St. Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia

United States   Virginia    St. George's Parish

History
St. George's Parish has served Essex and Spotsylvania counties.

Founded

 * 1714

Cemetery
In 1892, the Ladies' Cemetery Guild of St. George's Church published a survey of the graves and a history of the cemetery. Their book is available online at FamilySearch Digital Library.

WPA made a survey of the graves at St George's Church in 1936. It is available at the Rappahannock Library in Fredericksburg.

The noted genealogist George Harrison Sanford King transcribed the tombstones in 1940:.

The USGenWeb Archives, available online, includes transcripts of many graves found there in a 1999/2000 survey.

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


 * Slaughter, Philip and R.A. Brock. History of St. George's Parish in the County of Spotsylvania, and Diocese of Virginia: With a Biography of the Author and a Continuation, Embracing the History of St. George's and Trinity Churches to the Present Time. Richmond, Va.: J.W. Randolph &amp; English, 1890. Digital version at Google Books; 1998 reprint:.

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers do not survive.

Vestry Books
The original St. George's Parish Vestry Books (1727-1843) are kept at the Library of Virginia. Published abstracts:
 * "Vestry Book, Saint George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, 1726-1745," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):63-72; Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1997):141-148; Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1997):194-204; Vol. 41, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1997):264-274; Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1998):18-28; Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1998):102-110; Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1998):171-182. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).

Websites

 * St. George's Episcopal Church (official website). Includes history, visitor directions, church schedule.