Southwarke Parish and Surry County shared the same boundary. In 1738 the boundaries of Southwarke Parish was changed to the current Surry County boundary and Albemarle Parish was established which had the same boundary as Sussex County. Harvey Researching the following families: Bottoms/Bottom/Longbottom, Keas, Stribling/Stripling, Chambers, Hodges, Golden, Sweeney, Lovelace, Welch, Pettit, Cagle and others. -----Original Message----- From: Liser, Yvonne [mailto:YLISER@usatoday.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:01 PM To: VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Southwark Parish I am researching the FRANCIS family in Surry County. According to census records, the FRANCIS family lived in Southwark Parish. I've recently purchased a book, Images of America: Surry County, which has photos of the various townships and people of Surry County. Southwark Parish is not mentioned here. Does anyone happen to know which township Southwark was in during the 1830s - 1880s? Yvonne Liser, USA TODAY Systems Analyst, Circulation Systems 703-854-6496 yliser@usatoday.com ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== Don't forget to check out the Surry County VAGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ List Mistress is Eve Gregory schsva2@hotmail.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/surhist.html The part of James City County that became Surry County was inhabited by the Quiyoughcohanocks, allies of the Algonquian Powhatan Confederacy, when Jamestown settlers visited in1607. By 1640 James City County's population south of James River was sufficient to support a new parish, and Lawne's Creek Parish was established. Southwark Parish was separated from James City Parish in 1647, and Surry County was separated from James City County five years later. Soon afterward Arthur Allen built his Jacobean brick house, now known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. Reports to the Bishop of London by the ministers of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes in the year 1724 were recorded by Bishop Meade. They were not prosperous parishes. In 1738 Albemarle Parish was created from those parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes that lay southwest of Blackwater River. The remaining parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark were united into Southwark Parish. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754. -Mark Harvey L. Bottoms wrote: > Southwarke Parish and Surry County shared the same boundary. In 1738 the > boundaries of Southwarke Parish was changed to the current Surry County > boundary and Albemarle Parish was established which had the same boundary as > Sussex County. > > Harvey > > Researching the following families: Bottoms/Bottom/Longbottom, Keas, > Stribling/Stripling, Chambers, Hodges, Golden, Sweeney, Lovelace, Welch, > Pettit, Cagle and others. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Liser, Yvonne [mailto:YLISER@usatoday.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:01 PM > To: VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Southwark Parish > > I am researching the FRANCIS family in Surry County. According to census > records, the FRANCIS family lived in Southwark Parish. I've recently > purchased a book, Images of America: Surry County, which has photos of the > various townships and people of Surry County. Southwark Parish is not > mentioned here. Does anyone happen to know which township Southwark was in > during the 1830s - 1880s? > > Yvonne Liser, USA TODAY > Systems Analyst, Circulation Systems > 703-854-6496 > yliser@usatoday.com > > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County VAGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ > List Mistress is Eve Gregory schsva2@hotmail.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/ > List Mistress is Eve Gregory schsva2@hotmail.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > -- Mark Murphy TIAER Laboratory Manager Tarleton State University Box T-0410 Stephenville, TX 76402 254-968-9570, cell 254-592-9132