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Detailed manuscript survey of the Isaac Watson Plantation, surveyed by order of James Alexander in 1724.
The land in question is located on the Delware River south of Duck Island in the vicinity of Trenton. The Isaac Watson Plantation was the location of the Isaac Watson House. The Issac Watson House is the headquarters of the New Jersey State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, located just outside the state capital of Trenton in Hamilton, situated on a bluff overlooking Watson's Creek and the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark, in John A. Roebling Park, a 257 acre nature preserve. Built by Isaac Watson in 1708, the stone house is recognized as the oldest house in Mercer County. Originally 800 acres, the grounds at one time ran from the bluff the to Delaware River.
The building was restored by the DAR as part of the New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration in 1964 and listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 1972 and National Register of Historic Places in in 1974.
The survey note states
Isaac Watson's Plantation Containin 824 Acres with out Allowance for high Ways Re-Surveyed pursuant to an Order Obtained from James Alexander (Surveyor General?) Dated ye 7th of Feby. 1723.4, ReSurveyed this 4th of June 1724 . . .
Edmund Beakes was a Deputy Surveyor in the Colony of New Jersey, working under the direction ofJames Alexander, Surveyor General (and later Governor) of New Jersey in middle of the 18th Century.
