When Arthur Allen (ca. 1608-1669) erected his brick house in Surry
County in the 1660s, the property was in Lawne's Creek Parish. It wasn't
and isn't a castle, but it is still there; Nathaniel Bacon the rebel was
never there, and Allen's Brick House (which is how it is identified in
18th-century records) wasn't known as Bacon's Castle until ca. 1800.

A very useful reference guide series to colonial parishes is:

Charles Francis Cocke, Parish Lines Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
(Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1960).

Charles Francis Cocke, Parish Lines Diocese of Southern Virginia
(Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1964).

Charles Francis Cocke, Parish Lines Diocese of Virginia (Richmond, Va.:
Virginia State Library, 1967).

The third is currently out of print, but to purchase either or both of
the first two, please visit the Web site of the Virginia Shop at the
Library of Virginia: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwedo/shop.htm and
search for Parish Lines.

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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