Notes:
All of Sussex County was known as Albemarle Parish during colonial times, and all of its citizens were required to support the Anglican, or Established, Church with their taxes and their attendance. The church wardens, rather than the government, took responsibility for the care of the poor. The communion silver used at St. Andrew's Church near Yale still survives and represents one of the most complete sets of colonial church silver in America. Also, the register of births and deaths kept by the Rev. William Willie has also survived as a great genealogical reference to the colonial residents of the county. Growing dissatisfaction with the Established Church during colonial times led to the establishment in Sussex of some of the earliest Baptist and Methodist churches in Virginia. Antioch near Yale, originally known as Raccoon Swamp Meeting House, is regarded as the oldest Baptist church in eastern Virginia, being established in 1772. Sappony Church near Stony Creek, followed, being established in 1773. Its first pastor was the Reverend James Bell, who had relinquished his post as a member of the Virginia House Of Burgesses to devote himself to a new ministry. Bell Road in Sussex, which runs by the site of his home, is named for him. At Jones' Chapel, the site of which is located on Comans Well Road near Interstate Route 95, thousands were converted by itinerant Methodist preachers, including Bishop Francis Asbury. Lane's Chapel, which was located near Airfield Mill Pond near Wakefield, is the third earliest documented Methodist church in Virginia. At Ellis Chapel, which was located near Waverly on Walnut Hill Road, Virginia Methodists, at their annual conference held there in 1783, first went on record as opposing the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Latitude: 36.9183609722222, Longitude: -77.2794855555556
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Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Birth |
Person ID |
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CHAPPELL Edmund | Between 1824 and 1825 | Sussex County, VA | I328 |
52 |
HOOD Mary Agnes | 23 Nov 1824 | Sussex County, VA | I7715 |
53 |
RICHARDSON Mahala | 27 Aug 1825 | Sussex County, VA | I7698 |
54 |
COTTON William Madison | 3 Jun 1826 | Sussex County, VA | I3019 |
55 |
DANIEL Sarah Frances | 2 Sep 1831 | Sussex County, VA | I7717 |
56 |
Dr. COTTON Gary | 1837 | Sussex County, VA | I3862 |
57 |
JENNINGS Luther Rives | 5 Oct 1838 | Sussex County, VA | I7701 |
58 |
POND Albert | Between 1840 and 1846 | Sussex County, VA | I6807 |
59 |
CLARY Thomas Lafayette | 8 Jul 1840 | Sussex County, VA | I5745 |
60 |
HORNE John Leonardis | 23 Jun 1842 | Sussex County, VA | I561 |
61 |
SHEFFIELD William Archer | 26 May 1850 | Sussex County, VA | I7683 |
62 |
CHAPPELL Sarah E. | 17 Aug 1850 | Sussex County, VA | I9021 |
63 |
PETTWAY James R. | 5 May 1852 | Sussex County, VA | I2277 |
64 |
SHEFFIELD Alma Jeanette | Abt 1853 | Sussex County, VA | I9487 |
65 |
CHAPPELL Robert W. | 1854 | Sussex County, VA | I9023 |
66 |
CHAPPELL Edward N. | 2 Nov 1855 | Sussex County, VA | I9025 |
67 |
SHEFFIELD Edwin B. | 17 Aug 1856 | Sussex County, VA | I9488 |
68 |
CHAPPELL Richard H. | 19 Jan 1857 | Sussex County, VA | I9037 |
69 |
CHAPPELL Robert A. | 6 Apr 1857 | Sussex County, VA | I9019 |
70 |
CHAPPELL Thomas J. | 15 Nov 1857 | Sussex County, VA | I9026 |
71 |
CHAPPELL Littleton James | 5 Apr 1858 | Sussex County, VA | I2011 |
72 |
CHAPPELL William E. | 21 May 1859 | Sussex County, VA | I9027 |
73 |
CHAPPELL Louisa A. | Jun 1860 | Sussex County, VA | I9038 |
74 |
HORNE Anna A. | 27 Feb 1861 | Sussex County, VA | I574 |
75 |
CHAPPELL Rebecca J. | 15 Apr 1861 | Sussex County, VA | I9028 |
76 |
CHAPPELL William B. W. | 22 Jul 1861 | Sussex County, VA | I9039 |
77 |
HORNE Ida | 1862 | Sussex County, VA | I575 |
78 |
CHAPPELL Emma G. | Abt 1863 | Sussex County, VA | I9030 |
79 |
CHAPPELL Samuel | 2 Mar 1864 | Sussex County, VA | I9031 |
80 |
CHAPPELL John V. | Abt 1866 | Sussex County, VA | I9032 |
81 |
ROGERS George Washington | 22 Feb 1866 | Sussex County, VA | I1956 |
82 |
CHAPPELL Eva E. | 20 Sep 1866 | Sussex County, VA | I9040 |
83 |
CHAPPELL Helen W. | 4 Jul 1868 | Sussex County, VA | I9041 |
84 |
LITTLE Virginia | Jan 1870 | Sussex County, VA | I6809 |
85 |
CHAPPELL Waverly | Apr 1870 | Sussex County, VA | I9033 |
86 |
MOYLER Sallie Quarles | 11 Aug 1872 | Sussex County, VA | I6679 |
87 |
SHEFFIELD Everet J. | 6 Jul 1873 | Sussex County, VA | I7688 |
88 |
HORNE Mollie Rebecca | 2 Dec 1875 | Sussex County, VA | I810 |
89 |
CHAPPELL Sallie | Abt 1876 | Sussex County, VA | I9034 |
90 |
SHEFFIELD Charles H. | 4 Aug 1876 | Sussex County, VA | I7689 |
91 |
CLARY Ella May | 1877 | Sussex County, VA | I10443 |
92 |
SHEFFIELD William Robert | 21 Apr 1878 | Sussex County, VA | I7690 |
93 |
GOODRICH Charles Henry | 15 Oct 1878 | Sussex County, VA | I1522 |
94 |
SHEFFIELD Henry T. | 3 Nov 1879 | Sussex County, VA | I7691 |
95 |
GOODRICH Benjamin Joseph | 25 Apr 1880 | Sussex County, VA | I1523 |
96 |
WHITMORE Maggie Maude | 23 Apr 1881 | Sussex County, VA | I1941 |
97 |
HORNE John Robert | 10 Jun 1881 | Sussex County, VA | I799 |
98 |
SHEFFIELD Annie G. | 10 Oct 1881 | Sussex County, VA | I7692 |
99 |
SOUTHALL Ira Anderson | 25 Jan 1882 | Sussex County, VA | I9855 |
100 |
GOODRICH James Albert | 26 Jan 1882 | Sussex County, VA | I1524 |
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DeathMatches 51 to 63 of 63 «Prev 1 2
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Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID |
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SHEFFIELD Meredith Neret H. | 1869 | Sussex County, VA | I2541 |
52 |
CHAPPELL Albert Bolling | 3 Nov 1877 | Sussex County, VA | I423 |
53 |
WEBB Celia Anne | Abt 1880 | Sussex County, VA | I400 |
54 |
WEST Lucretia F. | Aug 1881 | Sussex County, VA | I7706 |
55 |
SHEFFIELD Edwin Lawson | 29 Jun 1882 | Sussex County, VA | I7705 |
56 |
GRAMMER David | 8 Feb 1886 | Sussex County, VA | I10792 |
57 |
RAINEY Robert Atkinson | 9 Apr 1890 | Sussex County, VA | I10991 |
58 |
OWEN Mary Elizabeth Tatum | 5 Jul 1891 | Sussex County, VA | I294 |
59 |
SHEFFIELD William Archer | 4 Oct 1898 | Sussex County, VA | I7683 |
60 |
SHEFFIELD Alma Jeanette | 7 Nov 1905 | Sussex County, VA | I9487 |
61 |
FLEETWOOD Purnell, Sr. | 17 Apr 1928 | Sussex County, VA | I9077 |
62 |
CHAPPELL Littleton James | 23 Aug 1935 | Sussex County, VA | I2011 |
63 |
GOODRICH Stella Gertrude | 17 Dec 1984 | Sussex County, VA | I676 |
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