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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGJ_kitts-hummock_Dover-DE.html
Like the Native Americans before them, European settlers used this rising ground or "hummock" on the shore of the Delaware Bay as a place for fishing and recreation. In 1738, Jehu Curtis received a patent for lands that he called "Kitt's Hammock."…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQGH_dover-light-infantry_Dover-DE.html
The Light Infantry Company of Dover, a part of the 1st Battalion of Kent County, mustered in on 2 April1776. Each militia volunteer was uniformly armed,equipped, and wore a standard military coat of greenfaced with red lapels, cuffs, and collar. F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQEZ_john-hunn_Camden-DE.html
Chief engineer of the Underground Rail Road in the State of Del. and the richest man in Del. He was convicted and fined in 1846 by the U.S. Dist. Court, later he was fined twice for $10,000.00 each by Del. but was advised the fines wouldn't be imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQEY_camden-friends-meeting_Camden-DE.html
Burial Place of John Hunn This house of worship, built in 1805, was first a Preparative Meeting under the care of Motherkiln (Murderkill) Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). In 1830, Camden Monthly Meeting was formed by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQEX_morning-star-institutional-church-of-god-in-christ-inc_Camden-DE.html
In 1856, the trustees of Whatcoat Methodist Episcopal Church purchased this site from Thomas Mifflin. The present church was erected thereafter and dedicated on July 26, 1857. Extensive renovations of the structure were undertaken in 1865 and 1940…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQEW_camden_Camden-DE.html
The history of this community can be traced to the 1780s, when members of the Mifflin family began dividing their land into lots. Much of this land was originally a part of a tract known as Brecknock, which was granted to Alexander Humphreys in 16…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQET_camden_Camden-DE.html
Founded 1783 on the tract "Brecknock" by Daniel Mifflin and settled largely by Quakers. Once called Piccadilly and Mifflins Cross Roads. Incorporated 1852, it was a center of anti-slavery sentiment. Several homes were by tradition stops on the Und…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQES_brecknock_Camden-DE.html
In 1680 Alexander Humphreys received a warrant from the county court for 600 acres of land which he called Brecknock. The tract is believed to have been named for a shire of Wales. A milling operation was established here in the 1740's. For nearly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDK_murderkill-motherkiln-friends-meeting_Magnolia-DE.html
Quakers were gathering for worship in this area by 1712, when members of the Religious Society of Friends met "at the widow Needham's at Murderkill Creek." Established as Motherkiln Preparative Meeting (under the care of Duck Creek Meeting), the g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDH_warner-mifflin_Magnolia-DE.html
A native of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Mifflin came to Delaware as a young man. Born into a slaveholding Quaker family, he manumitted his own slaves in 1774-75 and later became one of America's foremost abolitionists of the 18th century. As an elde…