BITHYNIA CHURCH (DISCIPLES)
Bithynia Christian church (Disciples) was established near
Guinea, Caroline county, about 1868 by several of the members
of Lebanon church who lived in the vicinity of Guinea. These
members continued to hold membership with the Lebanon church,
but conducted Sunday school at Bithynia and had ministers come
and preach at every opportunity, with the hope of establishing
a strong congregation there in the course of the years. Among those
who led in this work were Dr. Joseph A. Chandler, M. D., father
of J. A. C. Chandler, President of the College of William and
Mary, and of the late Campbell Chandler, whom he named for
Alexander Campbell; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Chandler, parents
of Boyd D. Chandler, of Spotsylvania, and of Mrs. J. E. Warren,
of Newport News; Mr. William Chandler, Dr. William Seaman
and Mrs. Mildred Chandler Washington, wife of George B.
Washington and mother of Messrs. Henry, Thomas and John
Washington, who are well known in Caroline at this day (1923).
On the death and removal of the founders of this congregation
interest waned and after about thirty or forty years of existence
the property was sold to the colored people and is now used by
them, under the name of First Baptist church, as a place of worship.
