In 1840, Israel United Methodist Church formed in the Belltown community west of Lewes. Israel established a cemetery in 1854 and formally incorporated in 1877. The congregation rebuilt the church in 1890 and again in 1916. Over time, the 1916 . . . — — Map (db m227870) HM
On Eagle Point Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Located within this neighborhood, a short distance south of here, is the burial ground of the Coursey and Daisey families, members of the Nanticoke Indian tribe.
The graveside is unmarked except for a family tombstone noting the site.
It . . . — — Map (db m104206) HM
On Log Cabin Hill Road (Local Road 247) just west of Local Road 281, on the right when traveling west.
Named for the river branch which runs along its northwest edge, Cool Spring Presbyterian Church was established circa 1726. Many of its members were Ulster Scots who had come to America from Ireland seeking religious freedom and economic . . . — — Map (db m150096) HM
On Kings Highway (U.S. 9N), on the right when traveling north.
The origin of this church can be traced to the earliest days of Presbyterianism in America. A congregation was established here in 1692 under the leadership of the Reverend Samuel Davis. The steady flow of immigrants from Scotland and Ireland . . . — — Map (db m38573) HM
Lewes has been a Port-of-Call and a Harbor-of-Refuge since the 17th century. For generations during the ages of sail, a public burial ground in this immediate locality became the final resting place for hundred of sailors who lost their lives and . . . — — Map (db m176163) HM
On 2nd Street near Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling west.
John Penrose Virden, Delaware River Pilot, built this house in 1888. He was a co-founder & the first President of the Pilots Association. Virden died in 1934 and is buried across the street in St. Peters Cemetery. — — Map (db m49591) HM
On Pilottown Road just east of Ocean View Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
St. George AME church was established prior to 1880 on land donated by Peter Lewis, a free black shipbuilder and AME church delegate. Initially, congregants met at the Old Bethel Meeting House, but soon acquired a corn crib to hold services in on . . . — — Map (db m150098) HM
The history of this congregation can be traced to the early days of Methodism in this country. In 1777 a group of area residents gathered at the home of a “Mr. Shockely” to organize a local Methodist “Society.” While visiting in July 1779, . . . — — Map (db m38623) HM
On Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1801 funds were raised to support the building of a place of worship for local Methodists. On January 16, 1802, church trustees purchased land here “on a rising ground beautifully situated for that purpose.” A frame chapel was erected . . . — — Map (db m38402) HM
On Mulberry Street south of Magnolia Street, on the right when traveling north.
A native and lifelong resident of this area, Samuel Paynter was born at Drawbridge on the Broadkill River on August 24, 1768. He was a successful merchant, farmer, and mill-owner, whose prosperity was closely linked to the commerce of the river. . . . — — Map (db m37562) HM
On Isaacs Road (Delaware Route 30) at Reynolds Pond Road, on the left when traveling south on Isaacs Road.
On October 14, 1869, a group of local residents gathered for the purpose of organizing and electing trustees for a Methodist Protestant church near Reynolds Mills. The following month, land was obtained to serve as a site for a house of worship. . . . — — Map (db m169916) HM
On Church Road (County Route 20A) 0.2 miles north of Concord Road (Delaware Route 20), on the left when traveling north.
On August 24, 1804, the trustees of the Concord Methodist Meeting House purchased this site from Robert Boyce and his wife Nancy. Part of a larger tract known as "New Ireland," the land consisted of approximately three-eighths of an acre on which a . . . — — Map (db m38663) HM
On Front Street (Business U.S. 13) 0.1 miles north of High Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born on June 2, 1814 in Laurel, Delware, William Henry Harrison Ross was the son of Caleb and Letitia Lofland ross. He was educated in local public schools and later attended Claremont Academy in Pennsylvania. As a young man Ross was employed in a . . . — — Map (db m168337) HM
Born in 1727, and a resident of this area by the 1750s, John McCabe was among the first to enlist when Delaware's Continental Regiment was reorganized in the winter of 1776-1777. An ardent supporter of Independence, he served throughout the war. . . . — — Map (db m39501) HM
On Johnson Store Road near Zion Church Road (County Road 382), on the right when traveling south.
In April, 1799, one of the state’s first
Methodist societies was organized near this
site by Reverend Freeborn Garrettson. On
April 29, 1784, one acre of ground was
purchased here for the erection of a
“preaching house.” The Church became . . . — — Map (db m38147) HM
Near Boardwalk Trail, 0.1 miles north of Turtle Pond Road, on the left when traveling north.
Reminders of the Past
This cemetery and others on the Refuge are reminders of past life in this area. Native American were the first people to settle in this rich marshland. Muskrat, shellfish, fish, venison, and waterfowl were among the . . . — — Map (db m244448) HM
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