Brook Vale in Lancaster County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

White Marsh Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 5, 2009

1. White Marsh Church Marker

Inscription. This church, founded in 1792, was the mother church of Methodism in the Northern Neck of Virginia. The first camp meeting in this section was held here. Bishops Enoch George and David S. Doggett were members of this church. Bishop Joshua Soule, author of the constitution of the General Conference of the American Methodist Church, preached at meetings here.

Erected 1948 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number J-83.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1792.

Location. 37° 45.533′ N, 76° 25.217′ W. Marker is in Brook Vale, Virginia, in Lancaster County. It is on Mary Ball Road (Virginia Route 3) just east of Pinckardsville Road (County Route 605), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lancaster VA 22503, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Northern Neck.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

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 nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Morattico Baptist Church

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(approx. 3.1 miles away); Ditchley and Cobbs (approx. 3.6 miles away); Never Forget Garden (approx. 3.9 miles away); Barford (approx. 4 miles away); Kilmarnock (approx. 4 miles away).

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 5, 2009

2. White Marsh Church Marker

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Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 5, 2009

3. White Marsh Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,162 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 6, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.