Excerpt from The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia: 1720-1789 Bristol Parish, Virginia, was established in the year 1643 by Act Of the House Of Burgesses. The manuscript volume here reproduced, contains the earliest records Of this parish known to be in existence. Copious ex tracts from it were taken by Dr. Slaughter and embodied in his History Of Bristol Parish. The minutes Of all vestry meet ings from October 30, 1720 to April 18, 1789 are complete ex cept for the period between October 28, 1722 and November 11, 1723. Two leaves Of the manuscript are here missing. The earliest recorded date in the register Of births, baptisms and deaths is April 12, 1685; the latest, March 9, 1798. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.