St. Michaels Parish, South Carolina

United States   South Carolina    St. Michael's Parish

History
St. Michael's Parish serves Charleston.

Built on the site of St. Philip's Parish Church in Charleston, which was destroyed by a hurricane in 1710. St. Philip's Parish Church was later rebuilt a few blocks away.

Founded

 * 1751

Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: St. Philip's and St. Michael's Parishes, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Cemetery

 * Jervey, Clare. Inscriptions on the Tablets and Gravestones in St. Michael's Church and Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. To Which is Added from the Church Records a List of Interments of Persons to Whom There are No Stones. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, Publishers, 1906. Digital version at Google Books.

Parish History
For a history of the parish, see Chapter 4, St. Michael's Church, pages 165-243, 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.

Beesley's guide is on Ancestry:


 * Beesley, Charles Norbury. Beesley's Illustrated Guide to St. Michael's Church, Charleston, S.C. Charleston, S.C.: Presses of Southern Print. &amp; Pub. Co., c1939. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Websites

 * St. Michael's Church - The Historic Church located in Charleston, SC (official site)
 * St. Michael's Episcopal Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database