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Presentation to
Sea Isle City Taxpayers
Association., Inc.
Rita Marie Fulginiti
Cape May County Clerk
October 9, 2010
A.C. Hildreth, County Clerk and Priscilla Godfrey Blake, Deputy 1914
Cape May County Clerks
1693 George Taylor
1831 Jonathan Hand, Sr.
1697 Timothy Brandreth
1834 Jacob G. Smith
1705 John Taylor
1835 Swain Townsend
1730 Aaron Leaming, 1st
1840 Jonathan Hand, Jr.
1740 Elijah Hughes, Sr.
1890 Edward L. Rice
1762 Elijah Hughes, Jr.
1900 Julius Way
1768 Jeremiah Eldredge
1910 A.C. Hildreth
1777 Jonathan Jenkins
1934 Charles H. York
1779 Eli Eldredge
1935 Sterling W. Cole
1802 Jeremiah Hand
1955 Henry Anderson
1804 Abijah Smith
1962 Richard V. Anderson
1824 Richard Thompson
1972 Angela F. Pulvino
1829 Levy Foster
2005 Rita Marie Fulginiti
Archives
Archives
Treasures from the Archives
1898 Ballots
Election Results
Newspapers
Discovery
 Explorer Henry Hudson is credited
with the discovery of Cape May and
its surrounding area 400 years ago.
 Cape May is named for Dutchman
Captain Cornelius Jacobsen Mey.
Formation of County Government
 The first records of settlement and
government appear in Burlington Court
Records in 1685.
 Daniel Coxe
 Cape May County was formally created on
November 12, 1692 by an Act of the General
Assembly of the Province of West Jersey.
Other Early Legislative Acts
1693 – Court for small causes
1694 – Five representatives
1697 – Powers enlarged
1697 – Road to Burlington
1693 – The Cape May County Court for the trial of small causes erected
1699
Three representatives
1694 – Cape May County empowered to elect
five–representatives
1701 – Five representatives
(again)
County Clerk’s and Surrogate’s Office 1865
Jail, County Offices and Court House c. 1900
Freeholders and Justices
In 1713 and 1714 the county board of justices and
freeholders were organized.
February 13, 1798 the New Jersey Legislature formed
the Boards of Chosen Freeholders in the more formal
centralized structure we know in New Jersey today “a
body politic and corporate in law.”
Division of Local Governments
• In April 1723 at a Quarterly Session of the County Court
the County was divided into three precincts coinciding with
religious lines:
Upper Precinct – Quaker
Middle Precinct – Baptist
Lower Precinct – Presbyterian
• On February 21, 1798 an Act of the Legislature formed the
Townships:
Upper Township
Middle Township
Lower Township
Local Governments
 1826 Dennis Township
from Upper Township
Local Governments
 1848 Cape Island Borough
from Lower Township
 1851 Cape Island City
 1869 Cape May City
Local Governments
 1875 Sea Grove Association
 1878 Cape May Point Borough
from Lower Township
 Extinguished in 1896 back to Lower
Township
 1908 Cape May Point Borough
Local Governments
 1880 Ocean City Association
 1884 Ocean City Borough
from Upper Township
 1890 Ocean City Borough reincorporated
 1897 Ocean City incorporated as a city
Local Governments
 1884 West Cape May Borough
from Lower Township
 1897, 1900 West Cape May Borough
reincorporated
Local Governments
 1882 Anglesea Improvement Company
 1885 Anglesea Borough from Middle Township
 1896, 1897 Anglesea Borough
reincorporated
 1902 North Wildwood Land Company
 1906 North Wildwood Borough replacing
Anglesea Borough
 1917 North Wildwood incorporated as a city
Local Governments
 1882 Sea Isle Borough
from Dennis Township
 1907 Sea Isle City incorporated as a city
Local Governments
 1882 Holly Beach City Improvement Company
 1885 Holly Beach Borough from Lower Township
 1886 Wildwood Beach Improvement Company
 1895 Wildwood Borough from Middle Township
 1912 Wildwood Borough and Holly Beach
Borough consolidated into Wildwood City
Local Governments
 1892 Avalon Borough
from Middle Township
 1896, 1896 Avalon Borough reincorporated
Local Governments
 1894 South Cape May Borough
from Lower Township
 1945 dissolved into Lower Township
Local Governments
 1903 Woodbine Borough
from Dennis Township
Local Governments
 1906 Wildwood Crest Company
 1910 Wildwood Crest Borough
from Lower Township
Local Governments
 1908 South Jersey Realty Company
 1914 Stone Harbor Borough
from Middle Township
Local Governments
 1920 West Wildwood Borough
from Middle Township
Sea Isle City
Covenants and Restrictions
of Record
Riparian Issues
Services of the
County Clerk’s Office
Document Recording
U.S. Passport Application Processing
Vendor Licenses for Veterans & Exempt Firefighters
Notary Public, Official Oaths
Wedding Ceremonies
Elections
Electronic Recording:
www.njcountyrecording.com
Website:
www.capemaycountygov.net
Elections and Voting
2088 Registered Voters in Sea Isle City
1120 Republican, 347 Democratic,
620 Unaffiliated, 1 Green Party
Upcoming Elections
General Election November 2, 2010
School Election April 27, 2011
Municipal Election May 10, 2011
Primary Election June 7, 2011
General Election November 8, 2011
Questions ?
for the County Clerk
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Rita Marie Fulginiti
Cape May County Clerk
October 9, 2010