Pompey’s Chapel Baptist Church is an historic African-American congregation in southern Wilkes County, founded by freedmen in 1870. The original church, believed to have been built circa 1879, has been expanded, though it retains much of its traditional character. A well-maintained cemetery is located adjacent to the churchyard and a one-room structure is located behind the church. I believe it may have been a schoolhouse, as was a common practice among Black churches in this era, but I cannot confirm that at this time.