Washington Township
Washington Township

This is more or less a holding place for references I come across to Washington Township that I have yet to be able to place into any of the villages of that township. Hopefully this page will remain small, but unfortunately research keeps producing loose ends that will end up here until I can fit them into the larger puzzle. Hopefully someone out there can help; if you can please e-mail me .

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The New Jersey Courier for 24 June 1875 listed the following news item from Washington Township:
Captain Samuel Crowley and William Sooy of Washington Township have a law suit on hand before Squire Brome, growing out of a disputed cedar swamp. The township committee of Washington Township have determined to investigate these charges of malfeasance against Captain Samuel Crowley. They have appointed Charles Brome, Joel VanSant,jr., and H.H. Miller, a committee to examine his work. Said committe will proceed to business next Friday June 55th [obviously a typo]
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The following table is a list of men having families residing in Washington Township, who were entitled to the state pay of six dollars per month. Apparently this was some kind of pension for those who served in the Civil War.

Name Company Regiment Date mustered
William Johnson G 11th Jan 21,1864
Crowley, William H. G 4th Aug 17, 1861
Morton, Hezekiah G 4th Aug 17, 1861
Ford, Joseph G 4th Aug 17th, 1861
Goff, William G 4th Aug 17th, 1861
Woodward, Walter G 4th Aug 17th, 1861
Turner, Bayard G 4th Nov 12, 1861
Ford, William G 4th Feb 10, 1864
Smallwood, Isaac K 4th Jan 5th, 1864
Thomas, John D 7th Aug 31, 1861
Huntsman, Charles E 10th Jan 29, 1861
Martin, Robert E 10th March 8,1864
Brewer, Peter S. E 12th Aug 18th, 1862
Stoub (?), William D 34th Sep 15, 1863
Wilkinson, William D 34th Sep 15, 1863

All the above claimed their family lived in Washington Township, witht he exception of Joseph Ford, William Goff, and Peter S. Brewer, each of whom claimed that their mother was the one living in Washington Township.

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The following information comes to me from a visitor to this site, concerning the Urison family of Washington Township. For more info contact him at [email protected].

Giles Urison married Sarah Sloan and had the following children:

  1. Patience Urison
  2. Christiana Urison
  3. Hannah Ann Urison, born in 1835
  4. Sarah Jane Urison
  5. John W. Urison
  6. David Crammar Urison

This page last updated on July 6th, 2000.