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.

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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

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Liberty County formedFrom St. James Parish, Georgia
subject surface form: Liberty County, Georgia