St Andrews Episcopal Church
- Also Known As: Old St Andrew's Parish Church
- Address: 2604 Ashley River Rd
- Vicinity: 5 mi NW of Charleston on SC 61
- Neighborhood of West Ashley in Charleston, SC
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1708/00/00 | St Andrews Episcopal Church is established by the Church Act in 1706 by the Colonial South Carolina Assembly. The first sanctuary on site was built ca 1708, enlarged in 1733 and burned in 1764. | |||||
| 1730/12/30 | Thomas Drayton IV | Groom | Elizabeth Bull (c 1716-1751) marries Thomas Drayton at St Andrews Parish. Their 21 years of marriage will produce ten children, only three of whom appear to have survived to adulthood. | |||
| 1740/12/24 | John Drayton | Widower | Sarah Cattell Drayton, John Drayton's first wife, is buried at St Andrews Parish. | |||
| 1751/11/06 | Thomas Drayton IV | Widower | Elizabeth Bull Drayton is buried at St Andrews Parish. | |||
| 1764/00/00 | Built in 1764, St Andrews Episcopal Church building is cruciform in shaped structure that maintains the architectural integrity of a rural colonial parish church of the 1760s. | |||||
| 1782/09/25 | Col Charles Pinckney | In Memoriam | Contemporary accounts provide that Col Charles was buried at St Andrew's Church in West Ashley, while Pinckney's will directs that he is to be buried in town at St Philips Church. | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Rev John Grimke Drayton | Vocation | Rev John Grimke becomes the pastor of St Andrews Episcopal Church, Charleston County, South Carolina. |
| Particulars for St Andrews Episcopal Church: | |
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| Architectural Style | American Colonial |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Cemetery |
| Historic Use | Church school |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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