St. John's Lutheran Church records, 1755-1959.

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St. John's Lutheran Church records, 1755-1959.

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Records consist of minute books (1767-1942); registers (1755-1959); list of communicants (1828-1925); church rules (1810, 1818); lists of members (1810-1890, with actual signatures of members); lists of pew holders (1815-1845); records of interments (1830-1844); and pew seating charts. Also included is a handwritten transcript of epitaphs in the church graveyard (1941), some records from an old family Bible (in German), an old plat of the cemetery, and a record of contributions for relief of Lutheran churches after the 1886 Charleston earthquake.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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St. John's Lutheran Church (Charleston, S.C.)

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Evangelical Lutheran church organized in Charleston, South Carolina in 1742. The present church sanctuary on Archdale Street was dedicated in 1817. From the description of St. John's Lutheran Church records, 1743-1936. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 31740947 First Lutheran church to be established in Charleston, South Carolina, organized in 1742. From the description of First Consistory Book, 1767-1981. (The South Carolina Historical Society). World...