Hi everyone - I am mailing this to both the Hanover and Louisa County Lists. I am requesting information about the location and/or boundaries of St. Paul's Parish. Initial info in a Spicer genealogy booklet said that St. Paul's Parish was located in the present-day counties of Hanover and Louisa. Also, there is a book that someone found in the library titled: Hanover County Taxpayers of St. Paul's Parish 1782 - 1815. But, recent info sent to me from a lookup request in the book titled: The Register of St. Paul's Parish: 1715 - 1798 by King contained the following description of this parish. "According to this book, St. Paul's Parish was located in Stafford County from 1715 - 1776 and in King George County from 1777 - 1798. The following excerpt from this book describes where the parish was located: "The bounds of the lower parish of Stafford County, called in succession Chotank Parish (ante 1680 - 1702) and St. Paul's Parish (1702 - 1960), remained unaltered during the colonial period and included all that territory drained by the Potomac River between Machodoc Creek and Passapantanzy Creek. On the 3rd of April 1667, the Stafford County Court ordered 'that the Minister preach in three particular places in this county, viz: at the southwest side of Aquia, at the Court House, and at Choatank at the house belonging to Mr. Robert Townshend: to officiate every Sabbath day in one of these places until further order.' The 1st two named places were in the upper parish of the newly formed county of Stafford, while the house of Mr. Robert Townshend (1640 - 1675) stood upon his plantation 'Albion', and where his tombstone is yet to be seen. This land was patented the 7th of February 1650 by his mother, Mrs. Frances (Baldwin) Townshend, widow of Richard Townshend, Gentleman, and is described as 2,200 acres in Northumberland County lying upon the south side of Potomac River, on the east side of Chotank Creek and on the west side of Mattchotick (Machodoc) Neck and near Chotank Town. The estate fell into Westmoreland County upon its formation in 1653 and when Stafford County was severed from Westmoreland County in 1664, the land fell into that county." So, you can all see now why I am confused. I am hoping that there is someone on one of these lists that might help me with this. Maybe there is someone else that this fits into their personal research also. And lastly, maybe there is someone on one of these lists that lives near one of these County Libraries and would be willing to look into this for me, and whoever else that this might interest. Does this interest anyone out there in Happy Listland? Sincerely, John Spicer