Hardwick
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00212
- Place Type
- City, Town, or Village
- Description
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Hardwick is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, bordering Sussex County. The township of Hardwick was established in 1750 from portions of Greenwich Township. When Hardwick was established, this area was still part of Morris County. Three years later, in 1753, a large portion of Morris County was taken to form the new Sussex County, which at the beginning consisted of the townships of Hardwick, Greenwich, Newton, and Walpack.
Hardwick was originally much larger than it is today. Its borders shrank through partitions and annexations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The townships of Blairstown and Frelinghuysen in Warren County and the townships of Stillwater and Green in Sussex County were all at one time a part of Hardwick Township, and records of slavery in those modern municipalities are likely to be filed under Hardwick.
Hardwick was part of Sussex County until 1824 when the new Warren County was established. Some documents related to slavery in Hardwick can be found among Sussex County records since the area was part of that county from 1753 to 1824. - Locality
- Hardwick
- County (Modern)
- Warren County
- County (Historical)
- Sussex County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 41.039708
- Longitude
- -75.006656
- 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
- Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam
- Linked Places
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Places formed from a portion of Hardwick or formerly associated with this place:
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Persons of African descent linked to Hardwick:
- Albert Francis Grove (b. 1822)
- Bet Dunkins
- Brigs Dunkins (b. 1810)
- Bristow (b. 1813) {son of Liz}
- Charles (b. 1811) {son of Silvah}
- Ellen (b. 1823) {daughter of Pat}
- Jacob (b. 1813) {son of Suse}
- Jane
- Jane (b. 1815)
- Jim (b. 1784)
- Liz
- Pat
- Pheabe (b. 1805) {daughter of Suse}
- Poll (b. 1808) {daughter of Suse}
- Silvah
- Suse
- York (b. 1770) {aka John Smack}
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