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Colonial Church
King and Queen County |
Religious Institutions have played a long and vital role
in the history and development of Middle Peninsula Communities.
Their formation, original support thorough glebes, and significance
is evident by the vast numbers of structures still in place
today.
In the post revolutionary era Virginia passed the Statute
for Religious Freedom. This, in turn, was the foundation for
the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing
Freedom of Religion.
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Kingston Parish
Mathews County
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Many of these churches still exist today
as part of the community, others are long gone. In addition
to their role as religious institutions many have cemetaries
which assist those performing geneological research and their
presence reminds us of Virginia's contribution to the Bill
of Rights..
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1. Vauters Church