After 9 months the 1754 King James Pulpit Bible has been repaired through donations by parishioners and returned to St. George’s. This was a project of the Archives Committee of St. George’s This Bible is the oldest single item of the Church that is in our possession. In fact, we have no other 18th … Read more
1 From Parish Lines in Virginia ,Virginia State Library In 1714 a new parish was formed in Essex County south side of the Rappahannock River within the former bounds of St. Mary’s Parish The new parish was St George s Parish. Within its bounds was the settlement at Germanna on the Rapidan River. This parish … Read more
The first parish church was designated to be at Germanna, the home of Alexander Spotswood. To accommodate the arriving settlers, the first vestry ordered two small frame churches built in 1724 in the eastern part of the county. In 1732, the vestry began planning to relocate the northern church on a site awarded by the … Read more
Quenzel’s history of St. George’s is our most recent history published by the Vestry of the church in 1951. Who was Carrol Quenzel and what distinguishes his history ?
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