BLACKISTON METHODIST CHURCH, Kent Co., Delaware The church is on the road to Smyrna, Delaware, from Millington, Maryland. Blackiston Chapel, Kenton Hundred, was the mother church for Methodism in this section. Itinerant ministers had been preaching there since 1774. The chapel was planned by Bishop Asbury and was the largest Methodist church on the Eastern Shore for many years, exceeding that of Barratt's Chapel. Ward, Julia A. June 13, 1810- July 12, 1882. Carter, Rachel E. March 12, 1859- Dec. 3, 1859. Carter, Margaret May 22, 1863- April 20, 1864. Ford, Joseph H. Sept. 22, 1840-Dec. 8, 1864. Ford, John W. July 23, 1810- Sept. 6, l870 Ford, Joseph B. Jan. 16, 1842- April 27, 1875. Ford, Sewell April 3, 1803- April 3, 1837. Mabrey, Thomas March 10, 1815- Oct. 15, 1896. Mabrey, David Jan. 21, 1881- Oct. 21, 1881. Mabrey, Wil1iam R. 1849- March 25, 1865. Mabrey, Mary E. June 18, 1854- Feb. 2, 1883. Wood, George H. Dec. 16, 1866- Jan. 30, 1867. Wood, Anna 1862- Dec. 5, 1866. Burgess, George W. Nov. 26, 1827- Sept. 27, 1849. Burgess, Elizabeth Ann March 23, 1806- Sept. 29, 1854. Shahan, William Francis, Son of A. M. & Sarah E. Shahan, Feb. 1817- Aug. 29, 1818. Jones, Leadman, 1789- March 1856. Jones, Maria, wife of Leadman Jones, 1795- Aug. 29, 1858. Smith, John F. May 10, 1823- Jan. 17, 1879. Smith, William Thomas, son of John & Mary Smith, d. Oct. 30, 1853. Smith, Mary, wife of John F. Smith, 1816- Jan. 5, 1890. Smith, Annie E., dau. of John F. and Mary Smith, 1851- Oct. 6, 1855. Stevens, John 1817-1894. Stevens, Catharine, his wife, 1833-1906. Stevens, J. H. 1857-1871. Stevens, Mary A. 1858-1909. Stevens, Caroline, wife of ~Wesley Stevens, Feb. 25, 1825- June 11, 1897. Stevens, Wesley, son of ~Wm. & Mary, Nov. 3, 1824- Jan. 22, 1895. Stevens, Edwin, son of Wesley & Caroline, 1862- Sept. 15, 1881. Seward, Charlotte S., wife of J. S. Seward, 1826- Dec. 26, 1853. Jones, Samuel T., son of Samuel M. & Margaretta Jones, Apr. 7, 1858- July 1, 1887. Lamb, Susannah, dau. of Joseph P. & Susan Lamb, d. Feb. 20, 1853. Lamb, Susan A., wife of James P. Lamb, 1830- Jan. 22, 1853. Stevens, William H. 1790- Feb. 4, 1847. Stevens, Anne, wife of William Stevens Sr., 1804- Oct. 7, 1882. Stevens, George M., 1817- Aug. 14, 1846. Stevens, George M. , son of Wesley & Caroline, 1854- Dec. 25, 1856. Stevens, Charles W., son of Wesley & Caroline, Jan. 2, 1857- Jan. 21, 1857. Stevens, Sarah, dau. of Wesley & Caroline, d. May 16, 1860. Stevens, Kate, dau. of Wesley & Caroline, d. July 18, 1864. Stevens, Hester, dau. of Wesley & Caroline, d. Jan. 10, 1866. Jones, Emma Frances, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Jones, 1848 - Feb. 12, 1854. Conner, James, 1801 - July 11, 1864. Conner, Mary, wife, 1827 - Apr. 6, 1869. Moore, Anne Elizabeth, 1815- Dec. 24, 1889. Hurlock, Sarah, Dec. 16, 1862- Sept. 10, 1863. Mabrey, John, son of John S. and Anna, died Aug. 4, 1881. Mabrey, Martha, daughter of John S. and Anna, died May 1, 1885. Gordon, Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Gordon, July 31, 1806- Oct. 2, 1862. Gordon, William, 1809- Dec. 24, 1888. Gordon William T., Aug. 5, 1848- Apr. 9, 1882. Hurlock, Wilhemina, June 8, 1843- Aug. 4, 1918. Hurlock, Abraham, 1794- Jan. 12, 1864. Hurlock, Ann, wife of Abraham Hurlock, 1802- Aug. 23, 1883. Asay, Lydia T., wife of John Asay, died Nov. 15, 1858. Asay, John, Rev., born Dec. 11, 1814- Sept. 11, 1855. He was an Elder in the Methodist Church. Massey, Mrs. S. F., Mar. 30, 1807- Mar. 13, 1878. Ward, Celia, 1790- Dec. 3, 1868. Taylor, William NcKendree, M.D., Sept. 3, 1828- Sept. 18, 1856. Taylor, Hester Anne, Aug. 25, 1813- Oct. 16, 1857. Taylor, Kate M., daughter of Dr. Wm. K. and Martha E. Taylor, Feb. 1856- Dec. 1, 1879. Shahan, David, Oct. 22, 1848- Feb. 22, 1886. Shahan, George, son of John and Mary Shahan, 1847-Jan 24, 1883 Shahan, Mary, wife of John Shahan, Sept. 19, 1815 - July 22, 1880 Knotts, Charles, son of Charles and Martha Knotts, 1881 - Aug 18, 1882 Knotts, Martha C., wife of Charles Knotts, Apr. 2, 1857 - Apr. 6. 1883 Ruth, Samuel L., 1813- Dec. 25, 1885. Shahan, Florence, July 13, 1873- Aug. 17, 1902. Shahan, James A., born Aug. 3, 1876- June 15, 1892. Betz, John F., 1827- Apr. 6, 1869. Burgess, John, Sept. 18, 1834- Oct. 2, 1854. Blackisten, Benj. F., June 9, 1831- Jan 31, 1903. Lamb, Thomas, July 16, 1772- Sept. 20, 1796. Hurlock, Jacob, b. 1841- July 13, 1853. Hurlock, Anne, 1785- Apr. 7, 1870. Elizabeth, b. 1821- July 25, 1853. Hurlock, Priscilla, Aug. 24, 1815- Aug. 29, 1857. Hurlock, Mary, Jan. 24, 1813- Sept. 27, 1893. Hurlock, Lamme, July 1858- Aug. 17, 1859. McWhorter, Jefferson, 1800- May 20, 1876. McWhorter, Sarah, June 10, 1810- May 24, 1883. McWhorter, Sarah Jane, daughter of Jefferson and Sarah McWhorter, 1842-Mar. 10, 1867. Archer, Benj., 1847- 1911. Pratt, Henry, May 7, 1812- Aug. 5, 1889. Pratt, Elizabeth, his wife, July 30, 1817- June 14, 1902. Pratt, Henry, son of Henry and Eliz., Dec. 11, 1864 - Apr.2, 1867 Mills, David F., May 17, 1829- May 6, 1899. Hurlock, Sarah, wife of Benj. Hurlock, Oct. 23, 1837- Aug. 26, 1907 Conner, Benj. W., Jan. 15, 1882- Apr. 16, 1883. Conner, Frances J., Nay 28, 1836- Nov. 22, 1861. Tombstone inscriptions as published in The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. V, No. 2 Raymond B. Clark, Editor, Contributed by Mrs. Henry Clay Smith, Millington, Kent County, Md. ======================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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