Homes of the Revolution

By Leslie Potashner

In honor of the Sesquicentennial, we showcase some of the Harding homes that were standing during the Revolution.

The Job Brookfield house. Job died during the Revolutionary war of Small Pox during a huge outbreak among the soldiers at Jockey Hollow and the citizens in the area of Morristown in 1777. The Brookfield barn was used as Small Pox hospital. Located on Kitchell Road.

The Goble Homestead located on James Street. Daniel Goble settled here as early as 1717. The family remained on the farm through 1945. Daniel's grandson, Jonas Goble, was a wagoneer for the army during the Revolution.

The Johnson house stood on Glen Alpin Road during the Revolution. This house no longer exists.

The small section of this home on Lee's Hill Road was built about 1760. The photo dates to 1918.

Marked as the "Robinson" home on the Erskine-Dewitt map. Robert Erskine was appointed Geographer and Surveyor General of the Continental Army by General George Washington in 1777. During the Revolution, the home was occupied by Alexander and Isabella Robertson. The home stands on Lee's Hill Road.

The Conger Tavern was a landmark on the Erskine maps. The tavern was run by Enoch Conger and his wifer Susan Whitehead Conger. George Washington dined at the tavern during the winter encampment at Jockey Hollow. The tavern stood at the corner of Blue Mill and Sand Spring Roads until 1927.

The Joseph Fairchild House on Lee's Hill road. Joseph's parents, Caleb Fairchild and Abigail Goble Fairchild, died in the small pox epidemic of 1777. Joseph's sons, Abner and Peter, served in the Revolution. Abner was a Captain in the Eastern Battalion of Morris. Peter was a Minute Man in the New Jersey Militia and in the State Troups. He fought in the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, First and Second Springfield.