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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-a91ba_delaware-confederate-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Georgetown-DE.html
Base inscription-erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Caleb Ross Chapter #2635 and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Delaware Grays Camp #2068. Front text-not legible, back text-not legible, side text-Smith Gilley, Confederate Army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AM_bethesda-methodist-church_Georgetown-DE.html
During the late 18th century many of the residents of this area embraced the Methodist faith. Meetings were often held in the homes of church members. The origin of the Bethesda congregation can be traced to February of 1832, when trustees purchas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX42_georgetown_Georgetown-DE.html
Site of town purchased May 9, 1791 from Abraham Harris, Rowland Bevins,and Joshua Pepper, and laid out for county-seat of Sussex County in accordance with Act of General Assembly of January 29, 1791. Named Georgetown in honor of George Mitchell, f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2K_cokesbury-church_Georgetown-DE.html
A Methodist meeting house was erected nearby circa 1803. In December of that year, the lot on which the building stood was conveyed to trustees on the condition that they finish and maintain the structure as a church and school. The building was n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2J_delaware-technical-and-community-college_Georgetown-DE.html
Site of the first community college in the State of Delaware. Formerly William C. Jason High School, this college was created by the Delaware General Assembly in 1966 and opened the doors to students in September 1967. Because of its central locat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2I_william-c-jason-comprehensive-high-school_Georgetown-DE.html
Named after the first African-American president of Delaware State College, the school opened in October 1950. Funds were provided in the will of H. Fletcher Brown a local philanthropist, and by the State General Assembly. Initially Jason High Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2H_wesley-united-methodist_Georgetown-DE.html
This congregation's beginnings can be traced to a visit from Methodist pioneer Francis Asbury to a gathering of farm families at the home of Abraham Harris on September 24, 1779. A prominent local landowner, Mr. Harris later conveyed a substantial…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2F_providence-united-methodist-church_Georgetown-DE.html
In 1865 the Maryland Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church established a "mission" or charge circuit in Sussex County. At the time local members of that faith were meeting nearby in Rogers School. Services were held in the schoolhouse unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2E_prospect-a-m-e-church_Georgetown-DE.html
The roots of African-American Methodism in this community can be traced to the organization of a black "class" within the local Methodist society in the 1790's. By the 1830's a group of residents had affiliated themselves with Bishop Richard Allen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX2A_grace-united-methodist-church_Georgetown-DE.html
In the spring of 1891, Rev. Louis A. Bennett was directed to establish a Methodist Protestant Church inGeorgetown. His efforts were successful, and a frame church was completed the following year on the northwest corner of East Market and King Str…
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