Churches of the Spotsylvania Sunday School Union
 

Excerpt from http://www.historypoint.org/af_am_spotsylvania.asp

 

After the Civil War, African-Americans remaining in the area of Spotsylvania Virginia

began life as freedmen, most farming for themselves while also working for white landowners.

Independent churches and schools were begun.

Independent African-American churches began informally with worship services held in private  homes in winter and in brush arbors during milder weather.
 

                                       Many area congregations trace their roots Mount Zion Baptist Church,

                                       which was organized in war-torn Spotsylvania County in 1862,

                                       a year before Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

                                       Mount Zion Baptist Church, at  6030 Harrison Road,

                                       was organized during the Civil War.

 

                                       Some churches, such as Second New Hope Baptist Church at 3836 Summit Crossing Road,

                                       were outgrowths of existing congregations. The new church separated from

                                       Massaponax Baptist Church in 1869.

In 1872, Beulah Baptist Church, at 5216 Arcadia Road, was organized by former members of Bethany Baptist Church. John J. Wright, a prominent Spotsylvania County educator, is buried in the church cemetery.

Other early Spotsylvania County churches include Branch Fork Baptist Church, Mount Olive Baptist

Church, Piney Branch Baptist Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Mount Hope Baptist Church,

Sylvannah Baptist Church, First New Hope Baptist Church, Little Mine Road Baptist Church,

St. Paul's Baptist Church, and Zion Hill Baptist Church.