Truro Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Truro Parish

History
Truro Parish has served Prince William, Loudoun and Fairfax counties. Pohick Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish. The Falls Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish for a time during the eighteenth century, before it became a part of Fairfax Parish. Goose Creek Chapel (built 1736) served parishioners as a chapel of ease.

Founded

 * 1732

Cemetery
A survey of the graves at Falls Church was published in 1996 by the Fairfax Genealogical Society, Inc. (pages FC-1 to FC-18). Earlier surveys were conducted in 1923, c1939, 1989, and 1995.

A survey of the graves at Goose Creek Burying Ground was published in 1996 by the Thomas Balch Library. This book is available online at the Town of Leesburg website. (Is this the cemetery of Goose Creek Chapel??).

Genealogy

 * Liddle, Chester A. and Patricia H. Osisek. Families of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1991. has original edition and two supplements.

Parish History

 * Hopkins, Margaret Lail and Nancy Hopkins Phillips. The Anglican Parishes of Loudoun County, Virginia, Truro, Cameron, and Shelburne, 1736-1805. Lovettsville, Virginia: Willow Bend Books, 1997. Available at . Free Lookups Available!
 * Slaughter, Philip and Edward Lewis Goodwin. History of Truro Parish in Virginia. Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, 1907. Available at . Digital versions available at Ancestry ($); Family History Archives; Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($).

Rev. Samuel A. Wallis's history of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Rev. George S. Somerville's history of The Old Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Parish Registers
Some births in the parish between 1730 and 1737 were recorded in the vestry book. Otherwise, colonial parish registers have been lost. Abstracts:


 * Lee, Ida J. "Births from the Truro Parish Vestry Book," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1930):190. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Vestry Books
Digital images of the original Truro Parish Colonial Vestry Book (1732-1785) and the Proceedings of the Overseers of the Poor (1787-1802) are available online, courtesy: Truro Church website.

These records have also been abstracted and indexed:


 * Truro Parish and Pohick Church. Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, Virginia, 1732-1785. Lorton, Va.: Pohick Church; Annandale, Va.: Baptie Studios, c1974. Available at.

Websites

 * The Falls Church (official website). Includes a history in "About" section.
 * The Falls Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * The Falls Church Marker, [another description], The Historical Marker Database
 * Pohick Church (official website)
 * Pohick Church, The Historical Marker Database