2025-02-042025-02-042007-06-24https://hdl.handle.net/10929/144363At the time of the Battle of Monmouth, the Craig Family abandoned their house, fearing that fighting would come near after they saw columns of smoke from burning farms along nearby Allentown Road. Family tradition says that they drove their livestock out of harm�s way, loaded their ��household goods in two wagons�and rode towards Upper Freehold to avoid molestation.� The tradition further states that the family took their silver and placed it in a kettle and sank it in the well, hiding the well�s bucket and chain. However, thirsty British soldiers, possibly using the house as a field hospital, drained the well and found the silver.Original file name 762970642_60c3ea6163_o.jpg2299x1630Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.The Craig HouseMonmouth Battlefield State ParkBattlefield State ParkThe American RevolutionAmerican HistoryHistoryU.S. History. The American RevolutionGeneral George WashingtonThe Continental ArmyMonmouth CountyNew Jersey in The American RevolutionFreehold TownshipU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesU.S. National Historic Landmark DistrictNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesMonmouth Battlefield Historic DistrictThe Jersey ShoreThe ShoreJersey ShoreNJ ShoreNew Jersey ShoreNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State