Download or read book The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish Nansemond County Virginia 1793 1943 written by Wilmer L. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1949-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish Nansemond County Virginia 1743 1793 written by Wilmer L Hall and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: Wilmer L. Hall, Pub. 1949, Reprinted 2019, 400 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-824-2. Nansemond County was created in 1646 from Upper Norfolk. And prior to that was part of Elizabeth City County. Even though the county is extinct now, it was originally a large source of early migration into the Colonly of Virginia. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia, the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all such civil functions were official in nature and the records of actions taken were recorded in the vestry books. Such records contained in the Vestry book contained among other things such things as: upkeep of bastard children; payment for the upkeep of the ferry; prosecution of fornicators; appointment of road work crews; apprentice young people to others in the parish for training in crafts or other livelihoods; providing clothing, food and shelter for the poor and elderly; burial of the dead and many, many other similar duties.
Download or read book The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish Nansemond County Virginia 1743 1793 written by Nansemond County (Va.). Upper Parish and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish Nansemond County Virginia 1743 1793 written by Upper Parish (Nansemond County, Va.) and published by Library of Virginia. This book was released on 1981 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish Gloucester County Virginia 1677 1793 written by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a half-century ago, C. G. Chamberlayne, under the sponsorship of the Virginia State Library, transcribed, edited, and indexed a number of original Virginia parish vestry books, four of which are reprinted here. While the dates of coverage and lengths of the volumes vary, they are nonetheless similar in terms of scope and content. Each volume contains the oldest known records pertaining to that parish, in most cases beginning only a few years following the parish's date of formation. Mr. Chamberlayne begins each vestry book with an Introduction that pieces together the formation of the parish and important milestones in its history from published and original sources. Facsimilies of pages from the original vestry books, maps, and photographs help to put each volume into greater context, moreover. Appended to the vestry books are brief lists of the various parish ministers, with an indication of their earliest date of service as found in the records. The transcriptions themselves, ranging from about 250 to more than 600 pages of text, relate to the following issues growing out of the business affairs of colonial parish vestries; namely, payments to persons for services rendered to the parish, oaths and lists of oath-takers, news of the arrival of ministers, the appointment of church wardens, issues related to indentured servants, lists of tithables, payment of salaries and other obligations, the formation of parish precincts with the names of the families apportioned therein, the warding of children, and so on. In each case, these four scarce collections of colonial church records establish the existence of thousands of Virginia inhabitants, each of whom is easily found in the index or indexes at the back of the book.
Download or read book The Vestry Book of St Paul s Parish Hanover County Virginia 1706 1786 written by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a half-century ago, C. G. Chamberlayne, under the sponsorship of the Virginia State Library, transcribed, edited, and indexed a number of original Virginia parish vestry books, four of which are reprinted here. While the dates of coverage and lengths of the volumes vary, they are nonetheless similar in terms of scope and content. Each volume contains the oldest known records pertaining to that parish, in most cases beginning only a few years following the parish's date of formation. Mr. Chamberlayne begins each vestry book with an Introduction that pieces together the formation of the parish and important milestones in its history from published and original sources. Facsimilies of pages from the original vestry books, maps, and photographs help to put each volume into greater context, moreover. Appended to the vestry books are brief lists of the various parish ministers, with an indication of their earliest date of service as found in the records. The transcriptions themselves, ranging from about 250 to more than 600 pages of text, relate to the following issues growing out of the business affairs of colonial parish vestries; namely, payments to persons for services rendered to the parish, oaths and lists of oath-takers, news of the arrival of ministers, the appointment of church wardens, issues related to indentured servants, lists of tithables, payment of salaries and other obligations, the formation of parish precincts with the names of the families apportioned therein, the warding of children, and so on. In each case, these four scarce collections of colonial church records establish the existence of thousands of Virginia inhabitants, each of whom is easily found in the index or indexes at the back of the book.
Download or read book The Vestry Book of Christ Church Parish Middlesex County Virginia 1663 1767 written by Christ Church (Middlesex County, Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suffolk Parish Vestry Book 1749 1784 Nansemond County Virginia and Newport Parish Vestry Book 1724 1772 Isle of Wight County Virginia written by William Lindsay Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suffolk Parish Vestry Book 1749 1784 Nansemond County Virginia and Newport Parish Vestry Book 1742 1772 Isle of Wight County Virginia written by William Lindsay Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vestry Book of Christ Church Parish Middlesex County Virginia 1663 1767 written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume transcribes the earliest records of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia, predating by several years the establishment of the parish in 1666. Some of the entries in this vestry book relate as well to Lancaster Parish and Middlesex County. This volume contains a verbatim transcript of the parish vestry book, in which was recorded essential accounts of parish business. The bulk of the entries concern: disbursements of funds for routine services and maintenance of church property which generally name the recipient and the service or product supplied; disbursements of funds for the support of poor and/or sick parishioners which generally name the caretaker and the cared-for parties; and appointments of tithingmen and other church officers. C0806HB - $30.00
Download or read book The Vestry Book of Henrico Parish Virginia 1730 73 written by Henrico Parish (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suffolk Parish Vestry Book 1749 1784 Nansemond County Virginia and Newport Parish Vestry Book 1724 1772 Isle of Wight County Virginia written by William Lindsay Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nansemond County is now part of the independent city of Suffolk.
Download or read book The Vestry Book of St Peter s Parish New Kent County Virginia 1682 1758 written by National Society of Colonial Dames and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: NSCD of Virginia, Pub. 1905, Reprinted 2021, 242 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-738-6. Considering the fact that New Kent County is a "BURNED" county prior to 1865, makes this book one of only a few sources of information about this county during this colonial period. This BURNED county was formed from York County in 1654 and is the parent county of: Hanover, King William, and King & Queen counties. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia, the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all such civil functions were official in nature and the records of actions taken were recorded in the vestry books. Such records contained in the Vestry book contained among other things such things as: upkeep of bastard children; payment for the upkeep of the ferry; prosecution of fornicators; appointment of road work crews; apprentice young people to others in the parish for training in crafts or other livelihoods; providing clothing, food and shelter for the poor and elderly; burial of the dead and many, many other similar duties.
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Download or read book The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish King and Queen County Virginia 1729 1783 written by Stratton Major Parish (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
