This exerpt from a study entitled:  "Henrico County, Virginia: Beginnings
of Its Families: Part I" by William Clayton Torrence,  published in the
William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 2.
(Oct., 1915), pp. 116-142.

"The parishes of Henrico (in her original formation) were Henrico,
Varina, Bristol and Dale. Henrico Parish dates from 1611, Varina (date
unknown); Bristol from 1643 and Dale from 1735. Henrico was the older by
many years and the "parent" of the others. In 1642-3, for the convenience
of the settlers along Appomattox River, Bristol Parish was created by act
of Assembly and its original boundaries were from Cawson's field within
the mouth of Appomattox River, on the east, and Powell's Creek (Patents
to Dorothy Clarke in Henrico [now Chesterfield] 16 July 1639, and Thomas
Jones, in the same county, January, 1663-4, practically locate Powell's
Creek), on the west and so extending up the Appomattox to the falls (now
the site of Petersburg). Bristol Parish was therefore partly in Charles
City County (now Prince George and Dinwiddie) and partly in Henrico (now
Chesterfield). Dale Parish was created by act of Assembly August, 1734
(to assume legal status from 31 May, 1735), by merging that part of
Bristol Parish which lay north of the Appomattox River with that portion
of Henrico Parish which lay south of James River. "



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