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THE following list shows, as far as the records have been preserved, the principal officials of Camden County, the names of Senators and Representatives in both Houses of Congress, of State officials and of consuls to foreign ports. The date of election or appointment is given where it could be obtained.
Dr. Marmaduke Burrough was appointed United States consul to Vera Cruz, Mexico, by President Andrew Jackson, in July, 1834.
George M. Robeson was Secretary of the Navy in President Grant’s Cabinet from the resignation of Secretary Borie to the close of Grant’s administration, in 1877.
Thomas H. Dudley was consul to the port of Liverpool, appointed by President Lincoln, and served in the same position till the close of President Grant’s administration, in 1877.
Gilbert Hannah was appointed by President Lincoln consul to Demerara, South America, and died a few months after arriving at his post.
General Vickers was consul to Chili, going there when General Kilpatrick was the United States Minister.
The attorneys-general of New Jersey from Camden County were Abraham Browning, from 1845 to 1850, and George M. Robeson, from 1867 to the time of his appointment as Secretary of the Navy.
John Clement, in 1864, was appointed judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, and continues to hold the same office, by virtue of which he is a member of the State Board of Pardons.
The Presidents of the State Senate from Camden County were, - James M. Scoval, 1868. Wm. J. Sewell, 1878-80. Edward Bettle 1871-72.
The Secretaries of Senate from Camden County were, - Philip J. Grey, 1848-50. Morris R. Hamilton, 1862, ‘63.*
Speakers of Assembly from Camden, - G.W.M. Custis, 1869. E.A. Armstrong, 1885, ‘86.
Clerks of the Assembly from Camden, - John P. Harker, 1859. Sinnickson Chew, 1872-74.
State Board of Assessors, - Edward Bettle. A.G. Cattell.
Rev. Dr. Isaac Wynn, in 1885, was appointed a member of the State Board of Education, and E.A. Armstrong, by virtue of his office as Speaker of the Assembly, is a member of the same body.
Henry Fredericks, in 1884, was appointed a member of the State Board of Charities and Correction for a term of four years.
Dr. James M. Ridge, of Camden, served as member of the State Board of Health.
Richard S. Jenkins served for a time as State Commissioner of Fisheries.
Rudolphus Bingham was Trustee of the State Industrial School for Girls.
Charles Wilson was State Prison Keeper from 1873 to 1876.
Joseph Porter, of Waterford, was president of the Legislative Council.
John S. Read served for several years, until his death, as one of the commissioners of the Morris Plains Asylum, and also as State director for the United Railroads of New Jersey.
Charles A. Butts is the present State director of the United Railroads of New Jersey.
In the succeeding lists the names of all persons who have resided within the present limits of Camden County, and who represented Gloucester County in a national or State position, or who were elected or appointed to a county office, are given, together with the date of their election or appointment. Since the erection of Camden County the complete roster of the civil and political officers is furnished.
United States Senators.
Alex. Cattell, 1866-72.
Wm. J. Sewell, 1881-87
Representatives in Congress.
James Sloan, 1803-9.
John F. Starr, 1879-67
Richard M. Cooper, 1823-33.
Geo. M. Robeson, 1879-81.
Andrew K. Hay, 1849-51.
State Senators.
Richard W. Howell, 1844.
James M. Scovel, 1863.
Jos. C. Stafford, 1845.
Edward Bettle, 1866-69
John Gill, 1818.
Wm. J. Sewell, 1872, ’75, ’78.
Thos. W. Mulford, 1851.
Albert Merritt, 1881.
John K. Roberts, 1854-57.
Richard N. Herring, 1884.
Wm. P. Tatem, 1860.
Members of the Legislative Council.
Joseph Hugg, 1781.
John Baxter, 1819-20.
Elijah Clark, 1782-83.
Joseph Kaighn, 1823.
Elijah Clark, 1785, ’86.
Chris. Sickler, 1827.
Joseph Ellis, 1787-94.
Joseph Kaighn, 1829.
Joseph Cooper, 1795-97.
John W. Mickle, 1830.
Thos. Clark, 1798-1802.
Joseph Kaighn, 1831, ’32.
Isaac Mickle, 1803-6.
John W. Mickle, 1833-35.
Richard M. Cooper, 1807-10.
Jos. Potter, 1839, ’40.
Isaac Mickle, 1811.
Joshua P. Browning, 1843.
Samuel W. Harrison, 1814-16.
Members of the Assembly.
Members from the surrender, in 1702, who represented the
province of West Jersey.
John Kay, 1703.
Joshua Wright, 1704.
Joseph Cooper, 1703.
John Willis, 1707.
John Hugg, Jr., 1703.
John Kay, 1707.
John Hugg, 1704.
Hugh Sharp, 1708-9.
John Kay, 1704.
John Kay, 1708-9.
Thos. Lambert, 1704.
John Kaighn, 1708-9.
Members from Gloucester and Camden Counties,-
John Kay, 1708-10
Joseph Porter, 1838.
John Kaighn, 1709-10
J.W. Cooper, 1838.
Richard Bull, 1716.
Elijah Bower, 1839.
Samuel Cole, 1721.
Richard W. Snowden, 1839.
John Mickle, 1721.
Richard W. Snowden, 1840.
John Mickle, 1727.
Richard W. Snowden, 1842.
Wm. Harrison, 1727.
Thomas B. Wood, 1843.
Wm. Harrison, 1730.
Joseph Kay, Jr., 1844.
Joseph Cooper, 1730.
John Redfield, 1844.
Joseph Cooper, 1738-44.
Joel G. Clark, 1845.
John Mickle, 1738-44.
Gerrard Wood, 1845.
Joseph Cooper, 1745, ‘46.
Edward Turner, 1846.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1745, ‘46.
Joseph B. Tatem, 1846.
Joseph Cooper, 1749.
John C. Shreeve, 1847.
Joseph Ellis, 1749.
John E. Marshall, 1847.
Samuel Clement, 1754.
Jacob Troth, 1848.
Samuel Clement, 1761.
Joseph Wolohon, 1848.
Robert F. Price, 1769-72.
Chas. D. Hineline, 1849-50.
John Hinchman, 1769-72
Thomas W. Hurff, 1849-50.
Robert F. Price, 1776.
J.O. Johnson, 1851-52.
Isaac Mickle, 1776.
Joseph Kay, 1851.
Elijah Clark, 1777.
Jonathan Day, 1851.
Isaac Tomlinson, 1777.
Samuel Lytle, 1852.
Elijah Clark, 1778.
John K. Roberts, 1852-53.
Joseph Ellis, 1778.
Samuel S. Cake, 1853-54.
Isaac Kay, 1780.
James L. Hines, 1853.
Samuel Hugg, 1781-83.
Reilley Barrett, 1854-55.
Joseph Ellis, 1781-83.
Evan C. Smith, 1855.
Joseph Cooper, 1781-83.
John P. Harker, 1855-56.
Joseph Ellis, 1784-85.
Samuel Scull, 1856, ’57, ‘58.
Joseph Cooper, 1784-85.
Joseph M. Atkinson, 1856.
Thomas Clark, 1787-88.
Edmund Hoffman, 1857.
Joseph Cooper, 1787-88.
Samuel M. Thorne, 1857-58.
Joseph Cooper, 1789.
Zebedee Nicholson, 1858.
Abel Clement, 1789.
John R. Graham, 1859-60.
Joseph Cooper, 1790.
Joseph Stafford, Jr., 1859.
Samuel Hugg, 1790.
George Brewer, 1859.
Joseph Cooper, 1791.
Joel P. Kirkbride, 1860-61.
John Blackwood, 1791.
James L. Hines, 1860.
Joseph Cooper, 1792.
Daniel A. Hall, 1861.
John Blackwood, 1792.
Edwin J. Osler, 1861-62.
Joseph Cooper, 1793.
James M. Scovel, 1862.
John Blackwood, 1793.
Chalkley Albertson, 1862-63.
Abel Clement, 1793.
Samuel Tatem, 1863.
John Blackwood, 1794.
Philander C. Brinck, 1863-64.
Abel Clement, 1795-96.
Isaac W. Nicholson, 1864-65.
Abel Clement, 1797.
John F. Bodine, 1864.
Samuel Harrison, 1798.
George W.N. Custis, 1865-66.
Joshua L. Howell, 1799.
Thomas H. Coles, 1865-66.
Samuel Harrison, 1799.
Edward Z. Collings, 1866.
Samuel Harrison, 1800.
John Hood, 1867.
Abel Clement, 1800.
James Wills, 1867.
Samuel W. Harrison, 1801.
Chalkley Albertson, 1867.
Isaac Mickle, 1801.
Henry L. Bonsall, 1868-69.
Samuel W. Harrison, 1802.
William C. Shinn, 1868-69.
Abel Clement, 1802.
Thomas H. Coles, 1868.
Joseph Cooper, 1803-4.
Samuel Warthman, 1869.
Samuel Champion, 1805-6.
Charles Wilson, 1870.
Jacob Glover, 1807.
Isaac W. Nichols, 1870.
Jacob Glover, 1808.
Stevenson Leslie, 1870-71.
Joseph V. Clark, 1809.
George B. Carse, 1871-73.
Jacob Glover, 1811.
Isaac Foreman, 1872.
Joseph C. Sweet, 1812.
William H. Coles, 1873.
Charles French, 1813.
Alden C. Scovel, 1874-76.
Charles French, 1814.
Richard N. Herring, 1874-75.
Samuel L. Howell, 1818.
Henry B. Wilson, 1874.
Joseph Kaighn, 1821.
Oliver Lund, 1875-76.
Isaac Mickle, 1822.
Samuel T. Murphy, 1876.
Joseph Kaighn, 1822.
Isaiah Woolston, 1877.
Benj. B. Cooper, 1824.
Alonzo D. Nichols, 1877-78.
Benj. B. Cooper, 1825.
Andrew J. Rider, 1877.
Charles French, 1825.
Edward Burrough, 1878-79
Joseph Porter, 1827.
Richard N. Herring, 1878-79.
John W. Mickle, 1827.
Henry L. Bonsall, 1879-80.
Joseph Porter, 1828.
Chris. J. Mines, 1880-81.
John W. Mickle, 1829.
John H. McMurray, 1880-1881.
John Gill, Jr., 1832.
Robert F.S. Heath, 1881.
Joseph Rogers, 1832.
George W. Borton, 1882.
Joseph Rogers, 1833.
John Bamford, 1882.
Samuel B. Lippincott, 1834.
Clayton Stafford, 1882-83.
Joseph Rogers, 1835.
Edward A. Armstrong, 1883-85.
Samuel B. Lippincott, 1835.
John W. Branning, 1883.
Joseph W. Cooper, 1836.
Benj. M. Braker, 1884.
Joseph Porter, 1837.
Henry M. Jewett, 1884-85.
J.W. Cooper, 1837.
George Pfeiffer, Jr., 1885.
Sheriffs.
Daniel Reading, 1686.
John Baxter, 1815.
John Hugg, Jr., (deputy) 1691.
John Baxter, 1821.
Thomas Sharp, 1692.
Joshua P. Browning, 1835.
Joseph Tomlinson, 1695-96.
Mark Ware, 1841.*
Matthew Metcalfe, 1700.
Arthur Brown, 1844.
Josiah Kay, 1711.
Levi C. Phifer, 1847.
Samuel Coles, 1713.
Charles S. Garrett, 1850.
Samuel Harrison, 1714.
Wm. P. Tatem, 1853.
Wm. Harrison, 1715.
Edmund Brewer, 1856.
Josiah Kay, 1719.
Charles Wilson, 1859.
Samuel Coles, 1724.
John Cain, 1862.
Joseph Hugg, 1726.
Samuel D. Sharp, 1865.
Samuel Harrison, 1728.
Randal E. Morgan, 1868.
Jacob Metcalf, 1733.
Henry Fredericks, 1871.
Samuel Harrison, 1742.
Jacob C. Daubman, 1874.**
Joseph Blackwood, 1784.
Wm. Calhoun, 1878.
John Blackwood, 1787.
Theo. B. Gibbs, 1881.
Joseph Hugg, 1798.
Richard F. Smith, 1884.
Jacob Glover, 1863.
* Mark Ware was sheriff of Gloucester County when Camden County was formed, and by the provisions of the act erecting the county, performed the duties of sheriff of the new county until the next election, in November, 1844, when Arthur Brown was elected.
** Under the constitution of 1844 the sheriffs were elected annually, but custom gave them three years, and the amended constitution of 1875 extended the term to three years. Jacob C. Daubman had served one year, when the change was made, and in 1875 was elected for the new term, making four years of continued service.
County Clerks.
Thomas Sharp, 1686.
Joseph Myers, 1859.
John Reading, 1688.
Wm. P. Tatem, 1860*
Richard Bull, 1704.
George Brewer, 1860.
Thomas Sharp, 1714.
Thomas M.K. Lee, 1865.
Joseph Hugg, 1776.
John Cain, 1870.
Elijah Clark, 1781.
Joel Kirkbride, 1875.
Elisha Clark, 1785.
Joseph Hollingshead, 1880.
Thomas B. Wood, 1844.
John W. Browning, 1885.
Benj. W. Browning, 1849.
Edward Burrough, 1886**
Surrogates.
Jacob Glover, 1823-24.
Mark Ware, 1854.
Samuel P. Chew, 1844.
Isaac L. Lowe, 1859***
Isaac H. Porter, 1849.
David B. Brown, 1866.
Register of Deeds.
(This office was established in 1875.)
George W. Gilbert, 1875.
Robert F.S. Heath, 1855.
John Evans, 1880
County Collectors.
Jacob Clement, 1715.
Wm. P. Tatem, 1849-50.
John Kay, 1717.
Albert W. Markley, 1854.
Thomas Sharp, 1721.
Richard W. Snowden, 1857.
Joseph Cooper, 1724.
Randal E. Morgan, 1862.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1750.
Isaiah Woolston, 1868.
David Cooper, 1757.
Isaiah Woolston, 1870.
Samuel Clement, Jr., 1764.
Ezra Stokes, 1871.
Samuel Nicholson, 1844.
Morris Hallock, 1882.
Jacob L. Howand, 1845.
Nathaniel Barton, 1885.
John Clement, Jr., 1848.
*Joseph Myers died in June, 1860, and William P. Tatem was appointed to act until the next election, when George Brewer was chosen.
** The Governor commissioned John W. Browning, but the Supreme Court ruled the office to Edward Burrough, who received his commission February 26, 1886.
*** Isaac L. Lowe was elected in 1864 for five years. He died in March, 1866, and D.B. Brown was appointed until the election, in November, when he was elected, and re-elected in 1871, ‘76, ‘81.
The presiding officers of the Board of Justices and Freeholders, and afterwards of the Board of Freeholders, were,-
Directors.
Elijah Clark, 1791.
Joseph L. Thackara, 1857.
Samuel Harrison, 1800.
Thomas McKeen, 1858.
Samuel W. Harrison, 1804.
Joseph Porter, 1859-60.
Samuel W. Harrison, 1807.
Thomas McKeen, 1861.
Wm. Zane, 1809.
John S. Read, 1862.
Joseph Rogers, 1811.
Charles Watson, 1863-65.
James Matlack, 1815.
Joseph L. Thackara, 1866-67.
Jacob Glover, 1823.
John J. Lawrence, 1868.
Samuel B. Lippincott, 1831.
Charles Watson, 1869.
Jacob Glover, 1832.
Samuel S. Cake, 1870-71.
James Matlack, 1838.
Isaac W. Nicholson, 1872-80.
John Clement, Jr., 1844.
Morris Hallock, 1881-82.
Joseph Key, 1845.
Joseph L. Thackara.
Jacob Troth, 1846.
Samuel Wood, 1884.
Richard W. Stafford, 1847-53.
J. Griffith Howard, 1885.
John D. Glover, 1854-55
Samuel Wood, 1886.
Richard W. Snowden, 1856.
Clerks of the Board of Freeholders.
Thomas Sharp, 1715.
Jacob Glover, 1818.
Wm. Harrison, 1723.
Thomas H. Dudley, 1844-47.
John Kay, 1725.
Thomas W. Mulford, 1848.
Samuel Spicer, 1740.
James B. Dayton, 1849-53.
Joseph Kaighn, 1748.
R. Graham Clark, 1854-56.
Joseph Harrison, 1756.
Alden C. Scovel, 1857-65.
Samuel Clement, Jr., 1764.
Alfred Hugg, 1866-68.
Joseph Hugg, 1765.
Joshua L. Howell, 1869-73
Isaac Mickle, 1766.
J. Eugene Troth, 1874-79.
Samuel Harrison, 1768.
John K.R. Hewitt, 1880.
Samuel Spicer, 1773.
J. Eugene Troth, 1881.
Joseph Hugg, 1775.
Jacob Jennings, 1882.
Samuel Harrison, 1783.
Timothy J. Middletown, 1882-83
John Blackwood, 1792.
Samuel D. Bergen, 1884.
Samuel W. Harrison, 1798.
Jonas S. Miller, 1885.
Richard Snowden, 1808.
John Harris, 1886
The following is a list of the freeholders who represented the city of Camden:
Freeholders.
John W. Mickle, 1844.
John W. Mickle, 1851-52.
John R. Cowperthwaite, 1844.
Abraham Browning, 1851-52.
Charles Kaighn, 1845.
John W. Mickle, 1853.
John R. Thompson, 1845.
Charles Sexton, 1853.
John W. Mickle, 1846.
Charles Sexton, 1854.
Charles Sexton, 1846.
Florance M. Bingham, 1854.
John W. Mickle, 1847.
James W. Shroff, 1855.
Richard Fetters, 1847.
Joseph T. Rowand, 1855.
Charles Sexton, 1848.
John W. Mickle, 1856.
Samuel Lummie, 1848.
Wm. W. Cooper, 1856.
John W. Mickle, 1849.
Thomas McKeen, 1857.
Thomas B. Atkinson, 1849.
Jos. C. De La Cour, 1857.
John W. Mickle, 1850.
Thomas McKeen, 1858.
John Sands, 1850.
James Carman, 1858.
One from each of the three wards,-
Samuel Andrews, 1859.
Charles Watson, 1865.
Josiah D. Rogers, 1859.
George Brewer, 1865.
Augustus Stutzer, 1859.
Chris. J. Mines, 1865.
John S. Read, 1860.
Charles Watson, 1866-67.
Josiah D. Rogers, 1860.
Isaiah Woolston, 1866-67.
Augustus Stutzer, 1860.
Chris. J. Mines, 1866-67.
Thos. McKeen, 1861.
Charles Watson, 1868.
Samuel H. Morton, 1861.
Alex. A. Hammell, 1868.
Augustus Stutzer, 1861.
John Goldsthorpe, 1868.
John S. Read, 1861.
Charles Watson, 1869.
Samuel H. Morton, 1862.
Abner Sparks, 1869.
John W. Stutzer, 1862.
James Deno, 1869.
Charles Watson, 1863-64.
Charles Watson, 1870.
Henry Curtis, 1863-64.
James W. Wroth, 1870.
Chris. J. Mines, 1863-64.
John Doyle, 1870.
One member from each of the eight wards.
Charles Watson, 1871.
David Baird, 1879.
Cooper B. Browning, 1871.
Morris Hallock, 1879.
James Elwell. 1871.
Abner Sparks, 1879.
Wm. Scudder, 1871.
Wm. Severns, 1879.
James Deno, 1871.
Robert C. Hillman, 1879
Wallace Cook, 1871.
John Guthridge, 1879.
John H. Jones, 1871.
Wm. Simpson, 1879.
Francis Boggs, 1871.
Peter Wise (1st, colored), 1879
Samuel B. Garrison, 1872.
Louis T. Derousse, 1880.
Edmund E. Read, 1872.
Morris Hallock, 1880.
James Elwell, 1872.
Abner Sparks, 1880.
Chris. Sickler, 1872.
Wm. Severne, 1880.
James Deno, 1872.
John W. Branning, 1880.
Allen C. Wood, 1872.
John Guthridge, 1880.
John H. Jones, 1872.
James Kennedy, 1880.
Wm. C. Clarke, 1872.
Hugh Greenan, 1880.
Samuel B. Garrison, 1873.
Edward S. King, 1881
Randal E. Morgan, 1873.
Morris Hallock, 1881.
James Elwell, 1873.
Jesse Turner, 1881.
Wm. Severns, 1873.
Timothy J. Middleton, 1881.
James Deno, 1873.
John Day, 1881.
Allen C. Wood, 1873.
Thomas McDowell, 1881.
John H. Jones, 1873.
James Kennedy, 1881.
Wm. C. Clarke, 1873.
Peter Postels (colored), 1881.
Samuel B. Garrison, 1874.
Edward S. King, 1882.
Henry C. Gibson, 1874.
Morris Hallock, 1882.
James Elwell, 1874.
Wm. H. Chandler, 1882.
Wm. Severns, 1874.
John G. Miller, 1882.
David B. Knaighn, 1874.
John Day, 1882.
Evan Miller, 1874.
Thomas McDowell, 1882.
Wm. Crossley, 1874.
James Kennedy, 1882.
Wm. Thompson, 1874.
Peter Postels, 1882.
David Baird, 1875.
Edward S. King, 1883.
Henry C. Gibson, 1875.
John C. Rogers, 1883.
James Elwell, 1875.
Walter O. Wartman, 1883.
Wm. Stevens, 1875.
Augustus F. Richter, 1883.
Thomas A. Wilson, 1875.
John Day, 1883.
Evan Miller, 1875.
James Mitchell, 1883.
Wm. Crossley, 1875.
Elwood Kemble, 1883.
Wm. C. Clarke, 1875.
John Schause, 1883.
David Baird, 1876.
Charles F. Adams, 1884.
John S. Read, 1876.
John Wells, 1884.
James Elwell, 1876.
Abner Sparks, 1884.
Wm. Severns, 1876.
Rudolph W. Birdsell, 1884.
Thos. A. Wilson, 1876.
John Day, 1884.
Evan Miller, 1876.
James Mitchell, 1884.
Wm. Crossley, 1876.
John Blowe, 1884.
Benj. H. Thomas, 1876.
Wm. C. Clarke, 1884.
David Baird, 1877.
J. Griffith Howard, 1885.
Wm. H. Cole, 1877.
John Wells, 1885.
Abner Sparks, 1877.
Edward Mills, 1885.
Wm. Severns, 1877.
Charles G. Barto, 1885.
Charles C. Moffett, 1877.
Thomas A. Wilson, 1885.
Evan Miller, 1877.
James M. Fitzgerald, 1885.
Thos. Sothern, 1877.
Richard Hyde, 1885.
Benj. H. Thomas, 1877.
Wm. C. Clarke, 1885.
David Baird, 1878.
John M. Powell, 1886.
Morris Hallock, 1878.
Abram L. Thorn, 1886.
James Elwell, 1878.
Joseph L. Moore, 1886.
Wm. Severns, 1878.
Charles G. Barto, 1886.
Charles C. Moffett, 1878.
Thos. Gordon, 1886.
Evan Miller, 1878.
Isaac Sharp, 1886.
Joseph M. Ross, 1878.
Joseph A. Starr, 1886.
Benj. H. Thomas.
Wm. C. Clarke, 1886.
The following is a list of the names of the freeholders of Newton township from 1723 to 1821. There is no record prior to that time,-
Freeholders from Newton Township.
Joseph Cooper, 1724.
Isaac Cooper, 1755-56.
Thos. Sharp, 1724.
Joseph Ellis, 1757.
John Kay, 1725.
Archibald Mickle, 1757.
John Kaighne, 1725.
Isaac Mickle, 1758-59.
John Hinchman, 1726.
Jacob Clement, 1758-59.
Wm. Cooper, 1726.
Isaac Mickle, 1760-61.
Joseph Cooper, 1727.
John Hopkins, 1760-61.
Joseph Cooper, Jr., 1727.
John Gill, 1762.
Robert Zane, 1728.
Joseph Cooper, 1762.
John Kaighn, 1728.
John Gill, 1763.
Wm. Cooper, 1729.
David Bronson, 1763.
John Kaighn, 1729.
Isaac Mickle, 1764-65.
Robert Zane, 1730.
Samuel Clement, Jr., 1764-65.
John Kaighn, 1730.
David Branson, 1766-76.
Robert Zane, 1731.
Isaac Meckle, 1766-76.
John Kaighn, 1731.
John Gill, 1777.
Robert Zane, 1732.
John E. Hopkins, 1777.
John Kaighn, 1732.
John Gill, 1778.
Tobias Holloway, 1733.
Jacob Stokes, 1778.
Joseph Kaighn, 1733.
Jacob Stokes, 1779.
James Hinchman, 1734.
Joseph Cooper, 1780.
Timothy Matlack, 1734.
John Litle, 1780.
Joseph Kaighn, 1735.
Isaac Mickle, 1781.
Isaac Cooper, 1735.
John Middleton, 1781.
Timothy Matlack, 1736.
Joseph Cooper, 1782-83.
Joseph Kaighn, 1736.
John Middletown, 1782-83
Timothy Matlack, 1737.
John Gill, 1784-85.
Joseph Kaighn, 1737.
John Middletown, 1784-85.
Timothy Matlack, 1738.
John Gill, 1786.
James Hinchman, 1738.
J.E. Hopkins, 1786.
Joseph Kaighn, 1739.
John Gill, 1787-88.
James Hinchman, 1739.
Edward Gibbs, 1787-88.
Timothy Matlack, 1740.
Marmaduke Cooper, 1789-91.
Robert Hubbs, 1740.
Edward Gibbs, 1789-91.
Isaac Cooper, 1741.
James Sloan, 1791-93.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1741.
Samuel Cooper, 1792-93.
Robert Hopkins, 1742.
James Sloan, 1794.
Robert Stephens, 1743.
John E. Hopkins, 1794.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1743.
John E. Hopkins, 1795-97.
Timothy Matlack, 1744.
Joseph Mickle, 1795-97.
Joseph Ellis, 1744.
James Hopkins, 1798-99.
Timothy Matlack, 1745.
Jacob Stokes, 1798-99.
Samuel Clement, 1745.
Jacob Stokes, 1800-2.
Samuel Clement, 1746.
Marmaduke Burr, 1803.
Isaac Smith, 1746.
James Hurley, 1800-2.
Robert Stephens, 1747.
John Ward, 1803.
Joseph Ellis, 1747.
Jacob Stokes, 1804-6.
Robert Stephens, 1748.
James Hurley, 1804-6.
Samuel Clement, 1748.
James Hurley, 1807-10.
Robert Stephens, 1749.
Samuel Clement, 1807-10.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1749.
James Hurley, 1811-15.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1750-51.
Joseph Kaighn, 1811-15.
Robert Stephens, 1750-51.
Joseph Kaighn, 1816.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1752.
Wm. E. Roberts, 1816.
Isaac Albertson, 1752.
Joseph Kaighn, 1817-19.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1753.
James Hurley, 1817-19.
Isaac Cooper, 1753.
John Roberts, 1820.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1754.
James Cooper, 1820.
Robert Stephens, 1754.
Joseph Kaighn, 1821.
Ebenezer Hopkins, 1756.
John Roberts, 1821.
The records of the township from 1821 to about 1870 are missing. The following are the names of the freeholders from 1844 to 1865, when Haddon township was erected:
John Clement, 1844-45.
Jesse W. Starr, 1857.
Samuel M. Reeves, 1844-45.
William D. Rogers, 1857.
Samuel M. Reeves, 1846-54.
Jesse W. Starr, 1858.
Joseph B. Tatem, 1846-54.
Samuel S. Willits, 1858.
Richard W. Snowden, 1846-54.
Samuel S. Willits, 1859-65.
Samuel M. Hinchman, 1855-56.
The following persons represented the remaining part of Newton township until its annexation to Camden, in 1871:
Henry Davis, 1865.
Henry Davis, 1867-68.
Michael Creely, 1866.
Thomas Q. Moffett, 1869-70.
Haddon township was represented by Richard Snowden from its organization, in 1867, until his death, in January, 1883; since that time Samuel Wood has occupied the position.
Freeholders of Union Township.
1844.- John D. Glover.
Abraham Lippincott.
1856 to 1860.- Benjamin S. McCollister.
1845.- Edward C. Gibbs.
Abraham Lippincott.
1856-57.- Alexander McKenzie.
1846.- Jonathan Williams.
Edward C. Gibbs.
1858.- John Redfield.
1847.- Abraham Lippincott.
1861.- Samuel T. Murphy.
1848 to 1854.- John D. Glover.
1862 to 1865.- William S. McCollister.
1848.- Alexander McKenzie.
1866.- Samuel Tatem.
1849 to 1854.- Cooper P. Browning.
1867.- Benjamin S. McCollister.
1855.- Moses G. Boston.
Joel C. Reynolds.
1868.- Thomas Hallman.
1869.- Samuel T. Murphy.
Gloucester City.
1870-71.- John C. Stinson.
1881.- Patrick Mealey.
1872.- William Emery.
First Ward, 1882.- Hugh Mullin.
1873-74.- Samuel T. Murphy.
First Ward, 1883-84.- Thos. Moss.
1875.- John C. Stinson.
First Ward, 1885-86.- David J. Doran.
1876.- Samuel T. Murphy.
Second Ward, 1882 to 1886.- Patrick Mealey.
1877-79.- James C. Dobbs.
1879-80.- Hugh J. Gorman.
Freeholders from Stockton Township.
Asa P. Horner, 1859.
Joel Clement, 1877.
John W. Potts, 1860-62.
Jacob L. Gross, 1878-80.
William Carter, 1863-65.
John L. Smith, 1881.
John J. Lawrence, 1866-68.
Asa P. Horner, 1882.
Joel Horner, 1869-73.
John L. Smith, 1883-86.
John W. Potts, 1874-76.
Freeholders from Waterford Township.
John I. Githens, 1850-54.
Joel P. Kirkbride, 1858.
Richard Stafford, 1850-54.
Joseph Porter, 1859-60.
John I. Githens, 1855-56.
Joseph L. Thackara, 1961-67.
Joseph L. Thackara, 1855-56.
Samuel S. Cake, 1868-72.
Nixon Davis, 1857.
Joseph L. Thackara, 1879-84.
Joseph L. Thackara, 1857.
James C. Bishop, 1885-86.
Freeholders from Centre township,-
John D. Glover, 1855.
Abraham Howand, 1864.
Cooper P. Browning, 1855.
Chakly Glover, 1866-68.
John P. Brick, 1856.
James Bell, 1870.
Charles L. Willits, 1856.
Jos. M. Haines, 1872-74-76-78.
Samuel P. Lippincott, 1858.
John Gill, Jr., 1880-81.
Zebedee Nicholson, 1858.
James Davis, 1882-84.
Abraham Rowand, 1860-62.
John D. Glover, 1885-86.
Benjamin Shivers, 1863.
Freeholders from Gloucester township. The early township records being lost, only the names of freeholders elected in the township since 1863 could be obtained,-
Richard F. Batten, 1863.
Jos. C. Lippincott, 1875-76.
T.J. Wentz, 1864-65.
Edward Rulon, 1877-78.
Joshua Sickler, 1866-67.
T.J. Wentz, 1879-80.
Charles Buckman, 1868-69-70.
Henry Steward, 1881-86.
Daniel Turner, 1871-72.
Benjamin Tomlinson, 1881-86.
Hinchman Lippincott, 1873-74.
George H. Higgins, 1881-86.
Merchantville was not entitled to a freeholder until 1885, when a special act was passed by the Legislature creating the office for that borough. Charles B. Coles was elected in 1885 and Charles P. Spangler in 1886.
Freeholders from Delaware township,-
Jacob Troth, 1844.
Asa P. Horner, 1856.
Joseph Kay, Jr., 1844.
Isaac Roberts, 1858.
John M. Haines, 1847.
Richard Shivers, 1863.
Benjamin W. Cooper, 1847.
Isaac W. Nicholson, 1870.
Abel Fowler, 1848.
Hugh Sharp, 1881.
Aaron Moore, 1849.
William Graff, 1884.
Job B. Kay, 1851.
William Graff, 1885.
Benjamin Horner, 1851.
Freeholders from Winslow township,-
Andrew K. Hay.
Uzical Bareford.
Jacob Ware, Sr.
John Carroll.
Charles H. French.
J.F. Bodine.
Matthias S. Simmerman.
George R. Pratt.
Ezra Stokes.
Ziba Cain.
Samuel Norcross.
Andrew Ross.
Joseph Shreve.
Andrew P. Ware.
John J. Sickler.
John R. Duble.
Isaac S. Peacock.
CENSUS OF CAMDEN COUNTY.
1850
1855
1860
1865
1870
1875
1880
1885
Camden City.
9,618
11,217
14,368
18,313
20,045
33,852
41,569
52,884
Newton township
2,421
3,353
4,055
2,547
8,437
Haddon*
township
1,560
1,926
2,541
2,551
3,270
Gloucester township
3,378
2,123
2,320
2,355
2,710
2,501
2,527
2,542
Union township
3,284
2,453
2,865
3,773
Centre township
1,158
1,305
1,267
1,718
1,261
1,538
1,723
Gloucester city
3,682
5,105
5,347
5,966
Delaware township
2,578
3,058
1,602
1,779
1,625
1,358
1,481
1,572
Stockton township
1,473
1,350
2,381
2,106
3,093
3,709
Waterford township
1,639
1,593
1,955
1,940
2,071
2,003
2,145
2,098
Winslow township
1,540
1,855
1,800
1,473
2,050
1,887
2,158
2,180
Washington township
2,350
1,307
1,177
1,567
Monroe township
1,417
810
1,664
Merchant-
ville twp.
380
139
741
Total
25,422
29,160
34,457
38,284
46,193
52,994
64,818
76,685
* Haddon township was formed from Newton; Centre from Union and Gloucester, in 1855; Gloucester City from Union, in 1868; Stockton from Delaware, in 1859; Washington and Monroe annexed to Gloucester County; Merchantville was erected from parts of Delaware and Stockton, and Newton was annexed to Camden, in 1871.
Census of Gloucester County 1732 to 1840: 1737, 3267; 1745, 3506; 1790, 13,363; 1800, 19,744.
Egg Harbor*
1810
1820
1830
1840
Galloway*
1830
1635
2510
Hamilton*
1648
1895
2960
Weymouth*
877
1424
Deptford
2978
3281
3599
2570
Greenwich
2859
2699
2657
2837
Franklin
1137
1574
2077
Woolwich
3063
3113
3033
3676
Washington
1545
Gloucester
1726
2059
2332
2837
Gloucester twp
662
686
Newton
1951
2497
3298
1863
Camden
3366
Union
1074
Waterford
2105
2417
3088
3467
Total
19,189
23,089
28,431
25,445
DAVID B. BROWN, surrogate of Camden County since 1866, was born in the village of Blackwood, Camden county, on the 21st of March, 1833. His grandfather, John Brown, was a shoemaker, and according to the custom of his day, passed from house to house through the southern part of the county, attending to the duties of his trade.
George Brown, the father of Surrogate Brown, was married to Mary Beckley, whose ancestors were Germans. His trade was that of a wheelwright, though he spent much of his time in shipping cord-wood to Philadelphia and there selling it.
Surrogate Brown obtained his education in the schools of his native place, taught school for a short time, and then engaged in farm-work until he arrived at the age of twenty-eight years. In 1861, when the call for troops from the Northern States was made by President Lincoln for the defense of the Union, Mr. Brown was one of those brave spirits who was quick to respond. He went to Trenton with a companion and was enlisted on May 21, 1861, as a private in Company D of the Third Regiment of New Jersey Infantry. He and his comrade were the last two needed to complete the company, most of whose members were from Sussex County and the northeastern counties of Pennsylvania. The regiment in which Mr. Brown enlisted, together with the First, Second and Fourth, formed the First Brigade of New Jersey Infantry in the three years’ service and was sent to the defense of Washington, was within hearing distance of the first battle of Bull Run, though not actively engaged. He participated with his regiment in the Seven Days’ Battle and other severe engagements of the Peninsular Campaign, under General McClellan; was then transferred up the Potomac River to Alexandria, where it engaged in a skirmish, and subsequently, during the year 1862, the second battle of Bull Run, the first battle of Fredericksburg and the battle of Chantilly. He was promoted sergeant of his company and in the severe engagement at Salem Church, near Fredericksburg, he was severely wounded by a rifle-ball fracturing the ulna bone of his right forearm. While making his way to the rear of his regiment, after receiving his wound, he unexpectedly fell into the hands of the enemy, and placed in a Confederate field hospital. While there his wound was dressed, the ulna being removed by Dr. Todd, of Georgia, a surgeon in the Southern army and a brother-in-law of President Lincoln. At the expiration of eight days Sergeant Brown was paroled and first sent to a field hospital, then to a hospital at Washington and later to Chestnut Hill Hospital, near Philadelphia, where he filled out his term of enlistment, and was discharged May 12, 1864. In the mean time, after his wound had partially healed, he served on guard duty at the hospital.
On May 5, 1866, Mr. Brown was appointed surrogate of Camden County by Governor Ward, to fill the unexpired term of Isaac L. Lowe, who died in office. He was elected to the office of surrogate in November, 1866, and re-elected in 1871, in 1876 and in 1881, having served continuously in the same office for a period of twenty years, which in itself is a striking evidence of his ability and efficiency to perform its onerous duties and of the confidence reposed in him by his constituents.
Mr. Brown was married, in 1868, to Mary Cliver, of Camden, though a native of Burlington County, who died three years later. In 1873 he was married to Mary E. Haines, of Burlington County, by whom he has two children, Bessie and George S.
Mr. Brown and his family are members of the Methodist Church, and he is a member of T.M.K. Lee Post, No. 5, G.A.R., of Camden.
ROBERT F. STOCKTON HEATH was born in the city of Philadelphia August 20, 1842, and is a son of the late Andrew Heath, well-known as one of the first conductors of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. His preparatory education was acquired in the schools of Philadelphia and Camden, and he then entered the Philadelphia High Stool, from which institution he was graduated. He began business as an employee with the firm of Thomas White & Co., prominent merchants of Philadelphia, engaged in the jobbing millinery trade on Second Street, above Chestnut, and then the leading firm in the United States dealing in that line of goods. He continued with this firm until the death of Mr. White, when Lincoln, Wood & Nichols became the successors, and removed the establishment to 725 Chestnut Street, and Mr. Heath was given charge of the manufacturing department. Upon the dissolution of this firm he became associated with P.A. Harding in the same business, from 1861 to 1865, and then with Thomas Morgan & Co. (Mr. Heath being the company) until the death of the senior partner.
In 1875 he associated as co-partner in the firm of G.P. Muller & Co., and engaged in time manufacture of straw goods at 513 and 530 Arch Street, which firm dissolved by limitation at the expiration of eight years, and Mr. Heath, in 1883, began and has since continued the manufacture of ladies’ straw goods at an extensive establishment, 915 Filbert Street, in which he has about one hundred and thirty workmen constantly employed. He has fifty sewing-machines running, by which all varieties of braid are sewed to the straw goods. The sizing, blocking and finishing at his factory are all done by steam-power, and the coloring and the pleating of the goods are done in the works. A twelve horse-power engine and a twenty horse-power boiler drive the machinery, and long lines of shafting and floors are used for heating purposes in the drying-rooms. The manufactured goods are sold in all the large cities of the Union from the home office, through a branch house in New York, and by resident salesmen in Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Chicago. His business career has been marked by continued success, and as a manufacturer his advice and opinions are frequently sought for by others and his judgment considered good.
In 1881 Mr. Heath was elected by the Democratic party to represent the First District of Camden County in the State Legislature, and after serving with ability and credit for one term, was offered a re-election, which, on account of the pressing duties of his own business affairs, he was compelled to decline. At the solicitation of members of both the dominant political parties, in 1885, he accepted the nomination and was elected register of deeds for Camden County, to serve for a term of five years, a position which he now (1886) fills with great acceptance to his constituents.
In 1864 Mr. Heath was married to Josephine, the youngest daughter of Captain Constant Waithman. Their children are Emma, Matilda (deceased) and Clara. The entire family are members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, of Camden, of which Mr. Heath is a vestryman. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the order of Odd-Fellows, and assisted in organizing the Knights of Pythias in New Jersey, being the first Grand Chancellor of that order in the State. Under the old militia system he was captain of Company C, of the Second Battalion, under Col. McKeen, and afterwards held the commission as captain of Company B, of the Sixth Regiment, under Col. W.J. Sewell.
EDWARD BURROUGH is a son of Joseph A. and Mary H. Burrough, and was born upon the farm where he now resides, in Delaware township, midway between Merchantville and Colestown, September 5, 1843. He is a member of the fifth generation who have been in possession of that farm in continuous succession, and from reliable data is of the same family of Burroughs that Edward Burrough, the eminent minister of the Society of Friends (contemporary with George Fox), came from. All of his ancestors on both sides were members of the Society of Friends, and although by a peculiar decree of their Discipline he is not a member of it, yet his religious affiliations remain with that society, under which he was reared. He was given such advantages for acquiring an education as the district schools of his youth afforded, going to school during the winter months and working upon the farm during the other portions of the year until he reached his seventeenth year, when he was sent to the Friends’ Academy, at Haddonfield, for two winters, and continued to work upon the farm during the summer months. In the fall of 1862 he entered Treemont Seminary, at Norristown, Pa., and completed his scholastic course in a five months’ term. Notwithstanding his hap-hazard opportunities, he has acquired a fair education, and he still continues his studious habits. Mr. Burrough was a strong Unionist during the Rebellion, having imbibed from his ancestors their abolition principles. On July 15, 1864, he was one of the company of minute-men who left Camden for the defense of Baltimore under the command of Captain R.H. Lee, and was mustered into the service of the United States and assigned to duty at Fort Dix, near the Relay House, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; they were attached to the First Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, under Major-General Lew Wallace, General E.B. Tyler being their brigade commander. At the expiration of their term of service they returned to Camden and were regularly mustered out.
In the spring of 1865 his father died, which event prevented his return to the army and compelled him to at once begin the business of farming, and although scarcely twenty-one years of age, and loaded with heavy responsibilities, he at once applied his energies to lightening his burden and securing himself a home. Being imbued with the idea that farming in New Jersey was as honorable a calling as any other pursuit, and that farmers as a class should learn to honor their business, he took an active interest in organizing the "Farmers’ Association" of this county in 1872, and has been an active advocate of the many reforms instituted and carried out by that association, among which was the removal of the calf and stock markets from Philadelphia to Camden, which was soon followed by locating a hay and cabbage market on this side of the river. He was also instrumental in bringing about an amicable arrangement with the ferry companies, whereby a reduction in the rates on teams was secured. His activity in these matters, soon attracted the attention of the farmers of Burlington County, and against his wishes he was elected a director of the Moorestown Agricultural Society, and soon after its vice-president, a position he resigned in the spring of 1886. He had several years been a member of the executive committee of the State Board of Agriculture, and in February, 1886, he was elected president of the Board, thus placing him at the head of the agricultural interests of the State.
In 1867 he was elected clerk of Delaware township, which position he held until the fall of 1878, when he resigned upon receiving the nomination for the Assembly, to which he was elected for two terms.
In 1870 he was appointed an assistant marshal to take the ninth United States census of Delaware, Stockton and Haddon townships. When the State was redistricted, in conformity with the present public school laws, he exerted himself to have proper school facilities afforded the neighborhood, in which he lived, and succeeded in securing a district school, and was appointed a trustee by the first county superintendent of Camden and Burlington Counties (in which latter county the school building is situated); this position he resigned at the annual meeting, but the next year, against his earnest protest, he was elected a trustee, and still continues in that position, and for the last five years has been clerk of the district.
In 1873 he was appointed chairman of the Centennial Committee of the West Jersey Farmers’ Conference Club, which committee was also appointed an auxiliary Board for Camden and Burlington Counties by the Centennial Board of Finance. This position brought him in acquaintance with those in charge of this department of the great Exposition and familiarized him with them arduous duties, and the efforts put forth by the citizens of Philadelphia to complete the buildings and make the Exposition a success.
In 1878, he was solicited by his political friends to become a candidate for the Legislature, and after considerable hesitancy consented, and received the nomination of his party in the first Assembly District, and was elected by a majority of one thousand four hundred and eighty-one, being the largest majority ever given to a member of time Assembly in New Jersey. A redistricting of the State followed his election, which placed him in the Second Assembly district. And in the fall of 1879 he was again nominated by the Republicans, and although a decided off year in politics, there being only his own and the county collector’s name on the ticket (and the canvass consequently a very quiet one), he was again elected by nearly four hundred majority. His career in the Legislature was without spot or blemish, and proved very satisfactory to his constituents, and threw him into the acquaintance of the prominent men of the State of all parties, the respect of whom he ever after maintained. Never of robust health, he yet possessed a sort of wiry constitution, which for twenty years enabled him to perform the work of a much stronger man. He eventually overrated his strength, which brought on a series of heart troubles that prevented him from performing further manual labor. He became a candidate for the office of county clerk in the fall of 1885. Always a Republican and an active partisan, he yet never sought an office until he asked the support of his friends for the position above-mentioned. He was singularly successful in his canvass for the nomination, and received the entire vote of the convention. Owing to a combination of circumstances over which he had no control, the campaign was an apathetic one and the vote of his party a very small one. He, however, was elected by a small majority, which led his opponents to perpetrate infamous frauds to overcome his majority. Feeling confident that he was fairly and legally elected, he procured able counsel and prosecuted the case to a successful termination, and on the 25th day of February, 1886, he was duly commissioned and qualified as County Clerk of the County of Camden, which position he still holds. He maintains his residence upon his farm, where it is his desire to end his existence.
(In every position that he held he always recognized the rights of all parties in his official acts, maintaining that as they were alike expected to obey the laws, they were equally entitled to be heard; that as an office-holder he was as much the servant of the minority as he was of the majority; but upon strict party issues he was always a firm adherent to the party to which he was allied.)
On the 23rd of November, 1870, he married Emily Collins, only child of William and Martha Collins, of Moorestown, Burlington County. No children have ever rewarded their union, and they are obliged to remain without the endearing prattle of childish voices in their large country home. Edward Burrough has but one sister, the wife of the present Deputy County Clerk, and she, like himself; is childless.
*Hamilton was appointed State Librarian 1884.
SOURCE: Page(s) 186-196, History of Camden County, New Jersey, by George R. Prowell, L.J. Richards & Co. 1886
Published 2010 by the Camden County Genealogy Project