Marker Text:
SITE OF NEW PHILADELPHIA
September 16, 1836 - 1885 The town consisted of 144 lots laid out by a black man FREE FRANK MCWORTER. In 1819 he bought his freedom from slavery, and eventually freedom for 16 family members for $14,000. He was the first settler (1829) in Hadley Township. Free Frank was born in 1777 in South Carolina and died September 12, 1854. He is buried in the New Philadelphia cemetery ¼ mile southeast of this sign.
The Town Site
NEW PHILADELPHIA
founded
1836
by
FREE FRANK McWORTER
is listed in the
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES.
More history and a look at the New Philadelphia Association can be found here: New Philadelphia
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