Prince Frederick Parish, South Carolina

United States   South Carolina    Prince Frederick Parish

History
Prince Frederick Parish serves [blank] County, South Carolina

Prince Frederick's once took up a large area of South Carolina, but by 1790 this parish (as well as Prince George's to the east) took up all or parts of 6 present-day South Carolina counties: Williamsburg, Florence, Marion, Dillon, Horry & Georgetown. (William Thorndale, References: Albert Sidney Thomas, "A Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, 1820- 1957." (c1957) William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, "Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920." (Baltimore: Geneal. Pub., c1987)

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

 * 1734

Boundary

 * Borders All Saints, Prince George, St. David's, St. James Santee, St. Mark's, and St. Stephen's parishes. For a map, see: Early parishes in South Carolina.

Records
The original parish registers are kept at [blank], South Carolina. Abstracts of baptisms from 1713 to 1794 and marriages from 1726 to 1752 have been published:


 * Prince Frederick Parish and Prince George Parish. The Register Book for the Parish Prince Frederick Winyaw, Ann: Dom: 1713. Baltimore: Williams &amp; Wilkins, 1916. ; digital version at Internet Archive.