St. Helenas Parish, South Carolina

United States   South Carolina    St. Helena's Parish

History
St. Helena's Parish serves Beaufort County, South Carolina. At one time, it had a chapel of ease.

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 ($).

Parish History

 * Baumhofer, Hermine Munz, "Economic Changes in St. Helena's Parish, 1860-1870," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1949):1-13. Digital version at JSTOR ($).

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.

Parish Registers
In 1951, FamilySearch microfilmed a typescript of the parish register: Abstracts have been published in:


 * Barnwell, Joseph W. and Mabel L. Webber. "St. Helena's Parish Register," [1752-year], The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan. 1922):8-25; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1922):46-71; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul. 1922):102-151; Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1922):171-204. Digital version at JSTOR ($).

The following registers have been indexed in the International Genealogical Index:

Vestry Books
The vestry books 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)
 * St. Helena's Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * St. Helena's Episcopal Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * Chapel of Ease Marker, The Historical Marker Database