Jones Chapel Methodist Church

Site of

Jones Chapel

Methodist Church

Organized 1777 – Closed 1926

The 16th Virginia Annual Conference

was held here in 1799. The Reverend

Jesse Lee presided due to the

illness of Bishop Asbury.

A great revival was held here in

1787 at which time approximately

Three hundred persons professed

faith in ...

Gen. John B. Castleman House

This house was built prior to 1900 by Gen. John B. Castleman, a veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Gen. Castleman, from Louisville, KY., used this as his winter home for many years.

The General was active ...

"Shoeless Joe" Jackson

• Favorite baseball bat: "Black Betsy"

• 1911 - highest rookie batting average - .408

• All time batting average - .356

• Played for: Philadelphia (1908-1908), Cleveland (1910-1915), Chicago White Sox (1915-1920)

Marker can be reached from Augusta Street (South Carolina Route 20). ...

Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

1743 – 1794

Captain in the Spanish Royal Navy. Explorer of the West Coast of North America and Governor of the Spanish settlement at Nootka, Vancouver Island.

In honor of their meeting and the ensuing friendly association, Captain George Vancouver named this ...

John Street Church

Heritage Trail

John Street Church is the oldest Methodist Society in continental America and is the mother church of American Methodism. The Society was organized in New York in 1766 by Philip Embury, and ardent Irish Methodist and former Wesleyan ...

John Street Methodist Church

Landmarks of New York

The oldest Methodist Society in America organized in 1766 by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck constructed here in 1768 Wesley Chapel, the first Methodist meeting house in America. The present church, the third on this site, ...

William C. Jason Comprehensive High School

First African-American Secondary School In Sussex County

Named after the first African-American

president of Delaware State College, the

school opened in October 1950. Funds were

provided in the will of H. Fletcher

Brown a local philanthropist, and by the

State General ...

John Street Methodist Church

Landmarks of New York

The oldest Methodist Society in America organized in 1766 by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck constructed here in 1768 Wesley Chapel, the first Methodist meeting house in America. The present church, the third on this site, ...

John C. Hale

John C. Hale, one of nine patriots killed at the Battle of San Jacinto, was born in Scott County, Virginia on April 3, 1806. He married Barshaba Miller in his home state in 1830, and by 1835 moved with his ...

James Daniel's Cabin

1828

Built near this site, the cabin of this pioneer Allen County Commissioner was used for the first meetings of the Bath Township Trustees in 1829 and of the Allen County Commissioners June 6, 1831. Daniel's land adjoined the original 160 ...