Antrim Parish, Virginia
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| − | Antrim Parish has served [[Halifax County, Virginia]]. Rev. Charles A. Dresser, formerly Rector of Antrim Parish, is the minister who married Abraham Lincoln | + | Antrim Parish has served [[Halifax County, Virginia]]. Mount Laurel Church belonged to Antrim Parish.<ref>Francis Lister Hawks, ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time'' (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836), 325. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books].</ref> |
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| + | Rev. Charles A. Dresser, formerly Rector of Antrim Parish, is the minister who married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd out in Illinois in 1842.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=30972 Minister Who Married Lincoln], The Historical Marker Database</ref> | ||
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*1752 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> | *1752 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> | ||
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=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
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==== Parish History ==== | ==== Parish History ==== | ||
| − | ==== | + | Antrim Parish reports:<ref>Francis Lister Hawks, ''A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time'' (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836). Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ Google Books].</ref> |
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| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA233 Convention of 1829] (p. 233) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA246 Convention of 1830] (p. 246) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA259 Convention of 1831] (p. 259) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA274 Convention of 1832] (p. 274) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA290 Convention of 1833] (p. 290) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA306 Convention of 1834] (p. 306) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=2p89AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA325 Convention of 1835] (pp. 325-326) | ||
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| + | ==== Parish Records ==== | ||
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| + | Colonial parish registers have been lost. | ||
===== Vestry Books ===== | ===== Vestry Books ===== | ||
Revision as of 00:20, 25 September 2011
United States 
Virginia Antrim Parish
Contents |
History
Antrim Parish has served Halifax County, Virginia. Mount Laurel Church belonged to Antrim Parish.[1]
Rev. Charles A. Dresser, formerly Rector of Antrim Parish, is the minister who married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd out in Illinois in 1842.[2]
Founded
- 1752 from Cumberland Parish[3]
Boundary
Resources
Parish History
Antrim Parish reports:[4]
- Convention of 1829 (p. 233)
- Convention of 1830 (p. 246)
- Convention of 1831 (p. 259)
- Convention of 1832 (p. 274)
- Convention of 1833 (p. 290)
- Convention of 1834 (p. 306)
- Convention of 1835 (pp. 325-326)
Parish Records
Colonial parish registers have been lost.
Vestry Books
Antrim Parish's vestry book (1751-1817) is kept at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Copies: Library of Virginia and FHL Film 30163. The records have been abstracted:
- Chiarito, Marian Dodson. Vestry Book of Antrim Parish, Halifax County, Virginia, 1752-1817. Nathalie, Va.: Clarkton Press, 1983. FHL Book 975.5661 K2c
Select abstracts were also published in the early twentieth century:
- Carrington, Wirt Johnson. "Extracts From First Vestry Book of Antrim Parish," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1927), pp. 61-63. FHL Book 973 H25w; digital version at JSTOR ($).
Websites
- Minister Who Married Lincoln, The Historical Marker Database
References
- ↑ Francis Lister Hawks, A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836), 325. Digital version at Google Books.
- ↑ Minister Who Married Lincoln, The Historical Marker Database
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Francis Lister Hawks, A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Journals of the Conventions in Virginia from the Commencement to the Present Time (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836). Digital version at Google Books.
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