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''[[United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Virginia]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Russell Parish, Virginia|Russell Parish]]''  
''[[United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Virginia]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Russell_Parish,_Virginia|Russell Parish]]''  


=== 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, 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 [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;amp;Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 28 (1984)}}</ref><br>  
Russell Parish has served [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]], [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell]], and [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin]] counties. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, established about 1824, belonged to this parish.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia ...,''" ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):57. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;amp;amp;Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 28 (1984)}}</ref><br>  


===== Founded  =====
==== Founded  ====


*1754 from [[Cumberland Parish, Virginia|Cumberland Parish]]<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm "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>
*1754 from [[Cumberland Parish, Virginia|Cumberland Parish]]<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm "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>


===== Boundary  =====
==== Boundary  ====


=== Resources  ===
=== Resources  ===


===== Parish History  =====
==== Cemetery ====
 
See Patterson in [[Russell Parish, Virginia#Parish Records|Parish Records]].
 
==== Parish History  ====


*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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==== Parish Records  ====
==== Parish Records  ====


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 &amp; Registers from 1824 to 1915; Cemetery Records from 1824 to 1980''. Forest, Va.: Historical Records Committee, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1983. {{FHL|135740|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5675 K2p}}.<br>
*Patterson, Helen Strange. ''St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Bedford County, Forest, Virginia, Historical Records &amp; Registers from 1824 to 1915; Cemetery Records from 1824 to 1980''. Forest, Va.: Historical Records Committee, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1983. {{FHL|135740|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5675 K2p}}.<br>


===== Petitions  =====
==== Petitions  ====


*Four religious petitions (dated 1774, 1778, 1779, 1782) concerning Church of England issues from residents of Russell Parish, Bedford County, Virginia are available online in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/petitions/ Early Virginia Religious Petitions], courtesy: [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html The Library of Congress: American Memory].
*Four religious petitions (dated 1774, 1778, 1779, 1782) concerning Church of England issues from residents of Russell Parish, Bedford County, Virginia are available online in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/petitions/ Early Virginia Religious Petitions], courtesy: [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html The Library of Congress: American Memory].
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[[Category:Virginia|Church]] [[Category:Bedford_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Campbell_County,_Virginia]] [[Category:Franklin_County,_Virginia]]
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Revision as of 13:22, 20 January 2012

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History[edit | edit source]

Russell Parish has served Bedford, Campbell, and Franklin counties. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, established about 1824, belonged to this parish.[1]

Founded[edit | edit source]

Boundary[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemetery[edit | edit source]

See Patterson in Parish Records.

Parish History[edit | edit source]

  • Blunt, Ruth Homes. "The Little Anglican Church on the Hill," Lynchburg Historical Society, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1969). Available at Virginia Historical Society.

Parish Records[edit | edit source]

Colonial parish registers do not survive. For later registers, see:

  • 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. FHL Book 975.5675 K2p.

Petitions[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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 American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 28 (1984)
  2. 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).