Time Period: 1800s

By Trip Wiggins

Rev. Abner Waugh

Jan 1746/Orange Co., Va. – 13 Sept 1806/Caroline Co., Va.
Ninth St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: Jan. 1806 – July 1806

By Trip Wiggins Rev. James Stevenson Abt. 1745/Va? – 9 Jun 1809/Culpeper County., Va. Eighth Rector Rector: April 1794 – July 1805     A somewhat odd occurrence happened in late 1793/early 1794 – two priests (one the father-in-law of the other) “swapped” their positions as rectors of St. George’s Parish and St. Mark’s Parish! Out … Read more

Erik F. Nelson Transportation Administrator City Archivist/Records Manager accompanied Lily C. Eghtessad who is doing a study of the Chatham Bridge to the steeple to get a contemporary view of the Chatham Bridge. Discoveries ensued

The steps for the 1849 church were made of Aquia Sandstone mined in Stafford County. Fifty years earlier building material for the White House and U.S. Capitol. Its flaws led to it disuse. The church faced a substantial cost in 2011 to repair inherent issues within the stone as well as improper repairs. Tidewater Restoration was hired to do the repairs

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The Carmichaels gave us three Vestry members over two centuries plus a fourth member of that family who served the church. All four were local doctors. The name and first Vestry are provided for those who served the Vestry: 1. Dr. James Carmichael, 1810 Carmichael was originally from Glasgow Scotland. Carmichael’s uncle Dr. George French … Read more

The key players from St. George’s were William Seymour White and the Rev. W. D. Smith. White provided the name and led the organization efforts. Smith worked on the charter and gave the dedication address in 1899.

Carrol Quenzel lists the number of communicants at St. George’s from 1813-1951 in Appendix B in his history of St. George’s. This article brings the numbers current and considers 8 different periods of communicant growth or decline during St. George’s history.

This an excerpt from Bishop Lawrence’s book on Phillips Brooks which describes when he came to St. George’s in 1859 at the invitation of then rector Rev. Alfred Randolph. Brooks became the preeminent Episcopal preacher of the late 19th century and gave his first sermon after ordination at St. George’s

St. George’s docents special event for 2017 – a double header around the topic, “Fredericksburg: City of Hospitals”, Aug., 2017 beginning at 6pm.