Elijah Baker

Historical marker location:

23747 Front Street, Accomac, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Front Street (Business U.S. 13) and Back Street (County Route T-1503), on the right when traveling north on Front Street.)

Marker installed: 1926

Pioneer Baptist of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.