William Webber
Three miles north are the home site and grave of William Webber, pastor of Dover Baptist Church, 1773-1808. As an early Baptist leader before the Revolution, he was imprisoned in the jails of Chesterfield and Middlesex. He aided in organizing the Baptist General Association of Virginia; he was moderator in 1778. He was moderator of the Dover Association, 1783-1806; of the Baptist General Committee and of the General Meeting of Correspondence until his death in 1808.
Marker is at the intersection of River Road West (Virginia Route 6) and Manakin Road, on the right when traveling west on River Road West.
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