Dettingen Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Dettingen Parish

History
Dettingen Parish has served Fauquier and Prince William counties. Quantico Church belonged to this parish.

Founded

 * 1744 from Hamilton Parish

Cemetery
A survey of the graves at Quantico Church was published in 1993. .

List of Ministers

 * List of Rectors of Dettingen Parish 1745-1978, The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1987):32-33.

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

Parish Registers
Colonial parish registers have been lost.


 * "Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia, Dumfries Church Register, 1815-1824," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):90-98. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). . Includes register of communicants and baptisms.
 * Dettingen Parish Register of Marriages, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):84.

Vestry Books

 * Records of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia: Vestry Book, 1745-1785, Minutes of Meetings of the Overseers of the Poor, 1788-1802, Indentures, 1749-1782. Dumfries, Va.: Historic Dumfries Virginia, Inc., 1976.

Websites

 * Dumfries Cemetery, The Historical Marker Database
 * Quantico Church, The Historical Marker Database