Ocean County , NJ History

from the New Jersey Mirror 31 Oct 1843 At Mannahawkin, on Friday October 25, 1844, Samuel Waterman, (colored), late in the service of Charles Bispham,Esq., of Mount Holly. The death of this person was occasioned by the accidental discharge of a gun, whilst he was in the act of lifting it from a boat: the hammer having caught on the edge of the seat and been raised, the cap exploded under the reaction, and the gun was fired. he received the whole charge in the right side and died instantly; some of the shot having passed entirely through the body.--He was a worthy, honest, and industrious man and a most faithful servant. He had occupied his place with Mr. Bispham for upwards of five years.

from the New Jersey Mirror 12 Jan 1843 In Pottsville Borough, on Thursday last, January 5, 1843, "Old" Venus Coggins, a black woman, aged one hundred and three years. Venus retained her faculties both mental and physical, to a most extraordinary degree, and was able to walk about town until within four or five days of her death.

New Jersey Mirror 31 Aug 1843: On August 7, 1843, at Bass River, Burlington County, NJ, by Rev. W. Hanley, Mr. Nathan Moore of Philadelphia to Miss Elvira Eliza Allen, daughter of William Allen of Bass River.

from the New Jersey Mirror 12 Jan 1843 In Pottsville Borough, on Thursday last, January 5, 1843, "Old" Venus Coggins, a black woman, aged one hundred and three years. Venus retained her faculties both mental and physical, to a most extraordinary degree, and was able to walk about town until within four or five days of her death.