VA Parishes' Register and Vestry Records Available Colonial parish records consists of registers and vestry books. The registers contain vital statistics. Genealogical information that can be obtained from the vestry books which were kept by the vestry - a group of twelve men who carried out duties, not only of the church, but also of the county government. Duties of the vestry included establishing the parish levy, caring for the poor, and processioning land boundaries. Individuals often appear in parish records when they do not in other county records of the period. PARISH * * * * * * * * * * COUNTY * * * * * * * * * * REGISTER * * * * * * * * * * VESTRY Abingdon______________ Gloucester__________ 1678-1762, 1776-77, 1780_________________ Albemarle___________ Surry & Sussex_________ 1717-78, 1781-82,1787____________1742-86 Antrim_________________ Halifax__________________________________________1752-1818 Augusta________________ Augusta______________________________________ 1746-82, 1786 Blisland_________ New Kent & James City_____________________________________1721-86 Bristol------------ Prince George & Dinwiddie___________ 1720-92__________________1720-89 Bruton & Middleton___________ York & James City___________ 1662-1797________________________ Camden_______________ Pittsylvania_______________________________________ 1767-1852 Charles__________________ York__________________ 1648-1789________________________ Christ Church__________ Middlesex________________ 1653-1821_______________ 1663-1767 Cumberland___________ Lunenburg________________________________________ 1746-1816 Cunningham Chapel______ Clarke__________________________________________ 1772-1893 Dettingen___________ Prince William_______________________________________1745-1802 Elizabeth City________ Elizabeth City_______________________________________ 1751-1883 Elizabeth River_________ Norfolk___________________________________________ 1749-61 Fairfax__________ Alexandria & Fairfax____________________________________ 1765-1843 Frederick_____________ Frederick_________________________________________ 1764-1818 Fredericksville____ Louisa & Albemarle______________________________________ 1742-87 Henrico______________ Henrico____________________________________________ 1730-73 Hungars___________ Northampton__________________________________________ 1758-82 Kingston_______ Gloucester & Mathews_____________ 1749-1827______________ 1679-1796 King William________ Powhatan____________________ 1721-54_________________ 1707-50 Lunenburg__________Richmond____________________1783-1800________________________ Lynnhaven_________Princess Anne_________________________________________1723-1892 Newport___________Isle of Wight___________________________________________1724-72 North Farnham________Richmond__________________1663-1814________________________ Overwharton__________Stafford____________________1724-74__________________________ Petsworth____________Gloucester___________________________________________1677-1793 St. Andrew's_________Brunswick____________________________________________1732-97 St. Anne's___________Albemarle_____________________________________________1772-85 St. George's_________Accomack______________________________________________1763-87 St. George's_________Spotsylvania__________________________________________1726-1842 St. James-Northam___Goochland____________________________________________1744-1806 St. Mark's___________Spotsylvania,_________________________________________________ ___________________Orange and___________________________________________1730-1806 ___________________Culpeper______________________________________________________ St. Mary's _________Lancaster______________________________________________1739-88 Whitechapel______________________________________________________________________ St. Patrick's________Prince Edward__________________________________________1755-74 St. Paul's___________New Kent and__________________________________________1705-86 ___________________Hanover_______________________________________________________ St. Paul's___________Stafford and King_______________1715-98________________________ ___________________Hanover_______________________________________________________ St. Peter's__________New Kent and___________________1685-1786______________1684-1758 St. Stephen's________Northumberland_________________1661-1810______________________ Shelburne__________Loudoun______________________________________________1771-1805 South Farnham_________Essex_______________________________________________1739-79 Southam____________Powhatan____________________________________________1745-1836 Stratton Major______King & Queen__________________________________________1729-83 Suffolk_____________Nansemond______________________1704-1839_____________1749-1856 Tillotson____________Buckingham__________________1773-74,1783,1785__________________ Truro______________Fairfax________________________________________________1732-85 Upper______________Nansemond____________________________________________1743-93 Wicomico___________Northumberland________________________________________1703-95 Source of tabulation: A Guide to Church Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives by Jewell T. Clark and Elizabeth Terry Long.