First United Baptist Church Cemetery
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First United Baptist Church Cemetery

Also known as Old Glebe Cemetery , Union Prospect Cemetery

Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

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  • Get directions 6188 George Washington Memorial Highway
    Gloucester, Virginia 23061 United States
    Coordinates: 37.37133, -76.53449
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The church cemetery is located between Hall Town Road and George Washington Memorial Highway, west of the church in a wooded and open area. The First United Baptist Church, Gloucester, is the result of a merger between Union Prospect Baptist Church and Berea Baptist Church. It dates back to 1868, when freed black Christians left Providence Baptist Church to form their own church. They purchased the Old Glebe Meeting House and organized the First Baptist Church for Colored People. After a time the group separated; one group remained on the Old Glebe Meeting House grounds and became the Union Prospect Baptist Church, and the other group left First Baptist and became Berea Baptist Church. In the early 1960's, Union Prospect and Berea Churches shared their pastors, the Reverend William Anderson and later the Reverend H. B. M. Faunteroy, who encouraged church members to consolidate the two churches which met on alternate Sundays. On December 29, 1961, Union Prospect Baptist Church and Berea Baptist Church became The First United Baptist Church with Reverend H. B. M. Faunteroy as pastor. The Berea Baptist Church had burial grounds south of the Abingdon Episcopal Church at White Marsh. That cemetery still have internments but less in frequent.
The church cemetery is located between Hall Town Road and George Washington Memorial Highway, west of the church in a wooded and open area. The First United Baptist Church, Gloucester, is the result of a merger between Union Prospect Baptist Church and Berea Baptist Church. It dates back to 1868, when freed black Christians left Providence Baptist Church to form their own church. They purchased the Old Glebe Meeting House and organized the First Baptist Church for Colored People. After a time the group separated; one group remained on the Old Glebe Meeting House grounds and became the Union Prospect Baptist Church, and the other group left First Baptist and became Berea Baptist Church. In the early 1960's, Union Prospect and Berea Churches shared their pastors, the Reverend William Anderson and later the Reverend H. B. M. Faunteroy, who encouraged church members to consolidate the two churches which met on alternate Sundays. On December 29, 1961, Union Prospect Baptist Church and Berea Baptist Church became The First United Baptist Church with Reverend H. B. M. Faunteroy as pastor. The Berea Baptist Church had burial grounds south of the Abingdon Episcopal Church at White Marsh. That cemetery still have internments but less in frequent.

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  • Added: 25 Oct 2007
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2237147