Bath Parish, Prince George County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Bath Parish

History
Bath Parish has served Prince George and Dinwiddie counties. Sapony Church and Butterwood belonged to the parish. Butterwood later became a Methodist Church.

Founded

 * 1742

Cemeteries
Many graves at Sapony Church are described at Dinwiddie Co., GenWeb. Includes transcripts and photographs. Some Sapony Church graves are also described at Find A Grave.

More than 500 graves at Butterwood Cemetery are described at Find A Grave.

Ministers

 * Jarratt, Devereux and John Coleman. The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Printed by Warner &amp; Hanna, 1806. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).

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

Bath Parish reports:


 * Convention of 1827 (p. 201)
 * Convention of 1828 (p. 220)
 * Convention of 1829 (pp. 233-234)
 * Convention of 1830 (p. 245)
 * Convention of 1831 (p. 259)
 * Convention of 1832 (p. 276)
 * Convention of 1835 (p. 326)

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers have been lost. Parish registers (1827-1897) are kept at the Library of Virginia. Included are a list of clergymen [1826?]-1899, baptisms 1827-1863, 1871-1897, baptisms for "coloured" persons 1826-1850, communicants 1827-1860, 1872, confirmations 1827-1862, 1873, "coloured" communicants 1832-1844, funerals 1826-1863, 1873, 1886, funerals for "colored" persons 1832-1852, marriages 1826-1890, and financial accounts 1839-1840, 1858-1863.

The records have been microfilmed: and abstracted:


 * Cameron, John. Virginia Marriages in Rev. John Cameron's Register and Bath Parish Register. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1963.
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Bath Parish Register (Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages) 1827-1897 of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and St. Andrews Parish Vestry Book 1732-1797 of Brunswick County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: W.L. Hopkins, 1989.

Websites

 * Butterwood Chapel, The Historical Marker Database
 * Sapony Episcopal Church, The Historical Marker Database