On Greenwich Church Road, on the right when traveling north.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1733.
His Scotch-Irish parents brought family here to Greenwich Township in 1747.
Never married and died in Hunterdon Co., Nov. 4, 1796 and buried in this churchyard.
Always a Soldier, from Private to . . . — — Map (db m167187) HM
On Stuyvesant Avenue at Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Stuyvesant Avenue.
Here stood the Presbyterian Church and here was fought the battle, June 7, 1780, between American forces under General Maxwell and Colonel Dayton and the British army on its advance to Springfield. The church and village were burned by the British . . . — — Map (db m6921) HM
On Stanton-Ogletown Road, 0.3 miles north of Ogletown-Stanton Road, on the right when traveling north.
George Washington's "General Staff Headquarters" on September 6, 1777. Here Generals Washington, Lafayette, Wayne, Maxwell, Sullivan, and Greene planned defense of Wilmington. House built circa 1750 by Samuel Hale. Owner 1776 - Daniel Byrnes - a . . . — — Map (db m13555) HM
On South Old Baltimore Pike at (south) Old Cooches Bridge Road, on the right when traveling west on South Old Baltimore Pike.
American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen drafted . . . — — Map (db m147686) HM
On Raritan Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
On the 26th of June in 1777 Washington’s continental forces of under 6,000 men fought a running battle on the plains below the Watchung Mountains with the combined British and Hessian troops numbering about 12,000. Early on that hot Thursday morning . . . — — Map (db m21858) HM
On Valley Creek Road (Pennsylvania Route 252), on the left when traveling north.
In contrast to soldiers’ log huts, officers’ quarters appear lavish. But the present houses look significantly different from encampment days. Architectural modifications have more than doubled the size of General Henry Knox’s . . . — — Map (db m28871) HM
On Dayett Mills Road south of Old Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling south.
On September 3, 1777, an American Light Infantry Corps composed of Continental soldiers from New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, with militia from Pennsylvania and Delaware, was stationed west of Christina Creek between Aikentown . . . — — Map (db m156783) HM
On South Inner Line Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Major General John Sullivan Maxwell’s Brigade Brig. General William Maxwell commanding 1st. New Jersey Infantry Colonel Mathias Ogden 2nd. New Jersey Infantry Colonel Israel Shreve 3rd. New Jersey Infantry Colonel Elias Dayton 4th. New . . . — — Map (db m28832) WM
On Dayett Mills Road at Old Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling south on Dayett Mills Road.
On 3 September 1777 an American light infantry corps under the command of Brigadier General William Maxwell engaged British and Hessian forces here in the Battle of Cooch's Bridge. Maxwell's Corps was composed of soldiers from New Jersey, North . . . — — Map (db m156785) HM
On Dayett Mills Road south of Old Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
On September 3, 1777 over 800 Americans forming the Light Infantry Corps of Brigadier General William Maxwell engaged about 2,000 British Light Infantry and Hessian and Anspach "Jägers" (light infantry) in a series of skirmishes ending at . . . — — Map (db m157141) HM
