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Cannon's Ferry
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 1. Cannon's Ferry Marker | | |
Inscription. Isaac and Betty Cannon began operating a ferry here on Nanticoke River, Feb. 2, 1793. Their sons continued it, built stores and warehouses in the hamlet named for them.
The ferry became property of Sussex County following the brothers' death in 1843. First postoffice named "Woodland" was established in 1882 and the hamlet took the same name. The State acquired the county roads and ferry in 1935.
Erected 1966 by Public Archives Commission. (Marker Number SC-65.)
Location. 38° 36.026′ N, 75° 39.461′ W. Marker is in Woodland, Delaware, in Sussex County. Marker is at the intersection of Woodland Ferry Road and Woodland Church Road, on the right when traveling south on Woodland Ferry Road. Click for map. Marker is across the road from the ferry. Marker is in this post office area: Seaford DE 19973, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Woodland Ferry (about 700 feet away, in a direct line); Sailor's Bethel Methodist Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Bethel Shipyard (approx. 3 miles away); Portsville United Methodist Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Stein Highway (approx. 3.4 miles away); Blades United Methodist Church (approx. 3.5 miles away); Seaford Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.5 miles away); The Delaware Railroad (approx. 3.6 miles away). |
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 2. Cannon's Ferry Marker | | |
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 3. Woodland Ferry | | Across the Nanticoke is another Delaware maker titled "Woodland Ferry". | | |
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 4. Cannon Hall | | This building, to the right of the historical marker, was built in the early 1800s by Jacob Cannon, one of the sons of Isaac and Betty Cannon. | | |
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 5. Woodland United Methodist Church | | The graveyard of this church, to the left of the historical marker, contains the graves of Isaac and Jacob Cannon who both passed away in 1843. | | |
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 6. Isaac Cannon's Grave | | |
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By F. Robby, December 8, 2007 | |
| | | 7. Jacob Cannon's Grave | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on January 5, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,707 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 5, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
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