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