St. James Parish, Georgia
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St. James Parish, Georgia was a colonial-era parish in coastal Georgia that served as an early administrative and ecclesiastical district before being reorganized into later county structures.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial parish
ⓘ
former administrative division ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterType | parish ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dissolvedAs | parish-level civil unit ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | British colonial administration in Georgia ⓘ |
| followedBy | county-based local government in Georgia ⓘ |
| follows | parish model of local government ⓘ |
| governingBody | colonial authorities of the Province of Georgia ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative district
ⓘ
ecclesiastical district ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | residents of its defined parish boundaries ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-Revolutionary Georgia ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct administrative unit ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English colonial law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal Georgia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglican parish network in colonial Georgia
ⓘ
colonial Georgia parish system ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier informal colonial districts in Georgia ⓘ |
| regionType | parish ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Church of England ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto | later county structures in Georgia ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Georgia counties ⓘ |
| status | historical geographic entity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
church organization
ⓘ
local civil administration ⓘ recording vital events such as baptisms and marriages ⓘ tax collection ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Liberty County, Georgia