R(ichard) Van Dyke Reid was a South River native, born in 1833, and a graduate of Rutgers College. He taught in South River and later moved to Red Bank, where he served as schools principal from 1864 to 1871. After the death of his wife Sarah in 1886, Reid returned to South River, where he died in 1915.

What follows is a list of the individual names of the property owners that were included on Van Dyke Reid's 1851 map of South River. Every effort has been made to retain the spelling and abbreviations as they were originally written by Van Dyke Reid. The map is available for viewing at the
South River Museum.