![]() ![]() The first Dutch and Scottish settlers arrived in the 1680s when the Lenni‑Lenape Indians sparsely populated the rich and fertile land. The settlers established a village on the Burlington Path, an Indian rail that crossed New Jersey along the corridor that Route 537 follows today. The village sat at the center of what was soon designated Monmouth County, one of the colony’s original four counties. Here a courthouse was built on the same spot where the Hall of Records now stands.ĭuring the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence was read to a crowd of patriots gathered in front of the courthouse. This was also the location for occasional hangings of unrepentant Loyalists. On the morning of June 28, 1778, the entire British Army, on its way by foot from Philadelphia to New York, was camped in town. The entire Continental Army, led by George Washington, caught up with them. ![]() The following historical narrative about Freehold Borough was prepared by Borough Historian Kevin Coyne, for the book, Town by Town: Impressions of Monmouth County (Freehold: Office of the Monmouth County Clerk, 2002):įreehold has been a town longer than America has been a nation and its history as a town mirrors with remarkable accuracy the history of the nation. ![]()
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