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Saint Matthews Episcopal Church Cemetery

Sussex County, Delaware, USA

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  • Get directions S.E. side of intersection of RT 30 and Rd 224
    null, Delaware 19960 United States
    Coordinates: 38.86851, -75.37350
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From Genealogy.com:

"These stones were discovered in March 1990 by Barbara Ann Pierce, 956 Woodland Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401. This abandoned cemetery is located in a field on the southeast side of the intersection of Route 30 and Road 224 near Cedar Creek Millpond in Sussex County, Delaware. Many of the tombstones were below the surface of the ground with only one stone visible. She uncovered about eleven stones. The property is owned by Nelson Hall, Milford, Delaware."

From HISTORY of the STATE of DELAWARE Volume II by Henry C. Conrad published 1908:
Page 695: "St. Matthew's Episcopal Church was the first house of religious worship erected in the Hundred. This church was built in 1717 on what was then called Church creek, a tributary of Cedar creek, near Cedar Creek Village. This ancient church has wholly disappeared, and the early records give but little account of its history. In 1770 a Protestant Episcopal Church was erected on the southern side of Cedar creek near Draper's old mill-pond, which continued to be used for religious worship until 1854, when the building was sold, and in 1864 moved to Milford. The land upon which the church stood is still owned by the Episcopal denomination, and several tombstones are still standing in the disused graveyard. "
From Genealogy.com:

"These stones were discovered in March 1990 by Barbara Ann Pierce, 956 Woodland Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401. This abandoned cemetery is located in a field on the southeast side of the intersection of Route 30 and Road 224 near Cedar Creek Millpond in Sussex County, Delaware. Many of the tombstones were below the surface of the ground with only one stone visible. She uncovered about eleven stones. The property is owned by Nelson Hall, Milford, Delaware."

From HISTORY of the STATE of DELAWARE Volume II by Henry C. Conrad published 1908:
Page 695: "St. Matthew's Episcopal Church was the first house of religious worship erected in the Hundred. This church was built in 1717 on what was then called Church creek, a tributary of Cedar creek, near Cedar Creek Village. This ancient church has wholly disappeared, and the early records give but little account of its history. In 1770 a Protestant Episcopal Church was erected on the southern side of Cedar creek near Draper's old mill-pond, which continued to be used for religious worship until 1854, when the building was sold, and in 1864 moved to Milford. The land upon which the church stood is still owned by the Episcopal denomination, and several tombstones are still standing in the disused graveyard. "

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