In October, 2008, Trinity's Tidings newsletter began a serialized history of Trinity Parish.  These installments were written by Dr. Walter Edgar, a member of the University of South Carolina history faculty, director of the USC Institute for Southern Studies, and a Trinity parishioner.  Dr. Edgar is the author of South Carolina: A History, the encyclopaedic history of the Palmetto State published in 1998, and host of a popular interview program, Walter Edgar's Journal, on South Carolina Public Radio.  The history of Trinity is a work in progress; new chapters will appear first in Tidings, and will subsequently be added to this page.

Chapter I: Prologue

Chapter II: An Episcopal Outpost in the Backcountry

Chapter III: Trinity's Founders

Chapter IV: The Protestant Episcopal Church in Columbia

Chapter V: Growing Pains: 1815-1833

Chapter VI: A New Beginning

Chapter VII: A Flourishing Antebellum Church

Chapter VIII: The War Years: 1860-1865

Chapter IX: After Sherman

Chapter X: Struggle and Survival: 1865-1877

Chapter XI: Peter Shand and "Dear Old Trinity"

Chapter XII: The Role of Women in Congregational Affairs: 1812-1890

Chapter XIII: Reaching Out: 1879-1887