Carsley in Surry County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Jerusalem Baptist Church

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 24, 2014

1. Jerusalem Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Jerusalem Baptist Church was organized as Mt. Joy Baptist Church in 1867 at the nearby home of Mondoza Bailey, community leader and carpenter. Amelia “Mother” Howard assisted in the organization of this and six other churches. Sent by the United States Freedmen's Bureau, Howard, a teacher from Pennsylvania, helped to establish African American schools and churches in the region. Bailey led church members in the construction of a wooden building. Nancy Ellis James, born a free African American woman, and her family provided the land here for the church. The current brick structure was built in 1993.

Erected 2003 by Department of Historical Resources. (Marker Number K-320.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.

Location. 37° 6.307′ N, 77° 1.022′ W. Marker is in Carsley, Virginia, in Surry County. It is on Carsley Road (Virginia Route 615) 0.6 miles east of Martin Luther King Highway ( Route 40), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6512 Carsley Road, Waverly VA 23890, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carsley United Methodist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute (approx. 4.8 miles away); Wakefield and Pipsico (approx. 4.8 miles away); Swann’s Point (approx. 4.8 miles away); Cabin Point (approx. 5.6 miles away); Surry Lumber Company (approx. 6.3 miles away); Surry, Sussex & Southampton Railway (approx. 6.3 miles away); Miles B. Carpenter (approx. 6.3 miles away).

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 24, 2014

2. Jerusalem Baptist Church Marker

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 24, 2014

3. Jerusalem Baptist Church Marker

Jerusalem Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 24, 2014

4. Jerusalem Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,318 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 24, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.