Near Yale in Sussex County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Antioch Baptist Church

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

1. Antioch Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Antioch Baptist Church was the first of its denomination in Sussex County and one of the earliest in Virginia. It was formed on 13 June 1772 with 87 members, the result of effective preaching by Elder John Meglamre, of Kehukee Baptist Church in Halifax, North Carolina. In 1777 the reformed Kehukee Association of 19 Baptist churches in Virginia and North Carolina held its organizational meeting here. Known as Raccoon Swamp Meetinghouse until 1852. Antioch was the mother church of six congregations located in four counties. The present sanctuary was built in 1839.

Erected 1993 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number UO-6.)

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 date for this entry is June 13, 1772.

Location. 36° 48.69′ N, 77° 16.879′ W. Marker is near Yale, Virginia, in Sussex County. It is at the intersection of Courthouse Road (State Road 735) and Peters Bridge Road (State Road 631), on the right when traveling north on Courthouse

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Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yale VA 23897, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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 of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hunting Quarter Baptist Church (approx. 7.2 miles away); Sussex County Courthouse (approx. 7.2 miles away); Sussex County War Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away); Sussex County Confederate Monument (approx. 7.2 miles away); Jones Chapel Methodist Church (approx. 7.6 miles away); 1705 Nottoway Reservation (approx. 8½ miles away); From Barter… To Buffer… (approx. 8½ miles away); Nottoway Indian History (approx. 8½ miles away).

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

2. Antioch Baptist Church Marker

Antioch Baptist Church Marker at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Peters Bridge Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

3. Antioch Baptist Church Marker at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Peters Bridge Road

Antioch Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 5, 2013

4. Antioch Baptist Church

Elder John McGlamre (June 7, 1730-Dec. 13, 1799) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 24, 2014

5. Elder John McGlamre (June 7, 1730-Dec. 13, 1799)

Organized six churches, including Antioch.
Erected by Petersburg Baptist Association
Reinterred June 7, 1999
Burried 5 miles S.W. of this place
1799

Credits. This page was last revised on August 3, 2017. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,131 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 16, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on June 24, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.