RICHMOND CO.
VIRGINIA
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Richmond
County, Virginia INTRODUCTION
Source:
Wikipedia |
County Office Building, 101 Court Circle, Warsaw, Virginia 22572 |
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Richmond County
is a county
located on the Northern Neck in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state
in the United States. As of 2000, the population
is 8,809. Its county seat is Warsaw6. The rural county should not
be confused with the large city and state capital Richmond, Virginia, which is over an hour's
drive away. |
Richmond County was formed in 1692 from (Old) Rappahannock
County. It was named either for Richmond borough in Surrey, England, or the
late-seventeenth-century duke of Richmond. To contact the Richmond County
Courthouse, write to PO Box 956, Warsaw VA 22572, or phone (804) 333-3781. |
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Richmond Co., VAFamily Surnames
The
following are surnames of persons, found within our data bases, who were
either born, married or died in this county. |
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Goode;
Kay; Mills; Pannell; Sterne; Stone; Wood |
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To find out more about each
family listed here click on the appropriate LINK(s). |
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Richmond Co., VAAncestral Gen-Site(s) |
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SITE
NAME: |
North Farnham
Parish
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Farnham Church |
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LOCATION: |
Richmond County, Virginia |
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DIRECTIONS: |
North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. Richmond County is on the Upper Penninsula, above Gloucester, VA another Colonial port. Farnham is located on highway 3, below Emmerton, VA, above Lancaster County, VA. Counties that touch around North Farnham Parish are Lancaster to the south, Northumberland County to the east, Essex County to the west, across the Rappahannock River, above Lunenburg Parish, north west, and above that Westmoreland County. |
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HISTORY / DESCRIPTIVE
INFORMATION: North Farnham Parish (Old Rappa.,
1683-1692; Richmond,
1692-), on the north side of the Rappa. River, and South Farnham Parish (Old
Rappa., 1683-1692; Essex,
1692-), on the south side of the Rappa. River, were created from Farnham
Parish in 1683. Lunenburg Parish was created from North Farnham in 1732.
South Farnham embraced all of Essex lying southeast of the line between it
and St. Anne's Parish. Old
Rappahannock County became extinct in 1692 when it was divided into Essex and
Richmond Counties. North Farnham Parish fell wholly into Richmond County at
the division. The Farnham Episcopal Church built in 1737, named for the parish which was established in 1683. While commonly referred to now as Farnham Church, it is more precisely called North Farnham Church of Richmond County. In the decades following the Revolution, the interior of Farnham Church fell into ruins. During the War of 1812, the church was bombarded. In 1834, however, after a long period without a minister the Rev. George W. Nelson was called as rector, and after his untimely death six years later, the Vestry could declare that, "By his Pastoral hand this Congregation was collected, and under his auspices our once crumbling and desecrated Church was built up anew." During the War Between the States the Church was again partially destroyed, and even used as a stable, but was restored again in 1873. However a fire in 1887 left only the walls standing. Eventually the building as it is today was restored in 1921. |
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ANCESTRY: |
Hannah Goode |
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WEB
LINKS: |
Goad and Related
Families in the North Farnham Parish Registers; The
Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 -
1800, Richmond County, Virginia; North Neck Geneaology; |
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Richmond Co., VA List of Localities The list below will assist
in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage,
death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have
occurred. Source: Wikipedia Communities of Richmond County, Virginia Warsaw;
Farnham; Foneswood; Haynesville; Lyells; Sharps; Village; Newland |
Richmond
County, Virginia, Warsaw designated with red star) |
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Richmond Co., VA The following are links to
websites that will provide you with specific genealogical information to assist with your research for this county. |
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Use the
following LINKS to find more information that may pertain to this location. |
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Richmond Co., VAImage GalleryDuring our research we have collected and images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past
lives. |
Richmond
County, Virginia waterfront colonial home |
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If you have any
photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we
would greatly appreciate hearing from you. |
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Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any images that
pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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Contact Information
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Pony Express: Tom |
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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