Page's Meetinghouse

The first Methodist meetings west of the New River were reportedly held ca. 1773 on the farm of Alexander Page, a short distance north of here. Edward Morgan, a local preacher, organized the congregation and helped build a log meetinghouse. The Rev. Francis Asbury, circuit-riding bishop and “Father of American Methodism,” ordained Morgan a deacon in 1801 and preached at Page's in 1802 and 1806. The congregation disbanded during the Civil War and was succeeded by Morgan’s Chapel Methodist Church, built a third of a mile south of here in 1876. Camp meetings continued to be held at the site of Page’s Meetinghouse.