Three committeemen were selected: James L. Chosen Moderator of the Day (Mayor) was Robert Laird, MD, who also assumed the position of the first Superintendent of Schools. Wall's first Township Committee meeting convened on Maat the house of Isaac Ammermans. Ellis' "History of Monmouth County" states that Senator Wall's contemporaries considered him "one of the best known men of his time." He did accept the position of United States Attorney for New Jersey before his call to the United States Senate. General" Wall, as he was called after being the Quartermaster General of the State, is noted for being the only man appointed governor who declined to serve. The new area was named Wall Township after Garret Dorset Wall, a United States Senator from New Jersey who died the previous year. New boundaries were described in the Act setting Wall Township as all that land from the Shark River to the Manasquan River, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the new Howell border (including all the seashore communities at that time). Petitioners from the inhabitants of this area had to vote for a new unit of governance in order to separate from Howell Township. Fort to an Act of the New Jersey Legislature, Wall Township was established on March 7, 1851. Other interesting people and events (PDF) can be found in further writings by Mrs. Salmon's complete historical profile of our town (PDF).
Salmon, township children can do research right here online! (Those 3rd grade projects just became easier.) If you are doing research, or would like to read a more in-depth history, please see Mrs. Ever wonder about the history of our town? Thanks to the kind contributions by Township Historian Emerita, Alyce H.
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