Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

St. Andrew's Parish (Brunswick County, Va.) [cite specific record used and dates]. Accession [cite specific accession no. used]. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accession 19769, lent for copying by the Brunswick County Clerk of Court, Lawrenceville, Virginia, 18 November 1925.
Accessions 33352-c and 33352, lent for microfilming by the Brunswick County Clerk of Court, Lawrenceville, Virginia, 18 October 1988.

Alternative Form

Accession 1976, Vestry book, 7 July 1732-23 May 1786, is also available on Misc. reel 649 and Brunswick County reel 54.

Biographical/Historical Information

St. Andrew's Parish was formed in 1720 from Bristol Parish and a small portion of Martin's Brandon Parish. The new parish was created for Brunswick County, which was formed the same year from the southern part of Prince George County. St. Andrew's Parish and Brunswick County were formally organized in 1732, after boundary lines and territorial adjustments were made between Virginia and North Carolina.

Scope and Content Information

Accession 19769 - Vestry book, 7 July 1732-23 May 1786. Following the vestry minutes are records of Overseers of the Poor, 1788-1798 (pages 175-202). Also available on Misc. reel 649 and Brunswick County reel 54. For a published copy see, Bath Parish Register (Births, Deaths, & Marriages) 1827-1897 of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and St. Andrew's Parish Vestry Book, 1732-1797 of Brunswick County, Virginia, by William Lindsay Hopkins, 1989.

Accession 33352-c (Misc. Reels 1072-1073) - Minute book, 1829-1955 is broken up between two microfilm reels. Misc. reel 1072 contains the minutes for the period 4 April 1829-5 June 1938. Misc. reel 1073 contains the minutes for the period 6 November 1938-16 June 1946, and also a collection of loose papers, including correspondence, financial records, treasurer's reports, minutes, and material relating to the Diocese of Southern Virginia. The loose papers are dated to 1955.

Accession 33353 (Misc. reel 1073) - Parish registers, 1838-1915. Includes two registers. The first register, 1838-1891, contains a list of ministers, baptisms, communicants, marriages, funerals, confirmations, and offerings for whites and African Americans (Item 2 on Misc. reel 1073). The second register, 1894-1915, includes a history of Trinity Church, lists of families, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, and burials, and an index (Item 3 on Misc. reel 1073). The end of Misc. reel 1073 (Item 5) contains photographs of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1899, 1915 and the Reverend Oatis A. Glazerbrooke, 1899.