St. James Santee Parish, South Carolina

United States   South Carolina    St. James Santee Parish

History
St. James Santee 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 Christ Church, Prince Frederick, Prince George, St. Stephen's, St. Thomas &amp; St. Denis parishes. For a map, see: Early parishes in South Carolina.

Cemetery
The parish church's cemetery graves are transcribed in Bridges (see below).

Church History and Records
In the 1960s, the parish kept its registers at the church. Copies:. Births and christenings dated 1758 to 1788 are indexed on the IGI. Published abstracts:


 * Bridges, Anne B. and Roy Williams. St. James Santee Plantation Parish [South Carolina] History &amp; records, 1685-1925. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Co., 1997.
 * South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 17.