The Oldest Churches on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia

SOURCE of this Excerpt:   Mariner, Kirk. Revival's Children: A Religious History of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Salisbury, Maryland: Peninsula Press, 1979. Page 640 (only).  Transcribed for inclusion on this site by ghote Ellen McGrath.

APPENDIX III:

The Oldest Church Buildings on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
(extant church buildings 100 years old or older)

1738    -St. George's Episcopal Church, Pungoteague
1742    -Hungars Episcopal Church, Bridgetown
1792    -Hollies Baptist Church, Keller
1828    -Christ Episcopal Church, Eastville
1838    -St. James Episcopal Church, Accomac
1840    -Makemie Presbyterian Church, Accomac
1846    -Holmes Presbyterian Church, Bayview
1854    -Downing's United Methodist Church, Oak Hall
            -Cokesbury United Methodist Church, Onancock
1855    -Garrison's United Methodist Church, Painter
             -Onancock Baptist Church (rear portion)
1857    -Johnson's United Methodist Church, Johnsontown
1858    -Chincoteague Baptist Church, New Church
             -Pocomoke United Methodist Church, Grotons
             -Temperanceville United Methodist Church, Temperanceville
1859    -Horntown United Methodist Church, Horntown
1860    -Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Jenkins Bridge (dismantled and reconstructed 1887)
 1868    -Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Onancock
             -Evergreen United Methodist Church, Hack's Neck
             -Friendship United Methodist Church, Wattsville
            -Greater Mt. Sinai Gospel Tabernacle, Fairview (central portion)
1870     -Drummondtown Baptist Church, Accomac (Bayly Memorial Hall, building I)
            -Shorter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bridgetown
1871     -Craddockville United Methodist Church, Craddockville
            -Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church, Accomac
            -Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Melfa
            -Zion Baptist Church, Metompkin (building II)
1872     -Leatherbury United Methodist Church, Chesconnessex (original portion)
             -St. Luke's African Methodist Episcopal Church, Daugherty
1876     -Christ's Union Baptist Church, Chincoteague (abandoned)
            -Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, New Church (original portion)
1877    -Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, Cashville
             -Deas Chapel United Methodist Church, Horntown

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