King William Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    King William Parish

History
King William Parish has served Henrico (1702-1749), Goochland (1728-1749), Cumberland (1749-1777), and Powhatan (1777-present) counties.

King William Parish served the French Protestant Huguenot immigrants and their settlement at Manakintown. Manakin Episcopal Church, near Huguenot Springs, is the parish church.

Founded

 * 1700

Cemetery
The Powhatan County Historical Society has published an online listing of tombstones and burials at Manakin Episcopal Church.

Surveys of graves at Manakin Episcopal Church (pages 1-44) and Manakin Huguenot Church (page 46), published in 1996, which include tombstone photographs, are available in book form:.

Genealogy
Many genealogies have been published on French Huguenot families that belonged to King William Parish. See Henrico County, Virginia Genealogy and Goochland County, Virginia Genealogy.

Cameron Allen, FASG, is a leading expert on early French Huguenot families in this parish. He has published many of his findings on the French origins of Huguenot immigrants in scholarly genealogical journals and books.

History
Meade's 1861 history of King William Parish or Manankintown is available online.


 * Bugg, James L. "The French Huguenot Frontier Settlement of Manakin Town," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Oct. 1953):359-392. Digital version at The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia website.

Immigration
A list of many of the Huguenot refugees who came to Virginia is available on the National Humanities Center website.

Here is another list.

Parish Records

 * 1721-1753 - King William Parish Christenings 1721-1753. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Vestry Books
The vestry books have been abstracted multiple times:


 * Fife, R.H. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1904):289-304; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):425-440; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul. 1904):17-32; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1905):241-256; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1905):369-384; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jul. 1905):65-80; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct. 1905):175-190; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1906):265-280. Available at ; digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * Fife, R.H. Vestry Book of King William Parish, Virginia, 1707-1750. Midlothian, Va.: Manakin Episcopal Church, 1966.
 * Goree, Langston James, Janice Curtis Pampell et al. Master Index to the Huguenot: The Biennial Publications of the Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, and, Index to Vestry Book of King William Parish, Virginia, 1707-1750. Bryan, Texas: Family History Foundation, 1986. Available at.

Taxation
The 1735 tithe list is available online:


 * Le Suer, David. "Tithables in King William Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):31-32. ; digital version at JSTOR - free.

Societies

 * The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia

Websites

 * Manakin Episcopal Church (official site)