| St. Patrick's Parish | Church of England, Johnston (later Dobbs) County, est. 1746 with the formation of Johnston County. It was coextensive with the county but divided in 1756 to form St. Stephen's Parish in the W part of the county. St. Patrick's was in the e. With the creation of Dobbs County in 1758, St. Patrick's Parish became coextensive with that county. In 1767 the parish had 1,268 white taxables. The present counties of Wayne, Lenoir, and Greene are made up wholly or in part of territory that was once St. Patrick's Parish. |
| St. Paul's Parish | Church of England, Chowan County, est. in 1701. In 1715 the parish was divided to create South West Parish in the W part of the county. The area became Bertie County in 1722, and coextensive with it was Society Parish. In 1722 St. Paul's Parish was further divided to create South Shore Parish in the S part of the county on the S shore of Albemarle Sound. With the creation of Tyrrell County in 1729, South Shore Parish became St. Andrew's Parish, coextensive with the county. In 1767 St. Paul's Parish had 900 white taxables. St. Paul's Parish of the Episcopal Church still functions in Edenton. St. Paul's Church there was begun in 1736. |
| St. Pauls | town in NE Robeson County. Inc. 1909. Named for local Presbyterian church. Post office est. there in 1832 was named Tutons for first postmaster Oliver Tuton; changed to St. Pauls about 4 years later. Originally the settlement centered on a stage depot on the Fayetteville-Lumberton road about 3 mi. from present site. When the railroad came through about 1900, the settlement drifted S to center around the depot. Produces textiles. |
| St. Pauls Township | NE Robeson County. |
| St. Peter's Parish | See St. John's Parish. |
| St. Philip's Parish | Church of England, New Hanover, later Brunswick County, est. in 1741 when St. James’ Parish, which see, was divided. St. Philip's Parish was that part of the county S of the Cape Fear River. With the creation of Brunswick County in 1764, St. Philip's Parish became coextensive with the new county. The parish had 224 white taxable inhabitants in 1767, described as being "mostly Gentlemen." The ruins of St. Philip's Church, completed in 1765, begun a number of years earlier, still stand near Orton Plantation, Brunswick County, at the site of the old town of Brunswick. |
| St. Stephen's Parish | Church of England, Johnston County, est. 1756 in the W part of the county upon the division of St. Patrick's Parish. When Dobbs County was formed from Johnston County in 1758, St. Patrick's became coextensive with the new county. St. Stephen's Parish then was coextensive with Johnston County. In 1767 the parish had 1,229 white taxables, described as "able to make provision for a minister." |
| St. Thomas District | one of the districts into which Orange County was divided at the time of the 1790 census. It contained 139 heads of families. |
| St. Thomas Parish | Church of England, Tryon County, est. 1768 with the formation of the county and coextensive with it. In 1767 the parish was described as "too unsettled to make provision for a Minister." |
| St. Thomas’ Parish | Church of England, Beaufort County, organized 1701. St. Thomas’ Church in Bath (oldest church building in North Carolina) was constructed in 1734. The parish had 110 white taxables in 1767. St. Thomas’ Parish of the Episcopal Church still functions in Bath. |