VA-L8 New Monmouth Church and Morrisons Birthplace

Marker text: NEW MONMOUTH CHURCH AND MORRISON'S BIRTHPLACE

This is the site of the first church, built 1746. Just northeast was the birthplace of William McCutchan Morrison, born, 1867, died, 1918. A missionary to the Belgian Congo, he translated the bible into native languages and exposed conditions there. Buried at Luebo, Congo.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1936