Bath Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Bath Parish

History
Bath Parish has served Prince George and Dinwiddie counties. Sapony Church and Butterwood belonged to the parish. Butterwood later became a Methodist Church.

Founded

 * 1742

Cemeteries
Many graves at Sapony Church are described at Dinwiddie Co., GenWeb. Includes transcripts and photographs. Some Sapony Church graves are also described at Find A Grave.

More than 500 graves at Butterwood Cemetery are described at Find A Grave.

Ministers

 * Jarratt, Devereux and John Coleman. The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Printed by Warner &amp; Hanna, 1806. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Parish History
Meade's 1861 history of Bath Parish is available online.

Bath Parish reports:


 * Convention of 1827 (p. 201)
 * Convention of 1828 (p. 220)
 * Convention of 1829 (pp. 233-234)
 * Convention of 1830 (p. 245)
 * Convention of 1831 (p. 259)
 * Convention of 1832 (p. 276)
 * Convention of 1835 (p. 326)

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers have been lost. Parish registers (1827-1897) are kept at the Library of Virginia. Included are a list of clergymen [1826?]-1899, baptisms 1827-1863, 1871-1897, baptisms for "coloured" persons 1826-1850, communicants 1827-1860, 1872, confirmations 1827-1862, 1873, "coloured" communicants 1832-1844, funerals 1826-1863, 1873, 1886, funerals for "colored" persons 1832-1852, marriages 1826-1890, and financial accounts 1839-1840, 1858-1863.

The records have been microfilmed: and abstracted:


 * Cameron, John. Virginia Marriages in Rev. John Cameron's Register and Bath Parish Register. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1963.
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Bath Parish Register (Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages) 1827-1897 of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and St. Andrews Parish Vestry Book 1732-1797 of Brunswick County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: W.L. Hopkins, 1989.

Websites

 * Butterwood Chapel, The Historical Marker Database
 * Sapony Episcopal Church, The Historical Marker Database