Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Cople Parish

History
Cople Parish has served Westmoreland County, Virginia. The parish includes Nomini, St. James, and Yeocomico churches.

Founded

 * abt 1644

Parish History

 * Davison, Bertha Lawrence Newton. The Life of Cople Parish 1664-1964 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1999.
 * Mayo, Wat Tyler, Walter Randolph Crabbe and S. Downing Cox. A Sketch of Yeocomico Church (Built 1706) in Cople Parish, Westmorland County, Va.: With a Reference to the Bicentennial Celebration on July 15, 1906, and the Movement to Raise an Endowment Fund for the Preservation of the Church. FHL

Rev. J. Poyntz Tyler's history of Yeocomico Church, Westmoreland County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Parish Records
Minutes of the Association for the Preservation of Yeocomico Church, Cople Parish, Westmoreland County (1906-1973) are kept at the Library of Virginia.

Websites

 * The Episcopal Churches of Cople Parish: Nomini, St. James, Yeocomico (official site) Parish and church histories; photographs.
 * Nominy Church, The Historical Marker Database
 * Yeocomico Church, The Historical Marker Database