Coursey-Daisey Nanticoke Indian Burial Grounds
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Coursey-Daisey Nanticoke Indian Burial Grounds

Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA

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    Coordinates: 38.74651, -75.16629
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Located within the Eagle Point housing development off Shady Road in Lewes are the burial grounds of the Coursey and Daisey families, ancestors of the Nanticoke Indians. The gravesite is marked a family tombstone. It was once part of the land originally owned by Mills Coursey since 1853. Interred in the burial grounds are his immediate family and descendants including members of the Daisey family who intermarried with the Courseys. There were 23 members of the family buried in the gravesite between 1853 and 1928. The Coursey and Daisey families are descendants of the Nanticoke Indians who settled in this area in the mid-18th century after leaving their land in Dorchester County, Maryland. Over the next two centuries the Nanticoke endeavored to retain their cultural identity among the dominant European- American culture who classified Nanticokes as "colored" or "mulatto". In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Nanticokes labored at the local and state level for recognition of their heritage. In 1881 the Nanticoke tribe was recognized by the state of Delaware as a legal entity, and in 1921 the Nanticokes formed the Nanticoke Indian Association.
Located within the Eagle Point housing development off Shady Road in Lewes are the burial grounds of the Coursey and Daisey families, ancestors of the Nanticoke Indians. The gravesite is marked a family tombstone. It was once part of the land originally owned by Mills Coursey since 1853. Interred in the burial grounds are his immediate family and descendants including members of the Daisey family who intermarried with the Courseys. There were 23 members of the family buried in the gravesite between 1853 and 1928. The Coursey and Daisey families are descendants of the Nanticoke Indians who settled in this area in the mid-18th century after leaving their land in Dorchester County, Maryland. Over the next two centuries the Nanticoke endeavored to retain their cultural identity among the dominant European- American culture who classified Nanticokes as "colored" or "mulatto". In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Nanticokes labored at the local and state level for recognition of their heritage. In 1881 the Nanticoke tribe was recognized by the state of Delaware as a legal entity, and in 1921 the Nanticokes formed the Nanticoke Indian Association.

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  • Added: 23 Dec 2018
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2677759