F 23 church of the blind preacher near here was the church of james waddel, the blind presbyterian preacher. waddel, who had been a minister in the northern neck and elsewhere, came here about 1785 and died here in 1805. william wirt, stopping in 1803 to hear a sermon, was impressed by waddel's eloquence. he made it the subject of a classic essay.
, Gordonsville, United States