Palestine Bible Church Cemetery, NJ 559, Somers Point, New Jersey. County/parish: Atlantic.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 14, 1984. NRIS 84002511.
1 contributing object.
Capt. John Jeffries Burial Marker is a historic burial monument in the cemetery at Scullville Bible Church in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, along County Route 559 near Somers Point. It was built in 1887 and added to both the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Capt. Jeffries (1829-1887) is known for his association with the ship Twenty One Friends, which, following an incident at sea, floated without crew across the Atlantic Ocean for two years before being claimed and returned to service.
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