This school was possibly the earliest effort by St. Georgians to educate both slaves and, in general, poorer populations. It predated the male and female charity schools though it lasted only 5 years.
By Debbie Haliday.
The government and early clergy and vestries of St. George’s Episcopal, 1712-1775
From the Rappahannock Gazette, June/July/August 2007. A stroll through Fredericksburg’s colonial properties in 1772 and the many St. Georgians who owned them.
A list of Vestry members from 1726 to the present. Each column can be sorted and searched by filter
Gen. Hugh Mercer (1726-1777) who owned the apothecary shop, served Washington at Trenton and later died at Princeton did not serve St. George’s on the Vestry but contributed in other ways. His son, Hugh Tennent Mercer (1776-1853) was on the Vestry and participated in the completion of the second church.
This is an ongoing project to fill in the details about our rectors, particularly images and stories about their lives around St. George’s
Lewis served off and on in the St. George’s Vestry for 26 years from 1753 to 1779. He served this body long than any other. What was his role and activities ?
These notes are from Paula Felder and were addressed to Barbara Willis and at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. Felder was possibly the leading colonial historian in Fredericksburg
One of the great “urban legends” is that Fielding Lewis, churchwarden and businessman and important figure in St. George’s early history as well as Fredericksburg, is buried underneath the front steps. Here is some evidence to refute this