Vestry book [manuscript], 1779-1880.

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Vestry book [manuscript], 1779-1880.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647851982

Parish minutes, (1779-1880), include lists of tithes made by members including names and amounts paid, accounts with Overseers of the Poor; a request for an orthodox minister; parish expenditures; plans to establish a vestry with St. Matthews Church; appointments of church officials, including lists of offices and duties; and parish participation, 1785, in the General Assembly of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Also include metes and bounds of parish; establishment, 1856, of parish parsonage; plans, 1871, to erect new church building and the establishment of a Building Committee; establishment of a public cemetery; a copy, 1877, of a letter to the family of a deceased minister; notes, 1878, concerning a minister's resignation; and death records.

1 reel: positive; 35 mm.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7923023

University of Virginia. Library

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St. Matthews Church (Amherst County, Va.)

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Lexington Parish (Amherst County, Va.)

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Parish established in 1778, Amherst County, Va. From the description of Vestry book [manuscript], 1779-1880. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647851982 ...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...