“South Jersey” for some mean different things. If you are from NY, South Jersey is somewhere below I-78, according to NYC Radio Stations. Others consider it Burlington County and south, like below Trenton. My view is the later. You may have also heard, West Jersey. That is a historical term.

There were a couple of folks from the DAR at the Whitall House. She is a descendant of Ann Cooper Whitall and has been told that she can no longer use Ann C. Whitall. Apparently a recent decision.

If you need help with “South Jersey”, please let me know.

Thank you,

Russ

The key, they were Quakers.

One of the pictures that I put on Flickr, was from the windows in the attic, where you can see where Fort Mercer was. So, the battle was to the right, looking at the House.

The story goes, that Ann Cooper Whitall was sitting at her spinning wheel, and a canon ball came through the wall behind her. (I have a picture of that wall). She picked up the spinning wheel and took it to the basement. Then opened her house to the wounded.

There is another Fort, Fort Mifflin, across the Delaware River and between the two Forts, they had chains to keep the British from coming up the river to Philadelphia. I think I have pictures of Fort Mifflin on my Flickr page.

It was a great day and thank you for your comments.

Russ