Once upon a time, in Charleston

 

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From the St.Michael's website: St. Michael’s Church is the oldest church edifice in the City of Charleston, standing on the site of the first Anglican Church built south of Virginia. In the 1680’s a small wooden church, the first in the new town of Charles Town, was built on this spot for the families of the Church of England, and named St. Philip’s. By 1727, the town had grown too large for the small church and a more spacious one was built of brick on Church Street, later destroyed by fire in 1835.

 

By 1751, St. Philip’s had again proved too small for the increasing population, and another church as authorized by the General Assembly of the Province, to be built on the old site and to be known as St. Michael’s. The cornerstone was laid in 1752 and in 1761 the church was opened for services. Except for the addition of the sacristy in 1883 on the southeast corner, the structure of the building has been little changed.

IN MEMORY of

ROBERT STEDMAN

who died on y 9th of

Sept AD 1766 in y

45d Year of his Age.

He was much refpected

and therefore is

regretted by all who

knew him

Here Rest The Remains Of

JAMES REID PRINGLE

Ninth Son of

William Bull and Mary M. Pringle

Born in this City 8th October 1842

In the recent war

He served as a Captain

In the First Regiment of

South Carolina Artillery

IN MEMORY

OF

JAMES RICHARDSON

a native of Westmoreland

ENGLAND

for many years a resident

Merchant in Havana.

Whilst on a visit to this City

for the benefit of his health.

he departed this life

on the 13th of March 1831

aged 41 years

Pringle family head stones

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All photos by TheRaven

Charleston, SC

December, 2005