BRUNSWICK PARISH.
A short notice will suffice for Brunswick parish. This was also
in existence in 1720. In 1754 and 1758, the Rev. Daniel McDonald
was its minister. In the year 1786, we find the parish, or a
portion of it, included in Stafford county. It was no doubt taken
into it at the establishment of the new boundaries between it and
King George, in the year 1776. I have already mentioned that
there was a church a few miles from Fredericksburg, within the
parish of Brunswick. It was called Muddy Creek Church, and
about nine miles from Fredericksburg. Muddy Creek is now the
boundary-line between King George and Stafford. At a later
period, Lamb's Creek Church was the church of Brunswick parish.
The stepping-stone at the door bears the date of 1782, but the
church may have been built before that. From the records of the
court we find that a Mr. Anthony Hainy was churchwarden in this
parish as far back as 1734, and Mr. Charles Carter and John
Champe in 1739. Mr. Charles Carter was also vestryman in 1750.
