1793/00/00 |
Joseph Cloyd |
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Joseph Cloyd donates 49 acres for the use of the New Dublin Congregation. A simple log building (lost) with split log seats is erected, or was already on site. |
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1816/00/00 |
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Probably the first regular pastor at New Dublin is Rev Samuel McNutt, who serves New Dublin and Anchor of Hope (Max Meadows) churches from 1816 to 1828. |
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1833/00/00 |
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Lacked a regular pastor until 1862, new Dublin is served for much of this time by supply pastor Rev George Painter. The Painter pastorate spanned from 1833 to 1861. |
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1837/00/00 |
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When the Presbyterian Church splits over the issue of slavery, New Dublin joins the "New School" who are opposed to slavery. Dissatisfied members who wished to remain with the "Old School" leave the congregation to form Belspring Presbyterian Church. |
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1840/00/00 |
John C Darst |
Architect |
The original New Dublin Presbyterian Church is built by John C Darst and William Guthrie. Guthrie is a local farmer who does not appear to have been a professional builder. |
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1858/00/00 |
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New Dublin Presbyterian Church cemetery is established. Located south of the church, it contains mostly marble and granite monuments dating from the third quarter of the 19C. |
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1858/00/00 |
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A monument to James Ligon, who died on 12 April 1858, age 70, is a white marble obelisk on a base of blue marble above a limestone sub-base. The monument is signed J Vincent of Richmond Va. It is also carved with the small graffiti initials JV. |
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1864/00/00 |
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Despite New Dublin's anti-slavery stance, some white members remain slave owners, and a number of black slaves are church members. In 1864, New Dublin joins the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States. |
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1864/05/09 |
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New Dublin Church is, probably, used as a hospital by the cavalry brigade of CSA Brigadier General Albert G Jenkins after the battle at Cloyds Mountain. |
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Battle for the New River Bridge |
1871/00/00 |
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James H Darst, the son of John C Darst, is elected one of the church's first trustees, the same year he has a two-story brick store built in Dublin. |
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1874/00/00 |
Ammen Bill and Co, Snowville |
Foundry |
The iron fireplace lining in the manse, inscribed "Snowville Va", was undoubtedly cast at the iron foundry of Ammen Bill and Co at Snowville. |
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1874/00/00 |
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New Dublin Presbyterian Church manse is erected. Located to the west of the church, the two-story Gothic Revival house was enlarged in the early 20C and remodeled in the early 1980s. |
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1875/00/00 |
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The brick New Dublin Presbyterian Church, the third sanctuary, is built, integrating portions of an 1840 church that stood on the same foundation. |
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1898/00/00 |
Charles Miller Walsh |
Marble Carver |
A marble monument is dedicated to Elisabeth Kent Mebane (born and died in 1888) and Margaret Archer Mebane (1890-98), is made by C M Walsh of Petersburg, Va. |
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1932/00/00 |
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Rev Clyde J Walsh paints a copy of "Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane" by Heinrich Hofmann. It hangs inside between the pilasters on the west (altar) wall. |
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