Cemetery gate

CHRIST
CHURCH
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
KING AND QUEEN PARISH
FIRST CHURCH BUILT 1642
PARISH ESTABLISHED 1692
THIS CHURCH BUILT 1736
TOWER ADDED 1913
_______

THIS TABLET GIVEN IN MEMORY OF
OUR PARENTS
LEWIS HENRY AND MARY LOVE DAVIS

After parishes were established in 1692, the Vestry at Bushwood applied to the General Assembly for funds to build a church nearer to the center of one of the parishes. Tradition says the famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren, designed the church (built in 1736) of red brick with Flemish bond and glazed headers. The land for the church was donated by Philip Key, High Sheriff of the colony, and the grandfather of Francis Scott Key. Several members of the Key family are buried in the Key Family vault. During the War of 1812, the British sailed up the Potomac River, vandalized the village of Chaptico, dug up graves, and stabled their horses inside the church.