[Notes on Albermarle Parish, Surry Co. VA] [various source & references, posted 28 Mar 2002] From: Births, Deaths and Sponsors 1717-1778 From the Albermarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia, by John Bennett Boddie, Clearfield Company. [parents, child, date in 1700s, sponsors] p. 98 MURPHY Simon and Eliz. Murphey Lucy, 5/6/38, Michael Sanders, Sarah Horn, Mary Sanders Ben'g. and Eliz. Murphey Eliz., 2/19/41, James Hooper, Eliz. Bladen, Eliz. Clarke Wm., 2/20/43, Francis Niblet, Henry Moss, Ruth Moss Richard and Lucy Murphey Simon, 4/9/45, John Hines, John Hargrave, Eliz. Hines Arthur and Charity Murphey Sarah, 3/9/53, none given [Murphy as sponsors] p. 17 William and Mary Briggs Wm., 10/3/36, Marmaduke Grussett, Simon Murphey, Anne Grussett, Sarah Felts p. 57 Aughustine and Mary Hargrave Katherine, 3/23/43, Richard Murphey, Faith Judkins, Mary Murphey Kesiah, 3/23/43, Richard Murphey, Faith Judkins, Mary Murphey p. 62 James and Mary Hern John, 3/12/45, Mariah Prichard, Richard Murphey, Jane Sawry p. 110 Steven and Jean Pepper Anna, 9/16/41, Richard Pepper, Simon Murphey, Sarah Allison, Susanna Ellis p. 127 Henry and Jean Sawry Henry, 8/17/42, Simon Murphey, Thos. Grosse, Christian Hicks p. 146 James and Mary Wallace Rebbecca, 2/18/53, Arthur Murphey, Margarett and Martha Jarrett ________________________________ From: Register of Albermarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778, trans.& ed. by Gertrude R.B. Richards, pub. by Natl. Soc. Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958, Southern Historical Press. (also are lots of Hights & Hites, Hills, Delahays & Birds; also many have first name Littleberry) Other notes: Charles De La Hay, d. Sept 20, 1773; i. Mrs Berryman Capt Richard Hill d. July 9, 1775; i. Mrs Broadnax. This Man had joined himself to the Methodists, signed their association and had frequent Meetings at his House; but a few hours before his death, gave Charge that no Methodist should ever preach under his Roof. Murphy p. 90 Rebecca d. of James Wallace and w. Mary; b. Feb 18; c. May 27, 1753; gdpts. Arthur Murphy, Mary Jarrett, Martha Jarrett p. 159 Sarah d. of Arthur Murphy and w. Charity; b. March 9; c. March 26 [1753]; gdpts... p. 20 Elizabeth d. of Benja Murphy and w. Eliza; b. Feb 9 1741/2; c. April 4, 1743; gdpts. James Hooper, Eliza Bladon, Eliza Clarke. p. 54 William s. of Benja Murphy and w. Eliza; b. Feb 20, 1743/4; c. April 1, 1744; gdpts. Frances Niblet, Henry Moss, Ruth Moss. p. 31 Lucy d. of Simon Murphy and w. Eliza; b. May 6; c. July 8, 1738; gdpts. Michael Sanders, Sarah Hern, Mary Sanders. p. 91 Simon s. of Richard Murphy and w. Lucy; b. April 9; c. June2, 1745; gdpts. John Hines, John Hargrave, Eliza Hines. p. 144 John s. of James Heron and w. Mary; b. April 12; c. June 13, 1745; gdpts. Morice Pritchard, Richard Murphy, Jane Sawry. p. 9 Anne d. of Stephen Pepper and w. Jean; b. Sept 16; c. Nov 12 1741; gdpts. Richard Pepper, Simon Murphy, Sarah Alsobrook, Susanna Ellis. p. 25 ( )enry s. of Henry Sawrey and w. Anne; b. Aug 17; c. Sept 19, 1742; gdpts. Simon Murphy, Thos. Grussett, Christian Hicks. p. 53 William s. of Wm Briggs and w. Mary; b. Oct 3; c. Nov 8, 1736; gdpts. Marmaduke Grussett, Simon Murphy, Ann Grussett. Crew p. 32 Lucy d. of John Davis and w. Mary; b. April 29; c. Nov 2, 1740; gdpts. Samuel Crew, Amy Davis, Mary Woodward. Lucretia d. of John Crew and w. Eliza; b. Aug 27; c. Sept 21, 1742; gdpts. Thomas Addison, Mary Addison, Eliza Pepper. ---------------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/ Surry Co. Hist. Society Surry Co. VA information Southwark Parish is now Surry County's only Episcopal parish. Albemarle Parish was formed in 1738 and incorporated into Sussex County when it was made from the southwestern end of Surry in 1754. A register of births and deaths for Albemarle Parish has been published. The State Archives at the Library of Virginia has records from Methodist and Episcopal Churches and meetings of Friends (Quaker). Most of the county's seventeenth century court records have been abstracted and published. Historic landmarks include the house at Smith's Fort on Route 31 and Bacon's Castle near Hog Island. Both are brick structures. Bacon's Castle dates from the seventeenth century, and the house at Smith's Fort probably dates from the early eighteenth century. They are owned by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) and are open to the public. By 1640 James City County's population south of James River was sufficient to support a new parish, and Lawne's Creek Parish was established. Southwark Parish was separated from James City Parish in 1647, and Surry County was separated from James City County five years later. Soon afterward Arthur Allen built his Jacobean brick house, now known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. Reports to the Bishop of London by the ministers of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes in the year 1724 were recorded by Bishop Meade. They were not prosperous parishes. In 1738 Albemarle Parish was created from those parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes that lay southwest of Blackwater River. The remaining parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark were united into Southwark Parish. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754. Surry County Information Sources and Historical References Clark, Jewell T. and Elizabeth Terry Long, A Guide to Church Records in the Archives Branch Virginia State Library (Richmond, 1981) Cocke, Charles Francis, Parish Lines Diocese of Southern Virginia (Richmond, 1964) Farrar, Emmie Ferguson, Old Virginia Houses Along the James (New York, 1957) Haun, Weynette Parks, Surry County, Virginia Court Records 1652-1663 (1986), Deed Book I 1664-1671 (1987), Book III 1672-1682 (1989), Order Book 1671-1691 1682-1691 Book IV (1990), 1691-1700 Book V (1991), 1700-1711 Book VI (1992), 1712-1718 Book VII (1993), 1741-1745 Book VIII (1995), 1746-1748 Book IX (1996), 1749-1751 Book X (1997) (Weynette P. Haun, 243 Argonne Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27704) Kornwolf, James D., Guide to the Buildings of Surry and the American Revolution (Surry, 1977) Richards, Gertrude R. B., Ph.D., Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778 (Easley, SC 1984) Salmon, Emily J. and Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds., The Hornbook of Virginia History, fourth ed. (Richmond, 1994) REPORTS OF SURRY COUNTY MINISTERS TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON IN 1724 In 1724 the Rev. John Worden, minister of Lawne's Creek Parish, made this report to the Bishop of London. "I arrived in Virginia in 1712, when Governor Spottswood sent me for six months to Jamestown. Thence I went to the parishes of Weynoake and Martins Brandon, both of which parishes were hardly sufficient to support a minister; therefore I removed to this parish, where I have been since January 30th, 1717." He says his parish is ten miles wide along the river and one hundred twenty long with seven hundred tithables in it. There are some Indians, bond and free, and negroes, bond and free. Some masters will have their negroes baptized, and some will not, because they will not be sureties for them. "I cannot persuade parents and masters to send their children and servants to be catechized. I sometimes get eight shillings and fourpence for my tobacco, per hundred, and sometimes no so much; and if I send it to Europe, perhaps it brings me in debt, as of late years it hath happened. The vestry will not keep my glebe-house in order; but if I choose to do it myself, I may and welcome. I have a church and chapel thirty miles apart, twelve communicants at the former, and thirty or forty at the latter." The Rev. John Cargill, minister of Southwark Parish, made a similar report. "I have been here sixteen years. My parish is twenty miles in width and one hundred inhabited in length, being a frontier parish. It has three hundred and ninety-four families. The school of Mr. Griffin, called Christina, for Indians, is on the borders of my parish. There is one church and two chapels and seventy or eighty communicants. My tobacco now sells at five shillings per hundred; my salary from thirty to forty pounds. My glebe house is in a very bad condition, and the parish will not repair it, so I must look out for a house elsewhere. No school, no library, in the parish." Note: see Bishop William Meade, Old Churches Ministers and Families of Virginia (Baltimore, 1978) v.1, 309. --------------- Boddie, John B. Colonial Surry Redwood City, CA. 1948, 1959. Bohannan, A. W. Old Surry: Thumb-nail Sketches of Places of Historic Interest in Surry County, Virginia Petersburg, VA, 1927, 1957. Bohannan, Willis Surry County at War, 1861-1862 n.d. Crittenden, H. Temple The Comp'ny Parsons, W. VA, 1967. Davis, Eliza Timberlake Surry County records: Surry County, Virginia, 1652-1684 Self-published 195?; reprinted in improved format with a new index by Robert Barnes by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1980. Davis, Eliza Timberlake Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750 Smithfield, VA, 1955; reprinted in an improved format with a new index by Thomas L. Hollowak by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1980. Hart, Lyndon H., III Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts and Inventories 1730-1800 Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1983, 1985. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Special Virginia Edition., 1884 Personal History Department of Surry County and Isle of Wight County, with an every-name index by Anne W. Gwaltney, 1992. (e-mail at VLHD87A@prodigy.) Hopkins, William Lindsay Surry County, Virginia Deeds 1664-1733, and other Court Papers Indexed. Reprinted 1994, Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA Hopkins, William Lindsay Surry County, Virginia Deeds and Estate Accounts 1734-1755 Indexed. Reprinted 1994, Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA Hopkins, William Lindsay Surry County, Virginia Deeds and Estate Accounts 1756-1787 Indexed. Reprinted 1995, Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA (e-mail at Iberian@iberian.com.) Jones, Benjamin W. Battle Roll of Surry County, Virginia in the War Between the States Richmond, VA, 1913. Jones, Benjamin W. Under the Stars and Bars: A History of the Surry Light Artillery. Richmond, VA, 1909 (This was reprinted several years ago with a new index, but I don't have the bibliographic information at present) Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Surry County, Virginia 1768-1825 1960; reprinted 1982, Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC. Kornwolf, James D. Guide to the Buildings of Surry and the American Revolution Surry County, Virginia 1776 Bicentennial Committee, 1977. Stephenson, Mary A. Old Homes in Surry & Sussex Richmond, VA, 1942.