Ocean County , NJ History

The following names were listed as being delinquent on their taxes in the 25 Aug 1866 issue of the Burlington Gazzete Thomas ADAMS William ATKINSON Mitchell ABDELL William S. ABDELL Moses ATKINSON Charles ADAMS Ezekiel ALLEN Isaac ADAMS Ambrose ASAY Joseph AVES Joshua P. ADAMS William B. ALLEN Charles H. ATKINSON George H. ADAMS John C. ALLEN Elizabeth A. BARTLETT Thomas BAKER William BENNETT Ruth BORDEN Daniel BEATTY John E. BROWN Joseph F. BOOZER Joseph BASSET Henry BOULTON Aaron BURR Hannah S. BOULTON Joseph BAYLIS William A. BOWNE, Jr. Elijah BENNETT Patrick BRAISLIN James DAVIS John BOWERS J.O. BROWN John BOYLE Edward BRADY M.W. BURKHARDT Martin CONNOR William COOMBS Robert COLLIER Isaac COOMBS James COOMBS Joseph CROZIER Frank CASSADY Charles CLARK Sarah CHURCHMAN Spafford W. CUTTER S.W. CATURULL Henry CHEW Joseph CLIFTON Lemuel COSTILL Michael COLLINS Henry CARR George CONGO, col. John CHILDS Alfred COOKMAN Thomas CARSON Randolph CAMPBELL John CAVENDER Romanza COPELAND Isaac CO

New Jersey Mirror 21 Sep 1865 The wife of William Grooms was drowned in the Rancocas, near Timbuctoo, on Friday morning. Her little daughter fell in the creek, when Mrs. Grooms jumped in to rescue the child, and getting into deep water, her dress became entangled in some bushes, and she was drowned before assistance could be rendered. The child was saved.

New Jersey Mirror 13 JUL 1865 Abraham Johnson, of Pemberton, committed suicide, on Wednesday, by drowning himself in the mill pond at that place. He had intimated to an acquaintance that he would be carried home when he went there, and after he had been missed sometime, search was made, the pond dragged, and his body found. Intemperance was the cause. He leaves a wife and several children. He at one time owned the stage-line from Vincentown to Mount Holly.

the following appeared in the New Jersey Mirror on 1 Jun 1865: A man calling himself John Deacon, was committed to Jail in this town (Mount Holly), on the 23d ult., charged with an atrocious assault upon Charles Mount, a colored man, living in Burlington, thereby causing his death. The circumstances of the case are as follows: On the 15th instant, Mount had a difficulty with a man named Samuel Wilson, which resulted in a fight between them. While the struggle was going on, and when Mount was upon the ground, Deacon deliberately went up and kicked him severely in the neck. The injury at the moment, was not thought to be serious, but shortly after Wilson and Mount were separated, it was found that the neck of the latter commenced swelling, and he continued to grow worse from the effects of the wound, and died on Thursday evening the 18th. An Inquest was summoned by the Coroner, J. Kingdon, and after a long and careful investigation, a verdict was rendered that Mount came to his death

New Jersey Mirror 23 Mar 1865 SUICIDE.--About two weeks since, a boy named Josiah Mason, committed suicide by hanging himself, near Crosswicks. The deceased was a mere lad, only twelve years of age, and was hired out by his widowed mother, living in this city, to Mr. Robert E. Woodward, a highly respectable farmer, residing near Crosswicks, for a term of four years. He was in the employ of Mr. W. only a few months, during which time, we are assured by his employer, he conducted himself very properly, always obeying in whatever was required of him. About the time the deed was committed, at his request, he was allowed to go home for a short time.--Upon leaving home to return to his employer, he remarked that it was the last time they would see him. The same remark was made to a negro boy upon the farm, but no attention was paid it in either case. On the morning of the occurrence, he was discovered in the wood-house arranging some horse lines about a beam, but this also elicited no mark

the following appeared in the New Jersey Mirror on 1 Jun 1865: A man calling himself John Deacon, was committed to Jail in this town (Mount Holly), on the 23d ult., charged with an atrocious assault upon Charles Mount, a colored man, living in Burlington, thereby causing his death. The circumstances of the case are as follows: On the 15th instant, Mount had a difficulty with a man named Samuel Wilson, which resulted in a fight between them. While the struggle was going on, and when Mount was upon the ground, Deacon deliberately went up and kicked him severely in the neck. The injury at the moment, was not thought to be serious, but shortly after Wilson and Mount were separated, it was found that the neck of the latter commenced swelling, and he continued to grow worse from the effects of the wound, and died on Thursday evening the 18th. An Inquest was summoned by the Coroner, J. Kingdon, and after a long and careful investigation, a verdict was rendered that Mount came to his deat