Eleazar Clay was an early Baptist minister associated with Chesterfield County, Virginia, whose life and work reflect the formative years of Baptist growth in the American South. Though surviving records about him are limited, his ministry belongs to the generation of earnest preachers who helped establish Baptist churches, defend religious liberty, and shape the character of evangelical Christianity in the Read more...
The Chesterfield County Museum, at 6813 Mimms Loop, is a replica of the 1749 courthouse where magistrates, during 1770-74, sentenced seven Baptist preachers to jail for preaching Christ without state-church approval. Where the jail once stood, there now stands the Religious Freedom Monument, a grantie memorial with a bronze tablet inscribed to the memory of those Baptist preachers. See the section, “Virginia Read more...
