For what it's worth:

From History of Farmville Virginia by Bradshaw on page 9
Richard DeJaenett
Shortly after the town (Farmville) was surveyed, lots were sold.
The trustees gave deeds to the lots on Oct. 4, 1798 and Judith Randolph
confirmed them on  Aug 19, 1799.  Each deed required that the purchaser
build within seven years a dwelling house at least twelve feet square with a
stone or brick chimney on his half acre.  The first purchasers of lots were
--------------(22 people)  Richard DeJarnett.
From Bradshaw's History of Prince Edward County , Virginia on page 11
Elias and Daniel DeJarnett, of a Huguenot family which had settled in
Gloucester County, moved to the
Snail's Creek area.  They had probably been attracted to the section because
their sister Eleanor had
moved to it with her husband, Jacob McGehee.
Page 27
The second grand jury in PE history functioned at the Nov 1754 court.  GRand
jurors at this session of Court were Elias DEJarnett---(16 others, including
Jacob McGehee)
page 35
The witness in a case in colonial times was allowed 25 pounds of tobacco for
each day he attended court for the purpose.  In the suit of Adam Jones vs.
Joshua Davidson in 1757, Jones was ordered to pay Elias DeJarnett 100 pounds
of tobacco for four day' attendance as a witness for him.
St. Stephen's Parish
When PE County was established, it was within the bounds of Nottoway Parish.
.....a petition was presented to the  county court in FEb. 1754 asking that
PE be made a parish.
-----The act made PE County a separate parish to be called St. Patrick's,
effective Sept 1, 1755.
When St. Patrick's Parish was created, there were two churches in it's
territory, Sandy River and Buffalo.----On Nov 10, 1761, the vestry decided to
close Buffalo Church and to end the services of the Church of England there
because it was situated among dissenters.
----Taxes (levies) were paid by PE people for the support of the Established
Church.
-------These congregations (Presbyterians) had their origin in Samuel Morris'
dissatisfaction with the spiritual ministry of the Established
Church.----(The dissenters did not continue to support the Established Church)
------Religious liberty became a reality in Virginia with the passage of
Jefferson's Statute for Religious Freedom in 1785.
The act ended a religious establishment in Virginia and gave everyone the
right to exercise freedom of conscience in belief--------. When a law
dissolving vestries under the Establishment passed ,the vestry of St.
Patrick's Parish ceased to exist.  By 1792 there were no people left in PE
who called themselves Episcopalians known to the signers of a petition asking
that certain funds which had belonged to the parish be appropriated for
public use.
The Vestry Book of St Patrick's Parish ends in the year 1774.  It is not
known who succeeded Nathaniel Venable as clerk, but apparently, from the
ending of the record he terminated his work as clerk in 1774.  The meeting of
Hanover Presbytery at Slate Hill, Venable's home, in Feb 1775, suggests that
he had become a Presbyterian by that time.
The Vestry Book was preserved by Venable's descendants, his
great-great-grandaughter,  Miss Adeline Carrington Venable, giving it to the
library of the Virginia Theological  Seminary in Alexandria.  A photostat
copy is now in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond.

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