The “Great Wagon Road” from Chester’s Gap to Falmouth and the Piedmont Stage Route from Washington to Milledgeville, GA passed through Jeffersonton VA, then a bustling town, where the road which passes in front of the church is today.

On August 23, 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette, with former President Monroe and other Revolutionary War soldiers, paid a farewell to “ye ancient Towne of Jefferson”. General Lafayette issued a “cordial and affectionate shake by the hand” to every person who desired to meet him.

During the Civil War, skirmishes took place in and around Jeffersonton Baptist Church, both sides making good use of the stone fence out front. The church was used as a hospital in 1862, as armies were moving up the Rappahannock to the Battle of Second Manassas (aka the 2nd Battle of Bull Run). We have over 30 Civil War soldiers buried in our cemetery-all are unknown to us but not to God.

Before the war, elegant gentlemen and ladies in gorgeous array arrived at Jeffersonton Baptist Church in fine carriages driven by well dressed coachmen. The carriages disappeared after the war due to the poverty that followed. People walked, rode horses or came on ox carts.

Today, Jeffersonton Baptist Church is a conservative Bible-believing church that God has preserved for over 250+ years in the Village of Jeffersonton. We are part of SBC Conservatives of Virginia. Our tithes and offerings support thousands of missionaries in this country and over 120 nations across the world.