101 ► Tennessee, Sullivan County, Blountville — 1A 51 — Acuff Chapel — United Methodist Church Historic Shrine —

Established in 1786, this was the first Methodist Episcopal Church to be erected on Tennessee soil. Bishop Francis Asbury preached here often. A ten-day revival held here by Rev. John A. Granade began the Great Revival of 1780-81. The chapel was . . . — — Map (db m82954) HM

102 ► Tennessee, Sullivan County, Bluff City — 1A 68 — Edward Cox Home — United Methodist Church Registered Historic Shrine —

This pioneer from Maryland built the house which stands .1 mi. N., in 1773, bringing his bride here in 1775. Following his return from the Revolution, he opened his house to Methodist missionary preachers. Bishop Francis Asbury was a frequent . . . — — Map (db m80631) HM

103 ► Tennessee, Washington County, Johnson City — 1A 75 — William Nelson Home —

1 mi. N. was the home of William Nelson. A native of Virginia, he was one of the earliest settlers in this region and served in the Revolutionary War. Francis Asbury, early Methodist bishop, held annual conferences here in 1793, 1796, and 1797. . . . — — Map (db m22864) HM

104 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Valentines — S-84 — Brunswick Circuit —

The Brunswick Circuit, established in 1773 by Robert Williams, is likely the oldest Methodist circuit in America. It extended from Petersburg south into North Carolina, and became known as “the cradle of Methodism in the South.” By 1776, the . . . — — Map (db m60671) HM

105 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Valentines — SN-60 — Mason's Chapel —

Near here stood Mason's Chapel, one of the earliest Methodist churches in southern Virginia. The first Virginia conference, May, 1785, was held here or nearby; Bishop Asbury presided. The conference of 1801 was held here. The present Olive Branch . . . — — Map (db m60673) HM

106 ► Virginia, Brunswick County, Warfield — S-58 — Ebenezer Academy —

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. — — Map (db m62405) HM

107 ► Virginia, Emporia — UM-43 — Bishop William McKendree —

William McKendree was born in King William County in 1757. He soon moved with his family to present-day Greensville County, and later served in the Revolutionary War. In 1786, the county licensed him to keep a tavern at his house (12 miles south). . . . — — Map (db m18943) HM

108 ► Virginia, Falls Church — Virginia Village 1815 - 1861 / Civil War 1861 - 1865 —

Virginia Village 1815 - 1861 Turnpikes and Tolls Falls Church's location was close to the nation's capital and an essential stop along the route from Alexandria's port on the Potomac River to Leesburg and the western . . . — — Map (db m206633) HM

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109 ► Virginia, Greensville County, Freeman — UM-52 — Mabry's Chapel —

Eight miles northeast stood Mabry's Chapel, the fourth Methodist house of worship built in Virginia. It was constructed in 1780, five years after the congregation first met at John Mabry's dwelling. By 1804, a new larger church was built; it . . . — — Map (db m86051) HM

110 ► Virginia, Hampton, Downtown — First United Methodist Church, Hampton —

Organized as a society in 1789, First United Methodist Church is the mother of Methodism in the lower peninsula. Bishop Francis Asbury visited the congregation April 14, 1800, and March 5, 1812. Originally located about one block north on Wine . . . — — Map (db m166515) HM

111 ► Virginia, Harrisonburg — Bishop Francis Asbury —

Bishop Francis Asbury held the first conference of the Methodist Church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in this building June 2, 1794 — — Map (db m158117) HM

112 ► Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Smithfield — K-246 — Benn’s Church —

This Methodist Church was known in 1804 as Benn’s Chapel. Bishop Asbury preached here in 1804. — — Map (db m2674) HM

113 ► Virginia, Lee County, Ewing — Hard Road to a New Life — Cumberland Gap National Historical Park —

What a road have we passed! Certainly the worst on the whole continent, even in the best weather; yet, bad as it was, there were 400–500 crossing...whilst we were...A man who is well-mounted will scorn to complain of the roads when he sees men, . . . — — Map (db m207720) HM

114 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — Highlights of History / The Old Stone Church in Nineteenth-Century Leesburg —

Highlights of History Methodist Beginnings in Leesburg 🕀 Leesburg was a frontier crossroads in the early 1760s when a Methodist society was formed here. that society probably resulted from the preaching of Irish immigrant and . . . — — Map (db m214384) HM

115 ► Virginia, Mecklenburg County, South Hill — S-70 — Salem Chapel —

A mile south is the site of Salem Chapel, one of the pioneer Methodist churches of the state. Of it Francis Asbury wrote, "the best house we have in the country part of Virginia." There he held four sessions of the Virginia Annual conference: . . . — — Map (db m30879) HM

116 ► Virginia, Prince William County, Aden — 36 — Asbury Church —

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South was built 1893–1894 on land donated by Newton and Annie Allen Sayers of Massadale Farm. Methodist circuit riders stopped regularly at this farm to administer to the spiritual needs of their followers in the . . . — — Map (db m237426) HM

117 ► Virginia, Pulaski County, Radford — K-45 — Page’s Meeting House —

One mile to the north stood this Methodist Chapel, an early one in the New River area. It was built on land given in 1795 by Alexander Page. Bishop Francis Asbury preached in the chapel in 1802 and again in 1806. — — Map (db m23906) HM

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118 ► Virginia, Richmond, Shockoe Bottom — Francis Asbury —

To the glory of God and in grateful memory of Francis Asbury Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America An apostle whose only home was his saddle, his parish the continent. With fervent love for his Lord and a zeal that . . . — — Map (db m31163) HM

119 ► Virginia, Smyth County, Chilhowie — Sulphur Springs Church and Campground — 1806–1893 —

Across the highway was a log meeting house and campground visited by Bishop Francis Asbury and early Methodist circuit riders. On this site Col. W. P. Thompson gathered his regiment in 1812. Here Elizabeth Henry Russell often worshipped and this was . . . — — Map (db m91062) HM

120 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — EH-8 — Asbury’s Deathplace —

A short distance southeast is the site of the George Arnold House where Bishop Francis Asbury died, March 31, 1816. Asbury, born in England in 1745, came to America in 1771 and labored here until his death. He was ordained one of the first two . . . — — Map (db m1723) HM

121 ► Virginia, Sussex County, Waverly — K-314 — Ellis Preaching House —

Nearby to the northeast stood Ellis Preaching House, an early Methodist meetingplace in Sussex County. Francis Asbury, a pioneering Methodist leader and circuit rider, first visited the Ellis family in 1775 and later conducted services at the . . . — — Map (db m35985) HM

122 ► Virginia, Warren County, Front Royal — Asbury Chapel — “1st Maryland to the Front!” — Battle of Front Royal - May 23, 1862 —

Early on the morning of Friday, May 23, 1862, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson paused here at Asbury Chapel well in advance of his 16,000-man army. Although he was familiar with the main roads to Front Royal, Jackson knew that the . . . — — Map (db m171036) HM

123 ► Virginia, Williamsburg — Methodism in Williamsburg —

Methodism entered Williamsburg when Joseph Pilmor, a "missionary" sent by Wesley, preached in the yard of the Capitol in August 1772. The new faith made only slow progress in the heavily Church of England/Episcopal town. On his first visit in 1781, . . . — — Map (db m167816) HM

124 ► Virginia, Winchester — Braddock Street Methodist Church — Reported permanently removed

"To Serve the Present Age" - Charles Wesley From Court House to Church Thirty-two charter members met July 24, 1858, in the Frederick County Court House and were organized as a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, . . . — — Map (db m7342) HM

125 ► West Virginia, Hampshire County, Capon Bridge — Some French and Indian War Incidents in Hampshire County —

1. A Road to War When London decided to send Gen. Edward Braddock to the colonies to take over the confrontation with the French, they set in motion events that would lead to a very bloody war on the colonial frontier. Braddock arrived with . . . — — Map (db m167147) HM

126 ► West Virginia, Monongalia County, Maidsville — Fort Martin —

Fort Martin was built in 1769 by Colonel Charles Martin. Three settlers were killed and seven captured near the fort in 1779. At the Methodist Episcopal Church here Bishop Francis Asbury preached in 1784. — — Map (db m74599) HM

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127 ► West Virginia, Monroe County, Union — Rehoboth — Oldest Church Building West of the Allegheny Mountains — Society of Methodists Organized, 1794. —

First bishop of American Methodism, Francis Asbury, was present at the raising of the church, 1785; dedicated this log meeting house, 1786; and held three annual conferences in May, 1792, 1793, 1796. The church was built chiefly by the means . . . — — Map (db m84023) HM

128 ► West Virginia, Monroe County, Union — Rehoboth Church —

Oldest extant Protestant church west of the Alleghenies. Erected 1786 on land donated by Edward Keenan. Bishop Francis Asbury preached here in July 1788, held three Methodist conferences in 1790’s, and performed the first Methodist ordination west . . . — — Map (db m59267) HM

129 ► West Virginia, Morgan County, Berkeley Springs — Harry Dorsey Gough — Lot #35 —

Harry Dorsey Gough, a wealthy Marylander from Perry Hall and a patron of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury. Rev. Asbury visited and preached in the Gough house while in Bath. Gen. Horatio Gates was later a resident but never owned the lot. Capt. John . . . — — Map (db m117391) HM

130 ► West Virginia, Randolph County, Beverly — 7 — Beverly Methodist Church —

The Methodist Church had its roots in Beverly from the time of its settlement. Services were first held in the private homes and lawns of congregation members. The first "church" was the log home of Dr. Benjamin Dolbeare, the first physician in . . . — — Map (db m158754) HM

131 ► West Virginia, Randolph County, Huttonsville — Bishop Asbury —

Bishop Francis Asbury, famed Methodist circuit rider, often visited the Potomac, Tygart’s, Greenbrier, and Monongahela Valleys. In 1790, on a journey from Georgia to New England, he preached at cabin of Benjamin Wilson in Tygart’s Valley. — — Map (db m82321) HM

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