Yorkhampton Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Yorkhampton Parish

History
Yorkhampton Parish has served York County, Virginia and James City County, Virginia. Formerly known as Charles River Parish. Grace Episcopal Church in Yorktown is part of this parish.

Founded

 * 1707

Cemetery
A survey of the graves at Grace Episcopal Church was published ~1993: (pages 96 to 99).

A website dedicated to Grace Church Cemetery includes gravestone transcripts and photographs. Many famous figures from American history are buried here. The Church's website includes a map showing the locations of the noted graves.

Parish History
Meade's 1861 history of the two parishes of York-Hampton is available online.

Mary D. Micou's history of The Colonial Churches of York County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Parish Records

 * Parish Register, 1648-1800. MSS., Library of Virginia. Copy:.

Tax Records

 * [1763] York County, Virginia Records: Tithables 1763 (York-Hampton Parish), Marriages 1772-1792. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007.

Websites

 * Grace Episcopal Church in the historic village of Yorktown, Virginia (official website). Includes parish history, list of rectors, and a cemetery map showing the location of famous graves.