Editing White Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
The township was named after Alexander White I, who came to the area sometime before 1760 and built a stone mansion called "White Hall".<ref>[https://www.white-township.com/about About], White Township. Accessed April 28, 2025. "The township was named after Alexander White, who came to the area on an unknown date sometime before 1760 and built a stone mansion called 'The White House' near a place called Roxburg."</ref >In 1762 the wife of Alexander, Mary McMurtrie's father Joseph McMurtrie died. In his will he gave his children his lands, in (part) the will states, "Mary shall build at the springs, at the line under little hill and have it for her lifetime".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson, William, 1847-1914; Honeyman, A. Van Doren (Abraham Van Doren), 1849-1936; Hutchinson, Elmer Tindall, 1882-1954 |first=New Jersey Historical Society |date=1901 |title=Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc |url=https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer03newj/page/268/mode/2up |url-status=live |website=Internet archive}}</ref> The couple would build their stone mansion there, and it would go-on to be described as " the most formidable dwelling", and "most enduring monument to colonial times" in [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]]. General [[George Washington]] and [[William Henry Harrison]] stopped at "White Hall" on their way back from the Sun Inn, in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], to Washington's encampment in [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]. William Henry Harrison delivered a presidential campaign speech from the balcony. White Hall would be knocked down in 1928 to make way for 519.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cummins |first=George Wyckoff |date=1911 |title=History of Warren County, New Jersey
by Cummins, George Wyckoff |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924010411118/page/n237/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url= |website=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=White |first=Roscoe Ross |title=White family records : descendants of Peregrine White, son of William and Susanna (Fuller) White, 1620 to 1939 |date= |publisher=Roscoe Ross White |year=1939 |isbn= |location=Clarksburg, W. Va. |publication-date=1939 |pages=25-31 |language=en |trans-title=en}}</ref><ref>Koppenhaver, Robert. [https://njskylands.com/tn_riverroad_093 "Roads Best Traveled"], Skylands Visitor. Accessed April 28, 2025. "From the balcony of White Hall, William Henry Harrison is said to have delivered a presidential campaign speech, and it has been claimed that General Washington stopped here while enroute from Bethlehem, PA, to his encampment at Morristown."</ref>