Place:St. David, South Carolina, United States

Parish of St. David

St. David historically was a parish in the northeastern part of the state of South Carolina, United States of America.

History

St. David was established on 12 April 1768, by act of the state's general Assembly, from the parishes of St. Mark, Prince Frederick, and Prince George in Craven County. The original parish encompassed all of Cheraw district and part of Georgetown district. It included the territory in the modern counties of Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, and Dillon, and parts of Lee, Florence, Marion, and Horry counties.

Boundaries

The parish's initial boundaries were defined as follows:

… by a North-West line to be run from the northward-most corner of Williamburg Township to Lynche's Creek, and from thence by that Creek to the provincial line; and that the line dividing St. Mark's from Prince Frederick's Parish, be carried on in the same course from the Great Pedee, where it now ends, to the provincial line aforesaid; by which, together with lines aforesaid, and Lynche's Creek, the new Parish shall be bounded ….

Bibliography

• Lockhart, Matthew A. “St. David's Parish”. South Carolina Encyclopedia. (University of South Carolina, 2 Aug. 2016)
• South Carolina Districts & Parishes—1770. Image. (Carolana.com, 2016)
• Gregg, Alexander. History of the Old Cheraws: containing an account of the aborigines of the Pedee, the first white settlements, their subsequent progress, civil changes, the struggle of the revolution, and growth of the country afterward; extending from about A.D. 1730 to 1810, with notices of families and sketches of individuals. (New York: Richardson, 1867). See especially chapter VIII. WorldCat

External links

• FamilySearch.org: St. Davids Parish, South Carolina