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Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, the state
capital. It is
officially part of both the New
York metropolitan area
and Delaware Valley, due to it being close to New York City and Philadelphia, as well as the Trenton-Ewing Metropolitan
Statistical Area. The
county is named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer, who died at the Battle
of Princeton in 1777.
The Mercer Oak, against which the dying general rested
as his men continued to fight, appears on the county seal. Mercer County
was created on 22
February 1838 and was formed from Trenton, Ewing, Hopewell and
Lawrence Twps. from Hunterdon;
Nottingham (Hamilton) Twp. from Burlington;
East & West Windsor from Middlesex;
and part of Montgomery Twp. (now Princeton) from Somerset
Counties. Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches back
to the pivotal battles of the American
Revolutionary War. On
the night of December 25, 1776, General George
Washington led the
American forces across the Delaware River to attack Hessian forces in Trenton,
New Jersey, who did not
anticipate an attack near Christmas. Washington followed up the assault with
a surprise attack on General Charles
Cornwallis' forces in
the Battle
of Princeton on the eve
of January 2, 1777, eventually retaking the colony. The successful attacks
built morale among the pro-independence colonists. Counties adjacent to Mercer County are Somerset County (north), Middlesex County (northeast), Monmouth County (east), Burlington County (south), Bucks County, Pennsylvania (west), Hunterdon County (northwest). |
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COUNTY RECORDS |
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All Departments below are in the Mercer County Courthouse, 209 South Broad
Street, Trenton, NJ 08650-0068; (609) 571-4000, unless otherwise noted below.
The Official County website is located at http://www.mercercounty.org/. ·
Mercer County Clerk has Land
Records & Marriage Records from 1838 and is located at the address above. Phone Number: (609)
989-6464 ·
Mercer County Surrogate Court / Orphan's Court has Probate
Records from 1838 and is located at the
courthouse. Phone Number: (609) 989-6331 |
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HISTORICAL / GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY(s) |
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The New Jersey
Historical Society, 52 Park Pl., Newark, NJ 07102;
973-596-8500 ext 248 or 249 ·
Descendants of Founders
of New Jersey, 10 Buckingham Ave, Trenton, NJ 08618 Evelyn
Ogden, Registrar ; [EMAIL] (732) 920-3279 · Genealogical
Society of New Jersey, PO Box 1476, Trenton NJ 08607-1476 |
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LIBRARIES |
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Department
of State Division of Archives and Records Management - Bureau of Archives and Records
Preservation State Library Bldg, 185 West State Street, CN-307, Trenton, NJ
08625-0307 ·
Department
of Special Collections and Archives, Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 ·
New Jersey State
Library, State Library Building, 185 West
State Street, CN-520, Trenton, NJ 08625-0520 ·
List
of Libraries, Museums and Archives in Mercer county, New Jersey |
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HISTORICAL PLACES |
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Your
LINK to the Historical Places and
Districts in
MERCER County |
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surnames
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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Caine;
Moreland |
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Pfeffer |
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Additional information regarding these and other
surnames may also be found at: |
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get the best genealogy searches from Google™
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that will
likely improve your results. The different searches will give you many
different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about this or
any other Surname. |
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GEN-SITE PROFILE(s) |
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Hightstown
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LOCATION: Place:
Hightstown; Coordinates/Map: 40.267778, -74.525278 |
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DESCRIPTION: 171 South Street,
and Cedar Hills Cemetery |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
From
about 1961 to his death in 1971 Jerre’ F. Moreland lived at 171 South Street,
the home of his second wife, Lillian Caine who passed away in 1976. This house was also the home of Lillian’s
parent’s Edward and Belle Caine. All of the aforementioned persons were buried at
Cedar Hill Cemetery. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Hightstown, New Jersey - Wikipedia;
Horizon Information Portal |
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Princeton
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LOCATION: Place: Princeton; Coordinates/Map: 40.352206, -74.657071 |
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DESCRIPTION: Tenacre
Foundation, 930 & 953 Great Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
Florence
Elizabeth Pfeffer lived here during the last year of her life. She passed away at this location on 14 June
1980. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Tenacre - A Ministry of Christian
Scientists |
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map
The Red Star in the map
designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Yellow Stars designates
county seats in adjacent counties. A Purple
Dot
shows the location of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s). |
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gazetteer
The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 101 Populated Places in Mercer County, New Jersey Map of Mercer County New
Jersey Mercer County Physical,
Cultural & Historic Features Mercer County ZIP Codes
| Area Codes Mercer County Land -
Property, Farms & Ranches The following municipalities are located in Mercer County. The
municipality type is listed in parentheses after the name, except where the
type is included as part of the name. Census-designated
places and other unincorporated
areas are listed under
their municipalities. |
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Index map of Mercer County municipalities (click to see
index)
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(known as Washington Township until November 2007) |
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State-Wide
Resources
For more information about the U.S. State in which this
county is located click on
these LINKS:
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Where in
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Where in the World are My Ancestors? |
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
The LINK |
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to the right will take you to
Maps, Gazetteers,
and other helpful
resources that will assist you
in discovering Ancestral Locations. |
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GENERAL RESOURCES |
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Our Genealogy Reference Library (USA Locations) ·
Genealogy Forum: U.S. States ·
Family Search, IGI Batches, Localities ·
Genealogy.com: Resources by county |
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LOCALITY SPECIFIC RESOURCES |
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Mercer County, NJ Genealogy Forum ·
Mercer County, NJ at Rootsweb |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
who may have settled in this locality. |
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Gallery
During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
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If you
have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location,
we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether
we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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the “Images” display page you will see the image, as well as the
website to which it is linked. |
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Snail mail: Fred
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Pony
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