The church was built in Greenbrier County, Virginia. However, that part of Virginia is now West Virginia, and that part of Greenbrier County is now in Monroe County.
The church is a Methodist church founded by Bishop Francis Asbury. Tobias was a Methodist preacher, or exhorter. His son James was a Methodist minister, as were many of the sons of James. They were members of the Holston Conference of the Methodist Church in East Tennessee.
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