Editing Marlboro Township, New Jersey (section)

====Revolutionary War====
Marlboro Township was the scene of a number of skirmishes during the [[American Revolutionary War]], in particular following the [[Battle of Monmouth]] in 1778. During the war, the Pleasant Valley section was often raided by the British for food supplies and livestock.<ref name=Thinking/> The area was referred to as the "Hornet's Nest" because of the intensity of attacks on the British by local militia.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302001750/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1772284481.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+09%2C+2006&author=&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Markers+steer+you+back+in+time&pqatl=google "Markers steer you back in time"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 9, 2006. Accessed April 20, 2012. "During the Revolutionary War, the British referred to this area as the Hornets Nest because it was thick with rebels who raided British ships in Sandy Hook Bay."</ref> [[Beacon Hill, New Jersey|Beacon Hill]] (of present-day Beacon Hill Road) was one of three Monmouth County sites where beacons were placed to warn the residents and the Continental forces if the enemy should approach from the bay.<ref>Beard, Sonya. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1851760431.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+28%2C+1999&author=SONYA+BEARD&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Railing+against+Marlboro+development+50+protest+planned+development+in+Marlboro+Site+environmentally+sensitive%2C+demonstrators+contend&pqatl=google "Railing against Marlboro development 50 protest planned development in Marlboro Site environmentally sensitive, demonstrators contend"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302000208/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1851760431.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+28%2C+1999&author=SONYA+BEARD&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Railing+against+Marlboro+development+50+protest+planned+development+in+Marlboro+Site+environmentally+sensitive%2C+demonstrators+contend&pqatl=google |date=March 2, 2013 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 28, 1999. Accessed April 20, 2012. "Burrows points out that the area is part of Beacon Hill, where patriots warned of British troops coming during the Battle of Monmouth in 1778."</ref><ref>[http://co.monmouth.nj.us/page.aspx?Id=2645 Marlboro Municipal Records], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed April 20, 2012.</ref> There was also considerable activity in the Montrose area of the Township as British troops, retreating from the Battle of Monmouth, tried to wind their way to ships lying off Sandy Hook.<ref>Staff. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1772284351.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+09%2C+2006&author=&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Name+rooted+in+the+good+earth&pqatl=google "Name rooted in the good earth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302001801/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1772284351.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+09%2C+2006&author=&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Name+rooted+in+the+good+earth&pqatl=google |date=March 2, 2013 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 9, 2006. Accessed April 20, 2012. "Marlboro may not have been the site of a major Revolutionary War battle, but the colonists and the Redcoats had a few skirmishes there, particularly after the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, when the retreating British moved through Marlboro on their way to ships at Sandy Hook and were attacked by militiamen waiting for them."</ref>

The area was also frequently sacked for food and livestock. The woods and surrounding vegetation were hunted for animals to depletion by the British. One description of a hunt was recorded: "A great deer-drive was organized, taking in almost the entire northern portion of Monmouth county. Before daylight... a line of men... was stretched... somewhere near Marlboro. At an appointed hour this line of beaters, with shot and shout... proceeded forward to drive as large as possible a number of deer to the shore between Port Monmouth and Atlantic Highlands. The drive was completely successful... that deer were almost exterminated in the northerly part of the county."<ref>William S. Hornor, This Old Monmouth of Ours, 1932, Page 1</ref>