On hearing this shot, the advanced party at Five Mile run, stood to their arms, but missing the General, some embarrassment ensued, which was soon removed by Major Miller, and Colonel Hand took the command of the troops, and retired leisurely before the enemy, until orders were received from the commander in chief, to dispute every inch of the ground where practicable Colonel Hand then faced about, and advanced to meet the enemy, when a skirmish commenced, that was continued at intervals throughout the day, in which Colonel Hand's riflemen and Captain Forest's artillery were particularly distinguished." "Major Henry Miller of the rifle corps, had charge of the guards of our advance, on the night of the first, and about 12 o'clock, in returning from the rear to the front, he met General Fermoy on his way to Trenton the enemy were in motion early on the 2d, and about sunrise, a mounted yager, belonging to the advanced patrole, in pursuit of a citizen of the name of Hunt, ran in upon our picket at Maidenhead, and was shot from his horse. There are at least five Revolutionary War soldiers buried in the cemetery: Ĭaptain, 2nd Regiment, NJ Continental Lineīefore the Second Battle of Trenton, American troops skirmished with British and Hessian forces along this road.Īmerican General James Wilkinson, who was at the time of the Second Battle of Trenton a Major, wrote about these events in his Memoirs: Throughout this time period, this area was known as Maidenhead, until the name was changed to Lawrence Township in 1808. John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was baptized at that earlier meetinghouse on Ma(O.S. It stands at the site of an earlier Presbyterian meetinghouse, which was built in the early 1700's. This church was built in 1764 and enlarged in 1853. Map / Directions to all Lawrenceville Revolutionary War Sites Map / Directions to the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville
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