Was hoping someone might know, off the top of their heads, what "Bellis farm" is being referred to in the following item. This was reported in the November 16, 1897 Trenton Evening Times, under the subheading "HOPEWELL": "At the sale of the real estate of Joseph M. PHILLIPS, deceased, on Saturday, the harness property was sold to J.C. HARRISON and the adjoining lot, now occupied by Samuel CARVER to John TITUS, and the house and lot in East Hopewell, known as the BUCKLEY property, was sold to Samuel CARVER, and the farm north of the borough, known as the BELLIS farm, to Enoch W. DRAKE. Fair prices were obtained for all." I'm trying to ascertain if this farm might be the "BELLIS homestead" located along KUHL Road near the Copper Hill/Reaville area or is a different Bellis property. Thanks, Roz BELLIS Alexandria VA

Hi Roz, I can't give you the location of the Bellis' Farm noted in your email. However having lived in Hunterdon County for many years, I do know that Copper Hill and Reaville are a few miles North of Hopewell. If you can get to the Hall of Records for Mercer County, you can look up in the deed books to see the exact location of the property purchased by Enoch W. Drake in 1897. If a trip to New Jersey, about 4 hours from Alexandria, VA, is not possible, you might ask some kind soul to look this up for you. I would do it, but I now live in Florida! If you are researching the BELLIS surname, the Index to the Hunterdon Gazette contains references to over 70 persons with that surname. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter Regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Bellis Genealogy To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:46 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 Was hoping someone might know, off the top of their heads, what "Bellis farm" is being referred to in the following item. This was reported in the November 16, 1897 Trenton Evening Times, under the subheading "HOPEWELL": "At the sale of the real estate of Joseph M. PHILLIPS, deceased, on Saturday, the harness property was sold to J.C. HARRISON and the adjoining lot, now occupied by Samuel CARVER to John TITUS, and the house and lot in East Hopewell, known as the BUCKLEY property, was sold to Samuel CARVER, and the farm north of the borough, known as the BELLIS farm, to Enoch W. DRAKE. Fair prices were obtained for all." I'm trying to ascertain if this farm might be the "BELLIS homestead" located along KUHL Road near the Copper Hill/Reaville area or is a different Bellis property. Thanks, Roz BELLIS Alexandria VA ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx