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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
St. James Parish, Georgia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
Province of Georgia ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
coastal Georgia ⓘ
namedAfter Saint James ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberty County, Georgia → formedFrom → St. James Parish, Georgia ⓘ
subject linked to: Liberty County
Liberty County, Georgia → formedFrom → St. James Parish, Georgia ⓘ