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The Virginia State Library discussed Petsworth Church Cemetery in a survey of Gloucester County graves published in 1959, but did not mention any legible gravestones.<ref>''Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865'' (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1959), 118.</ref> {{FHL|388829|item|disp=FHL Book 975.53 V3e}}.<br> | The Virginia State Library discussed Petsworth Church Cemetery in a survey of Gloucester County graves published in 1959, but did not mention any legible gravestones.<ref>''Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865'' (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1959), 118.</ref> {{FHL|388829|item|disp=FHL Book 975.53 V3e}}.<br> | ||
==== Parish History ==== | |||
Meade's 1861 history of Petsworth Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft#page/320/mode/2up online.]<ref>William Meade, ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia'', 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II].</ref> | |||
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United States Virginia
Petsworth Parish
History[edit | edit source]
Petsworth Parish has served Gloucester County, Virginia. The parish church was called Poplar Spring Church.[1]
Founded[edit | edit source]
- abt 1652[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemetery[edit | edit source]
Several of the old graves at the parish cemetery are described at Find A Grave.
The Virginia State Library discussed Petsworth Church Cemetery in a survey of Gloucester County graves published in 1959, but did not mention any legible gravestones.[3] FHL Book 975.53 V3e.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Meade's 1861 history of Petsworth Parish is available online.[4]
Parish Records[edit | edit source]
Parish registers do not survive.
Vestry Books[edit | edit source]
- Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793 Richmond [Virginia]: Library Board, Division of Purchase and Printing, 1933. FHL US/CAN Book 975.532 K2c and US/CAN Film 1425712 Item 7; Reprint US/CAN Book 975.532 K2c 1979. Digital versions at Google Books and World Vital Records ($).
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Poplar Spring Church, The Historical Marker Database
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Poplar Spring Church, The Historical Marker Database
- ↑ Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
- ↑ Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1959), 118.
- ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.