UNNAMED CEMETERY, BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSSEY Copyright (c) 2002 by (Rositatwo@aol.com). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Small Cemetery off 541 in Lumberton NJ. Not the main Cemetery but a small one on a dirt road behind the main street. Rinear, Eli 60 years, 2 mos. and 2 days Chambers, Anna R. b.July 18, 1814. d.July 4, 1866. Daughter of James and Rebecca. Chambers, Rebecca 1798-1877 Chambers, James b.1850 d. Feb. 4, 1889 Cross, Levina Wife of Caleb Cross b. Jul. 3, 1797 d. March 1, 1854 Cross, Elizabeth D. Nov. 11, 1854 aged 35 years. Cross, Caleb d. 1865 Dobbins, Charity, Wife of Joseph Dobbins, Daughter of James and Theophila Rogers, b. Dec. 23, 1792 here(Lumberton,NJ) d. Millersville, Pa. March 4, 1862 or 1867. Aged 74 years. An earnest Christian whose times and energies were consecreated to Christ in most effective service. Dobbins, Joseph b. Dec. 25, 1785 d. Nov. 20, 1848 Voorhees, Roelff 1741-1799 Davis, John A. d. 1765 Endora ?? d. July 21, 1858 11mos. 2 wks. Read, Sarah Wife of William Read b. Mar. 7, 1792 d. Mar. 9, 1872 Bodine, Ann d. June 5, 1864 aged 39 years Tallman, Francis A., d. Jan. 1, 1851 d. Feb. 25, 1824 Bodine, Francis, d. Sept. 27, 1822 78 years. Bodine, Mary Moore, Aaron B., b. Apr. 18, 1807 d. Apr. 17, 1877 Moore, Hosea b. May 28, 1772 d. Mar. 25, 1838 Moore, Mary b. Nov. 14, 1775 d. Apr. 11, 1837 Barrett, James B. Apr. 8, ? d. Apr. 13, 1830 Aged 63 and 5 days White, Abel d.Aug. 5, ???? 77years White, Abel ???? Friend, Elizabeth Wife of Abel White d. June 27, 1865 aged 63 years 7 Months White, Anna K., Wife of Abel White d. Feb 10, 1834 37 years 5 months 28 days. Green, Abical D. Daughter of Elizabeth Shreere and Enoch Green d. Apr. 25, 1839 aged 38 years. Shreerer, Elizabeth Wife of Enoch Green Lamb, Elizabeth b. Mar. 3, 18?? d. Feb. 23 189? Gosling, Hannah d. Oct. 23, 1845 aged 60 Huff, Abigail d. Mar. 1, 1857 Huff Charles d. Nov. 1854 Sharp, John d. May 15, 1849 aged 67 years Sharp, Mary d Dec. 19, 1864 Coate, Sarah, Wife of ?? d. Jul. 12 1826 Coate, Daniel Coate, Esther d. 1825 aged 55 years I found this very lonely cemetery behind a berm or dike on a dirt road in Lumberton. Some facts about this area follow. Covenant Baptist Church purchased and renovated an historic church building on County Route 541 in Burlington County, NJ, during the years 1989-1992. The former Lumberton Methodist Church was built in 1813 making it 187 years old! Lumberton or as it was once known, Lumbertown, was a pioneer settlement. Its name came from the fact that Pine trees were abundant in the vicinity and boats and rafts carried lumber and cord wood from the Rancocas Creek to Philadelphia and other places. There were two or three lumber yards and saw mills at one time. In 1683, Robert Dimsdale, an English physician, bought a tract of land from William Penn on the North side of the Rancocas Creek. Through a portion of the tract, a body of water flowed (Bobby's Run) and entered the Rancocas Creek next to the present Railroad Bridge. Mr. Dimsdale set to work establishing a small working community revolving around a sawmill. In this area today, we have the housing development of Bobby's Run as well as two schools, thus the name Bobby's Run School and Dimsdale Drive.The village of Lumberton grew out of two bordering towns : Eayrestown, settled by Richard and Elizabeth Eayres in the late 1600's. Eayrestown was the first substantial settlement in this area. The town was responsible for a diversity of commerce including sawmills and gristmills. At one time Eayrestown was the home of a picnic grove that had a carousel and attracted visitors from as far away as Philadelphia. William Foster settled Fostertown in 1735. His plantation was on what is now known as West Bella Bridge Road. Fostertown claimed to be the home of shoemakers, tailors and wheelwrights. There is not much left of these two towns today, but a few houses and street names. Lumberton was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Assembly on March 14, 1860. The town was a hub of commerce and transportation. All types of boats were using the creek - canoes, rafts, shunkus, sloops, and barges. In 1855, steamboats appeared on the creek. The first was believed to be the "Wave", then came the "Barclay", which was built in Lumberton and made her last trip in 1870. Both of these boats were side-wheelers. The "Minerva" was a tugboat that also mad regular trips to Philadelphia carrying all sorts of cargo from farm produce to ironware. We will begin our tour of Lumberton with one of the most prominent buildings in town, the Old Town Hall. This was built in 1896 by the Junior Order of American Mechanics Lodge. In 1938, the township took it over an it became the municipal building untile 1982, when our township offices were relocated to their present location on Municipal Drive. In May of 1985, the building was renamed the Ridgway A. Gaun Community Center. This dedication was in memory of Lumberton's Township Clerk for over thiry years, Ridgway A. Gaun. The building today is still used a a community center meeting place for local organizations and the home of the Lumberton Historical Society and their museum. Lumberton was once a quaint little town where people from the "Big City" would come to relax and enjoy the country. We had several hotels an well-known eateries that people would do just that RELAX. One of these was the Boxwood Lodge. Located on Main Street, this restaurant was advertised as a Lodge on the Rancocas. It served luncheons, teas, and dinners. It also provided banquet and private rooms for entertaining. My daughters Sheryl Grice and Jacqueline Foreman helped me read all the headstones. Judith Irwin Williams