Morgans Baptist Church

Morgans Baptist Church is a Virginia historical marker in Bedford (County) County, dedicated 2021.

Bedford (County) County · dedicated 2021 · 2086 Morgans Church Road

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Morgans Baptist Church, earlier known as Goose Creek Church, was organized in 1771 and is the oldest-existing Baptist church in Bedford County. The congregation, consisting of black and white members until the 1860s, met along Goose Creek and in several other locations before moving here in 1882. James and Elizabeth Burroughs, on whose Franklin County plantation Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856, were members of this church who departed in 1841 when the congregation split over the issue of supporting missionaries. The present sanctuary opened in 1925. At the northwest corner of the cemetery is a 19th-century sign rock directing travelers to Greer's Ford and Hales Ford.

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