‘The Biggin Church Ruins are the ruins of a church in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Biggin Church is its name in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. The ruins are about 2 mi (3 km) from Moncks Corner, South Carolina, near the intersection of South Carolina Highway 402 and State Highway 8-376. The church has been burned three times since it was first constructed in about 1711. It was the church of the parish of St. John’s, Berkeley (Strawberry Chapel.) The ruins are from the church built in 1761 and its reconstruction in 1781. It was included in the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1977. UPDATE 11/2019: Biggin Church Ruins remain part of Strawberry Chapel’s land.’ (Wikipedia)

This area is one of my favorite places to visit and photograph around Charleston. First time to Biggins thought I have worked with all the other ruins here for years.

I did not know the property was still owned by the Ball family. That’s 300 years of history right there. Several of the family  have been kind enough to allow us access to other historical properties they still own dating back to the original Comingtee/Ball plantation. The family does not take any federal or state funds to support the properties. They feel once funds are accepted control and access would be out of their hands and most likely open to the public and the damage that would logically happen.

A NY Times best seller ‘Slaves In The Family’ by Edward Ball is an incredible read about this spot in American History.

Walking through the church graveyard we recognize many of the names from history, as well as families still here.

As I archive parts of this web site I should be careful to keep all the related articles of the area on line.  Some locations we have photographed are not easily accessible, or just plain hard to find again. They are not exactly places on road maps, or even roads.