Monday, June 8, 2015

Indian Land Sold - 1768

May 4th, in 1768 The Colony of Maryland sold 3,000 acres of land in Laurel that had been dedicated as a Nanticoke Indian reservation to local buyers after the Indians had left the area. Parts of western Sussex County were still in dispute between Delaware and Maryland.

Picked up from This Day in Delaware History

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