Site of Old Asbury Methodist Church - Smyrna, DE
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N 39° 18.048 W 075° 36.579
18S E 447433 N 4350334
Site of Old Asbury Methodist Church in Smyrna, Delaware includes a gated abandoned cemetary.
Waymark Code: WM3KCD
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2008
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The roots of Methodism in this community can be traced to the organization of a "local" society in the 1770s. Meetings were held in private homes before a frame structure was built here in circa 1786 on a land provided by Col. Allan McLane, Revolutionary War hero and early advocate of Methodism. On May 9, 1799, the meeting house and burial ground were formerly conveyed to the church trustees for 5 shillings. The Philadelphia Annual Conference was held here on numerous occassions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Frances Asbury and many other Methodist pioneers were frequent visitors. Services were held here until 1845, when the congregation located to a new site.
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