Tazewell County, Virginia
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Church Records
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Episcopal Church Facts

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Source --  John Newton Harman, Sr.  Annals of Tazewell County, 1800-1922, in Two Volumes (Richmond VA:  W. C. Hill Publishing Co., 1922), Reissued as 2 vols. in 1 in 1975 by Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Springfield, VA, Vol. I.  Extracted and submitted by:  June White
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 "The first Episcopal Church erected in Tazewell County was Stras Memorial Church, which was built in Tazewell in 1886.  It was built in memory of Eleanor Letitia Stras, the wife of Joseph Stras, Sr."  Vol. 2, p. 320

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TAZEWELL CHURCH:   Stras Memorial Church, in memory of Eleanor Letitia Stras.  Constructed in 1886.  RECTORS, 1886-1922:  Rev. Gauss, Rev. W. L. Dennis, Rev. Stephen Southall, Rev. W. L. Dennis, Rev. Stephen Southall, Rev. W.R. Savage, Rev. Lancaster, Rev. W.D. Buckner, Rev. Curtis Fletcher, Rev. C.W. Sydnor, First Arch Deacon L.L. Loyd, Rev. E.A. Rich and Rev. H.H. Young.  MEMBERS OF THE VESTRY, 1922:  John E. Jackson, R.E. Meade, C.M. Hunter and B.W. Straus, Jr.
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POCAHONTAS Christ Church.  Constructed in 1889.
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BLUEFIELD, VA:  St. Mary's Church.  Constructed in 1903.  MEMBERS OF THE VESTRY, 1922:  R.L. Poindexter, T.A. Osborne, R. Longworth, W.B. Dunn, J.M. Tanner and S.N. Huffard.
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RICHLANDS:   Trinity House.  Constructed around 1920.