1779 - - - 1780

Brig. Gen. Henry Knoxin command of the artillery of the Continental Army used the field now covered by these ponds as pasture for the artillery horses. His soldiers lived in log huts erected on the hillside to the west. Nine brigades of the Continental Army were hutted in Jockey Hollow.

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General Washington

occupied the

Ford Mansion on Morris Avenue

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The troops were in Morristown from

December 1, 1779 to June 23, 1780.

Marker is at the intersection of Burnham Pkwy and Washington Street, on the right when traveling south on Burnham Pkwy.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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