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Established in 1683
County Seat is Georgetown
Georgetown Post Office, 2 The Circle,
Georgetown, Sussex County, DE
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Cities and Towns
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Bethany Beach
Bethel
Blades
Bridgeville
Dagsboro
Delmar
(part of Delmar is in MD)
Dewey Beach
Ellendale
Fenwick Island
Frankford
Georgetown
Greenwood
Gumboro
Henlopen Acres
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Laurel
Lewes
Long Neck
Milford
(part of Milford is in Kent County)
Millsboro
Millville
Milton
Ocean View
Rehoboth Beach
Seaford
Selbyville
Slaughter Beach
South Bethany
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PILOT TOWN
Pilot Town is the section of the Hamlet of Concord where many free black families have lived in harmony with the
white families since around 1765. It was so named for the many African-American pilots who lived in the area and
piloted vessels down the Nanticoke River to Chesapeake Bay. Two of the best known were Cann Laws and George Laws.
LOCATION: Concord. At junction of Road 20 East and Road 20A.
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Sussex County
has been known by several
names over the years including Susan County, Hoorenkill or Whorekill County
as named by the Dutch prior to 1680 when Kent County broke off, Deale County
from 1680 to 1682 after being taken over by the British under James
Stuart, Duke of York prior to signing over to William Penn, and Durham
County
when claimed by the Lord's Baltimore during the boundary dispute
with the Penn family.
(source: wikipedia.org)
County Website:
http://www.sussexcountyde.gov/
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ONLINE DATA
BIBLE RECORDS
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BIOGRAPHIES
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BIRTHS
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CEMETERIES
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CENSUS DATA
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CHURCH RECORDS
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DEATH RECORDS
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HISTORY
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LAND GRANTS
Patents and Transfers |
LEGAL
Debt, Indentured Servants, Etc. |
MARRIAGES
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MILITARY
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NEWSPAPER DATA
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OBITUARIES
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PEOPLE
News,Accidents, Jobs |
WILLS
and Probate & Related Records |
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Website Updates
MAY 2013
DIVORCE: Emeline and Joseph Wilson
OBITS: Joshua G. Baker; Abigail Bull; David Burton; Nathan Evans; Rachel Haslet; Joseph Haslett; John Painter;
WILL & PROBATE: Lydia Banks; Nehemiah R. Davis; James Reed
MARRIAGE: Brome-Counselman; Newton-Eggart; West-Willen;
April 2013
WILL & PROBATE: John Bellamy; Henry Bowman; Robert Bracee Sr; Peter Goit, Daniel Hilliard; John Jones; Thomas Moalson; Thomas Price Sr.; John Richards; Hercules Shepheard, William Spencer, Sr., George West, Anne Williams
March 2013
NEWS: Barchley Wilson
SUSSEX OBITS: Amelia Anderson; Thomas Carey; Thomas Davis; James F. Evans; John Fig; Ellen Franklin; Manaen Gum Hazzard; Stansbury Jacobs; Mary J. Laws; Kate Marriner; Charles Noble; James Simpler; Ary Truitt; Isaac Willen
TOWNS: Bridgeville Early History
October 2012: Bio:
Joseph Maull Carey -
Transcribed by Richard Ramos
Mar 2012:Mar-April 1865 marriages (Fountain - Houston, Smith - Roach, Bennett - Robinson, Clendaniel - Betts, Tunnell
- Powell, Turner - Thompson, Walller-O'Neal, Venables-Walker , Hill-Waller, Culoer - Hill, Colbath - Arnold, Windsor-Paceley,
Rust-Warrington, Cooper - Plummer) History: The
Notorious Patty Cannon
Apr 2011 - BUTLER obit
June 2010: Birth records, Land Grants, crime news item; Church records; Wills for DAVIS and DRAPER
May 2010: Crime news Item for SHARPE
Apr 2010: SWIGGETT obit
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Adjacent Counties
Kent County, DE
- north
Cape May County, NJ- northeast¹
Worcester County, MD - south
Dorchester County, MD - southwest
Wicomico County, MD - southwest
Caroline County, MD - northwest
¹ across Delaware Bay; no land border
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