History of Monmouth County, New Jersey Franklin Ellis 1885 BEGIN Middletown Township In 1879 the Atlantic Highlands Assoociation was formed to purchase and lay out lands for camp-meeting purposes. About three hundred acres of land was purchased of Thomas Leonard, Edward Hooper, Nathaniel Roberts, Charles Woodward, John L. Patterson, Jacob Swan and John Dye. Improvements were at once made, and the grounds were formally opened July 27, 1880. On the 11th of February 1881, the association became incorporated with a capital of two hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars. The corporators were the Rev. Stephen C. Baldwin, D.D., of Newark; Rev. J. E. Lake, of Seabright; Thomas Leonard, of Leonardsvillc Somers T. Champion, of Pleasantville, Atlantic County; Rev. S. Wesley Lake, of Atlanticville; and Robert Emory, of Seabright. The corner-stone of a Methodist Episcopal Church was laid December 23, 1882, which was finished and is now in use as a house of worship. Lake, Rev. S. Wesley, corporator Atlantic Highlands Association, 1881, 543 Farmingdale Methodist minister, 1876, 647 pastor Asbury Methodist Church, North Long Branch, 1879-80, 766 Lake, Rev. J. E., corporator Atlantic Highlands Association, 1881, 543 pastor Embury Methodist Church, Little Silver, 1878, 592 pastor Tabernacle Methodist Church, Seabright, 777 Parkerville Embury Methodist Episcopal Church The pastors who have served since 1874 have been .... J. E. Lake, 1878—80; ... The Methodist Church of Farmingdale ministers: ... S. W. Lake, 1876 ... S. W. Lake, 1879-1880 ... END from https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJProprietors.aspx BEGIN Name Descriptions and Location Date Reference List TO: Henry J. Sherman FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 115.45 acres. Weak Fish Creek; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; West of Pecks Beach; Upper Township; Cape May County. Two Tracts: 66 45/100 acres; and 49 acres. Survey description dated June 9, 1896. [Warrant Date: 4 Nov 1778]. (See also: Book HH, 514; Book JJ, 198; Book JJ, 199; Book of Warrants A, 12). OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General) (Signatory); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Lucius I. Wright (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Pecks Beach; Sedge; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Thoroughfare; Weak Fish Creek; Oysters, Oyster Beds 8 Jun 1896 WJ Loose Records : 1896 - Sherman, Henry J. (58534) (PWESJ004) TO: Henry J. Sherman FROM: Henry J. Smith SURVEY. 115.45 acres. Adjoining a wide stream known as Weak Fish Creek and so named on the Geleogical Charts of New Jersey, and West of Pecks Beach, and between Crook Horn Thoroughfare and the forth line of Lake's survey; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Pecks Beach; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Weak Fish Creek 9 Jun 1896 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 199 (PWESJ004) TO: Joseph I. Scull FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 18.48 acres. Atlantic Ocean; Corsons Inlet; Pecks Beach; Ocean City; Upper Township; Cape May County. [Warrant Date: 5 Feb 1901]. (See also: Book HH, 514; Book JJ, 246). OTHERS NAMED: Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Ocean; Ocean City; Upper Township; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Meadows and Meadowlands; Pecks Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; The Inlet; Atlantic Ocean; Corsons Inlet; Oysters, Oyster Beds 15 Sept 1903 WJ Loose Records : 1903 - Scull, Joseph I. (58617) (PWESJ004) TO: Joseph I. Scull FROM: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General) SURVEY. 18.48 acres. At the Southern extremity of Pecks Beach; Ocean City; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Ocean City; Upper Township; Pecks Beach 15 Sept 1903 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 246 (PWESJ004) TO: Lucius I. Wright FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 312.46 acres. Edwards Creek; Indian Creek; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Pecks Beach; Upper Township; Cape May County. [Warrant Date: 14 Aug 1888]. (See also: Book HH, 574; Book JJ, 198). OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General) (Signatory); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Meadows and Meadowlands; Pecks Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Edwards Creek; Indian Creek; Thoroughfare; Oysters, Oyster Beds 8 May 1896 WJ Loose Records : 1896 - Wright, Lucas I. (58537) (PWESJ004) TO: Lucius Wright FROM: Isaac Budd; William Smith SURVEY. 312.46 acres. Lying between Crook Horn Thoroughfare, Edwards Creek, and a beach known as Pecks Beach; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Pecks Beach; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Edwards Creek 8 May 1896 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 198 (PWESJ004) TO: Ocean City Association FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 197.21 acres. Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Beach Thoroughfare; Middle Thoroughfare; On an island in Corsons Inlet; At the United States Life Saving Station near the South end of Pecks Beach; By the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Drawbridge; Ocean City Railroad; Upper Township; Cape May County. [Warrant Date: 4 Nov 1778]. (See also: Book HH, 514; Book JJ, 199; Book JJ,. 258-260). OTHERS NAMED: Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory; Also owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Islands; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Meadows and Meadowlands; Pecks Beach; Sedge; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; The Inlet; Beach Thoroughfare; Corsons Inlet; Crook Horn Thoroughfare; Middle Thoroughfare; Thoroughfare; Bridges; Drawbridges; Ocean City Railroad; Oysters, Oyster Beds; Railroads; United States Life Saving Station; West Jersey and Seashore Railroad 18 Nov 1903 WJ Loose Records : 1903 - Ocean City Association (58624) (PWESJ004) TO: Ocean City Association FROM: William Smith SURVEY. 197.21 acres. Land, Meadow, Marsh, Sedge, and Oyster Ground, being part of an island in Corsons Inlet; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Islands; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Meadows and Meadowlands; Sedge; Corsons Inlet; Oysters, Oyster Beds 18 Nov 1903 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 258-260 (PWESJ004) TO: Ralph L. Goff FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 119.96 acres. Atlantic Ocean; Great Egg Harbor Bay; Great Egg Harbor Inlet; At the mouth of Oil Creek; Pecks Beach; Ocean City; Cape May County. Surveyed for 1040 97/100 acres; Remaining for 119 96/100 acres with exceptions for previous surveys. [Warrant Date: 5 Feb 1901]. (See also: Book S, 185; Book HH, 514; Book JJ, 21; Book JJ, 237). OTHERS NAMED: Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Charles Matthews, Jr. (Owner of adjoining land); Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Richard Somers (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Ocean; Ocean City; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Meadows and Meadowlands; Pecks Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; The Inlet; Atlantic Ocean; Bays (the Bay); Great Egg Harbor Bay; Great Egg Harbor Inlet; Oil Creek 3 Feb 1903 WJ Loose Records : 1903 - Goff, Ralph L. (58604) (PWESJ004) END