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. After the 16
January 1786 General Assembly passage of Thomas Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, parishes continued to exist, but were no
longer official units of state government. The county is listed first, 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, reprinted 1980
"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, Va State Library Publication No. 28, 1967, reprinted 1978
Contributed by  Annette E Wetzel      awetzel@juno.com