Colonial Church

Colonial Church is a Virginia historical marker in King And Queen County, dedicated 1930.

King And Queen County · dedicated 1930 · Rte. 14, 0.3 miles south of intersection with Tastine Road

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This church, the new church of Stratton Major Parish, was built in 1767. Rev. William Robinson, the Bishop of London's commissary, came to the parish in 1744 and was the first minister of the new church. It fell into disuse after the Revolution but later became a Methodist church.

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