Mount Nebo Church

Mount Nebo Church (HMDBY)

Location: Blackstone, VA 23824 Nottoway County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 6.747', W 78° 2.101'

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Blackstone, Virginia

— Nottoway County —

Mt. Nebo Church was founded shortly after the Civil War in 1867. A northerner named Mr. Rickets bought the place called Oak Hill and began preaching to a group of African Americans at this place in the woods. The audience increased as people from the surrounding communities came to hear him. They built a brush arbor under which to worship. As the crowd grew larger, Mr. Rickets gave the congregation one acre of land on which they built a log church and named it Mt. Nebo.

One day PF Fitzgerald (shown right), a young man who was born in Mississippi and sold in Virginia, told the Mt. Nebo congregation that if they would pay for his education, he would come and preach to them for the rest of his life. The congregation found the money for his education and the young man kept his promise. Rev. P.F. Fitzgerald became the first pastor of Mt. Nebo. People came from near and far to join Mt. Nebo, and the need arose for a new church. A march was held in which everyone was asked to give 25 cents, and the new church was built.

The congregation continued to grow, a Sunday school was organized, and again the need for a new church became apparent. The third church was built, which remains standing today. In 1967, the church celebrated its centennial. The Mt. Nebo congregation worshiped in this structure until 1978, when they moved to the new edifice across the road. Also located across the road were Mt. Nebo schoolhouses. The last structure, a two-room school-house, stood until the late 1970s.
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Marker Number19
Placed ByCivil Rights in Education Heritage Trail?
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Date Added Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 1:55am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 763455 N 4111462
Decimal Degrees37.11245000, -78.03501667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 6.747', W 78° 2.101'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 6' 44.82" N, 78° 2' 6.06" W
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Area Code(s)434, 804
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 209 Mt Nebo Rd, Blackstone VA 23824, US
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