St. James Goose Creek Parish, South Carolina

United States   South Carolina    St. James Goose Creek Parish

History
St. James Goose Creek Parish has served Berkeley County, South Carolina.

South Carolina's "Anglican parishes were used as election districts and had responsibility for road development, care of the poor, and education."

Founded

 * 1706

Boundary

 * Borders Christ Church, St. Andrew's, St. George, St. Johns Berkeley, St. Matthew's, St. Michael's, St. Philip's, St. Thomas &amp; St. Denis parishes. For a map, see: Early parishes in South Carolina.

Parish History
For a history of the parish, see Chapter 5, St. James' Parish, Goose-Creek, pages 244-263, in:


 * Dalcho, Frederick. An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina from the First Settlement of the Province, to the War of the Revolution; with Notices of the Present State of the Church in Each Parish and Some Account of the Early Civil History of Carolina, Never Before Published. Charleston: E. Thayer, 1820. ; digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.

Websites

 * Goose Creek Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * St. James, Goose Creek Marker, The Historical Marker Database