Kennedyville in Kent County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Colonel Isaac Perkins

“Flaming Patriot” of the Revolution

Photographed by William Pfingsten, October 18, 2007

1. Colonel Isaac Perkins Marker

Inscription. Son of Thomas Perkins, who built brick house near here in 1720. The Colonel was one of the commissioners appointed by Maryland Council of Safety to raise supplies for Washington’s army. Much of the flour provided from the Eastern Shore was ground in the mills of his property. In 1780 he accused Tory “villains” of hiring “some abandoned wretch” to set fire to his mills.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1720.

Location. 39° 16.727′ N, 76° 1.548′ W. Marker is in Kennedyville, Maryland, in Kent County. It is on Maryland Route 213, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in the Urieville Pond picnic area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kennedyville MD 21645, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Maryland’s First Women Voters (approx. 3½ miles away); Christ Episcopal IU Church and Cemetery (approx. 3.6 miles away); Taking Command (approx. 3.7 miles away); Brig. Gen. John Cadwalader (approx. 4.6 miles away); George Washington

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(approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named George Washington (approx. 4.8 miles away); Washington College (approx. 4.9 miles away); Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 5.1 miles away).

Photographed by William Pfingsten, October 18, 2007

2. Colonel Isaac Perkins Marker

Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 30, 2023

3. Colonel Isaac Perkins Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,733 times since then and 53 times this year. Last updated on January 26, 2019, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 18, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 3. submitted on August 15, 2024, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California.