Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Fairfax Parish (Fairfax County and Alexandria, Va.). [Cite specific record used and dates]. Accession [cite specific accession]. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accession 29952: Gift of the John Alexander Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1951, per Mrs. P. W. Hiden, 5600 Huntington Avenue, Newport News, Virginia, 23607.

Accession 23956: Gift of John Alexander Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Alexandria, Virginia, 4 April 1953.

Biographical/Historical Information

When Fairfax County was formed from Prince William County in 1742, the area of the new county, including the village of Belle Haven, which became the town of Alexandria in 1749, was embraced by the Parish of Truro. In 1765, Truro Parish was divided and boundaries for the parish of Fairfax were established. When Alexandria was incorporated as a city, it was included in Fairfax Parish.

Scope and Content Information

Vestry Book, 26 August 1765-January 1843. Included is a plat of the Christ Church burial ground and many indentures. No processioners' records are entered. (Accession 29952a; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 1.)

Vestry Book, 30 March 1843-22 October 1860 and 24 August 1866-21 April 1909. Minutes are lacking for the period 1861-1865. This vestry book is the most lengthy of the several groups of records. (Accession 29952b; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 2.)

Records, 1787-1799, 1804, including minutes for the period 1787-1799, 1804, and lists of interments in the Christ Church cemetery, 1788-1798. (Accession 29952c; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 3.)

Accounts, 1876-1888. (Accession 29952d; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 4.)

Register, 1825-1855, including baptisms, burials, marriages, and communicants. Also includes baptisms, marriages and burials for African Americans. Accession 23956a is the transcribed copy of this volume, including an index. (Accession 29952e; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 5.)

Register, 1860-1878, including parishioners, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, burials, and offerings. Accession 23956b is the transcribed copy of this volume, including an index. (Accession 29952f; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 6.)

Register, 1878-1892, including families, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, burials, and offerings. (Accession 29952g; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 7.)

Register, 1892-1902, including families, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, burials, and offerings. (Accession 29952h; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 8.)

Marriage register, 1922-1928. (Accession 29952i; Miscellaneous reel 137, no. 9.)

Note

For transcriptions of registers described above as accessions 29952e and 29952f, see Christ Church Records, 1825-1855, 1860-1878 (Accessions 23956a and 23956b).