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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2TN_neck-meeting-house_Denton-MD.html
Neck or Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House was built in 1802 by members of the Society of Friends who had been Nicholites, a sect that originated in Caroline County. The building was used as a house of worship and as a Friends School until 1897. The buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FT_great-wars-of-world-conflict_Denton-MD.html
Dedicated in honor of the men and women from Caroline County who served their country during the great wars of world conflict.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RB_on-this-spot-sept-5-1938-stood-franklin-delano-roosevelt_Denton-MD.html
"It is the privilege of some of us to dream dreams, and some of us to carry out the dreams of others"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NO_letter-to-lincoln_Greensboro-MD.html
The war divided communities in Maryland, pitting neighbor against neighbor. During Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North, which ended at Antietam, a Greensboro resident wrote to President Abraham Lincoln for assistance on Se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NM_peter-harrington_Greensboro-MD.html
Son of Nathan Harrington and grandson of Peter Rich, early landowners here. He served in 1778 as 2nd Lieutenant, 28th Battalion of Militia, Caroline County. In 1783, he successfully laid out town on tract called Ingram's Desire (efforts to sell lo…
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Founded 1732 as Bridge-Town, then in Queen Anne's and Dorchester Counties. Named Greensboro 1791. Sessions of Caroline County Court held here November, December, 1778; June 1779; march, 1780. Choptank Bridge, the first across the river built near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NK_goldsborough-house_Greensboro-MD.html
Judge Laird Goldsborough lived here 1897-1970. As onetime Adjutant General of the Philippines he authored the Island's first constitution. Part of the house is of pre-revolutionary construction. Among other members of this Caroline County family d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ_st-pauls-episcopal-church_Denton-MD.html
Established 1748 at nearby Tuckahoe Bridge in Queen Anne's County. Congregation built church here in 1768, but it fell into decline as influence of Methodism grew on Eastern Shore. Under guidance of Rev. Robert William Goldsborough, present Gothic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NI_denton_Denton-MD.html
Originally called "Edenton" for Robert Eden, Maryland's last Colonial Governor.CAROLINE COUNTYwas named in honor of his wife Caroline Calvert, a sister of Frederick, the last Lord Baltimore.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NH_john-wilkes-booth_Denton-MD.html
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander's hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and familie…
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