REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN WOODBURY, NEW JERSEY

Cornwallis's Headquarters Marker
Next to the Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House
58 North Broad St.
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The plaque reads:
"Cornwallis's Headquarters - November 21-24, 1777. Cornwallis had headquarters opposite the Court House. His troops camped on the Meeting House Grounds. Many soldiers carried from the battle at Red Bank were buried here on the Strangers Burying Ground." [1]   

Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House
58 North Broad St.
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Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House Museum Website
(856) 848-8531

This 18th century house, on the National Register of Historic Places, was the home of the Reverend Andrew Hunter,  a Greenwhich Tea Burner.  (It was also later home to James Lawrence of “Don’t Give Up The Ship! ” fame in the War of 1812, and John S. Jessup a prominent judge and civic leader during the late 19th century.) [2]

The Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House is now used as a Museum by the Gloucester Historical Society. The museum has exhibits relating to the history of Gloucester County and Southern New Jersey, including the Revolutionary War era.   

Woodbury Friends Meeting
124 North Broad St.
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(609) 845-5080

This was used as a hospitial by the Hessians during the Battle of Red Bank.  [3]