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== History  ==
== History  ==
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*1757<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/genealogy/HANCOCK/VA%20Colonial%20Parishes.html "Parishes of Virginia,"] VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; [http://vagenweb.org/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>
*1757<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>


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Latest revision as of 12:04, 9 July 2025

History

Cornwall Parish has served Lunenburg and Charlotte counties.

Founded

Boundary

Resources

Parish History

Meade's 1861 history of Cornwall Parish is available online.[2]

Church Records

Colonial parish registers have been lost.

References

  1. 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).
  2. 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.