Time Period: 1700s

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Pews emerged at the time of the Protestant Reformation. Most early churches were built around a dome or central area where priests or preachers would preach, while the congregation stood around. The rise of the pulpit as the focal point of the church with the sermon as a central act of Christian worship, especially in … Read more

BARBARA P. WILLIS The first church built in Fredericksburg was by action of the Vestry of St. George’s Parish at a meeting on March 13th, 1732. Col. Henry Willis contracted to build it and the new church at Mattapony for 150,000 lbs. of tobacco. George Home, who surveyed the newly established town of Fredericksburg (1728) … Read more

Assignment – “Write 300 words..or so.. on 300 notable St. Georgians that have lived in the past 300 years of St. Georgia’s history… The list below is in no particular order or no ranking. All on this list made valuable contributions to St. George’s long history. The effort was to sample from the entire range … Read more

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