Freetown (Flint Hill)
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Historic site
Viewable from the road
Location
Macedonia Baptist Church, 574 Zachary Taylor Highway (Rt. 522), Flint
Hill, VA 22627
Contact information
Macedonia Baptist Church
(504) 675-3284
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Macedonia Baptist Church in Flint Hill
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Freetown was an African American community on Fodderstack Road a mile west
of Flint Hill. In 1865, just after the Civil War and general Emancipation,
black residents established Macedonia Baptist Church. With a grant from the
Rosenwald fund, established by the founder of Sears, Roebuck, local citizens
built Flint Hill Graded School in 1925. The single room served students through
the fifth grade; then they traveled to Washington for sixth and seventh. In
1958 the community renamed the school to honor Warner A. Russell, who taught
there and at Hume, Virginia, for forty-one years.
Resources
- Rappahannock Historical Society church and school files, Washington, Va.
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