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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUU_fort-saulsbury_Milford-DE.html
Constructed in 1917 as a coastal defense fortification of the U.S. Army. Names for Willard Saulsbury, U.S. Senator from Delaware 1859-1871. Two batteries were located within the fort, each with two 12-inch gun emplacements. The north battery was n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUS_milford_Milford-DE.html
Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range". Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUM_absalom-jones_Milford-DE.html
Born near this place on a plantation known as "Cedar Town", Jones moved to Philadelphia in 1762 and in 1784 purchased his freedom. He helped to establish the Free African Society in 1787. A leader of the independent African-American church movemen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPUJ_slaughter-neck-united-methodist-church_Milford-DE.html
The history of this congregation can be traced to the early days of Methodism in this country. In 1777 a group of area residents gathered at the home of a "Mr. Shockely" to organize a local Methodist "Society." While visiting in July 1779, Methodi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP03_parson-thorne-mansion_Milford-DE.html
This historic building lies within a 1,750 acre Duke of York land patent called Saw Mill Range granted to Henry Bowman in 1680. The first known resident of this portion of the tract was Joseph Booth, who purchased 510acres from the Bowman family i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOP7_milford_Milford-DE.html
Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range." Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erectedby Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOO6_milford_Milford-DE.html
Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range." Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erectedby Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMONL_site-of-milfords-first-methodist-church_Milford-DE.html
The beginning of Methodism in this community can be traced to the organization of a local "society" in 1777. Early meetings were held in the homes of its members. On December 3, 1787, Joseph Oliver conveyed a lot of ground at this location for the…