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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bedminster

 
Clickable Map of Somerset County, New Jersey and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Somerset County, NJ (179) Hunterdon County, NJ (379) Mercer County, NJ (494) Middlesex County, NJ (332) Morris County, NJ (426) Union County, NJ (145)  SomersetCounty(179) Somerset County (179)  HunterdonCounty(379) Hunterdon County (379)  MercerCounty(494) Mercer County (494)  MiddlesexCounty(332) Middlesex County (332)  MorrisCounty(426) Morris County (426)  UnionCounty(145) Union County (145)
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Bedminster is in Somerset County
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1 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — African Burying Ground — 1801 —
On June 22, 1801, three African American Men - one free Negro and two slaves - purchased one tenth on an acre of land from Aaron Melick for the sum of three dollars to establish a burying ground for the "Black people of the Neighborhood." This is . . . — — Map (db m96788) HM
2 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — Artillery Park —
Site of the 1778 - 1779 Winter encampment during the Revolutionary War of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Continental Artillery, artificers and armourers under the command of General Henry Knox. Located and confirmed by the Pluckemin Archaeological Project. A . . . — — Map (db m82405) HM
3 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — Bedminster War Memorials —
Dedicated in Honor of the Men of Bedminster Township Who Served in the World War 1917 - 1919 Harold Alpaugh · Lloyd Alpaugh · Henry M. Beekman · John Beam · Chauncey Beavers · Frederick Bull · Peter Burns · John H. Conroy · . . . — — Map (db m90138) WM
4 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — Great War Heroes —
"In honor of our great war heroes" — — Map (db m100847) WM
5 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — The Jacobus Vanderveer House —
Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Farmhouse Built c. 1760. Headquarters of General Henry Knox During The 1778-1779 Winter Encampment Of The Continental Army Near Pluckemin — — Map (db m16983) HM
6 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — The Jacobus Vanderveer House —
was constructed circa 1772 with a nineteenth century addition circa 1813. In 1995 the house was listed on the National and New Jersey Registers of Historic Places. The Jacobus Vanderveer House is significant in United States Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m98523) HM
7 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — Lamington Black Cemetery — 19th Century Burial Grounds on the National Register of Historical Places —
There are 97 identified graves here: 36 with names and 61 unknown, including former slaves and free blacks who were members of the Lamington Presbyterian Church. Remains of 5 Civil War veterans who fought heroically for the Union lie here. As you . . . — — Map (db m16975) HM
8 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster, Bedminster Township — Melick Home —
Built in 1751 by Johannes Moelick, a German farmer and tanner. Made famous by Andrew D. Mellick's "Story of an Old Farm". — — Map (db m76431) HM
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9 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — Pluckemin School House — 1912 —
The Pluckemin School house was constructed in 1912 as a two-story four-room school. It cost approximately $5,000 and was designed by Peter C. Van Nuys of Somerville and was built by John Gulick of Lamington. it was used as a school house until 1958 . . . — — Map (db m117652) HM
10 ► New Jersey, Somerset County, Bedminster — Presbyterian Church of Lamington —
Built About 1740. Rebuilt 1826. Front Added 1854. — — Map (db m19599) HM
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026