Today we attended the semi annual service at the Old Yellow Meeting House, part of the Upper Freehold Baptist Church. The Old Yellow Meeting House is the third oldest church in New Jersey, and was the congregation that most of the Cox's from our corner belonged do.


Below, the meetinghouse was restored in 1991.  Here is a view looking out towards the front of the meetinghouse.







This is the gravestone of the famous General James Cox, who commanded the entire New Jersey Militia.  He died in 1816.









Asher Cox was the original Cox owner of our property, before him I believe was a Thomas Cooper, before him, King James of England!  Asher died in 1812.





William Cox, who built our house, he passed from this life in 1826, about the same year that the Rue's bought the house.  And here he is!





Looking from the front of the church towards the balcony section.



While we were there, Ed admitted that a few days ago, he thought he saw a person in the bathroom, and thought it was me, but no one was there of course. And this, from a non ghost believer!. A Rue House ghost?   TBC...!

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