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Cumberland Parish was coextensive with Lunenburg County from its inception in 1745, and Mr. Bell's history of the parish and transcription of its oldest vestry book are of the first importance. The vestry book itself is replete with records of birth, baptism, marriage, and death, as well as an abundance of land transactions. To this, Mr. Bell has added extensive genealogical sketches of families who furnished vestrymen to Cumberland Parish.Bell, Landon C. is the author of 'Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1816 [and] Vestry Book, 1746-1816', published 2009 under ISBN 9780806306322 and ISBN 0806306327.
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