58.The Ewing Church Cemetery Mystery Cache

This field puzzle is located at The Ewing Church Cemetery which dates back to 1708, and is still an active cemetery. It contains the graves of the 37 Revolutionary War veterans.

Just west of the Church is Historic Crossroad Park located at Bear Tavern Rd. and Upper Ferry Rd..This small park commemorates an important location in the march of Washington's troops towards Trenton after their historic Christmas night 1776 crossing of the Delaware River.

After traveling down Bear Tavern Road The troops reached a crossroads at about 7 a.m. at that crossroads, in an area which was then called Birmingham, now the West Trenton section of Ewing. It was at this crossroads that General George Washington divided his 2,400 troops into two columns to make a two-pronged attack on the Hessian garrison at Trenton.

A sign in the park describes the paths taken from here to Trenton by the two columns: "One column under the command of General Nathanael Greene, approached the city from the northwest by way of Pennington Road. The other column, led by General John Sullivan, marched down the Old River Road (Grand Avenue - Sullivan Way) and entered Trenton from the southwest." [2] Although the sign does not mention it, General George Washington traveled with Greene's column.

The two columns reached Trenton and made their attack at 8 a.m., where they were victorious at the first Battle of Trenton.

"Locate Soldiers Of the American Revolution "In honor Of those known and unknown"...plaque and then search nearby for the following questions:

A = "How many Howell's names are listed the plaque?"

7(3) 8 = (34) 10 = (2)

B = What is Patriot last name Rose first name?3"?

Joshua = (16) John = (30) Stephen = (28)

Locate the graves of the following Patriots behind for the follow questions:

C = Find Patriot Amos Howell, what was his Patriot position?

Dragoon = (1) Blacksmith = (2) Wagonmaster = (0)

D = "Find Patriot Timothy Howell, what was his Patriot position?

four Horse Team = (51) two Horse Team = (48) 6 Horse Team = (60)

This cache is one of "The American Revolution Geo~Trail" caches throughout New Jersey. These special geocaches are hidden at many historic locations which have a connection to important New Jersey's American Revolutionary War history. To participate in the optional Geo-Trail, after you find the geocache, locate the secret code and record it into your passport which you will print from this website. Information at njpatriots.com

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