Near Charlotte Court House in Charlotte County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Cub Creek Church
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 24, 2021
1. Cub Creek Church Marker
Inscription.
Cub Creek Church. . Cub Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in this area, stood four miles southwest of here. The neighborhood was known as the Caldwell Settlement for John Caldwell, great grandfather of U.S. senator and vice president John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. Caldwell, born in Ireland, obtained permission to establish a dissenting church in Virginia in 1738 and led a group of Scots-Irish immigrants here several years later. Among Cub Creek's visiting preachers were John Blair, Samuel Davies, and Samuel Stanhope Smith. Meeting here in Oct. 1774, the Hanover Presbytery established schools that later became Washington and Lee University and Hampden-Sydney College. The church burned in 1937.
Cub Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in this area, stood four miles southwest of here. The neighborhood was known as the Caldwell Settlement for John Caldwell, great grandfather of U.S. senator and vice president John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. Caldwell, born in Ireland, obtained permission to establish a dissenting church in Virginia in 1738 and led a group of Scots-Irish immigrants here several years later. Among Cub Creek's visiting preachers were John Blair, Samuel Davies, and Samuel Stanhope Smith. Meeting here in Oct. 1774, the Hanover Presbytery established schools that later became Washington and Lee University and Hampden-Sydney College. The church burned in 1937.
Erected 2016 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number FR-14.)
is near Charlotte Court House, Virginia, in Charlotte County. It is at the intersection of Patrick Henry Highway (Virginia Route 40) and Fearstown Road / Womacks Loop (County Road 649), on the left when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3426 Patrick Henry Hwy, Charlotte Court House VA 23923, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Southside Virginia, and specifically in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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.
Other markers no longer nearby. Cub Creek Church (has been replaced with this marker); Henry and Randolph's Debate (was approx. 3.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Charlotte County Library (was approx. 3.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Charlotte Court House (was approx. 3.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Old Marker At This Location also titled "Cub Creek Church".
Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,764 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
