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to the place where the waters of Mill or Hickman's Creek 

 fall into the channel of Tuckahoe Eiver ; thence down this 

 and Great Egg Harbor Eivers to the seaj thence along 

 the sea-coast to Delaware Bay, and so up the said Bay 

 to the place of beginning." 



It is divided into four townships, Lower, Middle, Dennis, 

 and Upper. Each reaches entirely across the county from 

 the sea-shore to Delaware Bay, or to the Cumberland line ; 

 and, beginning at the south end of the county, they stand 

 in the order in which they have been named. 



The line between Lower and Middle, as described in 

 the order of the Court in 1723, runs "from John Tay- 

 lor's Branch to the middle main branch of Fishing Creek." 

 It is drawn on the map as it is generally received. 



The line between Middle and Upper was described at 

 the same time, as running "from Thomas Leaming's 

 [Branch?] to a creek called Dennis' (now Sluice) Creek, 

 and down it to the Bay." 



Upper (which formerly included "the residue of the 

 county,") was divided by act of the Legislature in 1826 ; 

 a new township called Dennis, being set off from the side 

 next Middle. The division line runs from the intersection 

 of the old County, or Cape May road, with the Cumber- 

 land line, southeasterly, a direct course to the head of 

 Ludlam's Creek at the Shore road; thence, down said 

 creek to its mouth ; thence, the course of the direct line, 

 crossing Ludlam's Sound and Beach to the Atlantic 

 Ocean. 



§ The areas of the several townships are given in the 



