Near Doswell in Hanover County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Church Quarter
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009
1. Church Quarter Marker
Inscription.
Church Quarter. . The two-room log house, a rare survivor of a once-common house type, was built about 1843 probably by Sarah Thornton, whose father-in-law John Thornton acquired the property in 1790. On 16 July 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his staff stopped here and requested some water. The woman who lived here provided him a pitcher from which to drink. On learning Jackson's identity, she refused to let anyone else drink from it, saying that she would give it to her children as a momento of Jackson's visit. The Scotchtown Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution purchased and restored the cabin in 1969.
The two-room log house, a rare survivor of a once-common house type, was built about 1843 probably by Sarah Thornton, whose father-in-law John Thornton acquired the property in 1790. On 16 July 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his staff stopped here and requested some water. The woman who lived here provided him a pitcher from which to drink. On learning Jackson's identity, she refused to let anyone else drink from it, saying that she would give it to her children as a momento of Jackson's visit. The Scotchtown Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution purchased and restored the cabin in 1969.
Erected 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E-111.)
Location. 37° 50.918′ N, 77° 31.535′ W. Marker is near Doswell, Virginia, in Hanover County. Marker is on Old Ridge Road, 0.1 miles east of Welling Hall Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Doswell VA 23047, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . 1. Church Quarter. Scotchtown Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) (Submitted on August 24, 2009.)
2. Church Quarter. National Register of Historic Places. (Submitted on August 24, 2009.)
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009
2. Church Quarter Marker on Old Ridge Road.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009
3. Church Quarter, built about 1843.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009
4. Original log portion of the cabin.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009
5. This two-room rear ell was added about 1885.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, August 19, 2009
6. National Register Plaque.
Historic American Buildings Survey, circa 1933
7. Church Quarter, State Route 738, Ashland vicinity, Hanover County, VA
Library of Congress [HABS VA,43-TAYL.V,1-]
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,286 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 7. submitted on March 22, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.