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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1586_masons-chapel_Valentines-VA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1585_brunswick-county-virginia_Valentines-VA.html
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1584_brunswick-circuit_Valentines-VA.html
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 remar…