Overwharton Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Overwharton Parish

History
Overwharton Parish has served Stafford and King George counties. Aquia Church (pictured to the right), was built on the site of Overwharton Parish Church.

Founded

 * abt 1702

Parish Registers

 * Boogher, William F. Old Stafford County, Virginia: Overwharton Parish Register, 1720 - 1760. Washington, D.C.: Saxton Printing Co., 1899. ; digital version at World Vital Records ($). Contains births, deaths and marriages 1720-1760.
 * O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Stafford County, Overwharton Parish - Extracts from the Registers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of, from 1720 to 1758, Transcribed by Mr. Powhattan Moncure, Custodian of the Records," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):156-161. ; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.]

Websites

 * Aquia Episcopal Church (official site)
 * Aquia Church, The Historical Marker Database
 * Dumfries Cemetery, The Historical Marker Database