Monument On Court House Site. Somerset County Historical Society to Unveil it On Historic Site. The members of the Somerset County Historical Society are manifesting keen interest in the unveiling of the monument at Millstone on Saturday, October 28, which will mark the site of the first courthouse in Somerset County. The project was undertaken some time ago by members of the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New Jersey and the Somerset County Historical Society. The first two societies agreed to buy a bronze tablet and have a proper inscription placed upon it, if the local society would buy the monument. The work has been under way for some time. It was necessary, first, to buy the site from the owner, J. E. Van Pelt. This the historical society did, and it now holds the deed for the site. The unveiling of the tablet will take place at 3 o'clock, and at that time the presidents of the three societies will make short addresses The ceremonies are of a public character, and the public is invited to be present and participate. On the bronze tablet is inscribed the following: "To mark the site of the second courthouse of Somerset County. In this place then called Hillsborough. Built in 1738; burned October 26, 1779, by Tory raiders under Lt. Col. Simcoe, of the Queen's Rangers. This tablet was set up by the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New Jersey, the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey, the Somerset County Historical Society." The courthouse referred to was the first one for Somerset County proper, although there was another in the county when Somerset was a part of Middlesex County, hence the wording on the monument.

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