REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN PORT REPUBLIC, NEW JERSEY

The Battle of Chestnut Neck Monument
Routes 9 and 575
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This monument commemorates the October 6, 1778 battle of Chestnut Neck. The monument was dedicated October 6, 1911. [1]

A short walk away from the monument is a boulder with a plaque (pictured below) with a list of known privateer captains and their ships: [2]

Smith's Meeting House Site and Cemetery
Main St. (Route 575) and Park Ave.
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"Meeting House - in 1800, Micajah Smith built a Methodist Church at this site. Smith, a Revolutionary Privateer Captain, is buried here." [3]

"Smith's Meeting House - Built by Micajah Smith about 1800. Named Methodist Union Chapel at Blackman's Mills when incorporated in 1837. Micajah Smith, John Van Sant, Privateer Captains,   and Jonas Morse and James Bell Revolutionary soldiers are buried in the Church Yard." [4]

Captain Micajah Smith House (The Franklin Inn)
Mill St. (Off Main St.)
(Private Home)
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This house is a private residence.
Please respect the privacy and property of the owners.

"Franklin Inn - EIghteenth Century Inn possibly built 1750. One time home of sea captain and privateer Micajah Smith." [5]