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CHURCHES
The Old Linville Baptist Church
Page Four
Houston Harrison, in his book, Settlers by the Long Grey Trail, and from which the information in this write-
up is taken, gives on many pages, much historical fact in connection with the old Linville Creek Church and of
the community, too. A picture of what is still standing of the old church is attached. The court records at
Staunton would, no doubt, reveal who furnished the ground, either as a gift or by sale, upon which the church
was built. Architecture is always an interesting study, even though it may be simple and plain in the extreme,
but old churches, in the very quiet that surrounds them, speak with a thousand tongues and cause one to go
back over the pages of history and think along with those old worthies who have long since passed off the
stage but who, nevertheless, made the history of their times.
7. ART:
Photograph
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Houston Harrison in his Settlers by the Long Grey Trail.
Research.
January 10, 2025 Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA
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CHURCHES
The Old Linville Baptist Church
Page Four
Houston Harrison, in his book, Settlers by the Long Grey Trail, and from which the information in this write-
up is taken, gives on many pages, much historical fact in connection with the old Linville Creek Church and of
the community, too. A picture of what is still standing of the old church is attached. The court records at
Staunton would, no doubt, reveal who furnished the ground, either as a gift or by sale, upon which the church
was built. Architecture is always an interesting study, even though it may be simple and plain in the extreme,
but old churches, in the very quiet that surrounds them, speak with a thousand tongues and cause one to go
back over the pages of history and think along with those old worthies who have long since passed off the
stage but who, nevertheless, made the history of their times.
7. ART:
Photograph
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Houston Harrison in his Settlers by the Long Grey Trail.
Research.
January 10, 2025 Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA
Page 61 of 482
