Warren in Somerset County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mt. Bethel Meeting House

Photographed 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.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1761.

Location. 40° 38.27′ N, 74° 30.848′ W. Marker is in Warren, 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. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Warren NJ 07059, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead (approx. 1.6 miles away); Morris County (approx. 2 miles away); Millington Railroad Station

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(approx. 2½ miles away); Millington Schoolhouse #74 (approx. 2.6 miles away); Frederick W. Schmidt (approx. 2.7 miles away); Village of Stirling (approx. 2.8 miles away).

Photographed By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010

2. Mt. Bethel Meeting House Marker

Mt. Bethel Meeting House Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010

3. Mt. Bethel Meeting House Cemetery

Plaque in Mt. Bethel Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed 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 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Alan Edelson, July 12, 2010

5. Mt. Bethel Meeting House

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2010, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 927 times since then and 32 times this year. 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.