The Town of Fellowship
This place was (or is?) in Mt. Laurel Township. The first home here was owned by a David Claypole; in the 1880s that home was owned by a George Roberts. The second home was erected by Abraham Matlock.
In the 1880s, there were three prominent farms that made up most of the village--they were owned by Mahlon Haines, Carlton Evans, and Charles Hugg. There were also two stores, run by Thomas Roberts and Joseph Fish.
With that information, I went to the 1880 census to find Joseph Fish, on the assumption that I could isolate at least some of the homes from Fellowship to determine who lived there. The census enumerator made no such distinction, so it's difficult to know where Fellowship began and ended in 1880. But Joseph Fish's information was there. Naturally, the writing is unbearable on that portion of the census, but Fish was 48 years old in 1880 and worked as a grocer. His wife's name looks like Emma Jane, age 42. They had two children with them as well: Emily B., age 23, and Howard W. Fish, age 14.
Carlton Evans is also in Mt. Laurel in 1880, presumably also in Fellowship. He was 53, and his wife, Sarah, 52. They had several children: George W. Evans, 27; Charles H. Evans, 24; N. Stokes Evans, 20; Sarah Anna Evans, 15; and William Evans, age 9.
Since Evans was house #66, and Fish was house 184, it seems that the residents between those two houses would be almost definitely Fellowship residents, indicating a significant population (120 + homes). (Mahlon Haines' home fits between them, at house #71, as does Charles Hugg at house #75).
Some of the other family names that are likely therefore associated with Fellowship in the 1880s would be:
Thomas W. and Mary E. Nutt
Thomas and Anna Feaney
Joseph E. and Mary E. Evans
Michael and Anna Mount
Elizabeth Hyman
Bartholomew and Maria M. Sutton
Henry and Anna Woodward
There was apparently a significant African-American population in this area in 1880:
George and Cordelia Gaines
David and Mary E. Gaines
Joseph A. and Jane A. Gaines
Elisa Fisher
Jefferson and Maria Johnson
William and Susan Gray
(It's also noteworthy that the majority of these were native born to New Jersey, and therefore not likely to be transplanted freed slaves from the South.)
There was very little industry of any kind at Fellowship--nearly everyone was either a farmer or a laborer (presumably on one of the farms). There was a Wheelwright, James Gaunt,a milk dealer (William Geist), but little else.
In the 1880s, there were three prominent farms that made up most of the village--they were owned by Mahlon Haines, Carlton Evans, and Charles Hugg. There were also two stores, run by Thomas Roberts and Joseph Fish.
With that information, I went to the 1880 census to find Joseph Fish, on the assumption that I could isolate at least some of the homes from Fellowship to determine who lived there. The census enumerator made no such distinction, so it's difficult to know where Fellowship began and ended in 1880. But Joseph Fish's information was there. Naturally, the writing is unbearable on that portion of the census, but Fish was 48 years old in 1880 and worked as a grocer. His wife's name looks like Emma Jane, age 42. They had two children with them as well: Emily B., age 23, and Howard W. Fish, age 14.
Carlton Evans is also in Mt. Laurel in 1880, presumably also in Fellowship. He was 53, and his wife, Sarah, 52. They had several children: George W. Evans, 27; Charles H. Evans, 24; N. Stokes Evans, 20; Sarah Anna Evans, 15; and William Evans, age 9.
Since Evans was house #66, and Fish was house 184, it seems that the residents between those two houses would be almost definitely Fellowship residents, indicating a significant population (120 + homes). (Mahlon Haines' home fits between them, at house #71, as does Charles Hugg at house #75).
Some of the other family names that are likely therefore associated with Fellowship in the 1880s would be:
Thomas W. and Mary E. Nutt
Thomas and Anna Feaney
Joseph E. and Mary E. Evans
Michael and Anna Mount
Elizabeth Hyman
Bartholomew and Maria M. Sutton
Henry and Anna Woodward
There was apparently a significant African-American population in this area in 1880:
George and Cordelia Gaines
David and Mary E. Gaines
Joseph A. and Jane A. Gaines
Elisa Fisher
Jefferson and Maria Johnson
William and Susan Gray
(It's also noteworthy that the majority of these were native born to New Jersey, and therefore not likely to be transplanted freed slaves from the South.)
There was very little industry of any kind at Fellowship--nearly everyone was either a farmer or a laborer (presumably on one of the farms). There was a Wheelwright, James Gaunt,a milk dealer (William Geist), but little else.
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