Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South was built 1893-94 on land donated by Newton and
Annie Allen Sayers of Massadale Farm. Methodist circuit riders stopped regularly at this farm to
administer to the spiritual needs of their followers in the neighborhood before the Asbury
congregation was formed. The church was named for Bishop Francis Asbury, famed circuit rider
of colonial times and the early days of the Republic. Confederate veterans helped to erect Asbury
Church. They included Master Carpenter Frank Colvin of Catlett, Va. and John Herndon,
Haywood Herndon and Newton Sayers of the Aden area.
Erected 1985