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From: Deborah B Naylor/Farhar <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon County Maps
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:51:02 -0400


These might not be the Maps you all have been asking about, but ...

At the Hunterdon County Clerk's Office, Hall of Records, Hunterdon
County, NJ they have several maps.

1) Partitions of Lands (1799-1877): this document file contains the
original,
handwritten papers and maps of lands that were partioned or divied for
various reasons but often due to the decease of the owner. (RG 164).

2) Road and Miscellaneous Records (1801-1881): The road records
(1844-1847) appear to relate to road record files for public and
private
roads in most f the townships. Some of the files are accompanied by
'maps'. (RG 26).

3) Road Record Files (1781-1969) Indexed. There are many maps in
the files. (RG 58).

4) Road Record Maps (1761-1928). (RG 6).

5)Deeds filed subject to return (1798-1849). ... contains original maps of
some of the properties. Indexed. (RG 195).

7)Hunterdon County-Boundary (1896). Map of the boundary line between
the counties of Morris and Hunterdon. It shows the owners on each
side of the line and is stored in T1.

8)Index (1869-1962): This bound volume, arrange alphabetically by
the name of the property or property owner, is an index to the map
case.
(RG 3)

9) Index - Road Records (1761-1928). There are negative and positive
prints of this guide to the location of Hunterdon's roads. (RG 96).

10) Railroad Papers (1848-1897). (RG 167 &168).

In the Office of the Hunterdon County Surrogate there are three sources
which contain property maps: 1) estate dockets, 2) Vol. I & II of
Division of Lands and 3) a record group entitled "Miscellaneous
Estate Papers, 1753-1971."

REFERENCE: A Guide To The Archives of Hunterdon County.
Genealogical and Historical Research in the Offices of the
County Clerk, Surrogate and Freeholders. Compiled by
Phyllis B. D'Autrechy, Records Management Analyst.
Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission, 1993.

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