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Related Historical Markers

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By Alan Edelson, February 25, 2009

Coronet Geary Trail Marker

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1 ► New Jersey, Hunterdon County, Ringoes — Coronet Geary Trail —

British officer Francis Geary killed near here in a 1776 skirmish. He is buried to the northeast off Geary’s Ridge Road. — — Map (db m16735) HM

2 ► New Jersey, Hunterdon County, Raritan Township, Ringoes — Flemington Raid —

Near here British cavalry were routed by Capt. John Schenck's militia Dec. 1776. British Geary was killed and buried on field. — — Map (db m182796) HM

3 ► New Jersey, Hunterdon County, Flemington — Old York Road —

Early Lenape Indian trail; became a "Kings Highway" in 1764. Was main stage route between Philadelphia and New York. — — Map (db m62457) HM

4 ► Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Durham, Durham Township — The Durham Boat —

In the 1700's, Robert Durham built his historical boat in Durham, Pa. These boats were used to ship cannon balls, made at the Durham Furnace, to Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. On Christmas Eve, in 1776, Washington and his men crossed . . . — — Map (db m253020) HM

5 ► New Jersey, Hunterdon County, Ringoes — Amwell Militia —

Erected in memory of the citizen soldiers of Amwell Township who, commanded by Captain John Schenck, on December 14th 1776, met and drove from this field a column of the British 16th Light Dragoons, after killing their commander, Cornet Francis . . . — — Map (db m31959) HM

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