Ruins of St. George's Chapel
Inscription
This chapel was built by devout people of (then) Frederick Parish, Frederick County, Virginia who joined Col. Robert Worthington in completing it in 1769. It was first called the English Church, then Berkeley Church, then Norborne Chapel, as the parish was Norborne, 1770-1815. The Rev. Daniel Sturgis was its first minister of record, 1771-1785.
The Washington, Nourse, Davenport and Throckmorton families worshiped here.
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