My first ancestor found in Surry Co., Va., Thomas Weathers, purchased land s. of the Blackwater River in 1719. The deed states that he was of Southwark Parish. Apparently the first seven children of Thomas Weather & w. Lydia (Pettway?) were born while shown in Southwark. The eighth, and last child, Reuben Weathers was c. 1741, Albemarle Parish (The Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778 by Richards), which was still Surry Co. According to Meade's Old Churches, p. 208: "Parishes In Surry County, This county originally contained all that is now Surrey and Sussex. There were two parishes in it in 1738, called Lawn's Creek and SOUTHWARK, running the whole length of the county toward the Carolina line, being one hundred and twenty miles. At that time each of them were curtailed; --------------. Those parts of the parishes which lie SOUTH OF THE BLACKWATER formed a parish by the name of Albemarle, ------------ and the parts north of Black River formed another parish, retaining the name of Southwark---that of Lawn's Creek being henceforth dropped." So from 1719 ( & earlier), to 1738, Thomas' & his family lived Surry County, Southwark Parish. Again from Meade's, p. 309, Rev. John Cargill, minister of Southwark parish state: "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 shilling 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." When in 1738, the parishes were divided and Albemarle Parish was pastored by the Rev. William Willie, records were fastidiouly kept as shown by the Register cited above. There were four churches: St. Mark's, St. Andrew's, St. Paul's, and Nottoway. Thomas d. 1744. (Surry Co., Albamarle Parish) In 1754, Sussex County was formed from Surry Co...being the part south of the Blackwater. So from 1738 to 1754, Thomas's family lived Surry Co., Albemarle Parish when at that time, they were shown Sussex County, Albemarle Parish living on the same land, and without having moved physically from 1719. My hope is that someone on this list knows of records of the Rev. John Cargill or of Southwark Parish...letters, records of baptisms, marriages, Vestry book,? In checking a number of years ago for the above, I was told by the LVA that there were no records , but with other missing records found in the last few years, I was hoping the Southwark & Cargill records might be one of those. The Bath Parish Register of Dinwiddie County, by William Lindsay Hopkins, p. 31: Marriages-- Oct 9, 1828 Marriages: Banjamin Fillyche to Miss Margaret B. Cargill at Mr. John Cargill's, Sussex Co. So the Cargill name (same family?) was still in the area, Sussex, as late as 1828.. Thank you for taking the time to consider this. I will greatly appreciate ANY informaiton you could add either in the form of records, or advice as to where to go from here (other than to "give up". :-). Thanks again, Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net