Near Enfield in Halifax County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Whitaker's Chapel

Photographed by Michael Buckner, April 28, 2023

1. Whitaker's Chapel Marker

Inscription. Originally Anglican, 1740; later Methodist. In 1828 first annual conference of Methodist Protestant Church met here. This is third building on site.

Erected 1965 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number E-69.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1740.

Location. 36° 8.43′ N, 77° 35.534′ W. Marker is near Enfield, North Carolina, in Halifax County. It is on Thirteen Bridges Road 0.4 miles east of Douglas Hill Farm Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5356 13 Bridges Rd, Enfield NC 27823, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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

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of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Equal Rights League (approx. 4 miles away); "Enfield Riot" (approx. 4.8 miles away); John Branch (approx. 4.8 miles away); Halifax Movement (approx. 4.9 miles away); Landmark Case (approx. 4.9 miles away); Louis Austin (approx. 5 miles away); Lafayette's Tour (approx. 5½ miles away); Brick School (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Enfield.

Also see . . . Whitaker's Chapel.

Whitaker’s Chapel, located seven miles southeast of Enfield in Halifax County, holds a prominent place in the history of the movement for democratic Methodism in America. The original log chapel was built by Richard Whittaker, on his own land, around 1740. In the colonial era, the chapel was part of the Church of England. After the American Revolution, it became part of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Francis Asbury preached at Whitaker's Chapel at least three times, in 1786, 1789, and 1804.

(Submitted on April 29, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)

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Photographed by Michael Buckner, April 28, 2023

2. Whitaker's Chapel

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 376 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 29, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.