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A survey of the graves at Pohick Church was published in 1981.<ref>Edna May Stevens, Lesba Lewis Thompson, and Sue E. Wood, ''Tombstone Records of Pohick Church, Fairfax County, Virginia'' (Owensboro, Ky., 1981).</ref>  
A survey of the graves at Pohick Church was published in 1981.<ref>Edna May Stevens, Lesba Lewis Thompson, and Sue E. Wood, ''Tombstone Records of Pohick Church, Fairfax County, Virginia'' (Owensboro, Ky., 1981).</ref>  


Surveys of the graves at Falls Church and Pohick Church were published in the late 1990s by the Fairfax Genealogical Society.<ref name="falls">''Fairfax County, Virginia Gravestones'' (Merrifield, Va.: Fairfax Genealogical Society, 1996-1998). Vols. III, V. (Falls Church appears in Volume III, pages FC-1 to FC-18; Pohick Church appears in Volume V, pages LR-35 to LR-131).</ref> {{FHL|721908|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5291 V3f v. 3}}.  
Surveys of the graves at Falls Church and Pohick Church were published in the late 1990s by the Fairfax Genealogical Society.<ref name="falls">''Fairfax County, Virginia Gravestones'' (Merrifield, Va.: Fairfax Genealogical Society, 1996-1998). Vols. III, V. (Falls Church appears in Volume III, pages FC-1 to FC-18; Pohick Church appears in Volume V, pages LR-35 to LR-131).</ref> {{FSC|721908|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5291 V3f v. 3}}.  


Earlier surveys of Falls Church Cemetery were conducted in 1923, c1939, 1989, and 1995.<ref name="falls" /><br>  
Earlier surveys of Falls Church Cemetery were conducted in 1923, c1939, 1989, and 1995.<ref name="falls" /><br>  
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An index of the graves at Goose Creek Burying Ground (select from Cemetery List dropdown) is available online at [https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library/research-reference-services/loudoun-county-cemetery-database Thomas Balch Library].
An index of the graves at Goose Creek Burying Ground (select from Cemetery List dropdown) is available online at [https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library/research-reference-services/loudoun-county-cemetery-database Thomas Balch Library].


''Loudoun County, Virginia cemeteries, a preliminary index''. c1996. Published by the Thomas Balch Library, Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books. {{FHL|781346|item|disp=FHL Book 975.528 V32L}}, {{WorldCat|34905435|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
''Loudoun County, Virginia cemeteries, a preliminary index''. c1996. Published by the Thomas Balch Library, Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books. {{FSC|781346|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.528 V32L}}, {{WorldCat|34905435|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.


Remey, Charles Mason. ''A Series of Twelve of the Preliminary Architectural Studies for a Mausoleum Known Now as the Remeum: For the Family of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, United States Navy, and His Wife, Mary Josephine Mason, Built at Pohick Church Glebe, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia''. Washington, D.C.: C.M. Remey, 1954. {{FHL|38675|item|disp=FHL Film 1036144 Item 7}}.<br>
Remey, Charles Mason. ''A Series of Twelve of the Preliminary Architectural Studies for a Mausoleum Known Now as the Remeum: For the Family of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, United States Navy, and His Wife, Mary Josephine Mason, Built at Pohick Church Glebe, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia''. Washington, D.C.: C.M. Remey, 1954. {{FSC|38675|item|disp=FS Library Film 1036144 Item 7}}.<br>


==== Genealogy  ====
==== Genealogy  ====


*Liddle, Chester A. and Patricia H. Osisek. ''Families of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia''. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1991. {{FHL|453483|title-id|disp=FHL Collection}} has original edition and two supplements.
*Liddle, Chester A. and Patricia H. Osisek. ''Families of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia''. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1991. {{FSC|453483|title-id|disp=FS Library Collection}} has original edition and two supplements.


==== Parish History  ====
==== Parish History  ====


Meade's 1861 history of Truro Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/224/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: [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II].</ref>
Meade's 1861 history of Truro Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/224/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>


*Hopkins, Margaret Lail and Nancy Hopkins Phillips. ''The Anglican Parishes of Loudoun County, Virginia, Truro, Cameron, and Shelburne, 1736-1805''. Lovettsville, Virginia: Willow Bend Books, 1997. Available at {{FHL|733817|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [http://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/loudoun/lookups.htm Free Lookups Available!]  
*Hopkins, Margaret Lail and Nancy Hopkins Phillips. ''The Anglican Parishes of Loudoun County, Virginia, Truro, Cameron, and Shelburne, 1736-1805''. Lovettsville, Virginia: Willow Bend Books, 1997. Available at {{FSC|733817|title-id|disp=FS Library}}. [http://usgenwebsites.org/vagenweb/loudoun/lookups.htm Free Lookups Available!]  
*Slaughter, Philip and Edward Lewis Goodwin. ''History of Truro Parish in Virginia.'' Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, 1907. Available at {{FHL|92766|title-id|disp=FHL}}. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25534 Ancestry] ($), [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/288882-the-history-of-truro-parish-in-virginia?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=izkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806346019_philipslaughter1907 World Vital Records] ($).
*Slaughter, Philip and Edward Lewis Goodwin. ''History of Truro Parish in Virginia.'' Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, 1907. Available at {{FSC|92766|title-id|disp=FS Library}}. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25534 Ancestry] ($), [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/288882-the-history-of-truro-parish-in-virginia?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=izkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [https://archive.org/details/historyoftruropa00slau archive.org].


Rev. Samuel A. Wallis's history of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 122-128.</ref>  
Rev. Samuel A. Wallis's history of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 122-128.</ref>  
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Some births in the parish between 1730 and 1737 were recorded in the vestry book. Otherwise, colonial parish registers have been lost. Abstracts:  
Some births in the parish between 1730 and 1737 were recorded in the vestry book. Otherwise, colonial parish registers have been lost. Abstracts:  


*Lee, Ida J. "Births from the Truro Parish Vestry Book," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1930):190. {{FHL|248629|item|disp=FHL Book 973 H25w}}; digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921129 JSTOR]&nbsp;($).
*Lee, Ida J. "Births from the Truro Parish Vestry Book," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1930):190. {{FSC|248629|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 H25w}}; digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921129 JSTOR]&nbsp;($).


Also published by Wright:<br>  
Also published by Wright:<br>  


*Wright, F. Edward. ''Early Church Records of Alexandria City and Fairfax County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996. {{FHL|767163|item|disp=FHL Book 975.529 K2w}}.<br>
*Wright, F. Edward. ''Early Church Records of Alexandria City and Fairfax County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996. {{FSC|767163|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.529 K2w}}.<br>


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===== Vestry Books  =====
===== Vestry Books  =====


Digital images of the original Truro Parish Colonial Vestry Book (1732-1785) and the Proceedings of the Overseers of the Poor (1787-1802) are available [http://www.pohick.org/vestrybook.html online], courtesy: [http://www.pohick.org/ Truro Church] website.  
Digital images of the original Truro Parish Colonial Vestry Book (1732-1785) and the Proceedings of the Overseers of the Poor (1787-1802) are available [https://pohick.org/the-history-of-pohick-church/the-truro-parish-colonial-vestry-book/ online], courtesy: [http://www.pohick.org/ Truro Church] website.  


These records have also been abstracted and indexed:  
These records have also been abstracted and indexed:  


*Truro Parish and Pohick Church. ''Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, Virginia, 1732-1785''. Lorton, Va.: Pohick Church; Annandale, Va.: Baptie Studios, c1974. Available at {{FHL|423305|title-id|disp=FHL}}.
*Truro Parish and Pohick Church. ''Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, Virginia, 1732-1785''. Lorton, Va.: Pohick Church; Annandale, Va.: Baptie Studios, c1974. Available at {{FSC|423305|title-id|disp=FS Library}}.


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History

Truro Parish has served Prince William, Loudoun and Fairfax counties. Pohick Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish.[1] The Falls Church fell within the bounds of Truro Parish for a time during the eighteenth century, before it became a part of Fairfax Parish.[2] Goose Creek Chapel (built 1736) served parishioners as a chapel of ease.[3]

Founded

Resources

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Cemetery

A survey of the graves at Pohick Church was published in 1981.[5]

Surveys of the graves at Falls Church and Pohick Church were published in the late 1990s by the Fairfax Genealogical Society.[6] FS Library Book 975.5291 V3f v. 3.

Earlier surveys of Falls Church Cemetery were conducted in 1923, c1939, 1989, and 1995.[6]

An index of the graves at Goose Creek Burying Ground (select from Cemetery List dropdown) is available online at Thomas Balch Library.

Loudoun County, Virginia cemeteries, a preliminary index. c1996. Published by the Thomas Balch Library, Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books. FS Library Book 975.528 V32L, At various libraries (WorldCat).

Remey, Charles Mason. A Series of Twelve of the Preliminary Architectural Studies for a Mausoleum Known Now as the Remeum: For the Family of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, United States Navy, and His Wife, Mary Josephine Mason, Built at Pohick Church Glebe, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: C.M. Remey, 1954. FS Library Film 1036144 Item 7.

Genealogy

  • Liddle, Chester A. and Patricia H. Osisek. Families of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1991. FS Library Collection has original edition and two supplements.

Parish History

Meade's 1861 history of Truro Parish is available online.[7]

Rev. Samuel A. Wallis's history of Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.[8]

Rev. George S. Somerville's history of The Old Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.[9]

Parish Records

Parish Registers

Some births in the parish between 1730 and 1737 were recorded in the vestry book. Otherwise, colonial parish registers have been lost. Abstracts:

  • Lee, Ida J. "Births from the Truro Parish Vestry Book," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1930):190. FS Library Book 973 H25w; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Also published by Wright:

  • Wright, F. Edward. Early Church Records of Alexandria City and Fairfax County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996. FS Library Book 975.529 K2w.


Vestry Books

Digital images of the original Truro Parish Colonial Vestry Book (1732-1785) and the Proceedings of the Overseers of the Poor (1787-1802) are available online, courtesy: Truro Church website.

These records have also been abstracted and indexed:

  • Truro Parish and Pohick Church. Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, Virginia, 1732-1785. Lorton, Va.: Pohick Church; Annandale, Va.: Baptie Studios, c1974. Available at FS Library.


Websites

 Wikipedia has more about this subject: Pohick Church

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, "Pohick Church," Wikipedia, accessed 1 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Falls Church," in National Register of Historic Places Inventory, p. 8, accessed 17 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Goose Creek Chapel", The Historical Marker Database.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ Edna May Stevens, Lesba Lewis Thompson, and Sue E. Wood, Tombstone Records of Pohick Church, Fairfax County, Virginia (Owensboro, Ky., 1981).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fairfax County, Virginia Gravestones (Merrifield, Va.: Fairfax Genealogical Society, 1996-1998). Vols. III, V. (Falls Church appears in Volume III, pages FC-1 to FC-18; Pohick Church appears in Volume V, pages LR-35 to LR-131).
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 122-128.
  9. ↑ Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 129-133.


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