Colleton County · Marker 15-10
Catholic Hill
S.C. Sec. Rd. 15-41, 2.5 mi. W of its intersection with S.C. Hwy. 303, S of Walterboro
Front inscription
Settlers from Ireland of the Roman Catholic faith in this area helped form the ecclesiastical territory of Colleton, Beaufort, and Barnwell Districts under Bishop John England in 1831. The Church of St. James the Greater was dedicated on this site on January 30, 1832, and remained in use until destroyed by fire on April 12, 1856.