History of Truro Parish, VA
Doris Christian
BY REV. PHILIP SLAUGHTER, D.D.
Edited With Notes and Addenda By REV. EDWARD L. GOODWIN
Historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia
DMK Heritage Project converted this historic book into a digital
format for in-depth research for genealogist and historians with
limited time and resources. The book was converted into an Adobe PDF
format and is searchable with Adobe Acrobat Reader (a free program
from Adobe) or Preview for the iMac. A new complete index was
created of last names for quick identification To maintain the
integrity of this historic book, images of each page of the book are
provided on a separate PDF file to resolve any questions concerning
the conversion to an electronic format. Both PDF files are placed on
one CD for your convenience.
Price $15.00 plus $3.00 shipping Total $18.00
DMK Heritage
12303 Indian Mound
Austin, TX 78758
Or visit us at
http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/
This 183 page book, including index, written in 1907 contains
information about Truro Parish which was part of the Northern Neck
Grants. "Within this territory were the seats of the Fairfaxes,
Washingtons, Masons, McCartys, Fitzhughs, Brents, Alexanders,
Lewises, Mercers, Daniels, Carters, Dades, Stuarts, Corbins, Tayloes,
Steptoes, Newtons, Browns, Lees, Thorntons, Balls, Smiths, and other
leading families too many to mention, who dispensed an elegant
hospitality at Northumberland House, Nomini, Stratford, Chantilly,
Mount Airy, Sabine Hall, Bedford, Albion, Cedar Grove, Boscobel,
Richland, Marleborough, Woodstock, Gunston, Belvoir, Woodlawn, Mount
Vernon, etc. Beginning at Lancaster, county was taken from county,
Parish from Parish, as the population of each passed the frontiers,
until in 1730 Prince William was taken from Stafford and King George
Counties, above Chappawansick Creek and Deep Run, and along the
Potomac, to the "Great Mountains." This became also Hamilton Parish;
which Parish, by an Act of the General Assembly passed at the Session
of May, 1732, to take effect the first of the following November, was
divided into two Parishes "By the river Ockoquan, and the Bull Run,
(a branch thereof,) and a course from thence to the Indian
Thoroughfare of the Blue Ridge of Mountains," (Ashby's Gap.) All that
part of Prince William lying below the said bounds was to retain the
name of Hamilton, "And all that other part of the said county, which
lies above those bounds, shall hereafter be called and known by the
name of Truro." The Parish was named after the Parish in Cornwall, in
England, which is now the Diocese of Truro."
See Complete Index At:
http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=60
-