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From Historic Roadsides of New Jersey by The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1928
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002
Warren County, the first post-Revolutionary County, was
organized in 1824 out of the southern portion of Sussex
County, a County with rich farming lands and with abundant
stone and iron.
HOPE
OXFORD Old furnace five miles from Belvidere, established about 1740. First Presbyterian Church founded 1744.
Oxford was then known as Upper Greenwich.
HACKETTSTOWN
BELVIDERE
WASHINGTON
Moravian Settlement founded about 1769, abandoned about 1805.
Washington entertained at Hope July 26, 1782, while
going from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Newburg, New York.
The idea of the founders of Hope was a new Bethlehem but it
made no impression on the public and was abandoned.
Visited by Washington in 1780 after
Arnold's treason while on tour of inspection of Army.
Incorporated 1845, though settled many
years prior. Sent troops to service in War of 1812.
Monument erected in memory of Peggy
Warne and her services May 30, 1915 by Peggy Warne Chapter, D.A.R.
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