again from 1757 to 1790. The Provincial Congress of New Jersey met at Burlington in 1776 and elected the delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence. Town occupied by British for a few hours in December of 1776. Cannonaded by British from River, May 1778.

Revel House -- Oldest In Burlington

Points of interest:

1. St. Mary's P. E. Church founded and building erected 1703, chartered as St. Anne's October 4, 1704. By second charter, name was changed in 1709 to St. Mary's. Rev. Jonathan Odell, a grandson of Jonathan Dickinson, first President of Princeton, was Rector from 1767 to 1777. A Tory, he was arrested by the Continentals. He was concealed for a time at home of Margaret Morris, Green Bank. Noted for his fierce satires on America. Died in Nova Scotia. Communion Service of Church presented by Queen Anne.
   
2. Graveyard of St. Mary's Church. Graves of Elias Boudinot, first President of the American Bible Society and William Bradford, Attorney General of the United States under President Washington.
   
3. 457 S. High Street. Birthplace of J. Fenimore Cooper, 1789. Now home of Burlington County Historical Society.
   
4. 457 S. High Street. Home of Captain James Lawrence, 1781 to 1813.
   
5. 435 S. High Street. Home of Stephen Sallet.
   
6. High and Library Streets. Residence of Governor Bloomfield, soldier in the Revolution, Governor of New Jersey, Mayor of Burlington, and Grand Master of the Masons.
   
7. High Street above Broad Street. Alcazar Hotel. Residence of Thomas Olive who arrived on Ship Kent in 1677. Act, ing Governor of New Jersey in the absence of Samuel Jennings.
   
8. Blue Anchor Tavern, now Metropolitan Inn, built in 1751. At one time meeting place of West Jersey Proprietors.
   
9. Site of Court House, 1683. Center of Broad and High Streets. Court removed to Mt. Holly, 1796.
   
10. Site of Town Hall, 1794. Intersection of High and Union Streets. Council Chambers on second floor, prison in base, ment, whipping post in front.
    
11. 208 High Street. Office of Samuel Jennings. First Colonial money printed here 1726, by Benjamin Franklin.
    
12. 222 High Street. Residence of Thomas Gardner, Land Commissioner, built 1680. First Annual Meeting of Friends here 1683. Friends built a meeting house, hexagonal in shape, 1683. Present meeting house constructed
    
13. East Pearl Street. Office of Thomas Revel, Registrar of New Jersey Proprietors, built 1685, now occupied by Annis Stockton Chapter, D.A.R.
    
14. Hickory Grove. Salem Road or Kings Highway, dwelling of Samuel Smith, Historian, and Samuel J. Smith, Poet.
    
15. Site of First School House. Northwest corner Broad and St. Mary Streets, now occupied by St. Barnabas Church.
    
16. Site of First House built in limits of Burlington, now farm of Robert Sutton, River Road.
    
17. Mantinicunk Island, once occupied by Peter Jegau, a Dutchman. By Act of Assembly the revenue derived from the island was devoted to maintaining public schools in Burlington.
    
18. Hessian Camp Ground, South High Street, occupied in 1776.
    
19. Yorkshire Bridge, East Broad Street, over the stream which made Burlington an island in Colonial times.
    
20. Friends Meeting House. High Street. Organized 1678.
    
21. Kinsey House. Home of James Kinsey, delegate to Continental Congress.
    
22. Ferry Slip. 1713. The first steam ferry boat, 1834.
    
23. Residence of Isaac Collins. Northeast corner York and Broad Streets. King's printer.
    
24. 135 W. Broad Street. Bradford House. Home of Elias Boudinot, President of the Continental Congress, 1782, director of Mint. Daughter married William Bradford, Attorney General under Washington.

GREEN BANK
Residence of Governor William Franklin. Later home of Margaret Morris who concealed Rev. Jonathan Odell, the Tory Rector. One time residence of E. Burd Grubb.

Points of interest:

1. Sycamore Tree. Green Bank. To this tree, Ship Shield, first vessel bringing English Settlers so far up the Delaware, tied up in 1678. Site of landing marked by tablet, erected by Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey.
   
2. St. Mary's Hall. Green Bank. Oldest Church School for girls in the United States.

JACKSONVILLE
Small town outside of Burlington. Scene of skirmish between British and American Troops. Blood stains from wounded soldiers still shown at church. BEVERLY. The site of Dunk's Ferry, at the foot of Laurel Street. One detachment of Washington's Army was to have crossed the Delaware at Beverly over Dunk's Ferry and ad vance to Trenton from the south but was prevented from crossing by ice in the river. During the Civil War a recruiting camp and hospital were maintained at Beverly, and a National Cemetery on the outskirts of the place still exists.

BORDENTOWN
Settled in 1681 by Thomas Farnsworth. Takes its name from Joseph Borden, an early settler. In May, 1778, it was partly destroyed by the British, who had sent an expedition to destroy the vessels in Barnes and Crosswicks Creeks. The town is worthy of note for the names of illustrious residents, including Francis Hopkinson, J. Fenimore Cooper, Clara Barton, Richard Watson Gilder, Patience Wright, Admiral Charles Stewart, Joseph Bonaparte, once King of Spain, Prince Lucien Murat, and the daughters of Joseph Bonaparte.

Places of historical interest are:

1. Clara Barton's School. Built 1739, containing her desk, chair and pupil's chair. Building now owned and maintained by Red Cross.
   
2. Home of Richard Watson Gilder directly opposite Barton School, now given to Bordentown by the owner and dedicated to public use.
   
3. Farnsworth and Park Streets. Northwest corner. Home of Colonel Joseph Borden, son of Joseph Borden, who laid out the town. Original house burned by the British during the Revolution. Colonel Borden returning from the War built house now standing, retaining original iron railing.
   
4. Northeast corner Park and Farnsworth Streets, once the American Hotel.
   
5. Southwest corner. Home of Patience Wright, first American Sculptress, who, after the Revolution, went to England.
   
6. Southeast corner. Home of Judge Harold B. Wells, formerly home of Francis Hopkinson, Poet, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Chairman of Committee designing American Flag. Father of Joseph Hopkinson, author of "Hail Columbia." Francis Hopkinson was author of "The Battle of the Kegs." Tablet erected in his memory by Francis Hopkinson Chapter D. A. R., October 22, 1921.
   
7. Point Breeze, Park Street. Residence of Joseph Bonaparte.
   
8. On the River Bank, Industrial School, main building of which was formerly home of Admiral Charles Stewart of American Navy, grandfather of Charles Stewart Parnell.

Crosswicks Meeting House
Bearing Marks of Cannon Shot, June 23, 1778

CROSSWICKS
Four miles east of Bordentown. Settled in 1681. Scene of a skirmish in June, 1778, between the Continental Troops and a detachment of the British Army retreating from Philadelphia to New York via Bordentown and Monmouth. The contest occurred at the bridge over Crosswicks Creek, the Continentals endeavoring to destroy the bridge and prevent the crossing. During the skirmish, a cannon ball fired struck the Old Friends Meeting House at Crosswicks, which still bears the marks of the shot, the ball being kept as a curiosity.

MOORESTOWN
Nine miles from Mt. Holly and nine miles from Camden. Derived its name from an early settler named Moore and was settled at an early date. Scene of a British encampment on the night of June 19, 1778, on land now owned by Amos Stiles and Benjamin Warrington, about three hundred yards from the Friends Meeting House.

Home of Commodore Truxton, distinguished American Naval Commander, located on road from Moorestown to Mt. Holly about one and a half miles from Moorestown.

MT. HOLLY Settled by the Friends not long after the settlement of Burlington, originally known as Bridgeton. Of considerable importance in Revolutionary War. Legislature of New Jersey held some of its meetings here and British Troops were quartered on the inhabitants. William, Duke of Clarence, later King William IV, was stationed there with the British Troops in the Revolution. Mt. Holly, home of William Denning, maker of first wrought-iron cannon made in the world, one of which was completed prior to Battle of the Brandywine and captured by the British. Denning refused British offers of an annuity and sums of money to instruct them in the manufacture of guns. Mt. Holly was, in 1757, site of a draft for soldiers to be sent to relief of Fort William Henry, then infested by French and Indians.

Home of John Woolman, Mt. Holly

Places of note:

1. Residence of Stephen Girard. Mill Street.
   
2. Court House erected 1796.
   
3. Friends Meeting House built 1775, occupied by British as Commissary Department, also used for sessions of State Legislature during Revolution.
   
4. Brainerd's School House used by the British as a stable.
   
5. Brainerd's Presbyterian Church used by British for stable and burned on leaving town.
   
6. On road from Mt. Holly to Springfield, residence of John Woolman, 1720 to 1772, author of Woolman's journal and first Preacher of abolition of slavery. Residence is still in existence and is now a tea-room.

BATSTO
About twenty-eight miles southeast of Mt. Holly on Batsto River, in Washington Township. Batsto was founded in 1766 by Charles Reed. During Revolution, site of an iron furnace owned by Colonel John Cox, employed in casting cannon shot and bomb shells for the American Army.

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