INDEX
NOTE: For many Proper Names not found in the
Index see under Lists of Vestrymen, Processioners, Voters,
etc., and throughout the book.
- Acts of General Assembly,
2, 17, 22, 26, 28, 38, 40.
- Adams, Gabriel, 4.
- Alexandria, 30. First Church
in, 30. Christ Church,
47, 97.
- Alrich, Rev. W. A., 160.
- Andrews, Rev. John, 48.
- Ashford, Michael, 5.
- Assessment Bill, 146.
- Attorneys for Parish, 32, 49,
64.
- Aubrey, Francis, 4.
- Barnes, Abraham, 27.
- Barry, Edward, 4. John, 49.
- Baxter, James, 7.
- Bill of Rights, 144.
- Blackburn, Richard, 6. Family,
103.
- Blumfield, Rev. Joseph, 15.
- Boggess, Robert, 21.
- Books, Ornaments, &c. for
Churches, 15, 62, 67, 88.
- Boyden, Rev. D. H., 161.
- Braddock's Road, 23.
- Broadwater, Charles, 4, 27ff.
- Bronaugh, Jeremiah, 4ff.
- Brown, Rev. R. T., 158.
- Burgesses from Fairfax,
List of, 126.
- Cameron Parish, 22, 26,
161. Churches in, 22, 24.
- Champneys, William, 25.
- Chapel Above Goose Creek,
5.
- Church, The Colonial, in
Virginia, Introduction. Decay
of, 96. Disestablishment
of, 143.
- Church Plate, 15, 61, 69,
145.
- Church Wardens, Duties of,
16, 78. List of, 120. Become
Overseers of the
Poor, 93.
- Clerks and Lay Readers,
List of, 123.
- Clerks of the Vestry, List
of, 123.
- Cockburn, Martin, 78, 116.
- Coffer, Francis, 92. Thos.
Withers, 44ff. Family,
118.
- Cocke, Catesby, 9, 16.
- Colchester, 31.
- Colville, Col. John, 7ff., 127.
- Contracts for Church Buildings,
51, 73.
- Dame, Rev. W. M., 161.
- De Butts, Rev. Lawrence, 5.
- Delegates to State Convention,
1775-6, 126.
- Deneale, William, 94.
- Diocese of Virginia Organized,
149.
- Dranesville, Church near,
24.
- Ellzey, Lewis, 21,127. Thomazen,
44ff.
- Emms, Edward, 4ff.
- Fairfax County formed, 17.
Boundaries changed, 26.
- Fairfax Court House, 17,
158.
- Fairfax Parish, 36. Contest
over lines, 39. Final Act
establishing, 40. Vestries
elected, 44-5.
- Fairfax, George William,
33ff, 127.
Lord Thomas, 1, 10.
William, 32-3, 127.
- Falls Church, The first, or
William Gunnell's, 5. The
second. or "Upper"
Church, 6ff. The third,
or present Church, 34ff.
- Farguson, John, 7.
- Front in Pohick Church, 84,
152.
- Forbes, Murray, 108.
- Ford, Edward, 92. John,
44, Thomas, 44ff.
- Ford, Paul Leicester, quoted,
6. 137.
- French, Daniel, 21, 70ff.
- Gardner, William, 44ff.
- Gibson, John, 95.
- Glebe, 8, 12, 28, 29, 31, 61.
- Glebes, Confiscation of, 150.
- Godfrey, William, 4.
- Gold Leaf given by Washington
and Fairfax, 81, 90.
- Good Shepherd, Chapel of
the, 164.
- Goodwin, Rev. E. L., 163.
- Grayson, William, 64. 113.
- Green, Rev. Charles, 10.
First Rector, 13ff., 141.
- Gunnell's, William, Church,
5.
- Hall, Rev. C., 162.
- Hamilton, James, 27. 127.
- Hamilton Parish, 2.
- Henderson, Alexander, 44ff.,
108. Family, 109.
- Herbert, Mrs. U. H., 164.
- Hereford, John, 4ff.
- Holmes, Rev. John, 11.
- Holy Communion, Elements
for, 34, 66.
- Hutchinson, Andrew, 21ff.
- Induction, Right of, 57.
- Johnson, Joseph, 7.
- Johnson, Rev. W. P. C.,
106.
- Johnston, George, 38, 49,
115.
- Keith, Rev. James, 12.
- Kloman, Rev. H. F., 155.
- Lee, Rev. H. B., Jr., 163.
- Lee, Gen. R. E., his pew in
Christ Church, Alexandria,
96.
- Letters of Recommendation
and Presentation, 10, 13,
55, 56, 59.
- Lewis, John, 4. Lawrence,
111. Mrs. Nellie Custis,
- 100. 112. Thomas, 7. Rev.
Thomas D., 162.
- Linton, William, 44ff.
- Littlejohn, Samuel, 47.
- Lackwood, Rev. William F.,
159.
- London, Bishop of, 8, 10, 54.
- Loudoun County formed, 26.
- Mandamus served on Vestry,
25.
- Mason, George, Vestryman
and Church Warden, 27ff.
Opposes change of site of
Pohick, 64. Completes
Church building, 84-85.
His pews in, 87. Long
service on the Vestry, 9596.
Father of religious
liberty, 143.
- Massey, Rev. Lee. Letters
in favor of, 55. Second
- Rector, 59ff. Retirement,
93. Testimony of, as to
Washington's attendance
at Church, 137. Character,
138.
- McCarty, Daniel, 27ff. Long
service as Vestryman, 95.
Daniel, Jr., 94. Dennis, 4.
- McGill, Rev. John, 161.
- McGill Parish, 3, 163.
- Meade, Rev. Everard, 155.
- Meade, Bishop William,
quoted, 21, 63, 100, 104.
- Minister, effort to obtain
from England, 9.
- Minor, John, 21.
- Moore, Cleon, 94, 116.
- Mount Vernon, 41, 112.
- Northern Neck of Virginia,
1.
- Occoquan Church, 5.
- Olivet Church, 156.
- O'Neill, Rev. Charles, 102.
- Orphans bound to trades, 16.
- Osborne, Richard, 4ff.
- Overseers of the Poor, 93.
List of, 124.
- Overwharton Parish, 5.
- Page, Rev. Frank, 161.
- Parish Levies, 9, 15, 49, 65.
Vestrymen not to collect,
77. For support of the
church abolished, 93, 146.
- Parishes formed from
Truro, 3.
- Payne, Edward, 44ff. William,
27.
- Paynes Church, 50. Contract
for building, 51.
Later history and destruction
of, 68.
- Peake, William, 7ff.
- Pendleton, Rev. W. H. K.,
162.
- Pews, assigned according
to rank, 14, 27, 87. Sale
of, in Pohick Church, 80ff.
In Christ Church Alexandria,
97.
- Physicians for the Poor, 25,
26, 66, 93.
- Pohick Church, the Old, 5,
63. Repairs on, 16, 27.
- Pohick Church, the present,
63. Discussion as to site
for, 63. Plans for, 70.
Contract for, 73. Lot for,
71, 77. Details in construction
of, 79-90. George
Mason completes it, 84-5.
Pews sold, 83-5, 133. Other
pews assigned, 87. Font
in, 84. Books and ornaments
for, to be imported
by Washington, 88. Washington's
attendance at,
99. Services after the
Revolution, 100. Its decay,
104. Efforts at resuscitation,
106, 151. Consecration
of, 153. Restoration
now in progress,
155. Vestrymen, 156.
- Pohick Chapel, 157.
- Pollard, Thomas, 91.
- Poor, Provision for the, 11,
16, 25, 32, &c.
- Posey, John, 44ff.
- Processioning of Lands, 18.
- Processioners and Precincts,
Lists of, 18, 28, 32,
62.
- Reagan's, Michael, Church
near, 6.
- Religious Freedom, Mason's
advocacy of, 143. Statute
of, 148.
- Rocky Run Chapel, 22.
- Ross, Hector, 60.
- Rumsey, Wm. T., 159.
- Salaries, of Ministers, 15,
93, 97, 145. Of Clerks and
Readers, 9, 10, &c.
- Scott, Rev. James, 45.
- Sears, Wm. B., 88.
- Slaughter, Rev. Dr. Philip,
Introduction.
- Sparks, Jared, referred to,
46, 64.
- Sturman, John, 4ff.
- Terrett, Wm. H., 22.
- Tillett, Giles, 4.
- Tithables, 10, 26, 91.
- Tobacco as currency, 5, &c.
- Tobacco House used as a
Chapel, 48.
- Trammel, John, 9.
- Triplett, William, 92. Family,
119.
- Truro Parish, Genesis of, 1.
Old Vestry-Book of, 3.
Boundaries of, 2, 26,
40. Churches in, 5, 6, 23,
50, 63. Division of, first,
26; second, 36–42. Decay
of on suspension of levies,
93ff. Later history of,
151. Vestrymen of, Introduction,
44-45, 120, 156,
163.
- Turley, John, 27.
- Upper Truro Parish, 26, 161.
- Vestry House, 27, 60, 69.
- Vestry of Truro, The first, 4.
Dissolved by the General
Assembly, 20. The second,
21. Third, 44. Fourth,
45. Last Meeting, 96.
Of present Churches, 156,
163.
- Vestrymen, distinguished,
Introduction. Training of,
Ditto. Lists of, 4, 21, 44,
45, 120, 156, 163. Oaths
and subscriptions of, 21.
Long service of, 95, 164.
- Vestries in Virginia, Introduction.
Not of Churches
but of parishes, 47. Dissolved,
149.
- Voters, List of, in 1744, 128.
- Wagener, Dr. Peter, 78.
Peter, Jr., 91. Family, 110.
- Waite, Thomas, 29ff.
- Wallis, Rev. S. A., Introduction.
154.
- (Washington, George, Vestryman
and Church
Warden, 34, 35ff. Baptism,
6. Part taken by,
toward building Falls
Church, 34-6. In division
of Parish, 41. Vestryman
in only one Parish, 42.
His lists of Vestrymen
chosen, 1765, 44-45. On
two Building Committees
for Churches, 51, 72. Extracts
from diary of, 67,
72, 99, 142. Did he draw
plans for Pohick? 70.
Choice of site for church,
64. Gives gold leaf for
gilding, 81, 90. Purchase
of pews in Pohick, 82, 87.
Gives bond for price of,
89. Deed for, 133. Requested
to import books
and hangings for Pohick,
88. His Last Vestry, 89.
Regularity of attendance
at Vestry, 89. Resignation
as Vestryman, 95.
Buys pew in Christ
Church, Alexandria, and
was a parishioner there,
96-97. His memorandum
of sale of pews, 97. Bond
for pew rent, 97. Still
attended Pohick when services
there, 99. Regularity
of his attendance at
church, 99, 137. Distance
from Churches, 141.
Stands as Sponsor, 142.
Views of, on Assessments
for support of Religion,
147.
- Washington, Augustine, 9,
10. Bushrod, 103. Edward,
15, 110. Lawrence,
9, 22. Lund, 95, 110.
- Waugh, John, 95.
- Weems, Rev. Mason L., 100.
- West, Hugh , 21ff. John,
21ff. John, Jr., 33. Mrs.
Sybil, 34.
- Wren, James, 70. Thomas,
37.
- Zion Church, Fairfax, 158.
