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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8_christ-united-methodist-church_Laurel-DE.html
In the fall of 1831, Reverend Thomas Pearson came to Laurel to assist with the establishment of a Methodist Protestant congregation in the community. With its founding, the church became one of the first of this denomination in Delaware. Early mee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1_laurel_Laurel-DE.html
This site was originally part of a tract known as "Bachelor's Delight". From 1711 to 1768 it was included in a 3,000 acre Nanticoke Indian Reservation, authorized by an act of the Maryland Assembly. A village known as "Laurel" existed as early as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0_woodland-ferry_Seaford-DE.html
By the 1740s a ferry service was being regularly operated at this location by James Cannon. He was succeeded by his son Jacob, who constructeda much-needed causeway on this side of the river for the improvement of the business. Threatened by compe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29L_academy-masonic-hall_Georgetown-DE.html
In 1827 the Delaware legislature authorized a lottery for the purpose of funding the construction of "an Academy and Masonic Hall." Land was purchased in 1840, and construction commenced the following year. The building was formally dedicated on D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29B_return-day_Georgetown-DE.html
This event draws thousands as winning and losing candidates joining in celebration on the Thursday following each general election. Poor traveling conditions and interest in the outcome of political contests may have resulted in an extended stay w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM291_sussex-county-courthouse_Georgetown-DE.html
In 1835 a lottery was authorized to raise funds to replace the frame structure which had served as Courthouse since 1791. Construction of the new building began in 1837 following the sale and relocation of the original Courthouse to its present si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28R_relocation-of-the-county-seat_Georgetown-DE.html
The conflicting claims of the proprietors of Maryland and Pennsylvania resulted in a lengthy and sometimes violent dispute concerning the ownership and boundaries of Sussex County. Residents who had been Marylanders before the controversy was reso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28G_pettijohns-old-field_Georgetown-DE.html
The future home of Sussex County's seat of government was a sparsely populated rural area when the 76 acres which would become the Town of Georgetown were purchased on May 9, 1791. Located "near the centre" of the country at a place known as "Jame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26X_kent-county-courthouses-1680-1983_Dover-DE.html
Court was first held in Jones County in 1680. In 1682 William Penn changed the county's name to Kent County. On August 11, 1863 William Penn directed that the town of Dover be laid out and that a courthouse be erected at the intersection of its tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZN_town-of-delmar_Delmar-DE.html
The town of Delmar was established soon after the Delaware Railroad reached this area in 1859. Although fire devastated Demare in 1892 and 1901, the town continued to build and grow. Incorporated on March 9, 1899, Delmar became known as the "straw…