Henrico Parish, Henrico County, Virginia Genealogy

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

History
Henrico Parish has served Henrico County, Virginia. In the early period, it was also known as Henricopolis Church. Between 1680 and 1714, it was also known as Varina Parish. Also known as St. John's Church. Located in Richmond.

Patrick Henry delivered his famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech at St. John's on the 23rd of March 1775.

Founded

 * abt 1611

Record Loss

 * Vestry book begins in 1730

Cemetery
Inscriptions of the graves at St. John's Church were published in Moore's 1904 history.

Parish History
Meade's 1861 history of the two parishes of Henrico is available online.


 * Burton, Lewis W. Annals of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia and Especially of St. John's Church, the Present Mother Church of the Parish, from 1611 to 1884. Richmond, VA, USA: Williams Printing Company, 1942. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Moore, J. Staunton. The Annals and History of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia: and St. John's P.E. Church. Richmond, Va., 1904; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979. Available at [2 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive (1); Internet Archive (2); Internet Archive (3).
 * Robinson, Morgan P. "Henrico Parish in the Diocese of Virginia and the Parishes Descended Therefrom," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Jan., 1935), pp. 8-40. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Rev. R.A. Goodwin's history of St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Parish Registers
The parish registers, which date from colonial times, are published in Moore's 1904 history.

Vestry Books
The original Henrico Parish Vestry Book survives for the years 1730 to 1773. It has been published:


 * Brock, R.A. The Vestry Book of Henrico Parish, Virginia, 1730-1773, From the Original Manuscript, with Notes and Appendix. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1991. Digital version at FamilySearch Books - free.

Websites

 * The Church of Henricopolis, The Historical Marker Database
 * St. John's Church Marker "Give me liberty or give me death!", The Historical Marker Database
 * Saint John's Episcopal Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * Welcome to St. John's Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database