• Cheeks_Temple, Civil War Honor Roll, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

    Posted on July 8th, 2011

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    Temple Cheeks

    Temple Cheeks

    Temple Cheeks
    Born @1835
    Died unknown
    Place of birth: Fauquier County
    Died Fairfax County
    Buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery 13614 Coppermine Rd., Herndon, VA
    How died: unknown
    Military service: United States Colored Troops
    Military rank: Private
    Unit: 22nd United States Colored Infantry, Co H., served October 3, 1864 - April 1865
    Black American Temple Cheeks was born in Fauquier County. It is unknown [...]

  • Current Projects, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

    Posted on March 6th, 2011

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    Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

    Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

    The church cemetery is located on Coppermine Road in Herndon, Virginia. The original church, which was founded in 1866 by Mary Ellen Naylor Bush, Rev. Fred Cook, Rev. Louis H. Bailey, Rev. William Smith and Brother Temple Cheeks, met in the Old Floris School House. One of the church founders Temple Cheeks served during the [...]