The Delaware Historical Society Church and Cemetery Folder Collection
contains information from churches throughout the entire state of Delaware. The
listing below of folders is offered as an aid to researchers planning a trip to the
Historical Society Library.

Access:
Folders with a page count of 50 pages or more are not available for duplication and require a visit to be examined.

Folders below a count of 50 are available for duplication by a staff member for a fee which is based on page count. The minimum staff assistance fee for
duplication is $5.00.  Copies will be mailed in bulk form for a patron’s review.

Analysis of church records by a staff member on behalf of a patron is only available as part of the Historical Society’s standard research service. Details of the standard service are available upon request by contacting the society’s research librarian at  research@dehistory.org


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Alphabetical listing of Church Folders:

A
Asbury
Methodist Church: 626p.
Includes Tombstone inscriptions in the Asbury M.E. churchyard located at 3rd & Walnut Streets, Wilmington; Bible Classes of white and colored members for the year 1803-1804; Account of cash received from white members in 1803 and 1807; list of Members, Probationers, Removals, Deaths, Expulsions from 1830 to 1882; Facts about Asbury M. E. History gathered by W.L. S. Murray; Neighborhood canvas of faith, undated; Cass Records from 1866-1876 includes deaths, removals, etc; Register of members from 1815-1824.

B
Baptist, Primitive
: 8p.
Ephraim Rittenhouse’s Record of Marriages from 1856-1901

Barratt’s Chapel
: 12p.
Card catalog of Churches and their holdings kept at Barratt’s Chapel.

Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Hares Corner): 19p.
Newspaper articles, History; Tombstone inscriptions.

Betts Family Cemetery: 5p.
Located on State Road 16, near Milton, Sussex Co., DE: Tombstone inscriptions: surnames Betts, Johnson, Ehrie, Reed, Bando, Atkins, Baker, Millman, Lofland, Huff, Robinson, Jones, Reynolds.

C
Calvary Episcopal: 4p.
Photographs of Calvary Episcopal Church on Shellpot Creek in Carrcroft 1863-1902, Calvary Memorial Episcopal Church in Hillcrest 1910-1945, and the Bishop Cook Memorial Episcopal Church 1948-1956.

Cecil Circuit (Methodist): 226p.
Registers from 1849 – 1869: Cecil Circuit baptisms, marriages, and members; Newark Circuit probationers, marriages, members; Ebenezer Church members; Cherry Hill members; McClellandville members; Salem members; Wesley Chapel members; Christiana members; Transfers to the Newport Circuit.

Chester-Bethel Methodist: 50p.
Tombstone Photographs: Talley and Sebley; Plot Map; Tombstone Inscriptions; DGS Journal article, vol. 3, p52.

Christ Church(Milford): 17p.
Tombstone Inscriptions (WPA 1938)

Christiana Methodist Church: 10p.
List of burials in churchyard; cemetery plot map

Christiana Presbyterian: 54p.
Notes from the Session Book, various dates 1800 - 1881; list of members in 1800; record of Baptisms 1835-1839; list of members in 1835, 1856, 1866, 1867, 1881; adult baptisms 1857-1881; Infants baptisms 1867-1880; names of pew holders 1860; catalogue of families visted; church history.

Coffee Run Cemetery: 23p.
Tombstone Inscriptions (WPA 1939); plot map; newspaper article with photo; 1987 DGS correction to the WPA tombstone readings.

Cooper family cemetery (Kent Co): 5p.
Tombstone inscriptions

Coolspring Presbyterian Cemetery: 10 p.
Tombstone inscriptions

D
Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) Revolutionary War Soldiers Graveyard Register: 107 pages

E
Elsmere Presbyterian
: 16p.
2 pamphlets and 1 program from 1991.

F
Felton Methodist Episcopal
: 9p.
Record of members 1904, probationers 1904, marriages 1904-1905, and baptisms 1902-1904.

First and Central Presbyterian Church:  11p.
List of Interments in Old Church Cemetery

First Presbyterian Church (Wilmington): 77p.
Tombstone inscriptions read in 1904 by Frances A. Price; published pages of inscriptions undated.

Flint Hill Cemetery: 4p.
Tombstone inscriptions copied on August 16, 1977 by Anne G. Copley, rerecorded after clean up in June 1991 by Anne Copley.

Forest Cemetery (Middletown): 2p.
Tombstone inscriptions

Friendship United Methodist Church (Black Bird Hundred, New Castle Co): 34p.
Two copies, brief history of church, deeded April 20, 1782
Tombstone
inscriptions dated c. 1816 - 1971

G

H
Head of Christiana Presbyterian
1100 W. Church Rd, Newark: 154p.
Volume II  Session Minutes 1839-1878, compiled by A. G. Jenkins, hand copies notes/minutes of board sessions, names ministers and their churches

Head of Christiana Presbyterian folder two
Session Minutes 1839-1924, compiled by M. E. Burnham, copied 1878-1913, names members, when/how received , died or dismissed

Head of Christian Presbyterian folder three
Revoluntionalry War Soldiers buried there from DAR records
Tombstones inscriptions (4 pages)
List of Members c. 1815, dismissals, deaths, baptisms ( 16 pages)

I
Immanuel Episcopal Church
(on the Green, New Castle): 92p.
Tombstone inscriptions, c. 1790-1890, interred under floor and in yard, memorial plaques in interior of church, alphabetized, stones listed in previous surveys, map p. 86

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L 
Leipsic Church (Methodist Episcopal): 99p.
Xerox copy of Comprehension Church Record of the Leipsic Church, December 1889, published New York, lists of probationers and members: (where lived, dates), baptisms: parents names, birthdates, place, ministers.  List of marriages1889-1922.  Historical records 1868.  Records of baptisms 1893-1924.  Two typed letters. Typed list, 2 p, marriages performed by F. F. Carpenter 1892-1897

Lewes Coolspring Indian River Presbyterian Church: 40p.
Transcribed from Delaware Hall of Records microfilm by Robert J. Redden, May 30, 1994, alphabetized list of  members 1756-1848, spouses names, some maiden names.  Churchyard graves since 1931, taken August 19, 1983 by surname as buried

Lewes Methodist Episcopal Church (Lewes, DE): 129p.
Large, folded pages of marriage records 1892-1913. members records 1891-1921, record of baptisms 1890-1910, church records 1890-1933 including lists of pastor’s names 1891-1922,

Lewes Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, DE): 72p.
700 Marriage records, 2 copies, 1769-1842
Cemetery reading 1989-1990, 25 p.

Lombardy Cemetery: 3p.
Newspaper clippings, News Journal, January 25, 1997,  January 7, 2001

London Tract Baptist Church Cemetery: 8p.
Stickersville, London Britain Twp, Chester Co, PA
Tombstone
inscriptions c. 1730-1907

Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church: 384p.
Folder #1 Marriages 1861-1896, #2 deaths 1861-1894, ministers 1861-1893, baptisms 1869-1870, minutes of sessions 1861-1889, alphabetized list of communicants admitted 1831-1895, #3 baptisms 1861-1871, session minutes 1893-1924, one newspaper article July 6, 1989, #4 sermons 1860-1896

M
Marsh family cemetery (Sussex Co):
3p.
Tombstone records

Marshallton Methodist Episcopal Church: 14p.
Alphabetical list of members 1912-1940

McColley’s Methodist Cemetery (Sussex Co): 10p.
Published list of tombstone inscriptions, 2 copies

Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (Milford): 26p.
Milton area cemeteries(Betts Family): 5p.

Mother African Union M.P. Cemetery: 4p.
W.P.A. Historical records survey tombstone inscriptions, 5 graves

Mount Lebanon Church (N.C. Co): 103p.
Short history of cemetery, typed tombstones inscriptions 2 copies, published tombstone inscriptions April 1983, church records 1869-1960 including baptisms 1911-1948, index to baptisms 1935-1960
Marriages 1869-1914

Mt. Olive Cemetery (African Union Church): 32p.
W.P.A. record of tombstone inscriptions, July 1939, map

Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church: 14p.
Recorded 1964-1965 by C. W. Eyre, Recorded April 1980 Caroline Sparks, 3 copies

Mt. Zion Cemetery (Silverbrook): 25p.
W.P.A. record of tombstone inscriptions, July 1939, one alphabetical, one as buried, map

N
New London
Presbyterian Church: 7p.
New London Co, PA, cemetery inscriptions

Newark Circuit (M. E. Church): 264p.
Quarterly conferences 1855-1903

Newark Methodist Church: 278p.
Marriage records 1869-1913, class records, probationers records, members records, chronological officers 1840-1901, baptisms 1863-1913

Newark Union Methodist: 26p.
Successor to Newark Monthly Meeting of Friends est. c. 1682
History of church, photos of dates etched in stone, photo of memorial to Valentine Hollingsworth
Tombstone inscriptions recorded December 1978, 2 copies,alphabetized, large folded map of family names in cemetery, newspaper clipping Dec 3, 1995, DE Genealogical Journal, Vol. 1, October 1980 by Caroline Sparks lists of inscriptions.

New Cathedral Cemetery: 374p.
House bills to establish cemetery
W.P.A. record of tombstone inscriptions Volume 1 March 1839, Volume 11 March 1939, Volume III March 1939, Volume IV July 1939, Volume V April 1939

O
Old Cathedral Cemetery: 8p.
W.P.A. record of tombstone inscriptions, December 1938

Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church (Odessa): 68p.
Copied April 2, 1895 by Clara W. Eyre for DAR, listed as buried

Old Union Methodist Church: 31p.


P

Pencader Presbyterian Church
(Glasglow): 31p.

Pidgeon Run Presbyterian Cemetery: 7p.

Pine Street P.E. Cemetery (Georgetown): 17p.

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R
Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church: 113p.

Red Lion Church: has Red Lion Cemetery (Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery) info 5p.

Rock Cemetery (Lewisville, PA): 7p.

 

S
Scott M.E. Church
: 243p.

Stanton and Marshallton M.E. Church: 133p.

St. Andrew’s Cemetery (Wilmington): 3p.

St. Joseph’s on the Brandywine: 85p.

St. Martin’s P.E. Church (Marcus Hook): 61p.

St. Peter’s Cathedral: 35p.

St. Philip’s Chapel (Laurel): 49p.

 

T
Todd’s Chapel
: 2p.

Townsend-Derrickson Cemetery: 1p.

Trinity M.E. Church: 51p.

U
Union
Cemetery (Georgetown): 84p.
Inventory of Tombstones, 3 Church pamplets, newspaper articles, miscellaneous class records 1851-1864.

Union M.E. Church: 302p.
Minutes, Map of Cemetery, History, Inventory of Tombstones, Record of Pastors, Members, Marriages, Baptisms, List of Teachers and Students of School.

V

W 
White Clay Creek Church: 139p.

White Clay Creek Presbyterian: 145p.
Contains Minutes, Baptisms, Receipts, Memberships, Register of Pastors, Elders, Communicants, Marriages, Deaths, White Clay Creek Church Cemetery Tombstone Survey.

Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery: 451p.
Inventory of the Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. I (May 1939), Vol. II (May 1939), Vol. III (May 1939), Vol. IV (May 1939), Vol. V (May 1939), Notes for Clara Wallace Eyres’ Genealogical Records .

Wilmington Friends Meeting: 274p.
Burial Permits, Members, Births, Deaths.

A list of Delaware cemeteries appears at the beginning of the first church file: It is 47p. and
includes Sussex County and Wilmington Delaware.

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