in Colleton County, in the Province aforesaid, to be disposed of by the Minister, Vestry and Churchwardens of the said Parish for the time being, for pious and charitable uses, in manner and form following, that is to say: Five hundred pounds of the said thousand pounds to be remitted to the Hon. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to be by them laid out in Books of Piety and Devotion, and sent to the said Minister, Vestry and Churchwardens, to be distributed by them gratis to the Poor of the said Parish: The remaining Five Hundred pounds of the said Thousand Pounds, to be employed towards the education of the Poor Children of the said Parish by the Minister, Vestry and Churchwardens, aforesaid, for the time being." The Will is dated April 3, 1728.

The Rev. Andrew Leslie, A. M. Missionary from the Society, arrived in Charles-Town, September 13, 1732, and two days after went to this Parish, where he was received with great kindness and affection. He was Ordained Deacon, May 28, 1727; and Priest, July 14, 1728, by Dr. Downes, Bishop of Derry. The Bishop of London's License was dated July 3, 1729. The Folio Bible, now [1819] used in the Reading Desk, was presented by him to the Church. It has lettered on the side, "Ex Dono Reverendi Andree Leslie, 1738." He died in this Mission in 1740.

The Chapel of Ease directed by the Act of Assembly Dec. 9, 1725, to be erected at Wiltown, and for which £200 had been appropriated by law, not having been built, and the Parish having been since divided, the Inhabitants petitioned for a Chapel of Ease at Beach Hill.

An Act was accordingly passed, Feb. 5, 1736-7, directing a Parochial Chapel of Ease to be built near Beach Hill, in which the Rector was required to perform divine service, every third Sunday, throughout

the year. Messrs. Stephen Bull, Thomas Miles, and Edward Perry, were appointed Commissioners, and authorized to receive subscriptions and donations, and to recover from the former Commissioners the £200, which had been granted for a Chapel at Wiltown.

"V. And whereas in order to promote so pious an undertaking, Jeremiah Miles, Esq. hath given two Acres of Land, situate on the North West side of the High-Road that leads from the Plantation of Mr. Thomas Elliott to Parker's Ferry, and at the Place where the High Road that leads from Dorchester, joins the said Road that leads to Parker's Ferry, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Chapel shall be erected and built on such part of the said two Acres of Land, so situated as aforesaid, as the Commissioners aforesaid, or the major part of them shall think fit, and the said two acres of Land are hereby vested in the Rector and Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Paul's, for the time being, and their successors, Rectors and Churchwardens of the said Parish for ever, for the use of the said Chapel, and to and for no other Use or Purpose whatsoever."

In the year 1740, Wiltown contained about eighty Houses, and was sometimes called New-London.

The Rev. William Orr, late Assistant Minister at St. Philip's Church was transferred to this Mission in 1741. Mr. Orr wrote to the Society, March 30, 1743, informing them that, a small tribe of Indians, called Cushoes, resided in this Parish, and that their number was reduced from 1000 to about 65. He found they had some knowledge of a God, and he assured the Society he would endeavour to instruct them in the doctrines of Christianity. He further stated, that his Communicants had increased from 8 to 34.

highly interesting and impressive, and well adapted to the spirit of the times. The British declared Mr. Lewis to be very instrumental in promoting the cause of the rebels. He was one of those Patriots whom they seized in their beds, Aug. 27, 1780, and carried on board of the prison-ship, whence he was transported to St. Augustine. His principles, however, were not to be overcome by oppression. He preached from Gen. xliii. 14. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. The British garrison were so irritated at the spirit of this discourse, that they confined him in the castle. When the general exchange of prisoners took place, in May 1781, Mr. Lewis was sent with the rest to Philadelphia, whence he returned to Carolina, and again entered upon the duties of his cure. He continued to officiate until his death in 1784, and was buried by the side of his predecessor, near the east end of the Church.

The Church having, for many years, been in a ruinous condition, divine service was performed in a neighbouring barn. The walls fell down in 1778, and lay in ruins many years. After a considerable time, a sufficient sum was raised by subscription, to build a neat and commodious Church of wood, upon the site of the old brick edifice. It was finished in 1812, and was solemnly consecrated, Jan. 10, 1813, by the name of St. Paul's Church, by the late Bishop Dehon. This was the first Episcopal act performed by that Prelate, and this was the first Church consecrated in So. Ca. The Rev. Frederick Dalcho, M. D. having, before his Ordination, officiated as a Lay Reader, was elected to the cure of this Parish, and has been the only settled Minister here since 1784. There is at present no Incumbent. The funds are increasing, and will soon be adequate to the support of a Clergyman. There is a good Glebe, but the Parsonage-House has been burnt down. The Parish is abandoned by the inhabitants during the summer months. The Church was Incor

porated in 1805, by the name of "The Vestry and Churchwardens of St. Paul's Parish."

The Journals of this Parish, and the Parochial Register, antecedent to the Revolution, are lost. The Journals now extant commence April 17, 1786. In 1819, there were 537 white Inhabitants in this Parish.

CHAPTER XX.

St. John's Parish, Colleton.

THIS Parish was taken off from St. Paul's, by Act of Assembly, April 9, 1734. It was composed of "John's Island, Wadmalaw Island, Edisto Island, and the other adjacent Islands to the seaward." Col. John Fenwick, Col. John Gibbes, John Stanyarne, sen. Capt. Samuel Underwood, and Capt. John Jenkins, were appointed Commissioners to accept and take grants of Land for a Glebe, to build the Church and ParsonageHouse, &c. The buildings were to be erected at such place as the Commissioners, with the consent of the Inhabitants who subscribed to the same, should deem most convenient. The Rector or Minister to be elected, to receive the same salary, and to be subject to the same regulations, as Ministers of other country Parishes.

The Inhabitants met pursuant to law, June 18, 1734, on John's Island, and fixed upon a part of Mr. Abraham Waights' land for the site of the Church. An election being then held for Parochial Officers, the following gentlemen were chosen:

Churchwardens: Richard Stanyarne, and Culshe Golightly.

Vestrymen: Col. John Gibbes, Thomas Tattnell, Capt. Underwood, Abraham Waight, Thomas Hart, Robert Sams, and John Stanyarne.