Sandyston Township
DePue Family outside their house located on the Old Mine Road
The Sandyston Township Historical Society has been organized to discover and preserve the history, environment and architecture of Sandyston Township and to educate the public and foster an appreciation of our unique local heritage. Our society welcomes donations of all types relating to the past history of Sandyston Township. Photos, ledgers, deeds, diaries, newspaper articles, marriage certificates, bibles, school memorbilia are just a few things that will tell the story of Sandyston's past.
We appreciate your interest in the Sandyston Township Historical Society. At this time, we are accepting membership.
Membership Information
Individual $ 15.00
Family $ 25.00
Senior Citizen $ 10.00
Historic * $ 250.00
Guardian* $ 500.00
Patriot* $1,000.00
*denotes Life Member
If you are interested in joining the Sandyston Township Historical
Society, please send your check payable to the STHS, Inc., 133 Route 645, Sandyston, NJ 07826. Thank you to all who attended our first meeting and to all our new members.
Historical Society Officers
Jo Ann Williamson, Vice-President
Betsy Cuneo, Secretary
Amanda "Amy" Lobban, Treasurer
On Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 1:00 pm in the meeting room of the Sandyston Township Municipal Building, the Sandyston Township Historical Society was host to genealogist and Smith descendant, Albert Fiacre of West Hartford, Connecticut, who presented a lecture on "The History of the Smith Family". Al's lecture included family charts along with a slide presentation documenting the people and homes of the Smith Family. The Smith Family settled along the Old Mine Road in the Bevans section of Sussex County. Many of these properties are referred to by the names of the families who owned the homes prior to the Tocks Island Dam Project, however, through documented research we find the connection to the original Smith family who settled the area.
Today, there are many descendants of the Smith family who still live in Sussex County area, with names like Hursh, Lennington, Roe, DePue, etc. Many of these descendants where in attendance at the lecture. We would like to thank these family members for attending this lecture and sharing their information.
Thank you, Mr. Fiacre, for traveling to Sandyston Township and sharing your family with us!
Smith Homes
still standing
along
the Old
Mine
Road.
Thank you, Mr. Fiacre!
Sandyston is a beautiful old town with a lot of history. Listed below are just some of the family names that are connected to Sandyston Township: Ayers, Hursh, Hotalen, Cortright, Aber, Heater, Raser, Kyte, DePue, Smith, Bevans, Layton, Shay, Stivers, Skellenger, Ellett, VanSickle, VanAuken, Lantz, Cole, Snable, Stoll, Mettler, Gumaer, Jager, Vanness, Snook, Lawson, DeGroat, Perry, Kent, Decker, Rutan, Grau, Young, Everitt, Carmer, Bugsbee, Rosenkrans, Lundy, Warner, Major, Clark, Angle, Bell, Drake, Conklin, Compton, McKeeby, Utter, Coursen, Gunn, Black, Howell, Westbrook, Armstrong, Hartrim, Morris, Owen, Sigler, Newell, Rundle, Shafer, Ogden, Merring, VanEtte, Emery, Loder, Ennis to name a few!
Cemeteries in Sandyston Township
Hainesville Cemetery (Shaytown Burial Ground)
Layton Cemetery
Bevans Cemetery
Mettler Cemetery
Old Gumaer Cemetery
If you need information on the location of any of the above
cemeteries or help finding people buried there, please contact:
This beautiful building is located in Sandyston Township.
Do you know where?
