from https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJProprietors.aspx Name Descriptions and Location Date Reference List 110.27 ? TO: William Beaston FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 95.4 acres. Near a branch called Nicksons Branch; Maurice River Township; Cumberland County. OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Lake (Chain Bearer); Lemuel Sayrs (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); [Unrecorded] Scott (Owner of adjoining land); Thomas Shropshire (Chain Bearer); West New Jersey Society (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cumberland; Maurice River Township; Nicksons Branch 2 Jul 1782 WJ Loose Records : 1782 - Beaston, William (43928) (PWESJ004) TO: Daniel Adam (Chain Bearer); James Adams; John Adams, Jr.; John Adams, Sr.; Peter Adams; Rian Adams; Thomas Adams; Andrew Lake; John Martin; John Smith FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 34.75 acres. On an island by the South side of the straight place called Amos Fishing Place Point; Clam Ground; Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. [Document is incomplete and in poor condition]. [Warrant Date: 16 Mar 1820]. (See also: Book Q, 193; Book Q, 243). OTHERS NAMED: Joel Adams (Chain Bearer); Matthew Collins (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Amos Fishing Place Point; Fishing Place; Islands; Clam Beds 17 Mar 1820 WJ Loose Records : 1820 - Adams, Daniel (50859) (PWESJ004) TO: Daniel Adams (Chain Bearer); James Adams; John Adams, Jr.; John Adams, Sr.; Peter Adams; Rian Adams; Thomas Adams; Andrew Lake; John Martin; John Smith FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 36.25 acres. The Bay; Clam Ground; Oyster Ground; Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. [Document is incomplete and in poor condition]. [Warrant Date: 16 Mar 1820]. (See also: Book Q, 193; Book Q, 243). OTHERS NAMED: Joel Adams (Chain Bearer); Matthew Collins (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Bays (the Bay); Clam Beds; Oysters, Oyster Beds 17 Mar 1820 WJ Loose Records : 1820 - Adams, Daniel (50860) (PWESJ004) TO: Daniel Adams; James Adams; John Adams; John Adams, Jr.; Peter Adams; Rian Adams; Thomas Adams; Andrew Lake; John Martin; John Smith FROM: Benjamin B. Cooper SURVEY. 34.75 acres. Island by the South side of the Straight place; Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Matthew Collins (Deputy Surveyor); Burr Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Islands 17 Mar 1820 Book FF (WJ Surveys) : Folio 456 (PWESJ004) 110.25 ? TO: David Clark; Elijah Clark; Thomas Clark FROM: SURVEY [COPY FROM ORIGINAL]. 70.5 acres. On the West side of Wests Mill Branch called Albertsons Branch; Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. (See also: Book M, 242; Book M, 252; Book N, 434; Book N, 444). OTHERS NAMED: John Burr (Owner of adjoining land); [Unrecorded] Dimsdale (Dimsdale's cedar swamp; Former owner of adjoining land); George Hawkins (Owner of adjoining land); Daniel Lake (Owner of adjoining land); William Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Felix Leeds (Owner of adjoining land); Noah Smith (Deputy Surveyor); Burr Woolman (Surveyor General) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Cedar Swamp; Swamps and Swampland; Albertsons Creek; Mill Branch; Wests Mill 1 Aug 1763 WJ Loose Records : 1763 - Clark, Thomas (52906) (PWESJ004) TO: Sarah Stevenson (Executrix of Thomas Stevenson, deceased) FROM: WARRANT (TO SURVEYOR GENERAL). 948 acres. Anywhere lawfully purchased of the Indians and not before lawfully surveyed. Notation: February 5, 1725[/26]; order to Marten Ryerson, 648 acres; Returned out of this warrant 147 acres and 300 acres for George and Luke Ryerson. [Includes additional notations on assignments related to this warrant]. (See also: Warrant recorded M, 4). OTHERS NAMED: Joseph DeCow (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); William Evans (Assignment, 436 acres; [Notation on verso]); William Evans (Assignment, 436 acres; [Notation on verso]); Indians; George Lake (Assignment, 75, 147, and 300 acres; [Notation on verso]); George Ryerson (George and Luke Ryerson; Assignments, 147 acres; 300 acres; 75 acres; [Notations on warrant and verso]); Luke Ryerson (George and Luke Ryerson; Assignments, 147 acres; 300 acres; 75 acres; [Notations on warrant and verso]); Marten Ryerson (Assignment, 648 acres; [Notation on warrant]); Martin Ryerson; Samuel Scattergood (Clerk) (Signatory); Thomas Stevenson (Deceased; Estate of) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Indian Land; Unappropriated Land 5 May 1732 WJ Loose Records : 1732 - Stevenson, Sarah (59210) (PWESJ004) TO: Samuel Down FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 249 acres. On the south side of a branch of Great Egg Harbor River called Faraway Branch; in Franklin and Deptford Townships; Gloucester County. (See also: Liber EE, 30). OTHERS NAMED: George Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Elijah Porch (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Deptford Township; Franklin Township; Faraway Branch; Great Egg Harbor River 10 Sept 1825 WJ Loose Records : 1825 - Down, Samuel (54781) (PWESJ004) TO: Thomas Lambert (Legatees of) FROM: WARRANT (TO SURVEYOR GENERAL). 1459 acres. Anywhere in the Western Division below the falls of Delaware River at Trentown where lawfully purchased of the Indians and not before legally surveyed. Returned 57 acres of this warrant to Robert Smith. [Includes additional notations on assignments related to this warrant]. OTHERS NAMED: John Beaumont (Assignment To Beaumont, 100 acres (E, 354); [Notation on verso]); John Bishop (Assignment, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso]); Thomas Cadwalader (Assignment, 138 acres (N, 131); [Notation on verso]); John Darnel (Assignment, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso]); Thomas Earl (Assignment, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso]); John Erickson (Assignment, 12, and 105 acres, 1 rood, 20 perches (X, 27); [Notation on recto]); Thomas Ford (Assignment, 100 acres (E, 180); [Notation on verso]); Indians; Henry Lake (Assignment,17 acres (X, 14); [Notation on recto]); Vincent Leeds (Assignment To Beaumont, 100 acres (E, 354); [Notation on verso]); John Leek (Assignment, 34, and 26 acres (E, 326); [Notation on verso]); John Monrow (Assignment, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso]); Thomas Mott (Assignment, 82 acres (S, 314); [Notation on verso]); William Rogers (Assignment, 20 acres (S, 175); [Notation on verso]); Samuel Scattergood (Clerk) (Signatory); Isaac Sharp (Assignment to Isaac and Joseph Sharp, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso and recto]); Joseph Sharp (Assignment to Isaac and Joseph Sharp, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso and recto]); Joseph Sloan (Assignment, 863, and 32 acres (X, 10); [Notation on recto]); Robert Smith (Assignment, [multiple citations]; [Notation on verso]) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Indian Purchase; Unappropriated Land; Below the Falls of Delaware 4 Aug 1743 WJ Loose Records : 1743 - Lambert, Thomas (1743 K-La) (60123) (PWESJ004) TO: John Jones FROM: SURVEY [COPY FROM ORIGINAL]. 14 acres. North of Egg Harbor Road; Gloucester Township; Waterford Township; Gloucester County. [Warrant Date: 1 Apr 1802]. (See also: Book AA, 205). OTHERS NAMED: Catherine Dempsey (Owner of adjoining land); Henry Lake (Former owner of adjoining land); John Marshall (Deputy Surveyor); Robert Smith (Surveyor General) (Signatory); William Woolman (Clerk) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Gloucester Township; Waterford Township; Egg Harbor Road; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 4 May 1802 WJ Loose Records : 1802 - Jones, John (48636) (PWESJ004) TO: John Jones FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 14 acres. Near the line between Waterford and Gloucester Townships; half a mile north of Egg Harbor Road; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Catherine Dempsey (Owner of adjoining land); Henry Lake (Former owner of adjoining land); John Marshall (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Gloucester Township; Waterford Township; Egg Harbor Road; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 2 Apr 1802 WJ Loose Records : 1802 - Jones, John (53425) (PWESJ004) TO: John Jones FROM: Thomas Jones SURVEY. 14 acres. North of Old Egg Harbor Road; Gloucester Township; Waterford Township; Gloucester County. [Warrant Date: 4 Nov 1778]. (See also: Book Q, 348). OTHERS NAMED: Catherine Dempsey (Owner of adjoining land); Abraham Hewlings (Former owner of land); Henry Lake (Former owner of adjoining land); John Marshall (Deputy Surveyor); Robert Smith (Attorney) (of Thomas Jones; Also Surveyor General; Signatory); William Smith (Former owner of land); William Woolman (Clerk) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Gloucester Township; Waterford Township; Egg Harbor Road; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 2 Apr 1802 Book AA (WJ Surveys) : Folio 205 (PWESJ004) TO: Henry Lake FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 25 acres. Gloucester Township; Gloucester County. [Warrant Date: 2 Jan 1793]. OTHERS NAMED: Samuel Clement (Former owner of adjoining land); S. Hackney (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); [Unrecorded] Newman (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Gloucester Township 25 Apr 1793 WJ Loose Records : 1793 - Lake, Henry (44561) (PWESJ004) TO: Henry Lake FROM: WARRANT TO RELOCATE. 8 acres. Anywhere in the Western Division of New Jersey. In lieu of a like quantity heretofore surveyed to Newman and Ward, and now held by Henry Lake. Notation on verso: Returned in full of this warrant to Henry Lake (Book X, 14). OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Ellis (Clerk) (Signatory); Abraham Hewlings (Member) (of the Council of Proprietors); [Unrecorded] Newman (Owner of prior survey); Joseph Thackery (Deputy Surveyor); [Unrecorded] Ward (Owner of prior survey) LOCATIONS: West Jersey 5 Feb 1794 WJ Loose Records : 1794 - Lake, Henry (61809) (PWESJ004) TO: Henry Lake FROM: Thomas Lambert (Legatees of) SURVEY. 25 acres. Gloucester Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Robert Smith (Surveyor General); Joseph Thackrey (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Gloucester Township 2 Jan 1793 Book X (WJ Surveys) : Folio 14 (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake (Also owner of adjoining land) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 248.52 acres. On the Northeast side of Lakes Bay; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. Surveyed for 418 acres; Remaining 248 52/200 acres after exceptions for previous surveys. [Warrant Date: 10 Apr 1819]. (See also: Book EE, 152). OTHERS NAMED: John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Richard Wescoat (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Flats and Flat Land; Islands; Lakes Bay; Oysters, Oyster Beds 16 Oct 1819 WJ Loose Records : 1819 - Lake, John (49452) (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 249.5 acres. Lakes Bay; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. [Warrant Date: 20 Apr 1819]. (See also: Book EE, 155). OTHERS NAMED: [Illegible] Fish (Fish's Point; Owner of adjoining land); John Lake (John Lake's salt house; Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Lakes Bay; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 15 May 1819 WJ Loose Records : 1819 - Lake, John (49456) (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: WARRANT (TO SURVEYOR GENERAL) TO RESURVEY. All or any part of his land; West Jersey. OTHERS NAMED: John Clement (Clerk) (Signatory); James Hopkins (Vice President) (of the Council of Proprietors) LOCATIONS: West Jersey 6 Nov 1810 WJ Loose Records : 1810 - Lake, John (61384) (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: John Hind SURVEY. 50 acres. Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); George Miers (Owner of adjoining land); Mary Miers (Owner of adjoining land); Robert Smith (Surveyor General); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 26 Mar 1812 Book CC (WJ Surveys) : Folio 380 (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: West New Jersey Society SURVEY. 249.5 acres. On Eleck Fishes Point by the Edge of Lakes Bay; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Eleck Fish (Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor); Burr Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Lakes Bay 15 May 1819 Book EE (WJ Surveys) : Folio 155 (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: William Griffith; West New Jersey Society SURVEY. 248.52 acres. East side of Lakes Bay; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor); Burr Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Lakes Bay 16 Oct 1819 Book EE (WJ Surveys) : Folio 152 (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: William Griffith SURVEY. 57.89 acres. Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor); Burr Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 4 Mar 1811 Book EE (WJ Surveys) : Folio 94 (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake (John Lake's house; Also owner of adjoining land) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 50 acres. Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. Surveyed for 161 30/100 acres; 50 acres remaining after exceptions for previous surveys. [Warrant Date: 12 Mar 1812]. OTHERS NAMED: Thomas Budd (Owner of adjoining land); Ebenezer Ingersull (Owner of adjoining land); George Miers (Owner of adjoining land); Mary Miers (Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 26 Mar 1812 WJ Loose Records : 1812 - Lake, John (49272) (PWESJ004) TO: Peter Risley FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 10 acres. At the head of Lakes Channel; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. [Warrant Date: 3 Nov 1829]. (See also: Book FF, 452). OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Baker (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); John Lake (John Lake's house; Owner of adjoining land); John Tilton (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Channels, the Channel, Ship Channels; Lakes Channel; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Oysters, Oyster Beds 24 Apr 1830 WJ Loose Records : 1830 - Risley, Peter (57392) (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake (John Lake's plantation; Also owner of adjoining land) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 57.89 acres. Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. Surveyed for 147 9/100 acres; Remaining for 57 89/100 acres with exceptions for previous surveys. Caveated by John Steelman on behalf of Jesse Addams. [Warrant Date: 4 Feb 1807]. (See also: Book EE, 94). OTHERS NAMED: Jesse Addams (Caveated by); Jonas Addams (Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory; Caveated by); Richard Westcoat (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Plantations 4 Mar 1811 WJ Loose Records : 1811 - Lake, John (58219) (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 249.5 acres. Lakes Bay; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. [Warrant Date: 20 Apr 1819]. (See also: Book EE, 155). OTHERS NAMED: [Illegible] Fish (Fish's Point; Owner of adjoining land); John Lake (John Lake's salt house; Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Lakes Bay; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 15 May 1819 WJ Loose Records : 1819 - Lake, John (49456) (PWESJ004) TO: Daniel Ingersull FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 58 acres. On the main shore road; Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. Surveyed for 118 acres; 58 acres remaining after exceptions for prior surveys. OTHERS NAMED: Thomas Budd (Owner of adjoining land); Enoch Ingersull (Owner of adjoining land); John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Shore Road; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 13 Mar 1812 WJ Loose Records : 1812 - Ingersull, Daniel (53220) (PWESJ004) TO: Daniel Ingersull FROM: William Griffith SURVEY. 58 acres. Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Robert Smith (Surveyor General); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 13 Mar 1812 Book CC (WJ Surveys) : Folio 356 (PWESJ004) TO: George Miers; Mary Miers FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 20 acres. Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. Surveyed for 65 18/100 acres; Remaining for 20 acres with exceptions for previous surveys. [Warrant Date: 20 Feb 1812]. OTHERS NAMED: Thomas Budd (Owner of adjoining land); Ebenezer Ingersull (Owner of adjoining land); John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 23 May 1812 WJ Loose Records : 1812 - Miers, Mary (49494) (PWESJ004) TO: George Miers FROM: William Griffith SURVEY. 20 acres. Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); George Mier (Owner of adjoining land); Mary Mier (Owner of adjoining land); Robert Smith (Surveyor General); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 23 May 1812 Book CC (WJ Surveys) : Folio 354 (PWESJ004) TO: Isaac Ingersull; Joseph Ingersull FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 48.37 acres. Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Daniel Ingersull Lore (Owner of adjoining land); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 4 Mar 1811 WJ Loose Records : 1811 - Ingersull, Joseph (53222) (PWESJ004) TO: John Lake FROM: John Hind SURVEY. 50 acres. Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); George Miers (Owner of adjoining land); Mary Miers (Owner of adjoining land); Robert Smith (Surveyor General); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 26 Mar 1812 Book CC (WJ Surveys) : Folio 380 (PWESJ004) TO: Joseph Burr (Chain Bearer) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 4 acres. On the North side of Little Egg Harbor River; Below the Banks; Cedar Swamp; Burlington County. [Warrant Date: 5 Nov 1755]. OTHERS NAMED: Nathaniel Burr (Nathaniel Burr's swamp; Owner of adjoining land); Lewis Darnel (Chain Bearer) (Owner of adjoining land); John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Abonijah Peacock (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Bank (The Bank); Cedar Swamp; Swamps and Swampland; Little Egg Harbor River 13 Sept 1764 WJ Loose Records : 1764 - Burr, Joseph (42133) (PWESJ004) TO: Joseph Ingersull FROM: William Griffith SURVEY. 48.37 acres. Great Eggharbour Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Ingersull (Owner of adjoining land); John Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Robert Smith (Surveyor General); John Steelman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township 4 Mar 1811 Book CC (WJ Surveys) : Folio 299 (PWESJ004) TO: Peter Adams; Ryan Adams; Ezra Risley FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 16.5 acres. Middle Ground Thoroughfare; Above the mouth of ainbow Thoroughfare; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. (See also: Book FF, 96-97). OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Adams (Owner of adjoining land); Elijah Adams (Owner of adjoining land); Thomas Adams (Owner of adjoining land); Mathew Collins (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); John Lake (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Sedge; Middle Ground Thoroughfare; Rainbow Thoroughfare; Thoroughfare; Oysters, Oyster Beds 27 Nov 1826 WJ Loose Records : 1826 - Risley, Ezra (58073) (PWESJ004) TO: George S. Cumming (of Ocean County); William H. Cumming (of Ocean County) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 3.7 acres. On the Northeast side of Great Thoroughfare; By a monument; Both sides of Plank or Turnpike Road leading from Pleasantville to Atlantic City; Pleasantville Boulevard; On Electric Railroad which runs from Pleasantville to Atlantic City; On the Southwest side of West Jersey and Seashore Railroad; Atlantic City; Atlantic County. (See also: Book EE, 214; Book GG, 205; Book HH, 243; Book HH, 255). OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Adams (Owner of adjoining land); Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company (Trustee of Francis Lee Cooper; Owner of adjoining land); Francis Lee Cooper (Trustees of; Former owner of adjoining land); Enoch Doughty (Former owner of adjoining land); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Jonathan Pitney (Former owner of adjoining land); Benjamin A. Sleeper (Surveyor General) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Unappropriated Land; Atlantic City; Pleasantville; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Thoroughfare; Great Thoroughfare; Plank Road; Pleasantville and Atlantic City Turnpike Road; Pleasantville Boulevard; Turnpike Road; Electric Railroad; Monuments, landmarks; Railroads; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths; West Jersey and Seashore Railroad 21 Apr 1930 WJ Loose Records : 1930 - Cummings, William H. (58777) (PWESJ004) TO: William Lake (Also owner of adjoining land) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 120.66 acres. Great Egg Harbor Bay; At the North and South Forks of Finger Channel; Cowpen Island; Finger Channel Island; South of Ocean City Standard Pipe; North of Longport Water Tower; Upper Township; Cape May County. (See also: Book JJ, 300-302). OTHERS NAMED: Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Longport Borough; Ocean City; Upper Township; Flats and Flat Land; Forks (The Forks); Islands; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Meadows and Meadowlands; Bays (the Bay); Channels, the Channel, Ship Channels; Great Egg Harbor Bay; Cowpen Island; Finger Channel Island; Factories, Manufacturing, and Industrial Companies; Water Tanks 13 Oct 1905 WJ Loose Records : 1905 - Lake, William (58674) (PWESJ004) 112.2 TO: William Lake (Assignment from John Snape); John Snape (For the use of William Lake) FROM: SURVEY. 100 acres. Near Great Egg Harbor. [Gloucester County]. "Being the land whereon the said William Lake now dwells"; beginning at a stake near the bay or sound. OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Leeds (Surveyor) (Signatory); Peter Scull (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Bays (the Bay); Sound (the Sound) May 1703 WJ Loose Records : 1703 - Lake, William (24998) (PWESJ004) 112.2 TO: William Lake (Assignment from John Snape; contents of warrant); John Snape (Assignment to William Lake; contents of warrant) FROM: Council of Proprietors WARRANT (TO SURVEYOR GENERAL). 100 acres. Any place in West Jersey being legally bought of the Indians and not before taken up. [Document is incomplete and in very poor condition]. "One hundred and [part of document missing] of land". Notation on verso: "I doe assign the contents of this warrant to [and] for the use of William Lake as witness my hand[,] John Snape". OTHERS NAMED: Indians; Samuel Jenings (Signatory; [part of signature is missing]) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Indian Land; Unappropriated Land 11 May 1703 WJ Loose Records : 1703 - Snape, John (24997) (PWESJ004) TO: William Mapes FROM: Andrew Blackman SURVEY AND MAP. 50 acres. Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Edmond Iliff (Former owner of adjoining land); Amos Ireland (Owner of adjoining land); John Johnston (Owner of adjoining house); William Lake (Chain Bearer); Youngs Mapes (Chain Bearer); Noah Smith (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 14 May 1760 WJ Loose Records : 1760 - Mapes, William (43000) (PWESJ004) TO: Charles Borton; Matthew S. McCullough FROM: Ralph V. M. Cooper SURVEY. 115.62 acres. An Island In the Beach Thoroughfare lying between Ladds Hammocks and Sand Hill Beach; Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic County. OTHERS NAMED: William Lake (Deputy Surveyor); Franklin Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Egg Harbor Township; Ladds Hamacks; Islands; Sand Hill Beach; Beach Thoroughfare 8 Apr 1885 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 86 (PWESJ004) TO: Ezra Stokes FROM: Sarah H. Cooper (et al); Franklin Woolman SURVEY. 18.01 acres. On Atco Atco Branch; Evesham Township; Burlington County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General); William Lake (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Evesham Township; Atcoatco (branch of Little Egg Harbor River) 11 Feb 1890 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 176 (PWESJ004) TO: Israel G. Adams; John B. Adams; Louisa C. Adams FROM: William Morris Cooper (Deceased; Devisee of) SURVEY. 1415 acres. On the North end of a narrow strip or tongue of salt meadow land which lies between Sculls Bay and a thoroughfare known as Methodist Ditch; Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic County. OTHERS NAMED: William Lake (Deputy Surveyor); Franklin Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Egg Harbor Township; Methodist Ditch; Sculls Bay 5 Apr 1887 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 96 (PWESJ004) TO: Charles Borton; Matthew S. McCullough FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 115.62 acres. Barretts Hole Creek; Risleys Channel; On an island on Beach Thoroughfare; Sand Hill Beach; By Central Methodist Episcopal Church; By the Atlantic City Water Works; Somers Point; Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic County. [Warrant Date: 7 Aug 1883]. (See also: Book JJ, 86). OTHERS NAMED: Israel S. Adams (Deceased; Former owner of adjoining land); [Unrecorded] Bradford (Bradford's house and observatory; Owner of adjoining land); [Unrecorded] Ladd (Ladd's hammock; Owner of adjoining land); William Lake (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Egg Harbor Township; Churches, Church Lots, Church Lands; Hammock Neck; Islands; Sand Hill Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Somers Point; Barretts Hole Creek; Beach Thoroughfare; Channels, the Channel, Ship Channels; Risleys Branch; Thoroughfare; Atlantic City Water Works; Factories, Manufacturing, and Industrial Companies; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 8 Apr 1885 WJ Loose Records : 1885 - Borton, Charles (56488) (PWESJ004) TO: Ezra Stokes FROM: SURVEY AND MAP [AND COPY]. 18.01 acres. Near Atcoatco Branch; Evesham Township; Burlington County. Surveyed for 43 69/100 acres; Remaining for 18 1/100 acres with exceptions for previous surveys. [Warrant Date: 1 Nov 1870]. (See also: Book L, 23; Book L 6, 259-260; Book JJ, 176; Book of Warrants A, 180; Book of Warrants A, 205). OTHERS NAMED: [Unrecorded] Austen (Owner of adjoining land); Samuel Clement (Devisees of; Owner of adjoining land); William Evans (Owner of adjoining land); Isaac Haines (Owner of adjoining land); William Lake (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Charles Read (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Evesham Township; Cedar Swamp; Swamps and Swampland; Upland, Fast Land; Atcoatco (branch of Little Egg Harbor River) 8 Nov 1889 WJ Loose Records : 1889 - Stokes, Ezra (57739) (PWESJ004) TO: Israel C. Adams; John B. Adams; Louisa C. Adams FROM: SURVEY AND MAP [AND 2 COPIES]. 1415.53 acres. Great Egg Harbor River; By Gregory or Steelmans Bay; Sculls Bay; Lousy Harbor; Risleys Channel; Buenos Ayers Creek and Thoroughfare; Doles Creek; Homans Creek; Broad or Sod Thoroughfare; Sculls Thoroughfare; West of the United States Government Lighthouse at Atlantic City; West of the Atlantic City Water Works Company in Atlantic City; East of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church; Methodist Ditch; Anchoring Point; By the school house at Leinwood; Between the hamlets of Bakersville and Leinwood; Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic County. (See also: Book A, 21; Book A, 23; Book A, 24; Book A, 279; Book A, 323; Book B, 94; Book B, 95; Book JJ, 89; Book JJ, 96). OTHERS NAMED: Jonathan Adams (Owner of adjoining land); Charles Borton (Owner of adjoining land); Thomas Budd (Owner of adjoining land); Peter Covenover (Owner of adjoining land); John Gilbert (Owner of adjoining land); William Lake (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Edward F. Lummis (Owner of adjoining land); Mathew McCollough (Owner of adjoining land); John Scull (Owner of adjoining land); Edward Somers (Owner of adjoining land); Richard Somers (Owner of adjoining land); John Summers (Owner of adjoining land); Jonas Valentine (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Atlantic City; Bakersville; Linwood; Anchoring Point; Churches, Church Lots, Church Lands; Ditches; Meadows and Meadowlands; Salt Marshes and Salt Meadows; Bays (the Bay); Broad Thoroughfare; Buenos Ayers Creek; Buenos Ayers Thoroughfare; Channels, the Channel, Ship Channels; Great Egg Harbor River; Homans Creek; Lousey Harbor; Methodist Ditch; Risleys Branch; Sculls Bay; Sculls Thoroughfare; Sod Thoroughfare; Steelmans Bay; Thoroughfare; Atlantic City Water Works; Doles Landing; Factories, Manufacturing, and Industrial Companies; Lighthouses; Methodist Church; Schools (also School Lots, Colleges and University lands) 25 Apr 1887 WJ Loose Records : 1887 - Adams, Louisa C. (57715) (PWESJ004) TO: Israel G. Adams; John B. Adams FROM: SURVEY AND MAP [AND CAVEAT]. 400 acres. Risleys Channel; Beach Thoroughfare; Big Shell Creek; At the mouth of Burned House Creek; Flat Creek; Forked Creek; Persimmon Point Creek; Shell Bed Creek; Turtle Gut Creek; Northwest of Sheep Hammocks; On an island called Inside Beach; West of the Atlantic City Water Works Company; East of the Masonic Hall at the village of Linwood; East of the observatory on the United States Life Saving Station at Ocean City; Atlantic County. Surveyed for 963 90/100 acres; Remaining for 400 acres with exceptions for previous surveys. Caveated by Henry B. Fowler on behalf of Edward F. Lummis, dated November 1, 1888. (See also: Book B, 83; Book F, 89). OTHERS NAMED: Henry B. Fowler (Deputy Surveyor) (Caveated by); William Lake (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Edward F. Lummis (Caveated by; Owner of adjoning land); Hesediah Samson (Owner of adjoining land); James Somers (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Linwood; Ocean City; Inside Beach; Islands; Meadows and Meadowlands; Sheep Hammocks; Beach Thoroughfare; Big Shell Creek; Burned House Creek; Channels, the Channel, Ship Channels; Flat Creek; Forked Creek; Persimmon Point Creek; Risleys Branch; Shellbed Creek; Thoroughfare; Turtle Gut; Atlantic City Water Works; Factories, Manufacturing, and Industrial Companies; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Masonic Hall; United States Life Saving Station 27 Oct 1887 WJ Loose Records : 1887 - Adams, Israel G. (57722) (PWESJ004) TO: William Lake FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 88.37 acres. At the South fork of Finger Channel; On an island in Beach Thoroughfare; By the Atlantic County Asyum at Smiths Landing; By Ocean City Standard Pipe; By the Baptist Church at Palermo; Opposite Twelfth Street in Ocean City; Upper Township; Cape May County. [Warrant Date: 5 Feb 1901]. (See also: Book JJ, 248). OTHERS NAMED: Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Ocean City; Palermo; Upper Township; Churches, Church Lots, Church Lands; Forks (The Forks); Islands; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Salt Marshes and Salt Meadows; Beach Thoroughfare; Channels, the Channel, Ship Channels; Thoroughfare; Twelfth Street; Finger Channel Island; Asylums; Atlantic County Asylum; Factories, Manufacturing, and Industrial Companies; Hospitals; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Landings, Landing Places; Oysters, Oyster Beds; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths; Smiths Landing 19 Oct 1903 WJ Loose Records : 1903 - Lake, William (58621) (PWESJ004) TO: William Lake FROM: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General) SURVEY. 88.37 acres. Salt Marsh and Oyster Ground in Beach Thorofare opposite Twelfth Street, Ocean City; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry J. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor); Franklin C. Woolman (Clerk) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Ocean City; Upper Township; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Beach Thoroughfare; Oysters, Oyster Beds 19 Oct 1903 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 248 (PWESJ004) TO: William Lake FROM: Ralph V. M. Cooper SURVEY. 120.66 acres. Meadow Marsh and Flats In Great Eggharbor Bay, known as Cowper Island and Finger Channel Island; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Surveyor General); Henry S. Sherman (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Flats and Flat Land; Islands; Meadows and Meadowlands; Great Egg Harbor Bay; Cowpen Island; Finger Channel Island 13 Oct 1905 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 300-302 (PWESJ004) TO: Mordecai Howell (Assignment to William Lake, 100 acres); William Lake (of Great Egg Harbor, Assignment from Mordecai Howell, 100 acres) FROM: Council of Proprietors WARRANT (TO SURVEYOR GENERAL). 100 acres. In any part of the province where legally purchased of the Indians and not before lawfully surveyed. Notation: "Tho[mas] Gardiner[.] To [part illegible] Lake ye Contents of ye above warr[an]t is ye order [signed] Mordecai Howell". Notation on verso: "This warre[n]tt was executed to Mordecay Howell [... February 4, 1696/1697. Signed] Tho[mas] Gardiner". "To W[illia]m Lake of Great Egg Harbor". OTHERS NAMED: Thomas Gardiner (Surveyor General); Indians; John Reading (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Indian Land; Unappropriated Land 10 Dec 1696 WJ Loose Records : 1696 - Howell, Mordecai (24500) (PWESJ004) TO: David Clark; Elijah Clark; Thomas Clark FROM: SURVEY [COPY FROM ORIGINAL]. 70.5 acres. On the West side of Wests Mill Branch called Albertsons Branch; Great Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. (See also: Book M, 242; Book M, 252; Book N, 434; Book N, 444). OTHERS NAMED: John Burr (Owner of adjoining land); [Unrecorded] Dimsdale (Dimsdale's cedar swamp; Former owner of adjoining land); George Hawkins (Owner of adjoining land); Daniel Lake (Owner of adjoining land); William Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Felix Leeds (Owner of adjoining land); Noah Smith (Deputy Surveyor); Burr Woolman (Surveyor General) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Great Egg Harbor Township; Cedar Swamp; Swamps and Swampland; Albertsons Creek; Mill Branch; Wests Mill 1 Aug 1763 WJ Loose Records : 1763 - Clark, Thomas (52906) (PWESJ004) TO: Richard Somers FROM: Hugh Sharp SURVEY AND MAP. 78 acres. Land and marsh; on the east and west sides of Great Egg Harbor River; at the head of Back Creek or Lakes Creek; Gloucester County. Two tracts: 65 acres; 13 acres. By virtue of an order from Hugh Sharp onto Richard Somers dated December 1716. Recorded: March 4, 1719/1720. OTHERS NAMED: Richard Bull (Deputy Surveyor); William Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Thomas Sharp (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Back Creek; Great Egg Harbor River; Lakes Branch 19 Oct 1717 Sharps Surveys (Pages 1-80) (WJ Surveys) : Folio 53 (PWESJ004) TO: James English, Jr.; Isaac Risley; Daniel B. Smith FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 73.89 acres. Marsh and flats; on the north end of Whorlepule Island; Egg Harbor Township; Gloucester County. OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Baker (Deputy Surveyor); John Lakes (Owner of adjoining house) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Gloucester; Egg Harbor Township; Flats and Flat Land; Islands; Marshes, Marshland, Bogs; Whirlpool Island; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 3 Apr 1830 WJ Loose Records : 1830 - Smith, Daniel B. (57941) (PWESJ004)