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History

St. George's Parish has served Accomack County, Virginia. It is located in Pungoteague.

Founded

• 1762^[1]

Boundary

Resources

Cemetery

A survey of the graves at St. Georges Church was published in 1992.^[2] It is available online at Eastern Shore Stuff. FHL Book 975.516 V3m 1992.

Parish History

The Parishes in Accomac County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.^[3]

St. George Parish reports:^[4]

• Convention of 1820 (p. 142)
• Convention of 1829 (p. 235)
• Convention of 1831 (p. 258)

Parish Records

Overseers of the Poor

• Surname index to Meetings of the Overseers of the Poor for Accomack & St. George's Parish September 1787-1819, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Parish Registers

Colonial parish registers do not survive.

Vestry Books

The original St. George's Parish vestry books (1763-1787) are kept at the Library of Virginia. Copies: FHL Film 33853. Abstracts:

• Walczyk, Gail M. St. George's Parish, Accomack County, Vestry Book 1763-1787. Coram, N.Y.: Peter's Row, 1998. FHL Book 975.516 K2w; Free online surname index, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Websites

• St George's Parish on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (official site)

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. ↑ Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones: Inscriptions from Lower Accomack County, Virginia, Including Liberty and Parksley Cemeteries (Bowie, Md.: Heritage books, Inc., 1992).
3. ↑ Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 304-309.
4. ↑ 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.