South Murderkill Hundred in Magnolia in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Motherkill Friends (Quaker) Meeting House and Burying Ground
1705 - 1844
Photographed by Nate Davidson, September 22, 2007
1. Motherkill Friends (Quaker) Meeting House and Burial Ground Marker
In this cemetary are the remains of at least 150 souls including those of Dr. Nathaniel Luff, battalion surgeon with Geo. Washington at the crossing of the Delaware for the Battle at Trenton & Warner Mifflin the first abolitionist in America.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list.
Location. 39° 4.547′ N, 75° 28.754′ W. Marker is in Magnolia, Delaware, in Kent County. It is in South Murderkill Hundred. It is on South State Street south of Quaker Hill Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16 Quaker Hill Rd, Magnolia DE 19962, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Motherkill Friends Meeting Burying Ground (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (here, next to this marker); Warner Mifflin 1745-1798 (here, next to this marker); Station 55 Archive Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); Banning Meeting House (approx. 1.4 miles away); The St. Jones River: Why the Mansion Faces South (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Dickinsons in Delaware (approx. 2½ miles away); Toward a Future Union (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Magnolia.
Other markers no longer nearby. Warner Mifflin (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2026, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on January 4, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Verification of geocoordinates • Wide shot of the marker in context • Can you help?
