This new Antioch church stood for more than forty years without a single change in its original construction. The first change made in its appearance was made toward the end of the 19th century, the removal of two windows to allow for the addition of a recess pulpit. The next change, a more radical one, came about twenty-five years later. The ceiling was altered and a vestibule added to the front, eliminating any future use of the gallery. The gallery was where the black people of the community who attended Antioch, worshipped along with, yet separately from, their white neighbors. Also, at this time, stained memorial windows were installed in the church and five classrooms were added. Since then, there have been several alterations to the interior of the church, but the current congregations worshipping there today still sit on the original pews, though they have been comfortably cushioned.

Among the congregation of today, there are many descendants of the said nine trustees. Following are short sketches of each.

1)C C Walker - I could find no information on this trustee, except that in a letter written by Robert E Blackstone that he had been told by his father, Robert A Blackstone (youngest and last living among the trustees) that the said Walker had moved away. I could not find him among the households listed in the 1850 Federal census of Lunenburg County, either. But, perhaps he, as Col. Christopher Haskins, was from another adjacent county.

2) James Land Hite was the son of William Land Hite, Sr and Elizabeth S Mitchell, of Mecklenburg County, and grandson of Julius J Hite and Agnes Land, of "Oakgrove," Lunenburg County, Virginia. He married twice, to two daughters of Robert Moore, Jr and Elizabeth James Simmons, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He married his first wife, Martha H Moore, on April 2, 1844, and on March 23, 1845, she was delivered of his firstborn son, Charles Fletcher Hite. Martha died less than nine months later, on December 9, 1845. Nearly two years later, on September 30, 1847, James married Martha's younger sister, Mary Jane Moore. They had: 1) Eppa, who married Mary Wingfield Wilkinson, daughter of Benjamin James Wilkinson and Mary Ann S Wilkinson, his wife. Mary Ann S Wilkinson was the daughter of Wilburn Wilkinson and Mary Ann Hightower Blackwell, sister of Robin and John Chapman Blackwell. 2) Alvin Hite who died at eleven months. 3) Martha Elizabeth Hite who married Abner Paschall Bracey, Jr, son of Abner Paschall Bracey, Sr, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. 4) Samuel Junius Hite, who married Martha Elizabeth Johnson (called Lizzie by some, Minerva by others), daughter of Thomas Johnson and Sarah Elizabeth Featherstun. Sarah Elizabeth Featherstun was the daughter of Rev Joshua Featherstun and the aunt of John Haskins Featherstun, who married Elizabeth Lee Hawthorne, granddaughter of the trustee, William Thweatt Blackwell. 5) Margaret Linda Hite, who married William James Wilkinson, brother of Eppa’s wife, Mary Wingfield Wilkinson. 6) Annie Myrtle Hite, who married Benjamin James Wilkinson, father-in-law of Eppa and Margaret Linda, after the death of their mother, Benjamin's first wife, Mary Ann S Wilkinson. He lived less than two years after he and Annie were married. 7) James Dalby Hite, whose name was a combination of his father's and that of the Hites' minister, William L Dalby. He married Belle Mann, daughter of William Field Mann, and resided in Nottoway County, Virginia. 8) Mary Osborne Hite, who was known as Ozzie, and never married. 9) Robert Land Hite, who married Willie L O Sherrod, daughter of William Sherrod. Mary Jane died during the birth of Robert, her ninth child, on April 24, 1864. James died from dysentery while serving in the Confederate army during the Civil War, less than four months later, on August 15, 1864. Margaret S Moore, sister of Martha H and Mary Jane Moore, and fourth and last daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Moore, never married. She resided at the home of James Land Hite and raised his and Mary Jane's children. Charles Fletcher, the eldest son of James, by his first wife, died from a fall down the stairs the day before his seventh birthday. James Land Hite owned two farms in Lunenburg County, one, no doubt, the farm left him by his grandfather, Julius J Hite, which was probably the one with the outlet across from the old camp church. His other farm was located across from Brickland, the Neblett plantation. He left all his property to his sister-in-law, Margaret, and his father-in-law, Robert Moore, so they could see to the needs of his children. Margaret, in turn, left all to the children, or their children, at her own death.

3) Dabney Hardy was the son of Vincent Peter Hardy and Sarah Orgain Penn, of Lunenburg County, Virginia. He married first, Martha C Thompson, of Amelia County, Virginia, and had Arianda; Ellen S; Adrian; Harriet; and Frances. After Martha died, Dabney married Maria L Worsham, and they had 1) Olin Hardy; 2) Nannie Mariam Hardy, who married Alexander Peter Hawthorne, son of Peter Wynne Hawthorne and Lucy Ann Minerva Featherstun. Lucy was another daughter of Rev Joshua Featherstun. 3) William D Hardy; 4) Lula O Hardy; and 5) Sarah Vincent Hardy, who married Frank Orgain. Dabney was a farmer who lived on land adjoining the Blackwell plantation. The church stands on land that was once the southeast corner of his farm, which he purchased from his grandfather, John Chapman Blackwell, in the 1840s.

4) Robin Blackwell was the son of John Blackwell and Mary Ann Dunn Edmondson, and the brother of John Chapman Blackwell and Mary Ann Hightower Blackwell. He was also the brother-in-law of Dabney Hardy, as he married Dabney's sister, Minerva Elizabeth Hardy. He and Minerva had, among others, Sarah Orgain Blackwell, who was the second wife of Dr Sterling Neblett. She and the doctor had: 1) Lucy Neblett, who married James Thomas Turner and had a) Benjamin Sterling Turner, who married Lucille Ingram; b) Blackwell Johnson Turner, who married Vincent Moore, and had a son, Thomas, and twin daughters, Nancy and Jean; and c) Thomas Humphreys Turner, who was killed in action in Normandy, France, during World War II. 2) McFarland Neblett 3) Malcolm McDonald Neblett 4) Sarah Blackwell Neblett, who married Waverly Sidney Manson, Sr. of "Woodend." 5) Susan Neblett.

5) William Thweatt Blackwell was the son of Benjamin Edmondson Blackwell and Elizabeth W Jones, his wife. He married Sarah Orgain Penn, daughter of William C Penn and Tabitha Edmondson, March 23, 1835. They had 1) Tabitha Elizabeth Blackwell who married Richard Wilkins Manson, son of John R Manson and his wife, Catherine Read. 2) William Benjamin Blackwell; 3) Sarah Penn Blackwell who married Sidney Manson Hawthorne. 3) Robert B Blackwell, who married Ida Neal Blackwell, daughter of John B Blackwell and Mary Elizabeth Reed. 4) Mary Constance Blackwell, who married Charles Josephus Hawthorne, son of Peter Wynne Hawthorne and Lucy Ann Minerva Featherstun. 5) Martha Edmondson Blackwell, who married John Thomas Saunders. 6) Lucy Ann Frances Blackwell, who married James Alva Cage of Tennessee. 7) Thomas Blackwell, who married Mary Gertrude Witcher.

6) Robert A Blackwell, Jr, who was the youngest and last living of the nine trustees, was the son of Robert A Blackwell, Sr and Mary Ann Abernathy. He married Martha Dance Blackwell, daughter of John Chapman Blackwell and Marietta Bertonia Letcher. They had 1) Marietta Letcher Blackwell, who married William Thomas Barnes, Sr, son of Asa George Barnes and Missouri Clarkson Bridgforth, his wife. 2) John Francis Blackwell, who married Nannie Garrison. 3) Susan Olivia Blackwell, who married Lynne O'Dyer Hite, son of Edmund Mitchell Hite and Anna Elizabeth Moore. Anna Elizabeth Moore was the sister of Martha and Mary Jane, the wives of James Land Hite. 4) Elizabeth Garland Blackwell, who married Carter Williams. 5) Anna H Blackwell 6) Robert Eldridge Blackwell, who Sarah Emory Harmon. 7) Houston Blackwell and 8) Martha Josephine Blackwell.

7) Col Christopher Columbus Haskins was from Mecklenburg County. He married Martha Harriet Blackwell, daughter of Robert Augusta Blackwell, Sr and Mary Ann Abernathy, and sister of Robert Augusta Blackwell, Jr. They had, among others, 1) Marietta Cole Haskins, who married Frederick Joshua Wilkins Hawthorne, son of Peter Wynne Hawthorne and Lucy Ann Minerva Featherstun. 2) Sarah Young Haskins, who married Lewellyn Jones Hite, son of Benjamin Watkins Hite, Jr and Jane (Jennie) Maria Hatchett. They had a) Lewellyn Haskins Hite, Sr, who married 1st) Sarah A Elder. 2nd) Linda Blanton. b) William "Henry" Hite, who married Pattie Will McDaniel, daughter of John Bedford McDaniel and Jane Goode Jennings. c) Mary "Mamie" Eola Hite, who married Cornelius Hardy Barnes, Sr, son of Asa George Barnes and Missouri Clarkson Bridgforth. d) Benjamin Haynie Hite, who never married. e) Margaret "Mattie" J Hite, who married William Poindexter Irby, son of William Irby and Sarah Elizabeth Poindexter. f) Sarah Elizabeth Hite, who married Gustavus Edwin McDaniel, Sr (brother of Pattie Will McDaniel), son of John Bedford McDaniel and Jane Goode Jennings. g) Annie S Hite, who married Solomon "Solon" Orgain. h) Kenneth Gray Hite, Sr, who married 1st) Eunice Clifton 2nd) Harriet Sue Taylor. 3) Ann E Haskins, who married John Richard Featherstun, son of Rev Joshua Featherstun and Anna Wilkinson, and brother of Lucy Ann Minerva Featherstun, wife of Peter Wynne Hawthorne, of Sarah Elizabeth Featherstun, who married Thomas Johnson, and of Mary Frances Featherstun, second wife of William Thweatt Blackwell.

8) William Wilkinson was the son of John Wilkinson and Lucy Neblett. He married 1st) Mary Ann Hightower Blackwell, and 2nd) Sarah Wingfield Gregg. He and Sarah had 1) John William Wilkinson, who married Agnes Meredith Thweatt, and had a) Isham Trotter Wilkinson, who married Lummie Lee Cunningham. b) Frank Burton Wilkinson, who married Margaret Drew Patterson c) Annie Perry Wilkinson, who married C G Patterson d) William Wingfield Wilkinson, who married Bertie East e) Thomas Meredith Wilkinson, whose daughter, Margaret, married Frank E Anderson. 2) Sarah Wingfield Wilkinson 3) Jane Gregg Wilkinson 4) Sterling Neblett Wilkinson, who married Illa Ogburn and had Susan Hartwell, Sterling Watkins, Charles Ogburn, and Illa Ogburn 4) Mary Lucy Susan Wilkinson
William's mother, Lucy Neblett, was the daughter of Francis Neblett, of Surry County, Virginia, and sister of Sterling Neblett, Sr, of "Woodlawn," Lunenburg County, and Virginia. Francis Neblett, father of Sterling and Lucy, was the brother of Tabitha Neblett, who married John Henry Ogburn, father of Rev Charles Ogburn, of Brunswick, who married Angelina Clark. They were the parents of Charles Harrison Ogburn, who married 1st) Angelina Watkins Fennell, daughter of John Fennell and Margaret Bedford, of Charlotte County, Virginia 2nd) Sarah Hill Dance, daughter of Matthew Mayes Dance and Susanna Truman Redd, of Prince Edward County, Virginia 3rd) Jane "Jennie" Maria Hatchett, daughter of William "Haynie" Hatchett and Frances Tanner Jones, and mother of Lewellyn Jones Hite, son-in-law of Col. Christopher Haskins. Charles Harrison Ogburn's daughter by his second wife, Sarah Margaret Angelina Ogburn, married her step-brother, Dr Benjamin Haynie Hite, Sr, son of Jane "Jennie"Maria Hatchett and her first husband, Benjamin Watkins Hite, Jr. They had 1) Herbert Dance Hite 2) Lillian Henry Hite, who married Dr. Norman Henry Neblett, Sr, and son of William James Neblett and Ann Elizabeth Green. 3) Jane "Jennie" Maria Hite, who married Richard David Maben, Jr, son of Richard David Maben, Sr, of Nottoway County, Virginia. 4) Rosa Cabell Hite, who married William Edwin Neblett, Sr, son of William James Neblett and Ann Elizabeth Green. 5) John Richard Hite, Sr, who married Martha "Mattie" Sue Walthall, daughter of Herbert Walthall and Martha "Mattie" Crowder. 6) Susan Haynie Hite, who married Charles McDonald Neblett, Sr, son of William James Neblett and Ann Elizabeth Green. 7) Benjamin Haynie Hite, Jr, who never married.

9) Benjamin James Wilkinson was the son of Benjamin Wilkinson, and nephew of Wilburn Wilkinson, his first wife's father. He married 1st) Mary Ann S Wilkinson, daughter of Wilburn Wilkinson and his wife, Mary Ann Hightower Blackwell. They had 1) Thomas Edward Wilkinson 2) William James Wilkinson, who married Margaret Linda Hite, daughter of James Hite and Mary Jane Moore. 3) Mary Wingfield Wilkinson, who married Eppa Hite, son of James Land Hite and Mary Jane Moore. 4) Robert Dalby Wilkinson 5) Edward Wilkinson 6) Benjamin Lovic Wilkinson. Benjamin James Wilkinson married 2nd) Annie Myrtle Hite, who was 30 years younger than he, on June 3, 1902. He lived less than two years after their marriage.