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Thomas Withers Coffer, Vestryman ofTruro Parish with George Washington• Truro Parish was the ecclesiastical jurisdiction ofthe Anglican church in colonial Virginia withjurisdiction originally over all of Fairfax County.The parish had its central church at the TruroChurch and the parish was named for the parishin Truro in Cornwall. The parish was created onNovember 1, 1732 from Hamilton Parish. It wasdivided twice: in 1748, Cameron Parish wasformed and in 1764 Fairfax Parish was created.After 1765, Truro Parish covered southern FairfaxCounty until disestablishment ended the parishsystem between by 1786.