Cub Run Primitive Baptist Church
Introduction
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Mattie Orrie Gaskins Brown 1893-2000
Cub Run Primitive Baptist Church
Anthony Harris and his wife Sarah
Backstory and Context
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The age of the church is uncertain. Some have claimed that it dates back to 1825. Certainly there were churches in this community that long ago, but this building may be of a more recent date. In 1893 Anthony Harris and his wife Sarah donated the land to establish the Cub Run Church. Initially the deed was for five years, but in his 1913 will Mr. Harris reserved the land for the little church on Compton Road in perpetuity.
One of the notable parishioners was Mattie Brown, who was 107 when she died in 2000, the oldest resident of Centreville. Mrs. Brown was considered a Mother of churches, having worked diligently to help establish and to aide other churches in the region. Mrs. Brown was honored and beloved by her family and the larger community. She was named as honorary mayor of Centreville at the 1992 celebration of the town's bicentennial. Her life was commemorated by a Joint Resolution of the Virginia Assembly in 2001 that you can read here: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?011+ful+HJ884ER
Sources
Timothy Dwyer. "A Matter of Faith and Plumbing," in The Washington Post, December 26, 2002. Accessed via website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/26/a-matter-of-faith-and-plumbing/d20e2855-fc2a-4f61-9893-dfdda2e312e6/?utm_term=.c6306a6d8b70
Fairfax County. Will Book 5, p. 152-7, Will of Anthony Harris. Fairfax County Courthouse Historical Archives.
Personal communication with family historians of the Gaskins, Harris, Naylor, and Robinson families. See : https://www.facebook.com/groups/onetreemanybranches16/?multi_permalinks=1168919916790609%2C1166706287011972%2C11667
One Tree Many Branches Family Genealogy Project
One Tree Many Branches Family Genealogy Project
One Tree Many Branches Family Genealogy Project