Cherry Grove Christian Church

This African-American church, a congregation of the Disciples of Christ, was founded in 1855 by members of Three Mile Creek Christian Church. A Rev. Ervin was its first pastor, and it met in a brush arbor before building its first ...

Cherry Grove Estate

Here was born James McDowell, Governor of Virginia, 1843-46.

Marker is on North Lee Highway (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.

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Cherry Grove

Ancestral home of the DeVeazie (Veazey) family; patented to John Veazey circa 1670. His descendant, Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey defended Duffy’s Fort, Fredericktown, from the British fleet May 5, 1813, and served as Governor of Maryland, 1836–1839. He is buried ...