An addition to my post of April 30 re the evolution of two counties and parishes of Va. and their lost records which I'm incorporating into this message for easy reference: 1724--Lawne's Creek Parish: Established 1639 from JAMES CITY PARISH. Dissolved 1739. Lower Church of Southwarke Parish had been the mother Church of Lawne's Creek Parish (Source: Colonial Churches of Tidewater Va. by Mason, pp 27-29, p38) The chapel of Lawne's Creek Parish mentioned in the report of 1724 is thought to have been Sacauree or Seacorrie Chapel (near Swamp of that name), about 10 miles from the mother church of the parish, probably stood on or near Sacaurie Farm---one of the earliest settlements in this part of the county. Old cemetery at chapel just west of the Chinkapin Wagon road. Sacauree Chapel came into the possession of the new Parish of Albemarle. (ibid, p44) Another note, no source--- Lawn'e Creek Parish, est. 1639 (at Bacon's Castle, Hwy 10 from Surry). Burned by whites in 1868 to keep carpetbaggers out. Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Keesee" <lydiap@salisbury.net> To: ">" <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:36 PM Subject: Southwark Parish of Surry Co., Va. > 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 > > >

Hello dear Sarah, That is very interesting. I checked Cumberland Parish and Reverend John Cameron's Registers for the CARGILL name (just to see) and found on March 20, 1799, Sarah H. Cargill married John R.. Mason. This was in Brunswick. Then in 1747 "At the Vestry held for this Parish in the county of Lunenburg, the 8th day of September 1747, .....Order'd that from Bouchers Creek to Irbys Tract be one precinct, and JOHN CARGILL and Samuel Harris be processioners of the same. On the next page it says.... "Order'd that CORNELIUS CARGILL Gent be allow'd 700 lbs. Tobacco for attending and burying Darby Talen. On page 36 it says.... "There was another brief order entered by the Vestry on February 8, 1749, respecting the building of a church. It affords no idea of the location of the proposed building. The entry is as follows: 'Ordered that John Twitty and John Cox view the most convenient place to build a Chappel on and make report to the next Vestry.' John Twitty was at about this date on the list of tithes of CORNELIUS CARGILL, whose precinct was "In the fork and from Butchers Creek to Little Roanoke, and beyond Dan River." Doubtless the proposed chapel was somewhere in that vast area. Sarah, I don't know if I have sent this to you before or not. Regards, Margaret