St. James Goose Creek Parish

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St. James Goose Creek Parish is a historic Anglican parish in South Carolina, notable for its colonial-era church and ties to prominent Lowcountry planter families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican parish
historic parish
associatedWith Lowcountry planter families
rice planters
slaveholding planter elite
category Colonial-era churches in South Carolina
Historic Anglican parishes in South Carolina
country United States
denomination Anglican
Church of England
era British colonial America
linked to: British America
foundedInPeriod colonial era
governedBy vestry
hasArchitecturalStyle Georgian (parish church)
hasChurch St. James Church, Goose Creek
hasNotableFeature brick colonial church building
historic churchyard
planter family tombs
heritageDesignation listed as a historic site (parish church)
historicalRole religious center for surrounding plantations
social center for Lowcountry elite
languageOfWorship English
locatedIn Berkeley County, South Carolina
Lowcountry
South Carolina
namedAfter Goose Creek, South Carolina
Saint James
partOf Anglican Church in colonial South Carolina
region coastal South Carolina
religiousTradition Anglicanism
Protestant
usedFor Anglican worship
burials of parishioners

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Porcher family associatedWith St. James Goose Creek Parish
Anglican Church in colonial South Carolina hasNotableParish St. James Goose Creek Parish
St. James Goose Creek Churchyard partOf St. James, Goose Creek Parish
linked to: St. James Goose Creek Parish