St. Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia
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History[edit | edit source]
St. Paul's Parish has served New Kent and Hanover counties. "The Old Church," also called Immanuel Church, belonged to this parish.[1] Slash Church (erected 1729-1732), served as the parish's Upper Church.[2]
Founded[edit | edit source]
- 1704[3]
Boundary[edit | edit source]
"An Act for dividing the Parish of Saint Paul, in Hanover County" (1726) culled from Colonial Office at the National Archives in London, is published in:
- Chamberlayne, Churchill G. "Seven Parish Acts Heretofore Unpublished," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. 1938):106-118. FHL Book 973 H25w; digital version at JSTOR ($).
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemetery[edit | edit source]
Some of the graves at Slash Church Cemetery are described at Virginia Gravestones.org. Includes transcripts and photographs. The site also includes entries for Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Meade's 1861 history of St. Paul's Parish is available online.[4]
Parish Records[edit | edit source]
Colonial parish registers have been lost.
Vestry Books[edit | edit source]
- Chamberlayne, C.G. The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786. Richmond: The Library Board, 1940. Original edition: FHL US/CAN Book 975.5462 K2c; digital versions at: Ancestry($), FamilySearch Digital Library.
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- Cocke, William Ronald. Hanover County Taxpayers, Saint Paul's Parish, 1782-1815. Columbia, Va.: W.R. Cocke, 1956. Compiled from personal property tax lists.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Immanuel Episcopal Church, The Diocese of Virginia
- Slash Church 1729 History
- "The Old Church," The Historical Marker Database
- Slash Church, The Historical Marker Database
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "A Detailed History of Immanuel," Immanuel Episcopal Church, The Diocese of Virginia, accessed 28 February 2011.
- ↑ Slash Church, The Historical Marker Database
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.