On Maddens Tavern Road at Youngs Lane, on the left when traveling north on Maddens Tavern Road.
Following the end of the Civil War in 1865, Willis Madden, a free black man of color, built the African Ebenezer Church. The building had a half acre around it, and it was to be "Devoted to the preaching of the Gospel, as long as the colored . . . — — Map (db m185518) HM
On Maddens Tavern Road (Virginia Route 610) at Youngs Lane ( Route 724), on the left when traveling north on Maddens Tavern Road.
Pursued by British Major Banastre Tarleton, the Marquis de Lafayette camped near here June 4-6, 1781. Lafayette commanded about 3,000 Continental soldiers and militia which were positioned between Great Fork Church, about one-half mile to the east, . . . — — Map (db m290486) HM
On Maddens Tavern Road at Youngs Lane, on the left when traveling north on Maddens Tavern Road.
Madden's Tavern is located south of this site and was completed circa 1852. Willis Madden, a free black man, owned and operated the log structure. Madden also built a general store, a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, and drover's rest on the . . . — — Map (db m185515) HM
On Maddens Tavern Road at Youngs Lane, on the left when traveling north on Maddens Tavern Road.
On May 8, 1864, following the Battle of the Wilderness, troopers of the 9th Virginia Cavalry scouted through this region and captured several United States Colored Troops (USCTs) near Madden's Tavern. Private Byrd C. Willis of the 9th recalled, . . . — — Map (db m185516) HM
