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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 —

On U.S. 202 at Cornet Way, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 202.

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 —

On U.S. 202 at milepost 8, on the right when traveling north.

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, Ringoes — Amwell Militia —

On New Jersey Route 202, on the right when traveling north.

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

4 ► New Jersey, Hunterdon County, Ringoes — Amwell Skirmish — December 14, 1776 —

Near Geary's Ridge Road.

Support for the rebellion against British tyranny was at a low ebb in December 1776. The British occupied a strategic area in New Jersey and Washington's army had retreated across the Delaware River. The British commander in New Jersey sent . . . — — Map (db m31960) HM

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