Now if JOHN CARNE and MARY HUTCHINSON were married in 1765, and he was from Charleston [with a brother definitely at St. Philips], and she was listed in their prenuptial agreement as being from Christ Church Parish, and if he was known to have worked in Charleston--where would I most likely find them? So far, I have found neither a marriage nor a burial record for them in a church record--or anywhere else, for that matter, except the prenup. Their daughter, ANN CLARKSON CARNE, married PETER DUBOIS--somewhere--16 March 1797 [family records]. PETER DUBOIS was baptised in St. Thomas/St. Denis; and he was listed in his father, PETER DUBOIS,' household for the 1790 census in St. James, Goose Creek. This couple was in Charleston from at least 1798 when their oldest was born until the late 1830s, and were said to have attended Bethel Methodist as a young couple. Now as I understand it, Bethel would be "Old Bethel" Methodist church, which is the building now relocated to 222 Calhoun Street and has had Black congregants since a schism back in the 1830s--by which time my ancestors had moved on to Alabama. Old Bethel was originally built on the site now occupied by Bethel Methodist church at 57 Pitt Street. But this current building at this site was built well after the departure of my ancestors, so... ...if I want to worship at a church where my ancestors actually sat, how about St. James Goose Creek, or St. Thomas or St. Denis, or Christ Church? Are any of these original to prior to 1800 and currently having services? How about Strawberry Chapel? How about Cumberland Methodist Church--where my gggrandfather visited in 1821, coming back to Charleston as a homesick 23-year-old from the wilds of Alabama? The Huguenot church--the focus of my fellow researchers on this upcoming trip--was built in 1845 at a time when my ancestors had not been Huguenots in decades, and my DUBOIS ancestors had long since left the state. Maybe my best shot at finding something connected to my ancestors will be standing on the grounds of these sites with old drawings or pictures of moved buildings and imagining my best... Elizabeth DuBois Russo

Haven't checked in a few years, but St. James, Goose Creek, used to have Easter Services. It is a lovely, small church. I don't know the date of its beginnings. linda mhoose@sc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Russo <elizabethrusso@home.com> To: <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 5:09 PM Subject: [SCCHARLE] CHRIST CHURCH, St. Philips, St. Thomas, St. James Goose Creek, Bethel > Now if JOHN CARNE and MARY HUTCHINSON were married in 1765, and he was > from Charleston [with a brother definitely at St. Philips], and she was > listed in their prenuptial agreement as being from Christ Church Parish, > and if he was known to have worked in Charleston--where would I most > likely find them? So far, I have found neither a marriage nor a burial > record for them in a church record--or anywhere else, for that matter, > except the prenup. > > Their daughter, ANN CLARKSON CARNE, married PETER DUBOIS--somewhere--16 > March 1797 [family records]. PETER DUBOIS was baptised in St. > Thomas/St. Denis; and he was listed in his father, PETER DUBOIS,' > household for the 1790 census in St. James, Goose Creek. This couple > was in Charleston from at least 1798 when their oldest was born until > the late 1830s, and were said to have attended Bethel Methodist as a > young couple. > > Now as I understand it, Bethel would be "Old Bethel" Methodist church, > which is the building now relocated to 222 Calhoun Street and has had > Black congregants since a schism back in the 1830s--by which time my > ancestors had moved on to Alabama. > > Old Bethel was originally built on the site now occupied by Bethel > Methodist church at 57 Pitt Street. But this current building at this > site was built well after the departure of my ancestors, so... > > ...if I want to worship at a church where my ancestors actually sat, how > about St. James Goose Creek, or St. Thomas or St. Denis, or Christ > Church? Are any of these original to prior to 1800 and currently having > services? How about Strawberry Chapel? How about Cumberland Methodist > Church--where my gggrandfather visited in 1821, coming back to > Charleston as a homesick 23-year-old from the wilds of Alabama? > > The Huguenot church--the focus of my fellow researchers on this upcoming > trip--was built in 1845 at a time when my ancestors had not been > Huguenots in decades, and my DUBOIS ancestors had long since left the > state. > > Maybe my best shot at finding something connected to my ancestors will > be standing on the grounds of these sites with old drawings or pictures > of moved buildings and imagining my best... > > Elizabeth DuBois Russo > > > ==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== > Lots of holdings on Charleston County Families > South Carolina Historical Society > http://www.schistory.org >