North Murderkill Hundred in Rising Sun-Lebanon in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Banning Meeting House

Photographed by Pete Skillman, November 22, 2024

1. Banning Meeting House Marker

Inscription. Founded in 1778 by Freeborn Garrettson, the congregation of the church met in the home of Caleb Boyer. In 1842, Richard Cooper donated land on this site to build Banning Meeting House in which the congregation worshiped for approximately fourteen years. In the 1850s, the congregation split and built two churches closer to the homes of the members, Beth Berei Church in the Town of Magnolia in 1856 and Lebanon Church at Lebanon in 1858. The meeting house was abandoned and later sold. Incorporated in 1899 by The Banning Cemetery Association of North Murderkill Hundred in Kent County, the cemetery has been maintained by Orchard Church of Magnolia since 1960.

Erected 2023 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number KC-134.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1778.

Location. 39° 5.381′ N, 75° 29.834′ W. Marker is in Rising Sun-Lebanon, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in North Murderkill Hundred. It is

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on South State Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3843 South State Street, Camden Wyoming DE 19934, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

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 New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Warner Mifflin 1745-1798 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (approx. 1.4 miles away); Star Hill A.M.E. Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Camden (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Dickinsons in Delaware (approx. 2.7 miles away); Toward a Future Union (approx. 2.7 miles away); The St. Jones River: Why the Mansion Faces South (approx. 2.7 miles away); Wolf Creek - A River Changes Course (approx. 2.7 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby.

Banning Meeting House Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, November 22, 2024

2. Banning Meeting House Marker - wide view

Warner Mifflin (was approx. 1.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Murderkill / Motherkiln Friends Meeting (was approx. 1.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Pete Skillman, November 22, 2024

3. Banning Meeting House Marker

A large sign marking the cemetery is nearby.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 376 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 22, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.