History Unfolds at Loudoun County’s Ebenezer Churches
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By Linda Roberts
alking through the grounds and cemeteries of the two Ebenezer churches in western Loudoun County, history reveals itself in the stonework of the oldest church, in the beautifully restored mural of the newer church, and in the gravestones bearing the names of thousands of Loudouners. Mary Liz McCauley, president of the Ebenezer Cemetery Company, Inc. board of directors, pointed left and right as she walked with a visitor through the cemetery to stones bearing the names of her family members buried on this rolling land. It’s a familiar and meaningful place for McCauley and provides comfort to board member Sarah McCracken, whose husband, Terry, is buried in a section of the cemetery facing the mountains. Much has been written about the two unique churches. Land for both was left in 1778 by Samuel Butcher, Sr., a Pennsylvania transplant who eventually ended up near the tiny village of Bloomfield in western Loudoun. The small, two-story stone structure, constructed sometime between 1755 and 1769, was once called Butcher’s Meeting House and later became known as the “Old” Ebenezer Church.
Ebenezer churches side by side
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