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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9H8_mill-creek-baptist-church_Gerrardstown-WV.html
Site ofMill Creek Baptist ChurchOrganized prior to 1742Grand-parent ofFirst Baptist ChurchMartinsburg, West Va.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM89F_morgan-cabin_Gerrardstown-WV.html
Originally built 1731-34 as second home of Morgan Morgan-first white settler in West Virginia. Rebuilt with some of original logs in 1976 as a State and County Bicentennial project. It was here during the Revolution that James Morgan, the grandson…
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Built by John Hays, 1743. Became home of Reverend David Gerard, who founded Gerrardstown in 1787. His father was Reverend John Gerard, the first Baptist Minister west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Established as a town, 1787. Named for John Gerrard, first pastor of Mill Creek Baptist Church, which was organized by early settlers about 1743. The congregation reorganized after Indian hostilities during the French and Indian War.