The St. Paul’s Parish Parsonage: Early Colonial Life and Community Development on South Carolina’s Frontier

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Emergence and Development of South Carolina Lowcountry Studies: Papers in Honor of Martha Zierden" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Occupied from 1707-1715, the St. Paul’s Parish parsonage served as the residence of Anglican missionaries assigned to nearby St. Paul’s Parish Church. Due to its short occupation time and sudden destruction due to a fire, the site offers a snapshot of early colonial life in the South Carolina Lowcountry frontier. To date, archaeological investigations have provided architectural details about the parsonage itself, information about the spatial layout and outbuildings in the surrounding yard, and evidence of activities associated with the enslaved people who labored and lived at the parsonage, the Anglican missionaries who resided there, and their guests. The focus of this presentation is on findings from the structure’s brick-lined cellar, which provides information about the site’s formation processes, on-site activities, and the parsonage’s role in the development of the St. Paul’s Parish community.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Emergence and Development of South Carolina Lowcountry Studies: Papers in Honor of Martha Zierden   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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