I was enjoying the interchange between you. If you say anything really interesting please let me know. Because of financial downturns, I have not been able pursue this hobby in a while, but I am still very interested. I believe Roz will unravel it all someday! Best wishes, Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hartman" <mrbill1033@comcast.net> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm & follow-up > Hi Roz, > > Good to see you are doing whatever necessary to learn about your roots. > > If you want to do personal stuff, we need to get off the NJHUNTER chat board before "Big Al" hollers at us! > > > I can be reached at: mrbill1033@thevillages.net > > Regards, Bill [who has not traced his HARTMAN roots beyond the USA in the 1840s!] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bellis Genealogy > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:41 PM > Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 > > > Hi Bill, > > Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping to take a trip back to NJ sometime in the > "near" future ... need to focus on the BELLIS branch in Somerset Co but will > take a quick jaunt over to Flemington to look at their records. Had visited > Flemington and the Larisons Corner area years ago but at the time didn't > know exactly where the BELLIS homestead was located...but now I do thanks to > a KUHL descendant who I accidentally met here in D.C. last January (it's a > VERY small world!) Two years ago I also found out -- from a Colorado BELLIS > descendant, that a different BELLIS home located along the Delaware in > Alexandria Twp also still stands, so must go by there as well :) Drove up > to snoop around Warren/Sussex Co area a few years ago as a branch of BELLIS > were there as well... Very enjoyable but of course didn't budget enough > time to do a thorough search. > > Thanks for the link to the Hunterdon newspaper. For some reason I had it in > my mind that this was only an index, but am pleasantly surprised to see the > text is there as well. Your effort in this project is very much > appreciated. > > By the way, do you have any ancestors from the Nordhofen/Neuwied area of > Germany (my computer crashed in mid-December so I lost all my email > correspondence...and can't remember.) > > Take care, > > Roz BELLIS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Hartman [mailto:mrbill1033@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:18 PM > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 > > 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. 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