Old Saint John's Cemetery: A New Look at a Forgotten Church and a Lost Cemetery in Kilmarnock, Virginia:

Most Americans have never heard of Virginia's Northern Neck—a quiet peninsula extending like a long hand into the Chesapeake Bay. Yet this secluded maritime region carries a remarkable legacy. Its recorded history begins in 1608, when Captain John Smith of Jamestown first charted its shores, and its fields later nurtured three U.S. presidents: George Washington, James Madison, and James Monroe. Old St. John's Church emerged in 1868, founded by free-born and newly emancipated Black citizens ...