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Union Baptist Church & Cemetery, established 1833 [22] and a prominent local landmark by the time of the Civil War, [6] [8] on modern-day Route 616 halfway between Morven and Paineville. Little Union Baptist Church (pictured), established 1874, [ 23 ] on Route 681 just north of the crossroads.
The Union Church narthex, measuring 10 feet by 40 feet, is the section remaining from the Federal style building. The building contains an original stairway to the balcony and framing that extends upward to form the belfry which supports an estimated 300-pound bell. Also on the property is the church cemetery with headstones, dating from the ...
Brigadier General Elisha F. Paxton Tablet (1980), "In this vicinity Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A. Aged 35 years, of Rockbridge County, VA. was killed on the morning of May 3, 1863 while leading his command, the Stonewall Brigade in the attack on Fairview" [18] University of Virginia Cemetery: Confederate monument (1893), by Caspar Buberl. [9]
The Mountain Union Association, formed in 1867 at Silas Creek church near Lansing, North Carolina, was the first "Union" Baptist association. The Mountain Union Association was instrumental in helping former slaves organize the New Covenant Association of Wilkes County in 1868. This distinction, at least in name, has persisted in the ...
Union Baptist Church may refer to: Union Baptist Church (Hartford, Connecticut), listed on the NRHP in Connecticut; ... Union Baptist Cemetery (Cincinnati, ...
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The cemetery has been preserved since it was established in 1838. One of the first independent black congregations founded after the Civil War was what is now called Second Union Baptist Church, founded in 1865 near Fife/Bula northwest of Richmond.
Bethel Memorial Church, also known as Bethel Baptist Memorial Church, is a historic Baptist church building located at White Post, Clarke County, Virginia. It replaced an earlier log Quaker meeting house, used by the Baptist congregation from 1808. Bethel was built between 1833 and 1836, and is a two-story, rectangular brick church in the ...