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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for Old Chapel:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 73002004
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery, Religious property
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1793
Historic Function: Religion, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure, Cemetery
Current Function: Religion, Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure Cemetery

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