Betts Markers

Commemorating Our History

On May 6, 2023 at West Road Cemetery, together with the Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), we dedicated two markers commemorating Captain Stephen Betts, our first Warden and founder of St. Mark’s, and Jesse Betts, a formerly enslaved member of the Betts household.

With the markers St. Mark’s and the DAR seek to recognize both the extraordinary contributions of Captain Betts to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and the Revolutionary War and his lamentable enslavement of Jesse Betts and others, as well as to bring new attention to the contributions of Jesse Betts and other enslaved members of the Betts household to our communities. 

Learn more: America 250! The Story of Stephen and Jesse Betts