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"Christ Church, the Episcopal Church of Christ Church Parish, foundation laid in 1707. The first clergyman in 1708 Rev. Edward Marston and Vestry as follows: David Maybank and Henry Gill, Wardens, Thomas Barton, Leonard Hickman, Richard Fairchild, William Capers, John Simes, John Hale and Nathaniel Loughton. The church was first destroyed by accidental fire February 13th, 1724, and immediately rebuilt. In 1782, it was most wantonly burnt down by the British Army. The walls remained standing and church rebuilt prior to 1797. In the War Between The States, 1865, it was completely ruined, except for walls, by United States Negro troops. Rebuilt and consecrated for the first time by Bishop W.B.N. Howe on Sunday December 27th, 1874. In the summer of 1924, John F. Maybank, a descendant of the first Warden, with the grateful consent of the Vestry, had, under his direction, the church placed in thorough physical condition, and a lasting metal fence erected around it's hallowed burying ground, and created a fund for it's perpetual care. Walls standing in 1925 are original erected in 1707. This Tablet presented by J. Oswald Freemen, Secretary and Treasurer of the Vestry September, 1925." ________________________ [Photo #8] General view of the cemetery located on the church grounds. ________________________ [Photo #9] General view of the cemetery located on the church grounds.
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