Near Orange in Orange County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Little Zion Baptist Church
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 9, 2021
1. Little Zion Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.
Little Zion Baptist Church. . At the end of the Civil War, African Americans constituted a majority of the congregation of the white-led Zion Baptist Church, organized nearby in 1813. Exercising newfound autonomy after emancipation, black members withdrew and established Little Zion Baptist Church ca. 1870. The congregation first met in members' houses and then worshipped under a brush arbor before building a frame sanctuary on land donated by the Rev. Allen Banks, the church's second pastor. Many of the early members resided in Goffney Town, Little Egypt, and Little Zion, communities of freedpeople in this vicinity. The congregation moved into a new sanctuary here, 0.3 mile north of the old church, in 2001.
At the end of the Civil War, African Americans constituted a majority of the congregation of the white-led Zion Baptist Church, organized nearby in 1813. Exercising newfound autonomy after emancipation, black members withdrew and established Little Zion Baptist Church ca. 1870. The congregation first met in members' houses and then worshipped under a brush arbor before building a frame sanctuary on land donated by the Rev. Allen Banks, the church's second pastor. Many of the early members resided in Goffney Town, Little Egypt, and Little Zion, communities of freedpeople in this vicinity. The congregation moved into a new sanctuary here, 0.3 mile north of the old church, in 2001.
Erected 2020 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number JJ-37.)
Location. 38° 12.844′ N, 78° 6.759′ W. Marker is near Orange, Virginia, in Orange County. Marker is on Tomahawk Creek Road (Virginia Route 637) 0.1 miles east of Old Gordonsville Road (Route 647), on the right when traveling east
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 9, 2021
2. Little Zion Baptist Church Marker
The current church building is visible in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 245 times since then and 40 times this year. Last updated on April 12, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
