Ashbrook's Burial Ground
ON THIIS HIGH BANK ALONG TIMBER CREEK WAS THE INDIAN VILLAGE OF
ARMEWAMEX
1730
JOHN ASHBROOK, IN HIS WILL, RESERVED
"...ONE WHOLE ACRE WHERE THE BURYING PLACE NOW IS
FOR THE USE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD", MAKING THIS
THE OLDEST KNOWN PUBLIC BURIAL GROUND IN CAMDEN
COUNTY
1777
ON THE NIGHT OF OCT. 22-23
COLONEL von DONOP'S HESSIAN BRIGADE
CAMPED ON THIS HILLSIDE FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF
FORT MERCER
Among those interred here are the following and their families:
JOHN ASHBROOK
FIRST SETTLER* ASSEMBLYMAN* "YE HIGH SHERIFE"
FREEHOLDER
ISAIAH MARPLE
MILITIAMAN., REV. WAR * CAPTAIN, WAR 1812
"YE COLLECTOR OF TAXES"
WILLIAM ZANE, ESQ.
PRES. TOWNSHIP COMM.* PRESIDING OFFICIER
BD. OF FREEHOLDERS* JUSTICE
HESSIAN SOLDIERS
40-50 WHO DIED OF WOUNDS FROM THE BATTLE
OF FORT MERCER
...NAMES KNOWN ONLY TO GOD
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