Warfield in Brunswick County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Ebenezer Academy

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 5, 2013

1. Ebenezer Academy Marker

Inscription. A few hundred yards east is the site of Ebenezer Academy, founded in 1793 by Bishop Asbury, the first Methodist school established in Virginia. It passed out of the hands of the church but remained a noted school for many years.

Erected 1931 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number S-58.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.

Location. 36° 53.602′ N, 77° 49.076′ W. Marker is in Warfield, Virginia, in Brunswick County. It is on Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles south of Flat Rock Road (County Route 643), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Warfield VA 23889, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Virginia,

specifically in the Piedmont,

and in Southside 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 nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sturgeon Creek (approx. 1.1 miles away); Brunswick County, Virginia (approx. 5.7 miles away); Dinwiddie County / Brunswick County (approx. 5.7 miles away); Birch's Bridge (approx. 5.7 miles away); Smoky Ordinary

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(approx. 6.2 miles away); a different marker also named Smoky Ordinary (approx. 6.3 miles away); Old Brunswick Courthouse (approx. 6½ miles away); Fort Christanna (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warfield.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Old Brunswick Courthouse (was approx. 6½ miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Boydton Plank Road (facing north) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 5, 2013

2. Boydton Plank Road (facing north)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,119 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 5, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.