Biography of
Joel Early Matthews
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Sign located across from
Huttonsville Prison on US Rt. 250 at GPS co-ordinates N38°41'29.1"
W79°58'27.4". Sign reads: Old Brick Church - Tygart's Valley Presbyterian
Church, organized in 1820. A brick building erected three-fourths mile
west at the cemetery was destroyed by Union soldiers in 1862-1863 and the
bricks used for building flues at the winter quarters
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References
| Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, WV by William T.
Price, 1991 Died in the confederate service. His mother came to church one Saturday morning of a sacramental occasion, to the Brick Church, and the first intimation of her soldier son's death was the fresh grave and the arrival of the body for burial. |
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http://www.pa-roots.org/~randolph/churchrecords/tvchurch.html The Tygarts Valley Church was organized in 1820. During the year of 1821, the members began building a church on a tract of land one mile south of Huttonsville. The handsome brick structure housed the congregation for a number of years, until it was completely demolished by Union forces during the War Between the States. A monument has been erected in the Brick Church Cemetery marking the site of the church. For twenty years worship services were held in the neighborhood schoolhouses. |