"New Historical Marker Celebrates Suffolk's Belleville: A Community Founded by a Freed Enslaved Black Man"

A Virginia Department of Historic Resources-approved historical marker was unveiled on April 2 for Belleville, a self-sufficient Suffolk community linked to the Church of God and Saints of Christ. Founded in the late 19th century by William Saunders Crowdy, the marker is located at 4300 Judah Lane, Suffolk (23435).