Kingston Parish Glebe

Kingston Parish Glebe is a Virginia historical marker in Mathews County, dedicated 1991.

Mathews County · dedicated 1991 · Rte. 621, near Rte. 611, at Mathews

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Just south, between Put In Creek and Woodas Creek, lies the former glebe of Kingston Parish of the Church of England (now the Protestant Episcopal Church). In 1665 the parish acquired the first parcel (455 acres) of glebe land to support its minister. After the Revolution and subsequent disestablishment of the Church of England, parishes gradually relinquished their property. In 1802 the General Assembly ordered all glebes sold. Kingston Parish auctioned off its glebe in 1810 to help the poor.

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