Editing Warren County, New Jersey (section)

===18th century===
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The area became [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]] in 1714. In 1739, the area of Warren County was included in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]]. In 1753, [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]], including present-day Warren County, separated from Morris County.<ref name=Story/>

During the [[French and Indian War]] of 1754, fortified homes or small forts were built along the [[Delaware River]] from [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] to [[Port Jervis, New York]]. The mountains of Warren County were the frontier of the war.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}  Hostilities between the British and the French began to spill over from the European continent into the colonies in the [[New World]]. After the [[Battle of Jumonville Glen]] in [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania]] on May 28, 1754, French colonists in North America armed several Native American tribes, who sided with the French.

During the [[French and Indian War]], a part of the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[North America]], [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] often was raided by bands of Native Americans, including [[Lenape]], [[Shawnee]], and [[Iroquois]]. In 1756, a small band of Lenape raided the homes of local militia commanders, killing several members of the Swartout family and kidnapping other settlers during the [[Hunt-Swartout raid]]. In response to these aggressions, [[Jonathan Belcher]], the colonial-era governor of the [[Province of New Jersey]] authorized that eight forts to be constructed along the [[Delaware River]] to defend the [[New Jersey]] frontier from such incursions, and authorized the New Jersey Frontier Guard to man them. Several of these forts were little more than blockhouses, and others were personal homes that were fortified. The forts sprawled from present-day [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] through [[Belvidere, New Jersey|Belvidere]]. [[Blairstown, New Jersey|Blairstown]], and along the eastern banks of the Delaware River to [[Port Jervis, New York]].