St. Helenas Parish, South Carolina

United States   South Carolina    St. Helena's Parish

History
St. Helena's Parish serves Beaufort County, South Carolina.

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

Founded

 * 1712

Boundary

 * Borders Prince William, St. Bartholomew's, and St. Luke's parishes. For a map, see: Early parishes in South Carolina.

Cemetery

 * "Inscriptions from St. Helena Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1931):131-147; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul. 1931):205-237. 975.7 B2s v. 32 (1931); digital version at JSTOR ($).

Church History
For an early history of the parish, see Chapter 22, St. Helena's Parish, Beaufort, pages 375-381, 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.

Church Records
In 1951, FamilySearch microfilmed a typescript of the parish register:

The vestry minutes have been published:


 * Salley, A.S. Minutes of the Vestry of St. Helena's Parish, South Carolina, 1726-1812. Columbia, S.C.: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1919. ; digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.

Websites

 * St. Helenas 1712 (official website)