Old Chapel
- Address: US 340
- Vicinity: 3 mi N of Millwood off US 340
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1793/00/00 | Aprroved in 1790, Cunningham's Chapel is built circa 1793. | |||||
1811/04/00 | Bishop William Meade | Vocation | In the spring of 1811, Rev William Meade becomes an assistant to Frederick Parish's longtime rector, Rev Alexander Balmain of Scotland. Rev Meade would serve as the priest in charge for 25 years. | |||
1813/09/12 | Edmund Jennings Randolph | Died | Burwell's cousin Edmund Randolph, who had been United States Attorney General and later Secretary of State under George Washington, and was invited to live with Colonel Burwell. He is buried nearby at the Burwell family cemetery adjacent to "Old Chapel". | |||
1814/03/29 | Nathaniel Burwell | Died | Nathaniel Burwell dies at Carter Hall. He is buried nearby in the Old Chapel cemetery. | |||
1817/07/03 | Bishop William Meade | Widow | Rev Meade's wife Mary gives birth to three sons before dying on 3 July 1817. She is buried at Old Chapel, as later would their sons Philip Nelson Meade (1811-1873) and Francis Burwell Meade (1815-1886). | |||
1983/04/01 | Isabella Tyson Gilpin | Died | Isabella Tyson Gilpin dies in Clarke County, Virginia. She is buried at Old Chapel Cemetery in Millwood, Virginia. | |||
2000/05/07 | McGhee Tyson Gilpin | Died | McGhee Tyson Gilpin dies. He is buried at Old Chapel Cemetery in Millwood, Virginia. |
Particulars for Old Chapel: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Cemetery |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Owner | Private |
Area of Significance | Religion |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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