Counties

• Warren County was split from Sussex County in 1824
• Sussex County was split from Morris in 1753
• Morris County was split from Hunterdon in 1738-39
• Hunterdon County was split from Burlington in 1714

Towns and Townships

As of 1824 Warren County consisted of the following townships (as spelled on Map of Warren, by T. Gordan, 1825)

• Packaquarry - known as Pahaquarry
• Knowlton
• Hardwick
• Independence
• Oxford
• Mansfield - originally was called Mansfield-Woodhouse
• Greenwich

Over the years other towns and township were formed from the above original townships.  Here is a list.
 

• Allamuchy Township from Independence Township in 1873
• The borough of Alpha, from part of Pohatcong in 1911
• The town of Belvidere, from Oxford township, on March 19, 1845
• Blairstown Township from Knowlton Township in February 1845 and from parts of the townships of Frelinghuysen and Hardwick in 1881
• Franklin Township from the townships of Mansfield, Greenwich and Oxford  on Feb. 15, 1839
• Frelinghuysen Township from Hardwick Township on March 7, 1848
• The town of Great Meadows was originally known as Danville.
• Hackettstown Township from Independence Township in 1853.  The boundary line between it and Mansfield was altered in 1857 and again in 1872.  Both in 1860 and in 1875 it received additions from parts of Mansfield.
• Harmony from parts of the townships of Greenwich and Oxford on Feb. 15, 1839.
• Hope Township, from the townships of Oxford and Knowlton in 1839.
• Liberty Township, from Hope Township in 1926.
• Lopatcong Township, was first know as Phillipsburg Township until March 18, 1861.  Lopatcong lost part of its territory to the Town of Phillipsburg in 1903.
• Phillipsburg Township from the townships of Harmony and Greenwich in 1851
• The town of Phillipsburg from Phillipsburg Township on March 8, 1861
• Pohatcong township, from Greenwich Township on March 21, 1881
• The town of Washington from Washington Township in 1868
• Washington Township from Mansfield Township in 1849
• White Township, from Oxford in 1913.

Measurement information for plotting a deed

• 7.92 inches equal 1 link
• 25 links equal 1 rod
• 16.50 feet equal 1 rod
• 4 rods equal a chain
• 1 chain equal 66 feet
• 100 links equal 1 chain
• 10 square chains equal 1 acre
• 160 square rods equal 1 acre
• 80 chains equal 1 mile
• 320 rods equal 1 mile
• 5,280 feet equal 1 mile
• 640 acres equal 1 square mile
• 43,560 square feet equal 1 acre

At the Sussex County Hall of Records
4 Park Place, Newton, NJ 07860     (973) 579-0920
(Information for Warren County)

1) County Clerk's office

•    Deeds and Mortgages from 1795 to 1824
•    Court Records from 1764 to 1824
•    Freeholders Minutes from 1753 to 1824
•    Naturalization from 1800 to 1824
•    Officers Oaths from 1753 to 1824
•    Road Returns from 1764 to 1824
•    Marriages from 1795 to 1824
•    Divisions to 1824
•    Corporations (churches, schools, libraries) from 1822 to 1824
•    Births and Manumissions of Slaves

At the Warren County Courthouse, Belvidere, NJ.    (908) 475-6161

1) County Clerk's office

• Deeds from 1825 to present (be careful of township changes)
• Mortgages
• Early Marriage records 1825 to 1875, indexed by  husband
• Newspapers files.
• Belvidere Intelligencer, 1848-1869;
• Belvidere Apollo, 1848 to 1919
• Warren Journal, 1848-1919
• The Star & Phillipsburger, 1963-1971
• The Star-Gazette, 1972-1980.
• Original, not on microfilm.  I advise you to look for the microfilm first.  These newspapers are very  fragile.
• Naturalization (1825 to present)
• Military discharges (incomplete)
• Liens on property
• Some court records
• Maps of subdivisions
• Road Returns, 1825 to present (some road returns are located in the Engineer's Office, in the Administration Building, south of  Belvidere, on route 519).

• Estate Index, 1825 to present
• Petitions of Complaints, 1825 to present
• Wills, Divisions, Orphan's Court Minutes, 1825 to present
• Inventories, 1825 to present

• New Jersey Genealogical Society Bible Records Collection, at the Special Collections room at the Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.  There are over 4000 indexed Bible records.
• Franklin Township Vital records, starting in 1848 to  1885.
• The Helen Potter Alleman Collection.  Helen Potter Alleman (1895-1967), Washington, NJ,  developed a substantial collection       of genealogical  information during her lifetime.  Her interest began with research on her own family and progressed to searching on other lines, particularly those in the Warren County Area.
• The Warren P. Coon Collection.  20,000 cards on families of Sussex and Warren Counties, files in alphabetical order.  Primarily 19th century.
• The Collection of the New Jersey Chapters of the N.S.D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution).    These books include many volumes of research  information on Warren County.  Included in these  books are the Warren County Tombstone inscriptions.
• Cemetery Records.  New Jersey Cemetery Records, Finding aid: a card  index arranged by county and name of the cemetery.  - A computer inventory   - Transcribed records of over 800 cemeteries  - Master file of New Jersey Gravestone Inscriptions  (selected cemeteries only)
• Church and Synagogue Records
• Local Government Records
• State Tax Records
• Newspapers
• Reference Books
• Genealogies
• City Directories
• Census records (federal and state)
• Other collections (there is a long list of collections at the library).

• Federal Census records (with indexes) for Warren and Sussex Counties
• State Census records (1885-1915)
• Newspapers of Warren County area on microfilm
•     The Belvidere Apollo (1826-1953)
•     Hackettstown Gazette (1857-1974)
•     Warren Journal (1848-1947)
•     The Washington Star, The Star, The Star Gazette  (1868-1989)
•     Easton Express (1855-1860, 1985- )
• Church and Cemetery Records
• Genealogies
• Books related to History of the Warren County area
• Maps related to the region

1) Federal Census records (with Indexes up to 1860)

•     Sussex County 1830 - 1920
•     Warren County 1830 - 1920  (Indexes 1830 - 1860)
•     New York 1790 (Indexed)
•     Orange County, New York 1800 - 1910
•     Pennsylvania 1790 (Indexed)

•     Compendium of Censuses 1726 - 1905
•     Sussex County 1885 - 1915
•     Warren County 1885 - 1905

*Note: Warren was part of Sussex until 1824

At the New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ

1) Federal Census Records for New Jersey

•     (1790 to 1820 do not exist for Warren County)
•     1830-1880, 1900-1920
•     Index 1830 to 1860
•     1880, 1900, 1920 Soundex

•     1855, 1865 (incomplete), No Warren County records
•     1885 to 1915 (complete), no index

At the New Jersey State Archives
185 West State Steet,  Trenton, NJ

1) Vital records (birth, deaths and marriage records)
2) Deeds
   - Colonial deeds, 1664-1800
   - Miscellaneous sources: Supreme Court lost deeds;  original deed collections; county loan office records
   - County mortgages on film, beginning 1766
   - County deeds on film, beginning 1785
3) Probate Records (Wills), 1600-1900
4) Military Records
   - Pension records for Revolutionary War veterans,

      Some records of New Jersey at the National archives  in Washington, D.C. are missing.  During the war of  1812 the capital was burned along with the records.    When they went back to the states to recopy the   records, all of the records were not copied from New Jersey.  The State Archives have these records.

  - War of 1812
  - Civil War
  - Post Civil War Records
5) Census records, state and federal
6) Tax Ratables, 1773 to 1822
7) Naturalization's
8) Court Records
9) County Records
10) Miscellaneous Collections
   - Inquisitions on the dead, 1688-1798
   - Insolvent debtors' petitions, 1747-1818
   - Newspapers on microfilm

At the Sussex County Historical Society, 92 Main St., Newton, NJ.

  Many genealogies, vital records, local histories and  works dealing with New Jersey and New York State.

At the Hackettstown Historical Society,
106 Church St., Hackettstown, NJ.    (908) 852-8797

• Genealogies
• Resource materials
• Church records
• The General Maxwell Chapter of the N.S.D.A.R.  (Daughters of the American Revolution) books of  Tombstone inscriptions.

• Church records of Warren County (some of which are not located anywhere else in the area)
• Bible records
• Resource material
• Cemetery Records
• Genealogies
• Maps
•    1850, 1860 and 1874 Warren County maps
•    Greenwich Farm Map of 1860
•    Belvidere, town map
• The book, Genealogical and Memorial History of the  State of New Jersey, by Francis Bailey Lee
• The book, More Palatine Families, By Henry Z. Jones
• The book, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America, by Annettee Kunselman Burgert
• The book, History of Warren County, By James P.  Snell
• Directories of Warren County for 1887 and 1929
• Roseberry Tombstone Book
• Franklin Township Vital records, starting in 1848 to 1885.
• Many other items of historical interest

• Local history (including municipal and county histories)
• Genealogies
• Pre 1860 Imprint Collection
• Journals of Pennsylvania Legislature (some in both  German and English)
• Church Records (including Warren County, New  Jersey)
• Census Records (including some Warren County, New Jersey)
• A few manuscripts, frakturs, broadsides,  photographs, account books and tax records
• Periodicals & newspapers (approximately 74 different  titles published in Easton, 1799 to date)
• Atlases and maps (including Warren County, New  Jersey)
• Vertical file material
• Abstracts of wills
• Cemetery records (including the Roseberry  Tombstone Inscriptions)
• War records
• Old city directories ( some Easton directories  includes Phillipsburg)
• Geological Surveys
• One-half the Libraries collection of the year 1829
• Easton Area School Board Minutes
• One film (about the Lehigh Canal, 1948)
• The Michael Shoemaker Book
• Many other interesting things
• New Jersey State Census Records
• 1885 to 1915 (complete), no index

At the Morristown - Morris Township Joint Public Library
South Street, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

This library has a large verify of historical and genealogical information.
Such as
 

• Microfiche of many Warren County related books,  including the Michael Shoemaker Book.
• Church Records
• Genealogies
• Census records with indexes
• Bible records

At the Phillipsburg Public Library
200 Frost Ave, Phillipsburg, NJ    (908) 454-3712

• Books on local history
• Files relating to Phillipsburg and Warren County.
• The Phillipsburger (newspaper) on microfilm
• State Census (1885-1915) on microfilm.