Amherst Parish, Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Amherst Parish, Amherst County ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
Amherst Parish has served Amherst and Nelson counties. St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Clifford (formed 1747) belonged to this parish until 1778 when Lexington Parish was established.

Founded

 * 1761

Cemeteries
A survey of the graves at St. Mark's Church was published in 1985: (pages 53-55).

More than 50 tombstones from Saint Mark's Church Cemetery are also described at Find A Grave.

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

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers have been lost.

Websites

 * St Marks Episcopal Church, Est. 1747, The Episcopal Church