Long Hill Township, New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN LONG HILL TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY

Long Hill Township New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites
SIGNAL BEACON # 11 MONUMENT
Signal Beacon 11 Monument
Long Hill Township New Jersey

Signal Beacon #11 Monument
Long Hill Rd. and Pleasant Plains Rd.
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The monument is a boulder with a plaque that states:
"During the Revolutionary War, signal beacon #11 was located on Long Hill Road in the vicinity of John Cooper's windmill near this site and served to summon local militia in time of danger and invasion." [1]

 

Long Hill Township NJ
Long Hill Township New Jersey - Revolutionary War
SENTINEL ELMS
Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Sentinel Elms
Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Long Hill Township, New Jersey in the Revolutionary War

Sentinel Elms and Beacon Site
Long Hill Rd. and Pleasant Plains Rd.
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This house is now the Trinity House

Across the street from the Signal Beacon #11 monument is Sentinel Elms.

The sign reads:
"Sentinel Elms. Pre-Revolutionary center section of building was home of Cornelius Ludlow, colonel in Eastern Battalion of Morris County militia and later Morris County Judge." [2]

Long Hill Township New Jersey - Revolutionary War Sites

Sources:

1. ^   Plaque placed by the Long Hill Township Historical Society 1999.

2. ^ Morris County Heritage Commission sign.

Morris County Revolutionary War Sites

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