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                                                                         Department of New Jersey organized December 10, 1868   -  With  2 Posts & 58 members (Dept. #8)

 

 

 

No.# Post Name Location Meeting Place County Start End Still Active Notes
1 McPherson Boonton Masonic Hall Morris   1877   disbanded 1/30/1878, listed in Dept. roster 12/31/1871
1 Phil Kearney Newark 210 Market St. Essex 12/06/1866   1914 Was Post 2, changed 8/29/1877
1 Kearney - Sheridan Newark 478 Broad St. Essex 12/06/1866   1931 1923 - 24 Dept. roster
2 Phil Kearney Newark Room #4 Library Hall Essex 12/06/1866 1878   Changed to post 1, 8/29/1887. listed on Dept. roster 12/12/1871
2 Commodore Conover South Amboy   Middlesex 03/11/1878 01/23/1893   Consolidated w/ Pierson Pst 80 in 1892 to form Trux Pst 118
2 Thomas A. Sharp * Millville GAR Hall, East Main St Cumberland 01/20/1894   1931 Formed from Tice 49 & Union 55 merger1/20/1894. Charter date from by-laws bk. Mvl Hist. Soc & Tice Pst Mins. showing change to new post Changed start date 1/1/1891 to 1/20/1894
3 Gilliam Van Houten * Jersey City 94 Belmont Ave, GAR Hall Hudson 05/10/1867   1931 Listed on Dept roster12/12/1871
3 ? Bergin City           Listed in GAR book pub. 1869 / George Kane
4 Admiral Stewart Manahawkin   Ocean     1871 Listed on Dept. roster 12/12/1871
4 Lincoln Newark   Essex       from ribbon w/ post name & # owned by Buzz Smithcors
4 Nathaniel Lyon Bricksburg   Ocean 06/04/1880     Listed in 1878 & 1880
4 H. O. Ryerson        Stanhope     04/01/1875   1875 Listed in 1875 Dept. Encp. Report
4 James A. Garfield Newark 248 Market St, Post Hall Essex 09/23/1881   1931  
5 Nathanial Lyon Bricksburg Grand Army Hall Ocean     1872 listed in 1871 & 1872, Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871 as Lyon pst. 5
5 Thomas M.K. Lee Camden Corner 5th & Taylor Ave Camden 01/05/1875   1931 Organized with 85 Charter members
6 Hugh H. Janeway New Brunswick   Middlesex 1875   1878  
6 Gen. Harker Glassboro   Gloucester 10/31/1878 09/00/1885   Surrendered Charter
6 Sedgwick Camden NW Corner 5th & Taylor Ave. Camden     1871 out of existence before 1889, not listed in 1887. Listed on Dept. roster 12/12/1871, Disbanded in 1875
6 John C. Shinn Port Norris GAR Hall Cumberland 01/12/1887 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923-24 also listed as Jacob C. Shinn Post
7 George G. Mead Passaic Elks Hall Passaic 06/26/1873   1926 No report 1923 -24
8 Bayard   Trenton Bayard Hall, N. Montgomery St Mercer 11/05/1867   1931  
9 Jas. W. Allen   Burlington   Burlington 5/20/1874 1877   disbanded 1877. Name listed as Joseph W. Allen in 1875 / George Kane
9 George W. Taylor Hampton Junction Stewart Bowlby Hall Hunterdon 10/01/1878 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24
10 Phil Kearney Bordentown   Burlington       Listed in GAR book pub. 1869 / George Kane
10 Nathaniel Lyon * Vineland GAR Hall Cumberland 06/16/1875 12/18/26   all property @ Vineland Historical Society
11 Lincoln Newark 838 Broad St Essex 2/1/1868   1931 instituted 12/17/1870? Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871. Organized by members of Kearny Post in 1884 met at 755 Broadway St.
12 Post 12 Hackettstown   Warren   1877   surrendered charter w/o explanation 1/30/1878
12 Uzal Dodd Orange 249 Main St Essex 03/23/1878   1931  
13 ? Hammonton           Listed in GAR Book pub. 1869
13 Henry Wilson Jersey City 148 Newark Ave Hudson 12/30/1875   1931 Hancock Hall, 148 Newark Ave.
14 Ellsworth Union Town Hall, Lewis St  Hudson 01/24/1876   1931  
15 Capt. Henry Vreeland Bellville   Essex 03/11/10 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24
15 Kearney New Brunswick Kearney Hall Middlesex     1885 listed in 1878 - 1885. Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
15 Kearney-Janeway New Brunswick 78 Schurman St Middlesex 08/07/1878 06/23/1904    
16 Bramhall Rahway Watson's Building Union     1871 Listed in GAR Journal of 1871 / Geo. Kane, Listed on Dept roster 12/12/1871
16 J. Parker Grubb Burlington GAR Hall Burlington 5/28/1880 12/09/26   started again 5/28/1880, suspended 12/9/1925, no report 1923, 24
17 Custer Carlstadt GAR Hall Bergin 07/29/1878   1914  
18 Ira J. Lindsley Morristown Grand Army Hall Morris   1877   disbanded 1/30/1878, listed in Dept roster 12/31/1871
18 Sedgwick Hackettstown Hackettstown Warren 01/29/1879   1909  
18 William McKinley

Vineland Soldiers Home

 Post Hall Cumberland 11/30/07 05/04/26   surrendered charter
19 Wadsworth Hoboken ODD Fellows Hall Hudson     1887 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
19 John A. Dix Swedesboro Main St. Gloucester 04/29/1879 1925    
20 Gen. Hickman Elwood Grand Army Hall Atlantic     1871 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
20 Maj. C. A. Angel Lambertville Rittenhouse Hall, Union St Hunterdon 11/20/1878   1931 Formed with 27 charter members, Last member John Colton buried with post flag 1934 or 1935
21 Tice Millville Wilson's Hall Cumberland     1871 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
21 Joseph A. Ridgway Beverly Broad & Warren St Burlington 05/23/1879 12/09/25   Suspended 1925 as James A. Ridgway Pst. no rpt. as Ridgway 1923, 24
22 ? Toms River           Listed in GAR pub. 1869 / George Kane
22 E. D. Baker Moorestown   Burlington 06/24/1879   1889  
22 Mansfield Bayonne Ex. Firemen's Hall Hudson 12/17/1889   1931 1923 - 1924 no report
23 Slater Frenchtown           Listed in GAR pub. 1869 / George Kane
23 Arron Wilkes * Trenton Broad & Hanover St Mercer 07/01/1879   1931  
24 Tice                     Millville   Cumberland          ?? = Listed as Post 24 in Dept. Encp. Report 1875
24 Winfield Scott Morristown   Morris   1880   changed name to A.T.A. Torbert Pst 24 in 1880
24 A. T. A. Torbert Morristown GAR Hall, Washington St Morris 07/14/1879   1931 name chg from Winfield Scott Pst 24 in 1880
25 Ulric Dahlgren Elizabeth 109 Broad St Union 06/14/1869   1931 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
26 Gen. A. E. Shiras Mount Holly Main St. Burlington 07/17/1879   1926  
27 Shaw Newark Lorey Hall Essex   1877   disbanded 1/30/1878, listed in Dept. roster 12/31/1871, Colored Post
27 William F. Barry Rahway GAR Hall, 148 Main St Union 07/23/1879 12/30/25   Surrendered charter w/3 members left
28 Farragut Paterson 143 & 145 Broadway Passaic 06/21/1870   1931 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
29 George H. Thomas Jersey City 94 Hunter St Hudson 08/11/1870 03/11/26   surrendered charter, listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
30 Henry Washington   Warren       # 30 taken by Haines Pst. 30 of Princeton / 1883 "Grand Army Sentinel" GAR newspaper / George Kane. Haines Pst 30 instituted 1879.
30 Thomas R. Haines Princeton Masonic Hall Mercer 08/01/1879   1923-24 1883 "Grand Army Sentinel" GAR newspaper mentions muster in of Post & states # was taken from previous Post "Henry GAR Post 30 of Washington, NJ, no report 1923 - 1924.
31 P. Vredenburg Red Bank Masonic Hall Monmouth     1871 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871
31 General Howell   Woodbury Court House Hall Gloucester 09/16/1879   1914  
32 Joe Hooker Atlantic City 31 S. NY Ave Atlantic 11/01/1879   1931  
33 Edward A. Acton Pennsgrove Sparks Hall, Main St Salem 11/08/1879   1914  
34 Hexamer Newark 1 Springfield Ave Essex 04/27/1872   1914 Post working in German Language in 1887
35 Chaplain Butler Paterson 145 Broadway Passaic 04/15/1872   1914  
36 Edward M. Stanton Jersey City   Hudson   1875 1875 Surrendered charter "some yrs" before 1889, Disbanded in 1875
36 Van Leer Gloucester 503 Essex St Camden 11/13/1879   1904  
36 Robert McAllister Kearney Soldiers Home Hudson 08/20/12   1926  
37 William B. Hatch Camden Stevens St below 5th St Camden 11/26/1879   1931 81 Charter Members
38 Zabriskie Jersey City 82 Bacon Ave Hudson 02/20/1873   1926  
39 Bartlett Caldwell Bloomfield Ave Essex 12/22/1879 1931    
40 John Mecray Cape May Franklin St Cape May 02/11/1880   1931  
41 C. K. Hall Asbury Park 810 Cookman Ave Monmouth 04/07/1880   1926  
42 Alexander L. Robeson * Bridgeton GAR Hall, Laurel St Cumberland 04/27/1880   1931 GAR Hall built 1869 - 3 story bid on edge of Cohansey River on W. Broad, Hwy 49 - still standing
43 Maj. James H. Dandy Perth Amboy 92 Smith St Middlesex 05/29/1880   1926  
44 Charles S. Olden Metuchen   Middlesex 05/31/1880 01/06/1896   disbanded
44 Edward G. Brown Hoboken 501 Garden St Hudson 01/24 01/12   20 charter members 1/27/1900 - surrendered charter
45 Washington Bordentown Post Hall, 2nd St Burlington 06/04/1880   1926  
46 James B. Morris Long Branch GAR Hall, Broadway Monmouth 07/15/1880   1926  
47 Vredenburg Manasquan   Monmouth 07/26/1880 02/00/1897   disbanded, Surrendered Charter & books to Dept. Ast. QG
47 Gen. William J. Sewell Mays Landing Library Hall Atlantic 06/05/03 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 -24
48 Lambert Boeman Flemington Opera House, Bloomfield Ave Hunterdon 08/25/1880   1914 listed as T.L. Boem in 1885
49 Larnard Tice Millville   Cumberland 09/24/1880 01/20/1894   disbanded Consolidated with Union Post 55 to form Thomas Sharp Post 2 - 1/20/1894
49 Thomas W. Eayre Vincentown Jr. Quam Hall Burlington 05/01/1894 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 -24
50 John G. Tolmie Phillipsburg PRR Depot Bldg Warren 02/11/1881   1914  
51 William P. Robeson Camden Kaighns Ave Camden 06/27/1881 12/09/25   Suspended, 1925, no report 1923, 24, 1st Colored Pst in NJ - organized with 25 charter members
52 James B. McPherson Hackensack Cor. State & Mercer Bergin 07/13/1881   1926  
53 Thomas H. Davis Haddonfield   Camden 07/16/1881 1898   listed in 1884 - 1891 - surrendered charter w/ 17 members
53 Maj. Martin Delaney Atlantic City S. Carolina Ave Atlantic 05/19/01 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, Colored Post / George Kane - no report 1923, 24
54

Maj. Anderson

(No Information)

 Dover   Morris   02/27/05   changed name to James Mcdavitt Post in 1885, Surrendered charter w/ 10 members 1923-24
54 James M. McDavitt Dover Blackwell St Morris 07/19/1881 1923 1914 was Maj. Anderson Post 54 changed 1885
55 Union Millville   Cumberland 08/17/1881 01/20/1894   disbanded, Consolidated w/ Tice Pst 49 to form Thomas Sharp Pst 2- 1/20/1894, purchased cemetery lot Mt. Pleasant, Mvl. 12/12/1885
55 Gen. Henry W. Slocum Paterson 145 Broadway Passaic 05/28/1894   1931  
56 Thomas Hamilton Trenton 6 N. Broad St Mercer 08/18/1881   1931 Colored Post per Joe Seliga
57 J. G. Foster           1887 listed in 1884 - 1887, listed as J.G. Porter Post in 1885
57 Craven Bound Brook   Summerset 11/10/1887 04/01/1893   listed in 1888 - 1891 - disbanded, surrendered charter
58 William S. Pierson Bloomfield 50 Washington Ave Essex 10/13/1881   1914  
59 Ambrose E. Burnside  Toms River Main St., Kipple Hall Ocean 11/11/1881   1931  
60 A. B. Bateman Cedarville   Cumberland 12/12/1872   1902 listed in 1884 - 1891
61 Arrowsmith  Red Bank Post Hall Monmouth 12/06/1881   1931  
62 Gen. Stahel Egg Harbor Philadelphia St Atlantic 12/20/1881   1914 Changed start date from 1/16/1882 to 12/20/1881 per 1897 Dept. Report
63 Capt. James W. Conover Freehold 4 E. Main St Monmouth 01/16/1882   1931  
64 Judson Kilpatrick Elizabeth 124 E. Jersey St Union 02/16/1882 07/20/25   surrendered charter
65 Issac M. Tucker Newark 120 Market St Essex 04/05/1882   1914 Colored Post
66 John F. Reynolds Washington 11 Broad St Warren 04/26/1882   1914  
67 Robert Boggs New Brunswick New Brunswick Middlesex 04/29/1882   1904 listed in 1885 - 1891 - Changed name to Boggs-Janeway Post 67 6/24/1904
67 Boggs-Janeway New Brunswick GAR Hall Middlesex     1931 was Robert Boggs pst 67 in 1885 - 1891
68 Gen. D. A. Russell Hammonton Bellevue Ave Atlantic 05/08/1884   1914 Sept. 28, 1895 Dedication Monument - Green Mount. Cem.
69 Col. Robert C. Johnson Salem Salem Salem 05/26/1882 1912   Listed as "lost in 1912" in the 1914 Dept. Enc. Report
70 Burnett Burdsall Bridgeton Bridgeton Cumberland 04/04/1889 12/09   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 -24
70 Edward Townsend Goshen   Cape May   02/0/1889   listed in 1884 - 1889, Surrendered charter 2/1/1889, still reporting a commander 1892 & 93
71 John Willian Gloucester City   Camden 11/08/1882 07/01/1892   listed in 1884 - 1889 - listed as William Pst 71 in 1889 & 1892 - disbanded - surrendered charter w/ 17 members
71 Samuel Starr German Valley (Long Valley)   Morris 08/13/1892   1913 Charter membership of 14, listed in 1913 - 1914, (Col. Samuel H. Starr)
72 Gen G. K. Warren New Egypt New Egypt Ocean 05/09/1883 11/09/04   surrendered charter
73 Winfield Scott  Plainfield Central Ave & W. 2d St Union 12/13/1882   1931  
74 Gen. E. V. Sumner Jamesburg Jamesburg Middlesex 04/04/1883   1926  
75 Gen. Wadsworth Somerville Adair's Hall Summerset 04/17/1883 12/9/25   laid over for investigation, suspended 12/9/1925
76 Samuel Mills Clayton 19 Pearl St Gloucester 05/11/1883 12/9/25   Suspended 12/9/1925, no report 1923 - 24
77 Henry D. Ryerson Tuckerton Main & Wood St Ocean 05/19/1883 1925   suspended, no report 1923 - 24
78 Philip Van Rensselear Burlington   Burlington 06/11/1883 11/24/1894   listed 1884, 86, 88, 91 suspended 1885 - disbanded
79 Frank Lloyd South River Allgair's Hall Middlesex 08/26/1883 1925   location also listed as Old Bridge NJ - changed in 1894, suspended no report 1923 - 24
80 Col. P. J. Parisen South Amboy   Middlesex 08/27/1890 01/23/1893   Consolidated w/ Conober Post 2 in 1892, then became Trux post 118, information from George Kane
80 Robert G. Shaw Moorestown   Burlington     1889 listed in 1884 - 1889
81 Maj. Chris. Woerner Hoboken 501 Garden St Hudson 09/28/1883   1914  
82 James S. Stratton Mullica Hill Home of Comrades Gloucester 10/22/1882   1914  
83 John G. Shackleton  Keyport Keough's Hall, Front & Church St Middlesex 11/23/1883 1/27/28 1926 Surrendered charter only 6 members left
84 Gen. Reno Lakewood 109 Ocean St Ocean 02/25/1884   1926 Chartered with 13 members, also listed as in Manchester
85 William C. Berry Woodbridge Main St., Phillips Hall Middlesex 06/23/1884   1914 Chartered with 24 members
86 John Hill Boonton ODD Fellow's Hall Morris 07/31/1884 12/3/25   Chartered with 25 members, Suspended 1925
87 Elwood Arnold Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Ocean 08/26/1884   1909 Chartered with 31 members
88 Marcus L. Ward Newark 82-84 Belleville Ave Essex 09/17/1884   1926 Chartered with 23 members
89 Gen. Thomas A. Smythe Elmer Elmer Salem 10/21/1884 12/9/25   Post mustered in with 33 members, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24
90 William J. Steadman Woodstown Alloway Road Salem 12/03/1884 12/9/25   Post mustered in at Yorktown with 13 members, listed as Fenwick NJ in 1886, also Yorktown?, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24
91 John Kernan  Cape May Court House   Cape May 02/23/1885 01/10/1894   Chartered with 21 members, Listed 1888 & 91, disbanded
92 John E. Beam Bloomfield GAR Hall, Butler Essex 02/26/1885 1925   Chartered with 23 members, suspended, no report 1923 - 24 - Also listed as in Butler, Morris Co.
93 U. S. Grant Elizabeth   Union 03/25/1885   1889 Chartered with 29 members, listed in 1888 & 89
93 Gen. Gershom Mott Rutherford Rutherford Essex 04/30/1891 04/12/05   surrendered charter
94 John M. Wheeler Montclair 347 Bloomfield Ave Essex 05/11/1885 06/16/25   Chartered with 21 members, surrendered charter
95 D. B. Birney Red Bank Pearl St Monmouth 07/15/1885 12/9/25   Chartered with 31 members, also listed in Long Branch NJ, Suspended
96 Edward H. Wade Millburn Bailey Hall, Main St Essex 08/10/1885   1925 Chartered with 30 members
97 Capt. Henry Belvidere Water & Market Sts Warren 08/31/1885 12/9/25   Chartered with 18 members, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24
98 Capt. Walker Branchville Town Hall Sussex 09/03/1885   1914 Chartered with 28 members
99 Gen. George B. McClellan Frenchtown Fourth St Hunterdon 11/12/1885 1923 1914 Chartered with 31 members, surrendered charter with 6 members 1923, 24
100 James N. Van Buskirk Bergin Pt.     11/30/1885   1894 listed in1885, 86, 88 & 91
100 Gen. Sherman Bayonne 22 Broadway Hudson 11/30/1885 12/9/25   Suspended
101 Bergin Westwood   Bergin 12/10/1885   1892 Chartered with 23 members, listed 1886
101 Gabriel R. Paul Westwood ODD Fellow's Hall Bergin 12/10/1885   1926  
102 Gen. John A. Logan Camden 300 N. 27th St Camden 02/07/1887 12/9/25   Organized 1886 with 11 members, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24
103 Dwight Englewood Englewood Bergin 03/25/1887   1909  
104 E. A. Stevens Naval Hoboken   Hudson 04/06/1887 10/31/01   listed in 1888 - 1891
105 Maj. Gen. David Hunter Princeton Witherspoon St Mercer 05/19/1887   1914  
106 Howard Fisler Williamstown   Gloucester 06/29/1887 01/01/1896   listed in 1888 - 1891 - disbanded
107 Winfield Scott Hancock Hightstown Dawe's Hall, Fountain Square Mercer 08/01/1887   1926 no roster 1923 - 24
108 James M. Weart Hopewell GAR Hall, Broad St Mercer 08/25/1887   1931 no roster 1923 - 24
109 Maj. Anderson Plainfield   Union 09/22/1887 03/29/1897   listed in 1888 - 1891 - disbanded, Surrendered Charter & remaining members joined Scott Post 73
110 Phil Sheridan Newark 314 Market St Essex 12/06/1888   1914 21 charter members
111 Capt. George V. Griggs Newton Spring St, Mechanics Hall Sussex 12/25/1888   1914 Mustered in with 20 members, no report 1923 - 24
112 Cameron#112      Moorestown            
112 William T. Sherman Moorestown Town Hall, Main St Burlington 08/20/1889   1926 Listed as Simon Cameron Pst 112 in 1893, 1894 & 1897
113 John Murray  Cape May City Masonic Hall, Broad St Cape May 12/30/1889   1914 Post members USCT Veterans
114 Clinton B. Fisk Atlantic 

Highlands

 Atlantic Highlands Monmouth 11/26/1890   1926  
115 Edgar Sherman Sparta   Sussex 06/22/1891   1900  
116 Chaplain A. A. Haines Sussex Hose Room Sussex 08/26/1891   1914 Dockertown?
117 U. S. Grant Chatham Wolff's Hall, Main St Morris 01/02/1892   1914 also listed in New Providence
118 Gen. William S. Trux South Amboy First St., Protection Hall Middlesex 01/23/1893   1914 Consolidated from Conover Pst. 2 & Parisen Pst. 80 / 1893 NJ GAR Enc. Journal.  Changed # to # 57 in 1918.  Info / George Kane.
119 Capt. Andrew Caillaux Asbury park Springwood Ave. Monmouth 11/28/1895   1914 Colored Post / George Kane

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