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John Weatherford's Grave

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One half mile west is the grave of Elder John Weatherford (1740?-1833), a Baptist preacher for 70 years and an early advocate of religious liberty. He was jailed five months in Chesterfield in 1773 for unlicensed preaching, and Patrick Henry secured his release.
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