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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY

SITE OF JUNE 26, 1778 ENCAMPMENT

American Encampment Site Marker
South Main St., between Evans Dr. and Scott Ave.
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A plaque here marks the site of the encampment of Washington and the troops on June 26, 1778. [1]

SITE OF HOUSE OF DR. HEZEKIAH STITES

Site of the Dr. Hezekiah Stites House
53 South Main St.
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On June 26, 1778, General George Washington met here with Colonel Alexander Hamilton and General Lafayette to plan what was to become the Battle of Monmouth.

This is not the actual Stites house. The signs mark this as the location of the house.

Dr. Stites is buried Brainerd Cemetery (listed below). [2]

This house is a private residence.
Please respect the privacy and property of the owners.

BRAINERD CEMETERY AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Brainerd Cemetery at Presbyterian Church
22 South Main St.
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There are 80 Revolutionary War veterans buried in the church cemetery: [3]

Andrew Applegate 1757-1839
Joseph Applegate 1762-1843
Anthohy Appleget 1719-1806
Robert Ayres 1754-1846
Woolsey Baldwin 1756-1832
Charles Barclay 1732-1813
Robert Barclay 1737-1818
Lt Barricklo 1756 -1817
John Barricklo 1753-1820
John B. Bergen 1739-1808
P. John Bergen 1745-1830
James Bodine 1754-1836
Nathaniel Brittain 1768-1837
Jeremiah Brown 1763-1846
Eli Carson 1758-1850
James Chambers 1730-1785
Jonathn Combs 1710-1800
William Covenhoven 1742-1803
Isaac Davis 1724 - 1796
John Davison 1750-1822
Robert Davison 1729-1803
Anthony Denton 1735-1826
Aaron DeWitt 1760-1827
Peter DeWitt 1734-1809
Joseph Dey 1749-1834
Peter Dey 1746-1811
John Dye (Dey) 1753-1815

William Dye (Dey) 1754-1824
John Embly 1744-1828
John A. Ervin 1743-1825
John Groves 1748-1841
Abraham Gulick 1756-1842
Cornelius Gulick 1747-1832
Abraham Gulick 1756-1842
Cornelius Gulick 1747-1832
James Gulick 1758-1811
Peter Gulick 1732-1798
Richard Handley 1753-1808
John Herbert 1722-1798
John Hoagland 1783-1825
Capt. Joseph Holman 1740-1808
Timothy Horner 1754-1838
Nathaniel Hunt 1744-1825
Daniel Johnes 1742-1823
Matthias Johnson 1721-1794
Samuel Karr(Carr) 1741 - 1818
Samuel Longstreet 1735-1829
Abraham Lott 1743 -1815
Capt. George McAroy 1742-1810
Robert McChesney 1758-1835
Lt. Andrew McDowell 1757-1834
Robert Mershon 1746-184
William Mershon 1761-1834
Paul Miller 1758-1828

Rescarrick 1755-1835
Humphrey Mount 1746-1801
Matthias Mount 1706 -1791
Matthias Mount 1734 -1807
James Patton 1726-1798
Sgt. John Perrine 1744-1809
William Perrine 1742-1820
Joseph Riggs 1740-1829
Andrew Rowan 1747-1831
John Rue 1744-1844
Mathew Rue 1740 -1824
Richard Scott 1735-1815
Henry Silcock 1721-1800
Gabriel Sillcock 1752-1825
Capt. William Smith 1713-1791
Thomas Soden 1747-1820
Hezekizh Stites M.D. 1726-1796
Lt. John Story 1746-1802
Henry Stults 1755-29
Peter Stults 1759-1829
John Wetherill 1741-1810
John Wetherill 1780-1814
Thomas Wetherill 1730-1817
John Wiley 1738-1796
Jacob Wycoff 1763-1833
John Wycoff 1758-1824

COLONEL DAVID CHAMBERS HOUSE

Colonel David Chambers House
North Main St., near Scott Ave.
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This house is a private residence.
Please respect the privacy and property of the owners.

Sources:

1. ^ Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society sign

2. ^ Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society sign

3. ^ Names taken from a marker at the front of the cemetery, which lists Cranbury, Past and Present by Ruth Walsh as its source.

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