The St. Stephen’s Parish Church was built in 1754. Three ships filled with eager adventurers from England and Barbados landed on the Carolina coast in 1670 at the junction of the two rivers that formed the Atlantic. They named these rivers after the Lord Proprietor who funded their venture, Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper. They named
John Palmer was born in 1750, the eldest son of “Turpentine John” Pamor, who I told you about recently. He married Mary Anne Cahusac (pronounced ku-zak) from St. James Santee
"S” is for St. Stephen’s Parish. Established in 1754, St. Stephen’s Parish was located on the south side of the Santee River in modern Berkeley County.