Category: Churches
Churches and religious institutions.
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Dr. James Turner Barclay
Minister and Missionary Dr. James Turner Barclay was a trained pharmacist, medical doctor, and the first minister of the Scottsville Disciples of Christ church in 1846, now the home of Scottsville Museum. Dr. Barclay continued his ministry and lived next door in the Barclay House until 1851 when he went to Jerusalem as his Church’s…
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Baptist Sunday School Children
Baptist Sunday School children pose for a photograph on Harrison Street in Scottsville. The image below identifies some of the children by name: Copyright © 2018 by Scottsville Museum Image Located On: Capturing Our Heritage, CDB6Roll5Neg22A.tifRoll5Neg22A.jpgRoll5Neg22A.psd
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Reverend Peyton Harrison
Scottsville Presbyterian Church Elderand Church/Parsonage Donor In the late 1820’s, there was a resurgence of religion in southern Albemarle County, VA, and a six-member Presbyterian congregation was formed in the nearby village of Warren, just west of Scottsville. Peyton Harrison, a lawyer and owner of Belle Grove (later Valmont Farm), influenced the congregation to move…
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Scottsville Methodist Sunday School Class
The Young Man’s Sunday School Class poses with Mrs. Sprague, their teacher, just outside Scottsville Methodist Church. Top Row Standing, left to right: Bottom Row Seated, left to right: The top photo is part of the Robert R. Hunter collection. Robert resides in Richmond, Virginia, and is the son of Albert Cushman Hunter and Eva…
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Reverend James Ellison Daniel ~ Methodist Minister
Reverend James E. Daniel came to Scottsville with his wife and son in about 1920. He served as pastor of the Scottsville Methodist Church until ill health forced him to retire in 1925. Although officially in an inactive status, Rev. Daniel officiated at countless weddings, baptisms, and funerals in the years that followed. When this…
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Disciples of Christ Church
Wishing to revive the pure Christianity of earlier times, a group of local Baptists broke away from their church in the early 1830’s. They formed the Disciples of Christ or Christian Church in Scottsville and chose as their first minister, Dr. James Turner Barclay. Although Dr. Barclay was a trained pharmacist and medical doctor with…
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Scottsville Baptist Church
Scottsville Baptists built their red brick church high on Harrison Street in 1840 with property and funds donated by Anna Maria (Barclay) Moon and her husband, Edward Harris Moon. Before the church was built, Anna held services for her family and slaves in her own home at Viewmont, near Carter’s Bridge. Interest in the Baptist…
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Saint John’s Episcopal Church
Saint John’s Episcopal Church is located at the north corner of Bird and Harrison Street in Scottsville. This white frame church with Gothic windows and a scrollwork vergeboard was built in 1875 and was the second church in Saint Anne’s Parish. The photo above is from an early William E. Burgess postcard; at right, Saint…
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Antioch Baptist Church ~ Fluvanna County
Antioch Baptist Church is located in Fluvanna County about 13 miles northeast of Scottsville near the intersection of Antioch Road and Rolling Road. The church was organized in 1858 by 18 charter members, and five acres of land were deeded to the church trustees by John H. and Mary H. Burgess for a church site.…
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Mt. Zion Methodist Church ~ Esmont
1700’s, 1800’s, 1900’s, 2000’s, Architecture, Churches, Communities, Esmont, People, Scottsville SunMt. Zion Methodist Church in Esmont began as a log meeting house built by the slaves of Benjamin Childress in 1828. When it was finished, Mr. Childress donated the house to the Methodist Conference. Later the congregation erected a brick building but because of a defective foundation, the church became unsafe, and the central part…
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