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Residence: 1850, Deleware, Hunterdon, NJ
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Dilts Larowe 49, Susan 50, Hulda (?) 17, Rachel 15. Value of real estate $1200
Buried: Sandy Ridge Cemetery, NJ
Stones lean against church
Occupation: farmer
Residence:
Born and died in Delaware Twp. Hunterdon Co., NJ.
Census records: 1830-Amwell Twp., 1850 Delaware Twp (formed from Amwell), 1860 Socton, Delaware Twp.
April 1, 1848 Dilts Larew "of Bucks Co., PA" bought from Daniel Larew of Delaware Twp. for $1200 a tract of 24 acres in Delaware Twp.
Since Dilts' wife Susan is thought to have lived out of the state for 16 years, Dilts and Susan may have lived in Bucks Co., PA approximately during the period of 1832-1848. This thought is reinforced by the fact that Dilts had a nephew William H. LaRue (son of his brother Uriah) who is believed to have lived in Bucks Co., PA for a time when he married into the Thompson family (Davis' History of Bucks Co.). Not that Dilts' daughter Permelia Ann who died in 1846 may have married a Thompson.
The 1848 deed represents land purchased by Dilts from his father. Included in Daniel's will "Bond and mortgage against Dilts Larew $1254.00." this may have been a mortgage on the 24 acres Dilts bought. This land bordered Wicheoake Creek and lands of Phillip rockafellow, Joseph Leigh, Green Sergeant, and John Webster. Consulting Samuel Cornell's 1851 map of Hunterdon Co. I find "D. Larew" near Sergeants Mills on the road leading from the bridge to Prallsville. Nearby is Wicheoake Creek and lands of all the above mentioned persons. So it seems quite likely that this is where Dilts settled upon returning from Bucks County. In Dilts' will of 1862 he directs that this 24 acres be sold. In 1863 Dilts' son and executor Daniel sold the 24 acres to James Aller (Hunterdon Deeds v. 127, p. 725).