Antrim Parish, Halifax County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Antrim Parish

History
Antrim Parish has served Halifax County, Virginia. Rev. Charles A. Dresser, formerly Rector of Antrim Parish, is the minister who married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd out in Illinois in 1842.

Founded

 * 1752 from Cumberland Parish

Vestry Books
Antrim Parish's vestry book (1751-1817) is kept at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Copies: Library of Virginia and. The records have been abstracted:


 * Chiarito, Marian Dodson. Vestry Book of Antrim Parish, Halifax County, Virginia, 1752-1817. Nathalie, Va.: Clarkton Press, 1983.

Select abstracts were also published in the early twentieth century:


 * Carrington, Wirt Johnson. "Extracts From First Vestry Book of Antrim Parish," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1927), pp. 61-63. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Websites

 * Minister Who Married Lincoln, The Historical Marker Database