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Prince George Winyah Parish Church

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Starting in 1716, Anglican parishes were electoral and administration units in South Carolina government. Therefore, Prince George Parish and Prince George Winyah Parish can also refer to an electoral and administrative district that had the same geographic boundaries as this church.
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records for Prince George Winyah are January 13, 1737. A subscription campaign for a new church at Winyah was begun in 1737. This was supplemented by an import tax at the port and £1,000 from the colonial Assembly. Starting in 1740, the bricks were collected. Land was donated by
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and a gallery was built about 1809. A vestibule entrance with double doors and a tower was constructed in 1824. The brick tower had a square cross section topped with an octangular section with cupola and large cross. A clock and
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In 1871, the chancel furnishings were replaced and the altar was enlarged. In 1874, the church was given a bell and a clock. A stained glass window from St. Mary's Chapel at Hagley on the Waccamaw was installed.
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The churchyard is surrounded by a brick wall and contains the cemetery. In addition to parishioners and clergy of Prince George Winyah, the cemetery has the graves of several notable South Carolinians:
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Prince George Winyah Church (Episcopal) and Cemetery, Georgetown South Carolina – U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
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has a rectangular plan with five bays. The center bays have side doors with fanlights and the others have windows with fanlights. Brick
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On April 9, 1734, the parish was divided to form St. Frederick's Parish. The wooden church was transferred to the new parish.
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The church was built of English red bricks with local oyster shell mortar. The cornerstone was laid on October 30, 1745. The
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flank the side doors and are at the corners of the church. The roof is hipped over the sanctuary and has a Jacobean or
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Capt. Roger Shackelford, Died October 3, 1814, Burials, Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church, ancestry.com
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Church of Prince George Winyah, Broad & Highmarket Streets, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC
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at the entrance. The nave has a plastered, barrel-vaulted ceiling. The pews are paneled, wooden
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In 1823, Francis Huger Rutledge was ordained a deacon. He eventually became bishop of the
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An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina
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National Register of Historic Places in Georgetown County, South Carolina
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belfry is in the upper section. A Mohler organ was installed in 1850.
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and among the early Shackelford family of Georgetown; and
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and associated itself with the theologically conservative
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In 2012, Prince George disaffiliated from the older
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Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church

Affiliation
Anglican
Anglican Diocese of South Carolina
Georgetown, South Carolina
South Carolina
Geographic coordinates
33°22′8″N 79°16′51″W / 33.36889°N 79.28083°W / 33.36889; -79.28083
Spire
Materials
U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
NRHP
http://www.pgwinyah.org/
Anglican
Georgetown, South Carolina
South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places

South Carolina Lowcountry
Prince of Wales
George II
Black River
Sampit River
Winyah Bay
Georgetown
vestry
William Screven
nave

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