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History

Dettingen Parish has served Prince William County, Virginia. Quantico Church belonged to this parish.

Founded

• 1744 from Hamilton Parish^[1]

Boundary

Resources

Cemetery

A survey of the graves at Quantico Church was published in 1993.^[2] FHL Book 975.52732 V32t.

List of Ministers

• List of Rectors of Dettingen Parish 1745-1978, The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1987):32-33. FHL Collection

Parish History

Parish Records

Parish Registers

Colonial parish registers have been lost.

• "Dettingen Parish Register of Baptisms, Dumfries, 1815-24," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 2.^[3]

Vestry Books

• Records of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia: Vestry Book, 1745-1785, Minutes of Meetings of the Overseers of the Poor, 1788-1802, Indentures, 1749-1782. Dumfries, Va.: Historic Dumfries Virginia, Inc., 1976.

Websites

• Dumfries Cemetery, The Historical Marker Database
• Quantico Church, The Historical Marker Database

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. ↑ Ronald Ray Turner, Prince William County, Virginia, Burial Index, 1800-1993 (Manassas, Va.: R.R. Turner, c1994).
3. ↑ Margaret B. Binning, "Birth Records of Prince William County, Virginia Prior to 1912 (From Various Sources Except the Official Register)," available online, courtesy: RELIC.