Christ Church Parish was one of 10 created by the Church Act of 1706. The actual Christ Church (Episcopal), is on Highway 17, just north of Mt. Pleasant, SC. It was organized in 1706, built in 1726, restored 1788, 1874 and 1924. The church is still active today and copies of the Register of Christ Church Parish (copied by Mabel L. Webber) are to be found in the "South Carolina Historical Magazine". I had cited some references for my ancestors in Volumes 18 through 22. The South Carolina Historical Society might have the indexes to the volumes to help with your search. Good luck! Lynn Pickett

Listers have been so helpful here that I'm venturing forth another question aimed toward getting me to post on the correct lists. I am looking at maps, old and new, and am trying to determine which parishes of the 1700s are in which present-day counties. I am assuming that this list is organized around the current-day designation of that which is Charleston County. If so, I think many of my posts should perhaps have been made on other county lists. Yet, all of my families were closely linked to Charles Towne from its earliest days, such that they owned lands out in various parishes, yet also lived in town. This seems to have been a common practice in the 18th century. Anyway, from the USGen-Web site comes the following info: "Parishes of Charleston County... Parishes were established to help govern the surrounding areas. South Carolina was given nine of the eleven names of parishes that was established in Barbados. The Church Act of 1706 created 10 parishes in South Carolina and by 1775 there were 21 parishes. Charleston (District) County claimed 12 of 20 (some of which was later split off)_ St. Philip/St. Michael, St. Andrew, St. James Santee, St. John Colleton, Christ Church, St. Paul, St. John Berkeley, St. Stephen, St. James Goose Creek, St. Thomas/St.Denis, St. Bartholomew and St. David..... The Parishes ceased to being the dividers of sections in the mid 1800's. Charleston District stayed the same from 1769 until portions were split off first in 1800 to form Colleton County and then again in 1882 to form Berkeley County." Quoted in part from: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/3577/Charlesbrief.htm My ancestors held land in every parish listed above except St. Paul and St. David. So for the time period I'm researching, the lands were all in what was then Charleston District/County. But now, these lands probably would fall in several counties. so the question is, are we to limit our posts to families and places located squarely within present-day Charleston County? If so, I'm going to need some help to determine which county applies. For example, Christ Church parish mentioned below is not clear on my current map as to which county it is in. Help, once again?? Elizabeth DuBois Russo DAR3LLP@aol.com wrote: > > Christ Church Parish was one of 10 created by the Church Act of 1706. The > actual Christ Church (Episcopal), is on Highway 17, just north of Mt. > Pleasant, SC.