GUINEY'S BRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH
Guiney's Bridge church was organized about 1783 and named
for a bridge over the Mattaponi near Guiney. The house of
worship stood near the place which was later made historic by
the death of Stonewall Jackson. The first pastor of this church
was one Rev. Mr. Holloway. Upon his removal to Halifax
county the congregation was served by the Rev. John Waller
and Rev. Absalom Waller in succession. About 1840 this
church disbanded, its members going into Round Oak church.
R. B. Semple, in his History of Virginia Baptists, relates that at
Guiney's Bridge church several preachers were arrested on a
warrant from a magistrate on the charge of preaching without
proper authority. Among these were Rev. Joseph Craig, brother
of the Rev. Messrs. Lewis and Elijah Craig. On their way to
the magistrate Mr. Craig, thinking it no dishonor to cheat
injustice, slipped from his horse and escaped in the swamps.
The officers, says Mr. Semple, hunted him with dogs, but he was
not apprehended.
