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Yorkhampton Parish has served York County, Virginia and James City County, Virginia. Formerly known as Charles River Parish. Grace Episcopal Church in Yorktown is part of this parish.
Founded
- 1707[1]
Resources
Cemetery
A survey of the graves at Grace Episcopal Church was published ~1993: FHL Book 975.542 V3f (pages 96 to 99).
A website dedicated to Grace Church Cemetery includes gravestone transcripts and photographs. Many famous figures from American history are buried here. The Church's website includes a map showing the locations of the noted graves.
Parish History
Mary D. Micou's history of The Colonial Churches of York County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.[2]
Parish Records
- Parish Register, 1648-1800. MSS., Library of Virginia. Copy: FHL Film 30819.
Tax Records
- [1763] York County, Virginia Records: Tithables 1763 (York-Hampton Parish), Marriages 1772-1792. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. FHL Book 975.5423 V2y
Websites
- Grace Episcopal Church in the historic village of Yorktown, Virginia (official website). Includes parish history, list of rectors, and a cemetery map showing the location of famous graves.
References
- ↑ Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
- ↑ Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 240-246.
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