Stony Creek in Sussex County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Hunting Quarter Baptist Church
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 27, 2021
1. Hunting Quarter Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.
Hunting Quarter Baptist Church originated ca. 1863 when local African Americans began holding worship services under a nearby brush arbor, according to oral history. White neighbors donated a two-room sanctuary that stood 200 feet northeast of here and burned ca. 1865. The congregation built a fame sanctuary here in 1879 and later overlaid it with brick. During the segregation era, the church supported Hunting Quarter School for African American children. Buried in the cemetery is longtime pastor Frank L. Mason, Republican candidate for U.S. Congress from Virginia's 4th district in 1920. Also interred here are veterans of World Wars I and II.
Hunting Quarter Baptist Church originated ca. 1863 when local African Americans began holding worship services under a nearby brush arbor, according to oral history. White neighbors donated a two-room sanctuary that stood 200 feet northeast of here and burned ca. 1865. The congregation built a fame sanctuary here in 1879 and later overlaid it with brick. During the segregation era, the church supported Hunting Quarter School for African American children. Buried in the cemetery is longtime pastor Frank L. Mason, Republican candidate for U.S. Congress from Virginia's 4th district in 1920. Also interred here are veterans of World Wars I and II.
Erected 2015 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number UO-8.)
Location. 36° 53.996′ N, 77° 20.91′ W. Marker is in Stony Creek, Virginia, in Sussex
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County. It is on Hunting Quarter Church Road (Virginia Route 662) half a mile west of Emerald Road ( Route 641), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16166 Hunting Quarter Church Rd, Stony Creek VA 23882, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,128 times since then and 110 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
