On the corner of Church and School streets stands a concrete replica of the cider press that produced the gigantic cheese that John Leland gave to President Thomas Jefferson. In Cheshire Cemetery, Leland’s obelisk grave-marker displays a commemorative plaque, See “The Big Cheshire Cheese,” in Chapter 16. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Read more...
The grave of notable Baptist, John Weatherford, lies in a wooded area near Shockoe Baptist Church, at 16 Spring Garden Road. His tomb inscription reads Elder John Weatherford A devoted Baptist Minister Born in 1740, began to preach in 1764. He lay in Chesterfield jail in 1773 5 months for preaching. He moved to Halifax in 1813 and died Jan. 23, 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...
Founded by John Myles from Wales, the First Baptist Church of Swansea, at 21 Baptist Street, was the first Baptist church in Massachusetts. Its present building dates to 1848, and its adjacent cemetery dates to 1731. (See Chapter 13). copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Founded in 1663 Read more...
First Baptist Church was founded by Thomas Gould, in 1665. In 1872, Brattle Square Unitarian Church erected a brick building, at 110 Commonwealth Avenue. By 1876, the church was extinct, and First Baptist purchased the building. (See Chapter 13). copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Photo BySwampyank (Transfered Read more...
