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2615 Centreville Rd., Herndon, Va.
The church building on this
site was built in 1791 on land deeded to the congregation
by ROBERT "COUNCILLOR" CARTER. Baptist meetings
are thought to have been held in this area as
early as 1740. There were only 16 remaining formal
headstones, but the church minutes from 1791-1879
list an additional 32 burials. Many graves are
marked by fieldstones. In 1988 the ownership of
the meeting house and cemetery passed from the
last surviving trustee to the Fairfax County Park
Authority which maintains the building as a community
meeting place.
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