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Planning & Information Systems
Richmond Regional
PDC Richmond, VA 23235 Phone: 804.323.2033 Fax: 804.323.2025
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Manakin/William Webber
SA-20 THE HUGUENOT SETTLEMENT: "In this vicinity, though mainly on the south side of the James River, Huguenot refugees from France settled, 1609-1701 and later. These industrious settlers left an enduring mark on the community. Manakin is a corruption of the name of the Monacan Indian tribe, which once occupied this region."
SA-22 WILLIAM WEBBER: "Three miles north are the home site and grave of William Webber, pastor of Dover Baptist Church, 1778-1808. As an early Baptist leader before the Revolution, he was imprisoned in the jails of Chesterfield and Middlesex. He aided in organizing the Baptist General Association of Virginia; he was moderator in 1778. He was moderator of the Dover Association, 1783-1806; of the Baptist General Committee and of the General Meeting of Correspondence until his death in 1808."
SA-59 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MANAKIN: "Organized as Dover Mines Church about 1863, First Baptist Church, Manakin is one of the oldest African American churches in Goochland County. Its members separated from Dover Baptist Church. Initially conducting their services at different sites, the Dover Mines congregation eventually converted a tool house into a church nearby. In 1891, trustees W. T. Taylor, Scott Houston, and John Christian purchased the Deitrick Hotel lot property here. Church members built this picturesque Italianate church in 1922, using bricks from the 18th century. According to tradition, the church members hauled the 18th-century bricks from the nearby ruins of Dover Anglican Church."
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