Ocean County , NJ History

 There is a record of a Joseph Batterson who was married at Pleasant Mills on 26 June 1859; the name of his wife is unclear. How he fits into the families listed below, who appear on the 1860 Census for Washington Township, Burlington County, is also not known. House # Family # Surname Given name Age Place of Birth Occupation 295 306 Batterson John 68 NJ Laborer Hannah 64 NJ Joseph W. 32 NJ The enumerator skipped over house and family #296/307, or simply made an error while numbering them. 297 308 Batterson John B. 31 NJ laborer Jane A. 27 NJ Theodore 11 NJ George W. 5 NJ Analiza 3 NJ

 New Jersey Mirror 6 Sep 1860 A Woodbury correspondent of the True Democrat, under date of August 29th, furnishes the following item of interest:  A colored man was shot at Eagle Point farm, last night, in the melon patch of Mr. J. J. Richards, by one of his sons. He had been at the house to receive some wages, and had been given a melon. In going home, he passed through the melon-patch, and was shot, the poor fellow says, while getting over the fence. The whole load entered the small of his back, and made a tremendous hole.--He laid in the field all night, until this morning,  when his groans attracted the attention of some of the family. He was brought to Woodbury and left in the jail. The doctor in attendance at once pronounced that he could not live but a short time, and he died in a couple of hours after. An inquest will be held this afternoon.  A warrant is out for the arrest of young Richards. It is a bad case--the  negro  being an old thief, and hav...

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