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Woodward & Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties. 1883 Burlington County Timber Protective Company – This company was organized at Mount Holly, April 24, 1880, under the laws of the State of New Jersey, with the following charter members: John S. Irick, Vincentown; Franklin W. Earl, Pemberton; Samuel A. Dobbins, Mount Holly; Stacy B. Lippincott, Springfield; David B. Coles, Lumberton; Andrew H. Fort, Pemberton; C. Morgan Lippincott, Mount Holly; William Cotton, Shamong; William J. Irick, Vincentown; James Lippincott, Mount Holly; Benjamin White, Mount Holly; Henry J. Irick, Vincentown; Benajah P. Wills, Mount Holly Joseph L. Budd , Pemberton; Allen Fenimore, Northampton; Samuel H. Chambers, Springfield; Henry I. Budd, Mount Holly; Alfred L. Black, Springfield; Alfred Budd, Buddtown; Budd Atkinson, Mount Holly. At a subsequent meeting the following-named gentlemen were elected directory: John S. Irick, Vincentown; Issac Fenimore, Lumberton; Franklin W. Earl, Pemberton; Samuel W. Chambers, Springfield; Alfred Budd, Buddtown; Eayer Oliphant, New Lisbon Alfred Black, Jobstown; Samuel A. Dobbins, Mount Holly; William Braddock, Jr., Medford; Henry L. Budd, Mount Holly. President of Board of Directors, Alfred Black Secretary and Treasurer, Henry I. Budd The objects of this society are the detecting and arresting of timber-thieves, and the prosecution of those buying stole timber, logs, wood, rails, posts, lumber, herbage, and cranberry vines, ferreting out and arresting incendiaries of pine and cedar timber, wood, and lumber. Its necessity arose from the immense losses incurred each year from the depredation of thieves and incendiaries in the forests of Burlington and adjoining counties, and it has resulted in largely protecting the property of its members, which own a large portion of what are called the pine lands of New Jersey.
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