Manassas is the county seat for Prince William County
Batestown is in Prince William County
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In Memory of
John and Mary Thomas
Sept. 1901
Little Union Baptist Church
[Original Cornerstone]:
Little Union Baptist Church
Estb. 1903 — — Map (db m7305) HM
On Mine Road, 0.9 miles north of Victoria Falls Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The Little Union Baptist Church was originally built in 1903 on land deeded by Mary Bates Thomas and her husband, John Thomas. Mary Bates Thomas (1838-1922) was a truly remarkable and accomplished woman of color. Born into a free African American . . . — — Map (db m168443) HM
On Mine Road, 0.9 miles north of Victoria Falls Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Free African Americans were present in Prince William County as early as the mid-eighteenth century. After the Civil War, emancipated slaves joined other African American families in a growing community near Cabin Branch. Batestown, as it became . . . — — Map (db m168444) HM