 The book was then used by the Overseers of the Poor, legal successors to the vestry, until 1802.The book was lost for 75 years – William Meade writes that he "can hear no tidings" of it in "Old Churches and Families in Virginia", published in 1857 – but was eventually repurchased by the church for $20.It was held for a time at Mount Vernon, and was later deposited with the Library of Congress, with copies left with the church office for record-keeping.