 Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz
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.
New Philadelphia Illinois, and The United States Department of the Interior, August 11, 2005.
County Rd. 2, New Philadelphia, Pike County Illinois
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