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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...
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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...
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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...
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From Wikipedia: John Leland (May 14, 1754 – January 14, 1841) was an American Baptist minister who preached in Massachusetts and Virginia, as well as an outspoken abolitionist. He was an important figure in the struggle for religious liberty in the United States.[1][2][3] Leland also later opposed the rise of missionary societies among Baptists.[4] In Cheshire Cemetery, Leland’s obelisk grave-marker displays a commemorative plaque. copyrighted and used by Read more...
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The Leland-Madison Memorial Park, six miles east of Orange, at the intersection of US 20/Constitution Highway and SR 658/Clifton Road, is the place where James Madison met in an oak grove with Baptist-Evangelist John Leland, to discuss the issue of religious freedom of conscience. This meeting led to the Bill of Rights. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History Read more...
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At Williams College (Congregational), a twelve-foot-high marble monument, called the Haystack Prayer Meeting Memorial, commemorates “The Birthplace of American Foreign Missions 1806,” out of which came Baptists Adoniram Judson and Luther Rice. See the section, “Haystack Prayer Meeting at Williams College (1806),” in Chapter 17. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Read more...
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Once known as “Backus Memorial Baptist Church,” First Baptist Church of North Middleboro, Massachusetts, is now in its third building since Isaac Backus founded it in 1756. It stands at the intersection of Plymouth and Bedford Streets. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Photo from KJVChurches.com Read more...
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In Titicut Parish Cemetery, at 41 Plymouth Street, Backus’ granite tomb is pulpit-shaped and holds an open Bible. Under the Bible is a bronze memorial plaque. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Read more...
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First Baptist Church, founded by Roger Williams in 1638, was the earliest Baptist Church in America. Erected in 1775, its present building is at 75 N Main St. Its twelfth pastor, James Manning, was founder and president of nearby Brown University. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Founded by Roger Read more...
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Underneath the Roger Williams Statue, at Prospect Terrace, lie Williams’s ashes. With John Clarke, he was the co-founder of Rhode Island. (See Chapter 12). copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Photo by By Rhododendrites – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65213559 Read more...