Stillwater
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00211
- Place Type
- City, Town, or Village
- Description
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Stillwater is a rural community in Sussex County, New Jersey. German settlers established Stillwater as a village in the mid-18th century. The village was then within the borders of Hardwick Township. In 1824, Stillwater was incorporated as a separate township and split off from Hardwick. In the early 20th century, portions of Stillwater Township were annexed to Fredon and Walpack townships.
The early German settlers of Stillwater were the Shafer and Wintermute families. Multiple 18th-century dwellings associated with these families have been preserved in Stillwater along Main Street near Paulins Kill. The Shafer family's mill is now on the National Register of Historic Places under the name Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex. A historical marker dedicated to Casper Shafer (1712-1784) stands in front of the 18th-century stone house he built on Main Street. - Locality
- Stillwater
- County (Modern)
- Sussex County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 41.03406
- Longitude
- -74.87504
- References
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Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries, 1606–1968. Trenton, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. Reprint, New Jersey Geological Survey, 2004. https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf.
"Township Overview." Historical Society of Stillwater Township. https://www.historicstillwater.org/township-overview/.
Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill Complex. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper%5fand%5fAbraham%5fShafer%5fGrist%5fMill%5fComplex.
Schaeffer, Casper, and William M. Johnson. Memoirs and Reminiscences Together with Sketches of the Early History of Sussex County, New Jersey, With Notes and Genealogical Records of the Schaeffer, Shaver or Shafer Family. Hackensack, NJ: Privately printed, 1907. https://archive.org/details/memoirsreminisce00scha.
Casper Shafer (1712-1784) historical marker, Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=26448.
- Image Rights
- Image from Wikimedia Commons. Stone house built circa 1741 by Casper Shafer (1712-1784). Photograph by ColonelHenry, 2013. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casper_Shafer_House_c1741_Stillwater_NJ_2013.jp
- Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam
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Persons of African descent linked to Stillwater:
- Betty
- Charles (b. 1816) {son of Nance}
- Dinah (b. 1813) {daughter of Nance}
- Ester (b. 1816) {daughter of Betty and Nun}
- Harriet (b. 1823) {daughter of Betty and Nun}
- Jacob (b. 1807) {son of Nance}
- Matt
- Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1818) {daughter of Nance}
- Nance
- Nansey (b. 1808) {daughter of Matt}
- Nun
- Robert (b. 1815) {son of Betty and Nun}
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