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Virginia
Parishes
1607-1785
Here is a
list of theVirginia Parishes 1607-1785. These parishes served
as local units of government, as well as of religious and community
organization. In colonial Virginia, parishes and their
boundaries were
established (and altered) by act of the General Assembly. Afterthe16
January 1786 General Assembly passage of Thomas Jefferson's Billfor
Establishing Religious Freedom, parishes continued to exist,
but were
no
longer official units of state government. The county is listedfirst,
followed by the parish(es) associated with that county.
Accomack
- Accomack; St. George's
Albemarle
- Fredericksville; St. Anne's; Tillotson
Amelia
- Nottoway; Raleigh
Amherst
- Amherst; Lexington
Augusta
- Augusta
Bedford
- Cumberland; Russell
Botetourt
- Botetourt
Brunswick
- Meherrin; St. Andrew's
Buckingham
- Tillotson
Campbell
- Russell
Caroline
- Drysdale; St. Anne's; St. Asaph's; St. Margaret's; St.Mary's
Charles
City - Bristol; Charles City; Chickahominy; Flowerdew Hundred;
Jordan's
Journey; Martin's Brandon; Smith's Hundred; Southampton;
Wallingford,
West and Shirley; Westover; Weyanoke; Wilmington
Charles
River - Same list as York County
Charlotte
- Cornwall
Chesterfield
- Dale; King William; Manchester
Culpeper
- Bromfield; St. Mark's
Cumberland
- King William; Littleton; St. James; Southam
Dinwiddie
- Bath; Bristol
Dunmore
- Beckford
Elizabeth
City - Elizabeth City; Kecoughtan; Lower Parish of Elizabeth
City
County; Nutmeg Quarter; Stanley Hundred;Upper Parish
of
Elizabeth
City County; Waters Creek
Essex
- St. Anne's; St. George's; St. Mary's; Sittenburne; SouthFarnham
Fairfax
- Cameron; Fairfax; Truro
Fauquier
- Hamilton; Leeds
Fluvanna
- Fluvanna
Franklin
- Patrick; Russell
Frederick
- Beckford; Frederick; Norborne
Gloucester
- Abingdon, Kingston, Petsworth, Ware
Goochland
- King William; St. James Northam; St. James's; St. James
Southam
Greensville
- Meherrin; St. Andrew's
Halifax
- Antrim
Hanover
- St. Martin's; St. Paul's
Henrico
- Bristol; Dale; Henrico or Varina; King William; St. James's
Henry
- Camden; Patrick
Isle
of Wight - Lower; Newport; Nottoway; Upper; Warrosquyoake
James
City - Argall's Gift; Blisland; Bruton; Chickahominy; Chippokes;
Harrop;
Hog Island; James City; Lawnes Creek; Martin's
Hundred;
Middle
Plantation; Middletowne; St.Peter's;
Southwark;
Wallingford;
Wilmington; Yorkhampton
King
and Queen - Drysdale; St. John's; St. Stephen's; Stratton Major
King
George - Brunswick; Hanover; Overwharton; St. Paul's Sittenburne
King
William - St. David's; St. John's; St. Margaret's
Lancaster
- Christ Church; Great Christ Church or Christ Church;
Lancaster;
Lower; Piankatank;Poropotank; St.
Mary's
Whitechapel;
Trinity;
Upper
Loudoun
- Cameron; Shelburne
Louisa
- Fredericksville; St. Martin's; Trinity
Lower
Norfolk - Elizabeth River; Lynnhaven
Lunenburg
- Cornwall; Cumberland; St. James's
Mecklenburg
- St. James's
Middlesex
- Christ Church
Montgomery
- Montgomery
Nansemond
- Chuckatuck; East; Lower; Lower Suffolk; South; Suffolk;
Upper;
Upper Suffolk; West
New
Kent - Blisland; St. John's; St. Paul's; St. Peter's; St. Stephen's;
Stratton
Major
New
Norfolk - Elizabeth River
Norfolk
- Elizabeth River; Portsmouth; St. Brides
Northampton
- Hungers; Lower; Northampton; Occohannock; Upper
Northumberland
- Boutracy; Chickacoan; Fairfield; Lee; Nomini; St.
Stephen's;
Wicomico
Old
Rappahannock - Farnham; North Farnham; Piscataway; St. Mary's;
Sittenburne;
South Farnham
Orange-
St. Mark's; St. Thomas
Pittsylvania
- Camden
Powhatan
- King William; St. James Southam
Prince
Edward - Nottoway; St. Patrick's
Prince
George - Bath; Bristol; Martin's Brandon; Westover; Weyanoke
Princess
Anne - Lynnhaven
Prince
William - Dettingen; Hamilton; Leeds; Truro
Richmond
- Hanover; Lunenburg; North Farnham; Richmond; St. Mary's;
Sittenburne
Rockbridge
- Rockbridge
Rockingham
- Rockingham
Shenandoah
- Beckford
Southampton
- Nottoway; St. Luke's
Spotsylvania
- Berkeley; St. George's; St. Mark's
Stafford
- Brunswick; Chotank; Hamilton; Lower; Overwharton; Potomac; St.
Paul's;
Stafford;Upper
Surry
- Albemarle; Lawnes Creek; Southwark
Sussex
- Albemarle
Upper
Norfolk - East; Elizabeth River; Lower; South; Upper; West
Warrosquyoake
- Warrosquyoake
Warwick
- Blount Point; Denbigh; Elizabeth City; Mulberry Island;Nutmeg
Quarter;
Stanley Hundred;Warwick; Waters Creek
Warwick
River - Same as Warwick County
Washington
- Washington
Westmoreland
- Appomattox; Chickacoan; Cople; Machodick; Nomini;Potomac;
Washington; Westbury
York
- Blisland; Bruton; Charles; Charles River; Chiskiack; Hampton;
Marston;
Middle Plantation;
Middletowne; New
Poquoson; York;
Yorkhampton
For
the history of Parishes, see:
"The
Hornbook of Virginia History", Ed. by Salmon and Campbell,The
Library
of Virginia, 1994
"Parish
Lines, Diocese of Southwestern Virginia" by Charles Francis
Cocke,
VA State Library Publication No. 14, 1960, reprinted1980
"Parish
Lines, Diocese of Southern Virginia" by Charles FrancisCocke, VA
State
Library Publication No. 22, 1964, reprinted 1979
"Parish
Lines, Diocese of Virginia" by Charles Francis Cocke, VaState
Library
Publication No. 28, 1967, reprinted 1978
Contributed
by Annette
EWetzel
awetzel@juno.com
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