Editing Raritan Township, New Jersey (section)

==Points of interest==
[[File:Amwell Militia monument, Raritan Township, NJ.jpg|thumb|Amwell Militia monument for Captain John Schenck and the Ambush of Geary]]
On December 14, 1776, during the [[American Revolutionary War]], local militia led by Captain [[John Schenck]] ambushed a party of British dragoons returning from a raid on [[Flemington, New Jersey|Flemington]]. The British leader, Cornet [[Francis Geary (British Army officer)|Francis Geary]], was killed during this skirmish, known as the [[Ambush of Geary]], that took place between [[Copper Hill, New Jersey|Copper Hill]] and [[Larison's Corners, New Jersey|Larison's Corners]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mott |first1=George Scudder |title=History of the Presbyterian Church in Flemington, New Jersey |date=1894 |pages=14–17 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpresbyt00mott/page/16 |oclc=1046526468 |quote=In what was then a small woods between Copper Hill and Larison's Corner, on the east side of the road, on the farm now belonging to Mr. L.C. Case, he secreted his men.}}</ref> On December 14, 1976, as part of the [[United States Bicentennial]], Raritan Township dedicated a monument to the Amwell Militia at the site along US 202 and Route 31 northbound.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amwell Militia |author=Raritan Township, New Jersey |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=31959}}</ref> A memorial monument to Geary is located nearby along with a historical information plaque describing the Amwell Skirmish.<ref>{{cite web |title=To the memory of Cornet Francis Geary |author=William Nevill M. Geary|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=31961}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amwell Skirmish |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=31960}}</ref>

The [[John Reading Farmstead]], built in 1760 for [[John Reading (New Jersey governor)|John Reading]], former governor of the [[Province of New Jersey]], is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It is also a contributing property of the [[Raritan–Readington South Branch Historic District]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78001767}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Reading Farmstead |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=C.F. |last1=Brasch |date=July 9, 1977 }}</ref>