Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . op R. , Friday, Jan. 8, 1830. Many of the churches in this vicinity were occu-pied by troops during the Civil War or sufferedthrough fire or depredations and St. Johns Churchproved no exception. On the night of Aug. 7, 1861,Hampton and its venerable old church were destroyedby fire. In proof of their loyalty, the inhabitants un-der Gen. Magruder set fire to their own homes to [in-vent them from falling into the hands, of the Federaltroops, and in the general conflagration that foll
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . op R. , Friday, Jan. 8, 1830. Many of the churches in this vicinity were occu-pied by troops during the Civil War or sufferedthrough fire or depredations and St. Johns Churchproved no exception. On the night of Aug. 7, 1861,Hampton and its venerable old church were destroyedby fire. In proof of their loyalty, the inhabitants un-der Gen. Magruder set fire to their own homes to [in-vent them from falling into the hands, of the Federaltroops, and in the general conflagration that followedold St. Johns took fire also. The original walls stood,however, and the structure was again restored, 1868 tablet upon the church gives a short history of theedifice, followed by this quotation from Psalms: — 41 — O, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for hismercy endureth forever. Rev. C. Braxton Bryan, Rector,January, 1904. In 1903 the Association for the Preservation of Vir-ginia Antiquities, presented to the church a beautifulmemorial stained glass window in honor of the Colo-. ST. JOHNS CHURCH, HAMPTON nial clergy of Elizabeth City parish. One of theseearly (1610-1620) ministers, Rev. Wm. Mease, is saidto have served the original Jamestown Church afterthe death of Good Maister Hunt. Communion Service.—The church has in its posses-sion a communion service made in London in 1618 andpresented by Mary Robinson to a church at SouthHampton Hundred. When this edifice was destroyedin 1622, Gov. Yeardly took the service to Jamestown — 42 — and it was later given to Elizabeth City Parish, whereit h;ts since been in constant use. Churchyard.—The graveyard of St. Johns is excep-tionally beautiful and the inscriptions on the tombsattraci the attention of all visitors to this picturesquelittle city. At one side of the church is a neat, digni-fied statue in memory of the Confederate dead. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute fornegroes was established 18
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