In March, 2000, The Elk Run Church Preservation Committee submitted a package to Virginia's Department of Historic Resources for a historic highway marker for the church site and in October, 2000 a dedication ceremony was held and the sign revealed. 

"Settlers began moving into this region of Fauquier County in the early 1700s. By the 1740s, a wooden church structure served Anglican communicants in Elk Run. It provided pastoral care as well as secular administration for this active frontier community. The first permanent minister, the Reverend James Keith, grandfather of Chief Justice John Marshall served this church and the rest of Hamilton Parish from the 1740s until his death in 1752. A bring cruciform structure replaced the first church by the late 1750s. After the Revolutionary War and disestablishment, many churches were abandoned. By 1811, the Elk Run Church had fallen into disuse and ruin." 

Event Program: 

Elk Run Church Site 
Preservation Committee Dedication Ceremony For 
State Historical Marker of Virginia 
Saturday, October 21, 2000 
11:00 AM 

Host - The Revrend Roma Maycock, Rector, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Catlett, Virginia 

Pre-Ceremony Music - Mr. Michael Calhoun 

Welcoming Remarks - Col. (Ret.) Edward F. Dandar Jr. Chairman, Preservation Committee 

Invocation - The Rev. Roma Maycock 

Hymn "Praise To God" 

Recognition of Honored Guests - Mrs. Jackie Lee 

Historical Address - Carl R. Lounsbury, Architectural Historian, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 

Unveiling of Historical Highway Marker 

Special Thanks 

Benediction 

End of Ceremony 

Refreshments Courtesy of Elk Run Citizens and 
The Episcopal Church Women of St. Stephen's and St. James' Churches 

Contributors 

Mr. Douglas A. Allison 
Mr. & Mrs. Ansel 
Mr. Ronald D. Bachman 
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin V. Baird, Jr. 
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Bartenstein 
Mr. & Mrs. Henrey L. Baxley, Jr. 
Mrs. C. McGhee Baxter 
Mr. Stuyvesant K. Bearns 
Mr. & Mrs. Melville H. Bearns III 
Mrs. Ann Keith Bertram 
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bills 
Mr. & Mrs. C. David Binning 
Mr. & Mrs. H.B. Blackwell 
Mr. Theodore Evergrim Blake II 
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Blazy 
Dr. Joseph M. Bolil 
Mr. David Botts 
Boy Scout Troop 1177, Midland, VA 
Boy Scout Troop 10, Warrenton, VA 
Mrs. Kathryn T. Bowling-Shade 
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brinkham 
Mrs. Ann Britton 
Mr. & mrs. Leslie Broaddus 
Mrs. Elizabeth Browning 
Mr. Louis Browning 
Mr. David Buckwalter 
Mr. James L. Buffin 
Mr. Wilbur W. Burton 
Mr. Michael Calhoun 
Catlett IGA 
Catlett-Calverton-Casanova Ruritan Club 
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Chilton 
Christ Anglican Church 
Mr. Edward N. Cooper 
Ms. Geradine Crittenden 
Dr. Patricia Curry 
Col. & Mrs. Edward F. Dandar, Jr. 
Data Processing Unit, Army Nat. Guard 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. deButts 
Diocese of Virginia 
Mrs. George W. Dodge 
Mr. Marshall De F. Doeller 
Mrs. William Doeller 
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Donelson 
Dr. & Mrs. John T. Eddins & Family 
Mrs. Mary Edwards 
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Ericsson 
Mr. Kenneth Eskridge 
Miss Ruth Eskridge 
F&M Bank 
Fauquier County Bar Association 
Fauquier County Board of Supervisors 
Mrs. Sally Federer 
First Union Securities, Purcellville, VA 
Hon. & Mrs. George Fitch 
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Flournoy 
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Forney 
Mrs. Sarah Logan Good 
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Gookin 
Mr. John K. Gott 
Mr. Henry Green 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gruszewski 
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Gulick 
Mr. Robin Gulick 
Miss Sarah Gulick 
Mr. & Mrs. William Gulick & Family 
Mr. James C. Hamilton, Jr. 
Mr. & Mrs. R. Barry Hamilton 
Ms. Nicole Hamann 
The Rev. James Hammond 
Mrs. Anne D. Hermann 
Dr. & Mrs. James O. Hodgkin 
Mr. & Mrs. Florian N. Hofer 
Mrs. Garret Horsley 
Mr. Fred Hufnagel 
Mrs. Rosalie Hughes 
Mr. Jeffrey Hume 
Mr. Stewart Huston 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Johnson 
Mrs. Audrey Jones 
The Honorable James Keith 
Miss Elizabeth Keith 
Mr. Taylor S. Keith 
Mr. Thomas R. Keith 
Mr. John Keith 
Mr. & Mrs. James Keith 
The Honorable M. Laighrne Keith 
Mr. Lawrence A Keith 
Mr. John Dudley Keith, Jr. 
Kelmar, Inc. 
Dr. Aileen Laing 
Mrs. Ellen Browning Lambiris 
Lane Enterprises, Inc. Metal Products Div. 
Mrs. Lelia Lawrence 
Mr. & Mrs. Robert deT. Lawrence IV 
Mrs. Jackie Lee 
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Leigh, Jr. 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lyons 
Mr. John R. Marshall 
Mr. John Marshall 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Martin 
Mrs. Roberta Browning Mason 
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Maycock 
Ms. Linda S. McCarthy 
Hon. Sharon G. McCamy 
Mr. J.S. McClinton, Jr. 
Ms. Minnie S. McMichael 
Meadows Electric 
Mrs. Mary Joan Messing 
Mr. James E Miller 
The Rev. & Mrs. Larry Murphy 
Ms. Sarah Murphy 
Mr. Robert & Connie Nash 
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Nelms 
Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie Neville 
Mrs. Jane M. Norden 
Mrs. Blanche O'Connell 
Mrs. Mary O'Shaughnessy 
Mr. James Olmstead 
Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Patton 
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Patton 
Peidmont Region XIII Diocese 
Mrs. Hope Porter 
Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Power 
The Rev. Phyllis Price 
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pritchett 
Mr. Clayton L. Rains, Jr. 
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Richardson 
Mr. Frank Robinson 
Mr. & Mrs. Ripley Robinson 
Mr. Keith Rose 
Mr. Monty Rust 
Mr. John Salmon, VHR 
Bryan H. Sanford, Complete Electric Svc. 
Kevin A. Sanford, KC Electrical Contr. 
Mr. & Mrs. Julian W. Scheer 
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Scherer 
Mrs. Phyllis T. Scott 
Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt Searles 
Mr. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Sewell 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sherman 
Mr. & Mrs. James Shreve 
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shumate 
Mrs. Judith Keith Browning Sikes 
Mrs. Anne Brooke Smith 
Mrs. Margaret H. Stephens 
Patrons of Elk Run Store 
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Story 
St. James Episcopal Church 
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 
Mrs. Katherine B. Swanson 
Mr. & Mrs. Lee W. Swift, Jr. 
The Fauquier Bank 
The Hamilton Family Foundation 
The Kings Daughters & Sons 
The Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation 
Mr. George Thompson 
Mr. & Mrs. C. Hunton Tiffany 
Mr. John T. Toler 
Virginia Department of Transportation 
Trenis Hardware Store 
Mr. & Mrs. Maximilian A. Tufts 
Mrs. Sally Tufts 
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Turner 
Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Turner, Jr. 
Dr. & Mrs. L. John Turner 
Edward D. Evans Foundation 
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wade 
Walker, Jones, Lawrence, Duggan & Savage, P.C. 
Mr. Michael Wallace 
Ms. Joy Watkins 
Mr. & Mrs. Birge Watkins 
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Weber 
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Weir 
Hon. & Mrs. Charles S. Whitehouse 
Mr. William N. Wilbur 
Mr. Norman F. Williams 
Mrs. Barbara Wilson 
Hon. & Mrs. Joe Winkelmann 
The Rev. & Mrs. John Winter 
Mr. & Mrs. John Wise 
Mrs. Anne O. Grimsley Wood 
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Woodward 
Mrs. Dot Wright