Rehoboth Churchyard Cemetery - Union WV
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 37° 35.388 W 080° 30.384
17S E 543577 N 4160418
Rehoboth Church is a historic log cabin-style Methodist church. Around the church is the churchyard cemetery. It is renowned for being the oldest existing church building in West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM16PHK
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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Included in the photos are two grave markers. One is for Frederick Honaker, PVT Virginia Militia, Revolutionary War 1757-1824 and the other marker is for Jacob Honaker, PVT 108 VA Militia War 1812, 1783-1838

From Wikipedia:

"Rehoboth Church is a historic log cabin-style Methodist church in the countryside of Monroe County, West Virginia, United States, 2 miles (3¼ km) east of the town of Union. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974, it is renowned for being the oldest existing church building in West Virginia.

Newly arrived pioneers organized a Methodist church in the vicinity of Union in late 1784. Working together, they built the church in 1785 on the land of Edward Keenan, who had been a leading part of the construction effort. Keenan donated the land both for the church and for its graveyard.

The building was dedicated in 1786 by Francis Asbury, the first Methodist bishop in the United States. After its construction, the church was a center of Methodism: Asbury returned at least three times in the next ten years to lead Annual Conferences at the church."

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Name of church or churchyard: Rehoboth Church

Approximate Size: Medium (51-100)

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