REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN MILLSTONE, NEW JERSEY

Burned Courthouse Site
13 South River St.
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The plaque reads:
"To mark the site of the second court house of Somerset County in this place then called Hillsborough. Built in 1738 - Burned October 26, 1779 by Tory Raiders under Lt. Col. Simcoe of the Queen's Rangers." [1]

Hillsborough Reformed Church
1 Amwell Rd.
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1777 the British burned the original church building, damaging it badly. It was repaired in 1779. During the war, it was used as a hospital by both the British and the Americans at different times. The original stood here until 1828, when it was replaced by the much larger church that is here today." [2]

The church cemetery contains the grave of Revolutionary War Soldier Isaac Van Cleefe. The original gravestone is still there, which reads "In memory of Isaac Van Cleefe who departed this life June the 30th, 1804 in the 64th year of age."
There is also a small modern marker in front of the stone identifying him as a Revolutionary War Soldier, which was placed by his descendant Edith B. Margerum.