Christ Church Parish, South Carolina

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History
Christ Church Parish serves Charleston.

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 St. Michael's, St. Philip's, and St. Thomas &amp; St. Denis parishes. For a map, see: Early parishes in South Carolina.

Census

 * 1790 Charleston District Christ Church Parish, courtesy: South Carolina Tri County Genealogy.

Parish History
For a history of the parish, see Chapter 7, Christ Church Parish, pages 275-283, 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.

Parish Records
In the 1950s, the parish held its registers at the church. The records begin in 1694. Copies:. Births and christenings are indexed on the IGI for the years 1694 to 1843. Abstracts have also been published:


 * South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vols. 18-22.