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=== History === | === History === | ||
Russell Parish has served [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]], [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell]], and [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin]] counties. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Bedford County, established about 1824, belonged to this parish.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia ...,''" ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):57. Digital version at [ | Russell Parish has served [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]], [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell]], and [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin]] counties. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Bedford County, established about 1824, belonged to this parish.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia ...,''" ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):57. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 28 (1984)}}</ref><br> | ||
==== Founded ==== | ==== Founded ==== | ||
*1754 from [[Cumberland Parish, Virginia|Cumberland Parish]]<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [ | *1754 from [[Cumberland Parish, Virginia|Cumberland Parish]]<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/genealogy/HANCOCK/VA%20Colonial%20Parishes.html "Parishes of Virginia,"] VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; [https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/hening/ ''Hening's Statutes at Large;''] Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., ''The Hornbook of Virginia History'' (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).</ref> | ||
==== Boundary ==== | ==== Boundary ==== | ||
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==== Parish History ==== | ==== Parish History ==== | ||
Meade's 1861 history of Russell Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/16/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: [ | Meade's 1861 history of Russell Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/16/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: [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II].</ref> | ||
*Blunt, Ruth Homes. "The Little Anglican Church on the Hill," ''Lynchburg Historical Society'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (1969). Available at [[Virginia Historical Society]]. | *Blunt, Ruth Homes. "The Little Anglican Church on the Hill," ''Lynchburg Historical Society'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (1969). Available at [[Virginia Historical Society]]. | ||
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Colonial parish registers do not survive. For later registers, see:<br> | Colonial parish registers do not survive. For later registers, see:<br> | ||
*Patterson, Helen Strange. ''St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia, Historical Records & Registers from 1824 to 1915; Cemetery Records from 1824 to 1980''. Forest, Va.: Historical Records Committee, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1983. {{ | *Patterson, Helen Strange. ''St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia, Historical Records & Registers from 1824 to 1915; Cemetery Records from 1824 to 1980''. Forest, Va.: Historical Records Committee, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1983. {{FSC|135740|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5675 K2p}}.<br> | ||
==== Petitions ==== | ==== Petitions ==== | ||
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[[Category:Bedford_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Campbell_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Franklin_County,_Virginia]] | [[Category:Bedford_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Campbell_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Franklin_County,_Virginia]] | ||
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