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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CV_cow-marsh-primitive-baptist-church_DE.html
Organized on July 18, 1781, the "Baptist Church at Mount Moriah" also called Cow Marsh Baptist Church, is the fourth Primitive Baptist congregation formally constituted in Delaware. For many years members met in area homes. In 1793, Job Meredith c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CU_gov-george-truitt-home_Camden-DE.html
Gov. George
Truitt Home
Circa 1750
National
Register of
Historic
Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0I_caesar-rodney-school-district_Wyoming-DE.html
State Consolidated District No. 1 was authorized and created on July 1, 1915. Seven months later on February 28, 1916, voters of the district approved the request of the State Board of Education by a vote of 52 to 1 to bond together schools in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH7_coming-of-the-railroad_Wyoming-DE.html
Efforts to establish rail transportation in Delaware were realized in 1832 with the completion of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad connecting shipping traffic on the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River. The promise of railroads was clearly dem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH6_town-of-wyoming_Wyoming-DE.html
The construction of the Delaware Railroad in the 1850s led to the establishment of the Delmarva Peninsula's first and most important north-south railway transportation artery. Proximity to the nearby community of Camden resulted in the location of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQH4_site-of-whatcoat-church_Camden-DE.html
In 1791 Daniel Lowber granted permission for "the society of people called Methodists" to erect a "meeting house" at this location. The site was formally conveyed to church trustees in 1796. Adjoining land was obtained in 1813 for use as a public …
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…