1874 Sussex County Courthouse
County Information
Organized: 1683
Area: 1,196 Square Miles
2010 Census: 197,145
County Seat: Georgetown
Largest City: Seaford
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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.
SUSSEX COUNTY ALIASES
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 Sussex 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)
NOVEMBER 2020
BIOS: Dr. Henry Fisher, Dr. Peter Clowes
MARRIAGES: News - Waples-Tennent
NEWS-COMMUNITY: 1900 - Scarlet Fever in Georgetown.
OBITS: Charles W. Whiley, Benjamin B. Wolfe, Clara W. Byrn
OFFICIALS: News - W. Elwood Wright, Elmer E. Riggan
PEOPLE: Dr. Charles Haynes
OCTOBER 2020
BIOS: Philip S. Graham
OBITS: Cora Allen, James I. Cogswell, Margaret O'Niel, Nathan Palmer, Sarah Morris, Elizabeth J. Mitchell
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