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Dilts Farm

May 24, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Dilts, Dilts Corner, Families, Rittenhouse Tags: architecture, early settlers, Going, houses, land titles, roads

This article (here somewhat updated) was originally written in 1995 for the Township Committee, back when it was trying to decide what to do with the old farmhouse. Sarah Dilts had left the farm she inherited to the township and it had been turned into a true community park. But the house was a dilemma. How to use it and maintain it? At one point the township committee considered moving the police department there. But that was not feasible, and eventually the house and other structures were taken down. Here is how it looked before that happened.

Nattie Saxton Addendums

May 19, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Raven Rock Tags: Bull's Island, ferries, mills, Nath'l Saxton

I have just gotten some information that I must add to previously published posts on Nathaniel Saxton of Raven Rock.

The first will be added to Saxton in Raven Rock, as it concerns a business endeavor of his that I was previously unaware of: wool-carding.

The second addendum will be made to Saxton’s Saxtonville, in which an earlier date is found for the use of the village name of Saxtonville–1811, and we learn that Saxton also ran the ferry just south of Saxtonville.

Both of these interesting items were provided by Betty Davis, daughter of Anton and Bertha Schuck, formerly of Raven Rock. Betty, like her mother, is a life-long student of the history of this area.

The Saxtonville Mill Changes Hands

May 9, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Holcombe, Raven Rock Tags: Bull's Island, mills, Nath'l Saxton

The mill once owned by Mahlon Cooper and Robert Curry in Saxtonville became a hot potato during the War of 1812 and thereafter. It changed hands several times before Nicholas Baird acquired it in 1823.

Note: It has been awhile since I last wrote about life in Raven Rock. Here are the previous posts: Saxton in Raven Rock, Reading Howell’s Map, The Bull’s Island Bridge, and Saxton’s Saxtonville.

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