((Text front)) This Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years
before it became a separate congregation in 1835. It is said that William Heyward gave the church land
on which the present building, . . . — — Map (db m6182) HM
Prior to the 1890's, the town of Ridgeland was
known as Gopher Hill, getting that name from the
abundance of Gopher Tortoises that inhabited the
sand hills of the area.Gopherus Polyphemus,
commonly called the Gopher Tortoise, are long . . . — — Map (db m16854) HM
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This summer village, established by the rice planters of St. Luke's Parish, was a thriving settlement in what was the Beaufort District until the creation of Jasper County in 1912. Named for Capt. John Graham (1784-1833), its . . . — — Map (db m6210) HM
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Jasper County This county was established in 1912 from portions of Beaufort and Hampton counties and is named, it is said, for Sergeant William Jasper, hero of the American Revolution. The same act establishing the new . . . — — Map (db m26372) HM
Ridgeland, named for its location on the ridge between Charleston and Savannah, has been the seat of Jasper County since the county was created in 1912. It was first named Gopher Hill and grew up around a depot built on the Charleston & Savannah . . . — — Map (db m8473) HM
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This church was organized February
28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling and
J.T. Morrison with nine charter
members. It was admitted to the
Savannah River Baptist Association
with Rev.Dowling as its first
minister. The . . . — — Map (db m7192) HM
This church, organized on 1890, is the oldest in Ridgland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations before the Civil War. When Julius G. Sipple of Grahamville encouraged Methodists in Ridgeland to organize a separate . . . — — Map (db m6406) HM
