St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Strasburg, VA Records

587 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 6/2018 Last revised 10/2019.

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EXTENT: 1 land grant, 31” x 36,” framed and matted

CREATOR: Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1693-1781

DATE:  1771; 2011

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Strasburg, VA Records consists of the land grant given to the Church by Lord Thomas Fairfax in 1771. The grant was signed by the elders of St. Paul’s Church on December 23, 1771. In March of 2011 the land grant underwent restoration and preservation measures and was subsequently framed. A treatment report with photographs is included with the document.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Strasburg, Virginia served the Shenandoah Valley’s population of German settlers. The Church may have existed by the 1760s although it is possible that it was shared with another congregation.

CITE AS: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Strasburg, VA Records, 587 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: On loan from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Virginia. 

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OVERSIZE - MAPCASE 3, DRAWER 1

Land Grant, Lord Thomas Fairfax to Elders of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, December 23, 1771, 1 leaf, manuscript