Middletown
Inscription
When near Freehold, before the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, Washington and some of his men rode through this district on a reconnoitering expedition.
Location
AddressSoutheast corner intersection Rt. 35 with road entering
Middletown from Keyport.
CityMiddletown from Keyport
CountyMonmouth
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates40.297140, -74.123430
Sources
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Battle of Monmouth
Freehold from Tennent, NJ
Fought June 28, 1778, by the armies of Washington and Clinton.
Christ Church
Shrewsbury, NJ
Converts of George Keith, 1702, became nucleus of Episcopalian Congregation Incorporated in 1738.
Colt's Neck
Sept., 1780, Tories, under the notorious Col. Tye, plundered the house of Capt. Joshua Huddy.
Field Hospitals
General Washington established hospitals at the old Tennent Church, the parsonage, and the Court House, which stood about on the same...
Grant Cottage
Site of summer home of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1884.