Russell Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Russell Parish

History
Russell Parish has served Bedford, Campbell, and Franklin counties. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, established about 1824, belonged to this parish.

Founded

 * 1754 from Cumberland Parish

Parish History

 * Blunt, Ruth Homes. "The Little Anglican Church on the Hill," Lynchburg Historical Society, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1969). Available at Virginia Historical Society.

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers do not survive. For later registers, see:


 * Patterson, Helen Strange. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia, Historical Records &amp; Registers from 1824 to 1915; Cemetery Records from 1824 to 1980. Forest, Va.: Historical Records Committee, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1983..

Petitions

 * Four religious petitions (dated 1774, 1778, 1779, 1782) concerning Church of England issues from residents of Russell Parish, Bedford County, Virginia are available online in Early Virginia Religious Petitions, courtesy: The Library of Congress: American Memory.