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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Overwharton_Parish,_Virginia|Overwharton Parish]]'' [[Image:AquiaChurch.jpg|right|300px]] | ||
== History == | === History === | ||
Overwharton Parish has served [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]] and [[King George County, Virginia|King George]] counties. | Overwharton Parish has served [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]] and [[King George County, Virginia|King George]] counties. Aquia Church (pictured above), was built on the site of Overwharton Parish Church. | ||
==== Founded ==== | ==== Founded ==== | ||
*abt 1702<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [ | *abt 1702<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> | ||
=== | === Resources === | ||
== | ==== Cemetery ==== | ||
Transcripts of graves at Aquia Church are available at the Church's [https:/aquiachurch.org/about/cemetery/ website]. | |||
==== Church Records ==== | A survey of the graves at Aquia Church was also published back in 1981.<ref>Edna May Stevens and Lesba Lewis Thompson, ''Tombstone Records of Aquia Church, Stafford County, Virginia'' (Owensboro, Ky., 1981).</ref> | ||
==== Parish History ==== | |||
[[Image:Aquiaentrance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Aquiaentrance.jpg]] | |||
Meade's 1861 history of Overwharton Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/196/mode/2up online.]<ref name="meade">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> | |||
Rev. John Moncure's history of Aquia Church, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 167-177.</ref> | |||
==== Parish Records ==== | |||
*'''1720-1760''' - Boogher, William F. ''Old Stafford County, Virginia: Overwharton Parish Register, 1720 - 1760.'' Washington, D.C.: Saxton Printing Co., 1899. {{FSC|368681|item}}; [https://www.archive.org/details/virginiaoverwhar00will Internet Archive]; [https://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/stafford/registerindex1.htm VAGenWeb]. Contains births, deaths and marriages 1720-1760. | |||
*'''1720-1758''' - Overwharton Parish Christening Index 1720-1758. Batch {{IGI|C504841}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref>Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at [[Media:Igivirginia.pdf|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf]].</ref> | |||
*'''1720-1758''' - Overwharton Parish Marriage Index 1720-1758. Batch {{IGI|M504841}} at FamilySearch - free. | |||
*'''1720-1758''' - O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Stafford County, Overwharton Parish - Extracts from the Registers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of, from 1720 to 1758, Transcribed by Mr. Powhattan Moncure, Custodian of the Records," ''The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society'', Vol. 12 (1913):156-161. {{FSC|241948|item}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_HgTAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.] | |||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
== References | {{Wikipedia|Aquia Church}} | ||
*[http://www.aquiachurch.com/ Aquia Episcopal Church] (official site) | |||
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=7642 Aquia Church], The Historical Marker Database | |||
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=7301 Dumfries Cemetery], The Historical Marker Database | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:King_George_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Stafford_County,_Virginia]] | ||
[[Category:Virginia Parishes]] | |||
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