Crooked Run Baptist Church

Crooked Run Baptist Church was organized in 1772 and took its name from the nearby stream. James Garnett Sr., one of its early pastors, served the congregation from 1774 until near his death in 1830. Thomas Ammon, another member, became a minister and was imprisoned in Culpeper Jail for preaching in the late 1700s. The first meeting of the Orange Baptist Association took place here in 1789. Members first worshiped in a meetinghouse, but by 1856 they had built a brick structure. A fire destroyed the church in 1910, and it was rebuilt that same year using the remaining brick walls.

Virginia · United States