![]() ![]() a local legend reports that the railroad men saw storekeeper s. one source says that after considerable discussion the railroad company named the station mickleton in honor of the mickle family. railroad authorities objected to the name as there was another town named greenwich nearby. Mickleton was known as "upper greenwich" from about 1756 until 1868 when the swedesboro branch west jersey railroad was built. a skirmish, called the battle of saunders run took place near his home in mickleton in 1778. this land seems to be near the former home of arthur sherman, on rattling run road.Ĭolonel bodo otto, jr., a revolutionary war physician under general george washington lived here. In 1759 a survey of land to william harrison was part of a previous survey of the west new jersey societies called indian town tract. this land surrounded the house at 828 kings highway. about 1696 thomas gardiner surveyed 600 acres on one of the northly branches of homan's creek south of stephen jones "lynd" for samuel harrison, a mariner in gloucester town. ![]() this land surrounds the house at 622 kings highway. On manicholas young, sawyer, late of burlington, received 100 acres of land from thomas scholey of ony-onickhon, west jersey. native american darts of fine flint, and stone axes with the grooves worked around them had been found near the old "carter's farm" on cedar road. the occupants resided there for a long time and were peaceable. scott in "east greenwich township centennial-1881 to 1981," tradition says that at the entrance of still run with homan's creek was a point of land with a cluster of native american wigwams. Today, mickleton is considered roughly that section of east greenwich township south of the source of the nehonsey creek. ![]()
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