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Warren Twsp. in Somerset County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Mt. Bethel Meeting House
 
Mt. Bethel Meeting House Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010
1. Mt. Bethel Meeting House Marker
 
Inscription. Historic Baptist church and Revolutionary War burial grounds built in 1761 on the Old Quibbletown Gap Road. Chartered in 1767. Moved to the present location in 1785. One of the oldest surviving Baptist buildings in New Jersey.
A state and national historic site.
 
Erected 1979 by New Jersey State Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.
 
Location. 40° 38.27′ N, 74° 30.848′ W. Marker is in Warren Twsp., New Jersey, in Somerset County. Marker is at the intersection of Mountainview Road and King George Road, on the left when traveling east on Mountainview Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Warren NJ 07059, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead (approx. 1.5 miles away); a different marker also named Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead (approx. 1.6 miles away); Morris County (approx. 2 miles away); Millington Schoolhouse #74 (approx. 2.6 miles away); Frederick W. Schmidt (approx. 2.7 miles away); Village of Sterling (approx. 2.8 miles away); Washington Rock (approx. 2.8 miles away); a different marker also named Washington Rock (approx. 2.8 miles away).
 
Mt. Bethel Meeting House Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010
2. Mt. Bethel Meeting House Marker
 
 
Mt. Bethel Meeting House Cemetery Photo, Click for full size
By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010
3. Mt. Bethel Meeting House Cemetery
 
 
Plaque in Mt. Bethel Cemetery Photo, Click for full size
By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010
4. Plaque in Mt. Bethel Cemetery
Soldiers buried in this Mout Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery David Ayres (Ayers) Benjamin Coddington (Corrington) Israel Coon Benjamin Moor(e) Azariah Parker David Smalley, Esq. and others unknown Dedicated October 1, 1991
 
 
Mt. Bethel Meeting House Photo, Click for full size
By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010
5. Mt. Bethel Meeting House
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on July 13, 2010, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 406 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 13, 2010, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 
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