Here’s an 1883 Document Signed by 19th Century Burlington County, NJ Politician

JOHN BURR DEACON

J. B. Deacon’s Historic Home

(1836 - 1907)

·       COUNTY CLERK OF BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 1878-1883,

·       MEMBER OF THE PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE 1871-1872, and

·       WEALTHY LARGE LANDOWNER and QUAKER FARMER IN BURLINGTON COUNTY – OWNING 260 ACRES OF PROPERTY BY 1871.

THIS PROPERTY MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT IS SIGNED BY DEACON AS COUNTY CLERK, IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BORDENTOWN, NJ.

THE DOCUMENT IS ALSO SIGNED TWICE BY BURLINGTON COUNTY MASTER IN CHANCERY WILLIAM McMICHAEL, JR. and PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, SIMEON STEAD,  3pp., DATED AT BURLINGTON, APRIL 20th 1883.

~~JOHN B. DEACON’S HISTORIC HOME~~

John B. Deacon lived in the “J. B. Deacon House” a/k/a the “William Ridgway House,” constructed c.1840 and located at 149 Juliustown Rd, Springfield Township, Burlington County, NJ – this was originally the home of William Ridgway and his daughter, Elizabeth, and today represents an intact, elegant example of a late Federal‐style farmhouse of a type popular in southwestern New Jersey.  The home is now on the National Register of Historic Places.  Elizabeth married John B. Deacon in 1857; the property is labeled with his name on the 1859 Burlington County map. While Elizabeth and John lived on the property in 1860, according to census records, along with their children, farm workers, and domestic laborers, by 1870 they had removed to nearby Pemberton. By 1871, the Deacons reportedly owned around 260 acres, after an additional land purchase from Jacob Merritt, and the Ridgway property was likely being operated and possibly occupied by a tenant farmer. Elizabeth purchased another parcel, known as the Smith Land, from Jacob Merritt in 1876. She died in 1878. John B. Deacon, who inherited the property, remarried a few years later and does not appear to have returned to live at the property.

Burial

Arneys Mount Friends Burying Ground, Juliustown, Burlington County, NJ

Spouse:

Elizabeth Wright Ridgway

Father:

Thomas Eayre Deacon

Mother:

Elizabeth Woolman

Children:

Helen Eayre

Birth:

30 Jul 1836 , Burlington, New Jersey, USA

Residence:

1905 Pemberton, Burlington, New Jersey,

The document measures 12½” x 8” and is in excellent condition.

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