Chantilly Baptist Church and Cemetery
Title
Chantilly Baptist Church and Cemetery
Date
1880 - present
Description
The church was founded in 1880 by Revered Marshall D. Williams of Prince William with a service held in a “little log schoolhouse.” The first trustees appointed were William H. Newman, Abeham Edwards, John Monroe, Levi Harris, Benjamin Bias, John Coates, and Washington Jones. They met in the school building until 1889 when they began to worship in a new wooden church. In 1900 the trustees bought an additional acre of land for a cemetery. The church expanded into a new brick building in 1955 and the1887 structure was eventually demolished to accommodate the expansion of Lee Jackson Highway.
Source
Chantilly Baptist Church Cemetery. Accessed via Fairfax Genealogical Society website
Chantilly Baptist Church History. Accessed via Chantilly Baptist Church website
Location
14312 Chantilly Baptist Ln, Chantilly, VA 20151
District
Sully
Additional Notes
A cemetery is also on the grounds
Photo Credit
Courtesy of Maddy McCoy, Slavery Inventory Database, LLC
Files
Collection
Citation
“Chantilly Baptist Church and Cemetery,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed October 24, 2026, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/162.