The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-03-22
ST. Peters Church,
Freehold and It's Reci0rs
BIZ MAxc1 APPLICABLE. SR.
REV. GEORGE KEITH, FOUNDER OF
FREEHOLD

Subsequent to the determination OF
the north station point in 1918, sever
al Intellectual attempts were made by
the parties to ascertain the line be
tween East and West Jersey. AT
length John Hamilton and Andrew
Jonnstone, Commissioners under the
act OF 1919 Gthe latter named in 1740l
at the request of the Eastern Proprie-
tors in the year 1743, appointed John
Lawrence to run the line, pursuant
to the act of assembly, which was ac-
cordingly done In September and 0c-
tober of that year. and this line, the
East Jersey Proprietors allege. has
been frequently recognized by the
West Jersey Proprietors, particularly
by the issue of warrants Of relocation
from the year 1745 to 1865, for lands
which were found to the east Of this
line by directions given to survey and
return for the use OF the proprietors
of the fifth dividend the gore or an
gle formed by Keitt's and Lawrence's
lines by numerous surveys inspected,
approved and ordered to be recorded,
which are found by Lawrence's line,
and by other acts Of acquiescence, en-
tered upon their minutes. To this line
|of Lawrence the East Jersey Proprie-
tors still firmly adhere.
But the Lawrence line as was
acquiesced in by the greater
part of northern Jersey sbut ia yet
disputed in Monmouth County and in
the region of the pines, where under
West Jersey rights, great destruc-
ton Of timber is committed. (See Cor
den's History 1882 These rights
sought, having hitherto been sold at
a much less price than those of East
Jersey.
The line run by Lawrence in Sussex
county forms the boundary between
ByraIn and Greene, Newton and
Greene. and Saltwater and between
Walpack and Sandstone township,
crossing the Delaware into Pennsylvania
about fifteen.miIes below the present
northern most point of the state, it
strikes the Delaware again in the State
Of New York nearly thirty miles
north Of the mouth of the Mackhaca-
mack.
The following statistical view is
|appended to the petition Of the East
Jersey Proprietors in 1882.
The angle gore of land which East
Jersey lost in the controversy with
New York amounted to about 270.0OO
acres. The remaining quantity OF land
in New Jersey, being the whole amount
Of the State, is about 4. 375, $40 acres.
Q Therefore supposing line was
drawn, dividing the State into two
equal parts. and which would be the
line of partition between East and
West Jersey, each division would then
contain about 3. 1877, 985 acres.
8 Supposing Keith's line extended to
Delaware river to bethe line Of partition
between East and West Jersey, the
quantity of land in East Jersey would
then, be about 2.214. $50 acres: the
quantity of West Jersey 2,161 .040 acres
And East Jersey would then contain
So. 800 acres more than West Jersey.
4 Surprising Lawrence's line to be
the line of partition, the quantity of
land in West Jersey would then be
about ASS, $50 acres; the quantity in
East Jersey 1886. 800 acres. And West
Jersey would then contain 1908. 800
acres more than East Jersey.
S Surprising a line to be drawn from
the Mackhackamack to the line of par
tition. the quantity Of land in West Jer-
sey would then be about Lis. $50
acres. The quantity in East Jersey,
!, 25g, 7lO acres, and West Jersey would
then contain 1862, $50 acres more than
East Jersey.
6 The angle or gore Of land between
Keith's and Lawrence's line. contains
about 52S. GAO acres. The angle or gore
between Lawrence line, and line to
be drawn from the Mackhackmack
would contain about 429, $50 acres
We know OF no better manner in
which to convey the difficulties in the
way encountered by Keith and Law
renee in running the line between East
and West Jersey, thento present the
plain statement Of facts, set forth in
the above petition.
The above statement also con-
veys the information why so many Of
the lands in Western Monmouth and
ND to and some within Freehold town
ship, and all Of what is now Ocean
county were mostly settled by persons
from West Jersey, and who were
known as the Jersey Pine Kings,
mainly the Wrights. DsBows, Imlays,
Woodlands, Jennings, Johnsons, Al
lens, Wetherills, VanHise, and other
early pioneer settlers and their nu-
me rous descendants.